A Year Ago...

A year ago this weekend we were in Charleston looking for apartments to move.

Scott and I were reminiscing yesterday about how much has changed in the past year. We also couldn't believe we have lived in Charleston for almost a year. CrAzY!!!!! I still feel like we just moved here and are pretty new.

We are excited to continue our journey in South Carolina!!

It is a busy weekend here on Daniel Island and Charleston as a whole. The Family Circle Cup starts today and lasts a week. This is the biggest women's only tennis tournament in the world. This year one of the Williams sister is playing so they are expecting even more people than normal. We had to get a special parking pass to be able to park and be on the island. Scott scored some tickets for us so we will be heading up to watch some tennis in a few minutes here. Scott told me to pick out my most ridiculous looking outfit and to keep my mouth shut...hahaha...don't know how that is going to work out.

This morning there was a Daniel Island Easter egg hurt for kids and over 400 kids signed up for the hut. 400...I didn't even know there were 400 kids on the island. Needless to say we stayed inside this morning. We did think about going out last night to have our own Easter egg hunt and find a few of the kids eggs...hahaha :)

The third crazy thing happening in Charleston is the Cooper River Bridge Run. 43,000 people come to Charlestons to run over the Ravenel Bridge - this is the huge bridge connecting Mt. Pleasant to downtown Charleston. So we are also staying away from Mt. Pleasant and downtown today.

While reminiscing we remembered all these things going on last year while we were trying to find a place to live. Streets were closed...you needed special access to get to some places...and there was just A LOT of people everywhere. Which made one of us (me) not so sure they wanted to move here. Now I think how much I like living here and how we call it home!!!

Beachin' It

Us Southern Baker's are ready for beach season to be here already....

Last weekend we went to the beach Friday night and Sunday.

Friday we decided to head to the beach for a nice evening picnic and relaxing when Scott got home from work. So, we packed up a cooler, a blanket, and NO jackets or sweatshirts. We were convinced it was nice enough to go in shorts and t-shirts. Oh boy were we wrong....We got to the beach set everything up and ate. About 10 minutes after being done we looked and each other shivering and decided we had enough of that. It was so windy and cold :(

Saturday we planned on going to Folly Beach for their Surf and Sand Festival but it was on and off rain and wind so we decided to stay home and relax.

Folly Beach's Festival continued through Sunday with a surf competition and sand castle building. We packed up the car for a morning at the beach. Once again....we got out to the beach and wished we had brought long pants and sweatshirts. Scott ventured out to surf for about 15 minutes before coming back in with blue lips, while I sat reading bundled up in towels. It really was a nice day minus the wind...the sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud in the sky but with the wind blowing it was a little cold to be trying to sun bathe.

So, as you can tell we are really itching to be spending our weekends at the beach!!!!

Work Trip

Scott has been working a lot and traveling quite a bit. The traveling he has been doing are 1 -3 night stays places close by....nothing crazy. No Idaho...No alligators...No diving...

So last week I got to go along :) He had to go to Beaufort, SC which is about 1.5 hours away and on the water. It is really close to Hilton Head. It was a new South Carolina city we had never been to before. It was a great city to visit for a few days. Small downtown...islands all around...historical. It had a nice "river" walk that I took advantage of both for walking and reading.


We have been pretty much bbq/roast roasted out the past few weekends. We are getting to the end of roaster season so everyone is getting their fill until next year.

Our 5k training is going really good. We are up to running 15 min. We still have about a month and a half till the race.

Fun Few Weekends

Scott sent this picture to me when he was walking to work one morning...poor guy :)

We have had a few great weekends the past few weeks.

Two weekends ago we went to Greenville to watch Andrew and the Spartan's play baseball. My parents were lucky enough to be able to drive down for the long weekend too. It was fun to be able to spend a few days with them (wish it was more). Winter finally decided to come to South Carolina and it was freezing. We were bundled up head to to toe all three days.

Scott and I had never been to Greenville so it was fun to check out a new city in South Carolina. Even though we were cold we decided it was a nice city and will be going back there when it is warmer out.

This past weekend was suppose to be a fun (haha) filled soccer weekend...which turned into a cold, wet, windy weekend. Scott is finishing up his indoor soccer season but the Friday game was changed to this Tuesday. Then, Saturday we were suppose to go watch the Chicago Fire, DC United, Columbus Crew, and Charleston Battery play. We tailgated from 1-6 all to find out the games were cancelled due to weather. Scott was then suppose to have an outdoor game on Sunday which was also cancelled due to weather. Needless to say we spent this weekend cold and wet.

We signed up for a 5k and have been training for that. The 5k we signed up for is in Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville is known for its microbrew beers (which we love) so we figured what a great reason to head that way. Run a 5k, explore a new city and drink.....

Other than that Scott has been working A LOT. I found out that I can collect unemployment (which was very exciting to us) and am looking for that job. The cold weather has officially decided to show up...we have been freezing the past few weeks. We have also had crazy winds.