The Largaespadas

Let me preface this post with this... I welcome any but purely positive comments as this is a joyous time for Steve and I to be celebrating a happy marriage. For those of you who do not know, Steve and I were wed on May 20th, 2010. We decided not to tell everyone because we didn't want the judgement and questions that would accompany our very thought out decision. We handled all the legal aspects of marriage then and waited to do the ceremonial aspects February 10, 2012. May 20, 2010 February 10, 2012 Every single day since then, I have experienced the incredible love that Steve shows me and my heart has grown ten-fold because of it. He is my best friend and perfect life mate. Now let's get on to our trip. Our going to Antigua is in celebration of 3 years of marriage and for our belated honeymoon The trip started with a long, 3-stop trip from Dallas to DC to New York finally ending in Antigua the next day. Any time I ever encounter anything less than comfort...

After a not so long, 23 hour road trip from Southern Cali, up through the Grand Canyon, we finally arrived in Austin, Texas. We usually take the shorter, south route going to Texas but decided to take a little side trip to the Grand Canyon since neither of us had been before. I will say, it was pretty incredible! It is definitely a place we would like to return to some day. We got a little campsite and set up our tent and fire to spend the night. Even though it was April, it got down to 19 degrees; that night so we snuggled up with the boys to keep warm and luckily we didn't freeze to death. So after the 8 hours to the Grand Canyon, we had another 17 to go and made it in one swift shot. Steve was awesome for driving the entire way with me in the passenger seat entertaining him. Once the boys calmed down, they traveled really well. They had their little beds perched on top of our suitcases in the backseat and slept 95% of the time we wer...