Well, life has been busy for us! My building is currently being used to house Red Cross volunteers here for the flooding and tornado that happened in May. Andy has been umpiring for two different places, one in Cedar Falls, one in Waterloo, as many as six days a week! While I'm thankful that he's got a job that he really enjoys, I sure miss him in the evenings. Currently, we have completely opposite work schedules, with me getting home either right before or just after he's left for work in the evenings. But...I suppose that's part of life with a partner, right? We've been so lucky to always have such similar work schedules that this is a real change for us. But we'll make it through. Once the semester starts, I have a feeling that our schedules will work out a little better.

It's also an exciting time in our lives (I mean...besides being newlyweds...) because Andy and I have found a church and are in the process of joining. We've been attending Cedar Heights Baptist Church http://www.cedarheightsbaptist.com/ since last November and both REALLY enjoy the experience every time we attend! We're also getting active in the church community by attending Sunday School and even connecting with other couples within the church. We're both very excited to be able to add this experience into our lives at the beginning of our marriage. It's so evident that God has been incredibly good to both of us!

I'm still waiting on wedding pictures from the photographer, so once I have our full set, I'll set up a photo album and be sure to share.

Until next time,
Ashleigh

Follow the link

Okay, in the meantime, follow the link below for a sampling of our wedding photos!

http://picasaweb.google.com/GoodGirlPhotographer/WEDDLECROWE

Enjoy!

Take care,
Ashleigh and Andy

We're married!

Well, we got married! I've been trying to figure out the most effective way to add some wedding photos but I haven't quite got it yet. Stay tuned for pictures, though!

The wedding was beautiful and exactly everything that I wanted it to be. The photos that Tara did are absolutely amazing and really do a great job of capturing our personalities. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect day.

Our honeymoon started on Sunday, when we flew to Orlando. We stayed in a hotel with a giant pineapple on it (hehe), and were only minutes away from Downtown Disney and a bunch of theme parks. Monday was Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom. Tuesday we headed to Universal Studios and then Wednesday we decided to go to a beach. We burnt ourselves and had to miss out on going to our last park on Thursday, but honestly, it was pretty nice to just lay around the hotel all day and take it easy. We left early on Friday morning to return to KY and then made the 14 hour drive back to Iowa. Despite the flooding, things are going well. The community seems to be responding well to everything that is going on and people seem especially supportive. It's been nice to see such a reaction.

Now I'm in the process of getting back into the swing of things with work and also trying to change my name. Who knew that so much work went in to changing a person's name! Hopefully everything goes smoothly.

Okay, I'm going to try to get some pictures up in the next few days. Hang tight, folks!

Ashleigh