Honeymoon Snapshot

I seriously can't believe that Ben and I have been married almost 10 months. Ok, so that doesn't sound very long at all, but really, it feels like the wedding and all the wedding planning was just yesterday. And the honeymoon. Ah, they honeymoon. It was wonderful.

Fiji is such a beautiful place.

I picked more than one photo again this week. Sometimes it is just so hard to choose.

I chose this first photo because my husband is really truly smiling in it. Not a fakey posed smile, but a real grin. I love it. I love seeing him like that. We were on the island where the filmed Castaway at the time, just a little excursion from our island. Its so pretty on that little uninhabited island.

I could have lived in this hammock. I spent a dang lot of time in this hammock. It was the most awesome, most comfortable, most perfect hammock in the world. No other hammock can hold a candle and I will forever long for it.

I loved that every evening we wandered down to out little strip of private beach and watched the sunset together. Magnificent, beautiful sunsets, every single one. Sometimes we would wear our swim suits and sit in the gentle waves and other times I would make a hot cup of tea and we would take our beach mat down and just sit It was so wonderfully peaceful.

Beautiful.

Oh I want to go back!!

I want to link up, but I have to get going. Perhaps when I get home I can edit and linky.

Comments

Holly said…

How GORGEOUS, Somer! That looks like a wonderful place to have a honeymoon. And I love that your husband's smile is one of your favorite sights. You guys are so sweet! ♥

April 9, 2011 at 9:14 AM

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