After we got married in October things were beyond busy. We moved to North Dakota and jumped right into a heavy work load, which led to no honeymoon. Until...March 15!

We left Williston, ND at about 8:00pm on the 14th to head to Denver, CO to catch our flight to St. Lucia on the night of the 15th. We got to spend the 15th in Denver catching up on some very important things...like shopping :) Ok, so Kyle had lots to do for business stuff....But while Kyle did that Marquette shopped and got her nails done (you know the necessities before a trip to the Caribbean)  We caught our 11:55pm flight to Miami from Denver and landed in Miami at 5:00am and then had a 5 hour layover and off to St. Lucia we went! 

Our awesome passport covers :) Except PB messed up Kyle's.
But Kyle is a trooper and kept it anyway!

When we landed in St. Lucia our resort, Anse Chastanet (pronounced Anz-Shasnee) had a car waiting for us and took us on a two hour drive to the southwest side of the island. Marquette gets car sick, so going through the tiny winding roads made for an...interesting...drive. But it was beautiful.

Along the drive we saw the Pitons up close.

We finally got to our resort and were greeted with a local fresh fruit punch and a cool mint towel. It was refreshing after the 2 hour drive and we knew our week was going to be one of fun and relaxing. We had our own little cottage that was set into the mountain side. It was so beautiful and relaxing. We really enjoyed our room and the amazing view it had of the Pitons and the ocean. 

Our fun little cottage on the mountain side

And by night :)

Here are a few more pictures from our trip....

The view from our room

Right after our scuba dive!

The view of the Pitons from our canoe

Our resort - Anse Chastanet

Outside our cottage

On the ocean floor!! WE LOVED SCUBA DIVING!!! 

We feel so blessed to be able to get away and just enjoy each other. We have been so busy and really needed some time just to ourselves. St. Lucia was exactly what we needed at the exactly right time. 

NORTH DAKOTA OIL FIELD!!!

So we have been wanting to show ya'll what things look like up here. Kyle runs a transportation operation called Catch 22 Hotshot. How it works is a company associated with the oil field will need something delivered faster than is actually possible. They want it now, so they hire Catch 22 to deliver these "tools" to different oil drilling rigs as fast as they possibly can. It's a very specialized field and some days an overwhelming one!  We have seen a lot of interesting things, but the coolest thing is seeing how the Lord is always working. The oil field in general is, well lets just say it definitely isn't the Bible Belt. HA! But when Kyle decided this was where the Lord was calling him , and ultimately us as a married couple, we knew we had to be completely open to whatever the Lord had in store for us. The oil fields of North Dakota have become our mission field. We know without a shadow of a doubt this is where the Lord wants us, and that is a great place to be. A Pastor we know once said, "Being in the hand of God is the best place to be, it's also the scariest." SO TRUE.

This is an oil drilling rig

They all have these flair stacks that are burning off natural gas

First post of the new year! Has it been that long?

WOW! Cannot believe it has been so long since our last post. Our apologies! We have had so much going on. Time to fill ya'll in....

We went to Nebraska to visit Kyle's family for Christmas. It was so exciting since we didn't think we would get to do anything, and would be stuck alone in North Dakota. It was short but oh so sweet! Here are a few pictures just to show how wonderful it was! ...

Then we went to Kentucky to spend time with Marquette's family. It was so great! Marquette went down a week early to get in some extra time, and Kyle came the following weekend. We went to eat at Shogun the Japanese hibachi restaurant, lots of shopping, and even more laughing. Just to show some of the fun here are a few pictures....

So many special times. We are so blessed with amazing families! I mean common look at them, THEY ARE AWESOME!!! :) There are always lots of tears when we say goodbye. We cling to our family times and long for the day when we will be a little closer and get to have more time with them.