SO…we’ve had a whirlwind couple of weeks. In late June, we had the opportunity to spend the weekend at Cherry Grove Beach with Pat (Nate’s childhood best friend) and his wife Liz at her grandparents’ beach house. Other than their wedding, this was the first time all of us have had the chance to spend some quality time together, and it was a BLAST! From staying up late and chatting about everything under the sun to playing on the beach, it was a wonderful time. They will be moving to London in the fall for a couple of years while Liz pursues her PhD, so it was perfect timing for us to get together for a few days before they head overseas!

The delicious meal we made Saturday night.  so. much. food.

After returning from the beach, Nate accepted an offer to get back into the golf tournament world, so I returned to Charleston the following weekend to help him pack and see all of our friends. Another awesome weekend! Friday we grilled out with Zack (one of Nate’s work friends) his wife Kasey, with their twin four year olds Zeb and Jax, which is always a fun time. Their neighbors Lee (also a work buddy) and his wife Liz came over as well and we spent the evening chatting…mostly about North Carolina as I was the only born and raised South Carolinian there. The next day, we packed up some of Nate’s things and met a big group of friends at a nearby restaurant for a going away meal. It meant so much to him that all of the people-from work, roommates, and many friends in general came to hang out. We followed dinner with a couple of games if pool and some ping pong and called it a night. Sunday was spent doing some more packing and we went to dinner at Hyman’s in downtown Charleston, which hit the spot for our seafood craving!

After an awesome weekend in Charleston, it was back to a short work week filled with a ridiculous amount of rainy weather, which squelched the pool/lake plans for our weekend house sitting for some family friends. We still had fun, had a short boat trip on Daddy’s birthday that quickly turned Ito a DOWNPOUR with difficulty docking the boat. I feel confident I have never been so wet in my life, but you cannot beat this view…

Another post to come VERY soon to give a recap of the Quick-Todd Wedding!