Sunday, December 16, 2012

THE HONEYMOON


For our honeymoon, Daniel and I went to McCall, Idaho. Just a short three months ago, we had gotten engaged there on a warm summer's day. During our honeymoon, the quaint town was deserted since it wasn't snowing (except for one day), and the ski mountain wasn't open yet. It was like we had McCall entirely to ourselves.

We ended up running into my dad and his girlfriend at our hotel's restaurant and game room one night. They have a cabin in McCall and came over for a drink before dinner. They ended up joining us for a game of shuffleboard. What a fun surprise to get to run into my family!

We ate amazing food at all of McCall's best restaurants, did lots of Christmas shopping at local specialty shops, enjoyed one day of snow, relaxed in the spa at Shore Lodge, saw a little fox by the golf course, drove up to see the ski mountain one afternoon, and played lots and lots of Scrabble by the hotel's amazing fireplace.

It was relaxing, romantic, and the perfect week to finish of the best week of my life. I feel like I'm still on the honeymoon. I haven't fully gotten back into everything yet... no answering emails, not mentally all there at my job, and I just want to cuddle and spend time with Daniel all the time. Just a note for all those brides thinking of getting married around the holidays... it is busy. Enjoy every little minute of it. Soak it all in... and truly appreciate everything you have. I wouldn't trade a single moment of the entire week for anything.


Wedding Week posts:
THE GUESTBOOKTHE HAIRTHE FLOWERSTHE DRESSTHE WEDDINGTHE HONEYMOON

20 comments:

Iris said...

Love the beautiful snowy area! :) The pool..the one outdoor was it heated?

What I think is funny is that we write the blog but there is more pictures of our men... :D

Iris♥ -The Blue Birdhouse

Jamie said...

This sounds and looks so relaxing! You have a great blog that i love following! Keep it up!
Jamie
www.thingsinyou.blogspot.com

Victoria said...

What a nice honeymoon! Did you expect to run into your Dad?

Makes me want to take a trip there myself! So quiet and cozy and peaceful. :)

Madison said...

I've only ever driven through Idaho but I remember it being really beautiful! It sounds like it was a great place to honeymoon. The spa looks amazing. And is that a fox all curled up at the base of the tree???

Eesh said...

Aunie, I'm so jealous of that snow! Can we trade pleaseee??? I'll give you warm sunny weather with lots of beautiful Caribbean weather for the snow. Deal? :)

I'm so happy that you enjoyed your honeymoon. I've always wondered if it would be "pressure" and what does one do besides...well you know. I love how romantic and relaxing you guys own turned out. I pray that you both continue to grow with each other in God.

xx

Elisha said...

SNOW!? Way cool. Congrats!

Pamela said...

What a beautiful, cozy place!!

Joanna said...

That's too funny that you ran into your dad. I would be like, "um, no. you can't be here right now" haha. It looks like such a lovely honeymoon. congratulations!

HelloCindi said...

What a lovely place to spend your honeymoon at! I'm really enjoying all these wedding posts you've been doing! Thanks fir sharing it all with us! Xoxo

Allyssa said...

Looks like the perfect honeymoon! I'm glad you had a great time!

Whitney said...

Your honeymoon is 100% opposite of what we did, but I think even more beautiful!! I don't know what I'd do in all of that snow!

It's Sooo Fluffy said...

How beautiful!!

Why Girls Are Weird said...

It looks AMAZING. How absolutely beautiful.

Halie Renee said...

Holy moly that's beautiful! And that spa place looks amazing! Seems like you had a truly great honeymoon :) So glad to see so much happiness for you and your new husband!

Amanda English said...

whoa that hottub looks amazing! What a beautiful place!!! xoxo

Shio Waline said...

Oh, I love these pics of your Honeymoon! Makes me want to go to the mountains & stay in a cabin too! And scrabble, oh how I love scrabble!

xoxo,
Shio

www.sweetnessaboos.blogspot.com

Jennifer M. said...

That actually looks like my kind of honeymoon! Lol. Relaxed, laidback, and no bikinis in sight! ;) No offense to people who take their honeymoon on a tropical beach, but cozyness by the fire is definitely more my style! ;)

Noey said...

I've never seen the interior of Shore Lodge in the winter. Gorgeous! And it's still cracking me up that the first blog I opened today led me to you...and I'm just about to head to the Cove!

Annelise Rowe said...

Oh my gosh! It's beautiful inside... oh and the cove! So gorgeous. I felt totally pampered while lounging in their chairs and relaxing in their mineral pools. Oh... how I want to go back! Have a great time!

Karli Bell said...

last comment. i swear. mccall is amazing. we got married there. i'm inspired to have a vay-cay there this winter. i just love shore lodge. and the pancake house.

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