Our first day!! ~ Matt and Heather

Phew! We are finally here in Jamaica and on our honeymoon! It was a long adventure getting here, but after spending 10 hours in the Miami Airport yesterday and waiting in countless lines, American Airlines finally did decide to put us up in the Mariott for the night. The good news is, we have travel insurance so we'll get a refund for one day at Couples, and we got in early today so we were able to fully enjoy our first day at the resort. This place is absolutly beautiful!! The pool alone makes you want to melt...and that's before you see the SWIM UP POOL BAR!!! (Heather's favorite).
They have palm trees on the beach with hammocks hanging in between and they even rake the sand each day just so the beach looks prestine each morning! Our room is awesome~ First floor, walk out right onto the sand AND we have our own private hammock (sort of, we just don't let anyone else on it!)
At 2:30 today we got a 30 minute couples massage in a tree top bungalow! Talk about melting in paradise!! It was awesome...and INCLUDED b/c we are honeymooners! OH LA LA!

Well, it's 11:00 here and although that is early by most standards, we are both TIRED! So it's off to bed to get some good sleep before tomorrow's big adventures (learning to sail, a couples massage class, and jet skiing!)

More tomorrow...

The Bennetts

A new addition to our family ~ Heather

Matt and I can never leave well enough alone!! Life is already crazy, but we decided to do it one better!! :) We just brought home an adorable 9 week old yellow lab puppy. She is quite a handful, but actually is doing GREAT with her training. So far we only have 1 accident in the house and about 20 times going potty outside. She also is sitting on command and starting to recognize her name: Molly!

Although both my parents do not seem pleased with our decision, and I accept that their hesitations are valid (it is a lot harder to get people to watch two dogs vs just one and a lot of work), I know that Matt and I will love this little puppy and raise her just as good as we have our other little baby, Cooper. :)
Amazingly enough, my allergies are not struggling with Molly so far. I'm hoping it will stay that way! :)

I have to say, I love her like crazy. She'll be the first BIG dog that I'll ever have, but so many people own labradors and absolutely LOVE them. :) She is just adorable and I think that she'll fit into Matt and I's lifestyle perfectly. She can go play in the water with Matt, while Cooper and I cuddle and play on the beach!

We have our perfect little family now!!

Productivity ~ Heather

I'm trying....

but sometimes I just don't feel like it!

Weather ~ Heather

I love Florida! It's hot and sunny all afternoon and then now, when it's time to go to work you can tell another big storm is brewing!! :) Now, for most people this would be a good thing, but currently I work outside so that does tend to hinder the day at work. However, yesterday it poured and I had a great night!! :) So no worries, life is what you make it.


I've been more obsessed with the wedding lately: watching wedding shows, thinking, planning and mostly stressing out. I suppose it's a little late for big changes so it's all kinda crazy, but it's mostly just wearing me out! I think that I just am going to breath and let it all happen!! After all, the most important part is that I'm marrying the man of my dreams.

Well, time to get ready to work!

The Joys of Homeownership ~ Matt

I used to have my own lawncare business as a teenager in Virginia and even worked at a golf course for 4 years but I don't remember keeping up with a lawn being this much of a pain in the butt! When we moved in back in March, our freshly sodded yard of Saint Augustine grass looked so funny, like a patchwork quilt and I remember Heather and I just hoping "it would set it's roots and fill in a little bit." Well, IT DID, and with all the afternoon T-storms our grass and our WEEDS have flourished. I just bought a new weedeater/edger combo from the stihl dealer and was actually a little excited to use my new toy, so I set out this past weekend to weed all of our mulch beds and get our yard looking good again. Several hours and bucket-fulls of weeds later it was finished and I have to say it does look pretty nice. The only thing is it will need to be mowed again tomorrow :-/ Oh well...

Hopefully I can get all of my honey-do list done this week as Tropical Storm (Soon to be Hurricane) Bertha draws closer to Florida bringing with her LONG period swells and offshore winds which translates to waist to chest high barrels and longboarding fun ;-)

3 weeks 'til the wedding!!

4th of July ~ Heather

Matt and I had a great 4th of July! I had to work in the morning and got off a little late to carry out our original plans of heading down to Jax beach, so we decided to stay up here in Fernandina! We went to the Boardwalk Bash over on the Plantation for $1 beers (although with Sam working it ends up being "discounted" a little) :). After that Matt and I headed over to Walmart's parking lot to buy some fireworks for our own personal display! We even worked out a small deal and got two packages for the price of one!!
Then Joel and Sam came over and we grilled out and lit off fireworks! The boys were like 5 year olds playing with fire!! THey had a great time and some of the fireworks were actually pretty impressive! I recommend the missel launch and the bizzare for next year!! :)

This morning Matt and I got to have a lazy Saturday. We got up late, had breakfast and then went and puttzed around Target and Home Depot for a little while. Now my sweetie is making us a glorious lunch before we both have to head to work tonight!!

What a life!