Our First 2 Weeks =)

Married = Check

Honeymoon = Check

Moved in = Check

Time to start the blog! 

We got married on June 11, 2011 and it was such a WONDERFUL day! Everything was absolutely perfect and we are DYING to see our pictures! 

We left the reception and headed out to Charlotte to our hotel in a '66 convertible yellow mustang (driven  by our friend Matthew Jones).  As we headed out was a little stormy but nothing to worry about.  However, about halfway down the road we realized that old cars don't have defrost.  I honestly didn't know if we were going to make it to Charlotte but somehow we did. It was absolutely terrifying! 

We left the hotel in Charlotte at 4:30am the next morning to go to the airport and head out to JAMAICA!!!! Although it was fabulous, that weekend was turning out to be the longest of our entire lives! We were both EXHAUSTED! We got to Couples Negril (BEST RESORT EVER) around 12:00pm and we were STARVING AND SLEEPY!!! So we grabbed a quick bite to eat and slept the rest of the day.  So honestly, our honeymoon didn't officially start until Monday morning but we were well rested =) 

We spent an AMAZING week in one of the most beautiful places on Earth! We went on a catamaran cruise to some caves that we got to swim in, we waterskiied* (most difficult word I've ever tried to spell), we snorkeled, night snorkeled (one of the most amazing things we've ever done), layed on the beach, floated in the ocean, swam in the pool, went shopping...all kinds of things! It was so wonderful and if we ever get the chance we WILL be going back! 

Three things you should know about Jamaica: 

1. The sunsets are absolutely breathtaking

2. YEA MON! 

3. The driving is insane! We kept our heads down for most of the rides.

We returned to America on Saturday and boy was that an adventure! We left the resort at 10:30am for a flight at 2:30pm.  We got through everything and were waiting at our gate only to find out that our flight was delayed to 4:36! So we began searching for a phone to call my parents so they would know not to show up at the airport for us at 5:30 anymore! Every pay phone in the entire airport was down and had been down for a month and no one had fixed them! Luckily there was a really nice man that worked there that leant us and several other couples his cell phone.  

We finally get on the plane and take off for a very bumpy ride! When we finally get to Charlotte we had to wait forever to even get on the runway! A huge storm had come through earlier that day and taken out the computers so they were scrambling to get everything back on schedule.  We didn't leave the airport until like 10:30.  

The next day we finally got to come home to The Effingham Palace. =) It's so cute and adorable! I absolutely love my house! (Especially now that it's finally set up!) 

We spent the week baby sitting my little cousins and had a blast! They are precious and SO funny! 

On Friday we welcomed a new addition to the Clayton family!  His name is Wingo Clayton! He is a 5 week old boxer puppy from Lincolnton, NC and he couldn't be more adorable! He is so sweet and cuddly! Today he got his facebook so you should add him and show him some love =) 

I know this blog is insanely long so I'm going to stop now.  The past two weeks have been crazy and wonderful! We've been so busy but we're having a ball!