sweet home alabama

I know the title is corny but hey, I've got to at least use it once!

David and I had a successful home hunting trip to Birmingham this weekend. We've secured a quaint historic apartment in Homewood and we couldn't be any happier. It was an exhausting weekend but we made time for the important things like food!

place to live, check.

job for moi, still working on that...

But, I'm realizing our move is going to be like Ruffles Weekend all year long!!

we love dreamland bbq!

one bedroom...

one large bath...

we spent a lot of time driving to and from samford and throughout the campus

it is absolutely gorgeous this time of year

on saturday night we had a delicious dinner with friends eric and page at dodiyos

homecoming

On Tuesday night, David got to welcome Griffin back to Tallahassee!! He has been away in Kansas taking care of Allison who was there interning for 6 months. No doubt that he remembered his Daddy...and new official mom and sister Fern! We had a good first night all together and we're so glad he's home {and Allison too of course!!}.

at last...they are back together!

fern is trying to hide from "sweet griffin monster!"

the micas

god bless america

Hope you had a Happy 4th of July! We spent a most relaxing weekend in St. George Island with family and friends. We spent most of the time eating oysters - in all forms - and they were delicious! It was a wonderful way to spend remembering those who fought for our freedom, celebrating our country's birthday and my half birthday of course!

mr. and mrs.

sweet friends

sister, rian, mc, hillary and ellie

chris and michael
michael's wardrobe compliments of the crawfordville wal-mart!

cousins lucas, sophie and sally kate

sally kate is so sweet with sophie

looks like little holly

sweet smiley sophie!

the whole gang

the dunhams

the critters

more jump

a beautiful sunset overlooking apalachicola bay
(great picture hill!)

on the fourth, everyone participated in the big parade...

mom, dad, and I watched from the sidelines - trying to take pictures and avoiding getting wet from squirt guns and water hoses...no such luck...but the beach umbrella provided decent protection!

her comes the "miss smiles" float

they're up!

Our fabulous wedding photographer, Mary Beth Tyson, has posted some of our beautiful wedding images on her blog here. I love them all and can't wait to see the rest!

Thank you Mary Beth~

hands down...

...the best toast ever!

If you missed seeing it in person it's one for the books. I have the most talented and loving siblings and this was their toast to David and I first at the Rehearsal Dinner and then an encore performance at the Wedding Reception. It's now a YouTube sensation! I love you Sister and Michael!

Enjoy~

watch it here.

the great adventure

During our Rehearsal Dinner, Daddy gave a toast and told all of the guests about two Radcliffe family motto/lifestyles:

1. Always do the right thing.

and

2. The Great Adventure

The first one is the easy one and the second one he went on to explain is the one that provides challenges but excitement in your life. And that now David and I get to embark on our own Great Adventure together.

One week ago, the Monday after we got back from Italy, David found out that he was accepted to Cumberland Law School at Samford University! So...we're moving to Birmingham, Alabama in August!!! And you all know how much I love Birmingham!

I cannot even describe how bittersweet and exciting all at the same time this news is. Of course we will miss Tallahassee and our family and friends here immensely but we both like to meet new people and discover new cities. And I hear they're pretty nice in Alabama :)

Now it's on to looking at a place to call home and a job for moi! Please let me know if you have any connections in the Birmingham area for either.

And thus The Great Adventure begins...

overwhelmed

Today, I am back to gloomy work after 3 glorious weeks off for my wedding and honeymoon! I've been overwhelmed with emotions {love, joy, wedding blues, etc.} and events {including overflowing gifts and boxes at my house - all in all a total mess!} but I could not be happier than I am right now. My wonderful husband surprised me with a 10 day honeymoon to Italy and it was fabulous! I wish it never ended. Pictures to come soon...at least within the month.

But first the wedding, ah, the wedding. I cannot even describe how much I loved it and how beautiful and delicious everything was. I have too many dear friends to thank that made it all happen. Everything about our wedding was my favorite part and I would like to relive it over and over and over. I was camera free throughout the weekend of soirees so I've included some blog posts dedicated to the new Mr. and Mrs.!!! They speak volumes and I'm forever grateful for the memories. Enjoy~

http://heatherhagood.blogspot.com/2011/06/capital-affair.html

http://behindthethree.blogspot.com/2011/06/mica-radcliffe-wedding-part-i.html

http://behindthethree.blogspot.com/2011/06/mica-radcliffe-wedding-part-ii.html

http://alittlevignette.blogspot.com/2011/06/orange-blossoms-and-wedding-bells.html

http://ourgunterfamily.blogspot.com/2011/06/mary-davids-wedding-weekend-part-one.html

http://ourgunterfamily.blogspot.com/2011/06/wedding.html