Starting out

So when I was engaged my friend Laurel asked "are you going to start a blog when you get married?" and I said, "no". Well sorry Lu I lied....I wasn't planning on ever having a blog but then I realized how hard it is to keep everyone up to date from the other side of the country....so as of now this is mine and Sam's Baltimore blog.. :)


So to start out I will say a few things on how it has been so far. Sam and I got married on May 13th, 2011 in the Bountiful Utah Temple! It was a glorious day followed by an amazing reception that I wish I could take credit for but the fact is my mom did most of it! She is phenomenal in everything. I would be lost without her. Sam and I loved, loved, LOVED our reception! Being surrounded by friends and family and sharing all that love was the best celebration Sam and I cold have dreamed of. Needless to say it was hard to leave. Then even harder was the Monday after, Sam and I hopped on a plan to Baltimore MD, where Sam will be doing a summer internship at Johns Hopkins University Medical School ( something in brain disease called the Zombie gene....or something like that....pretty cool huh!). When we first got here it was one small set back after another until I was a mess of emotions.... I won't tell you all of the set backs but the one I think that got to me the most was we didn't have a bed and were going to have to sleep on the floor. I cried for a long time, I have never been so far away from home but Sam seeing my distress thought it would be best if we went to a hotel for the night (it would help me feel better to have a bed). And so began our many adventures on the east coast!


Its been about two weeks here now and things are a lot better. Sammy doesn't start work for awhile (due to some mix ups) so we took the opportunity to explore a little. We have been to Inner Harbor, Towson City Center ( the largest mall I have ever seen), and on Sam's birthday we traveled down to Washington D.C.! We only went to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and that was enough to occupy us for a whole day! We are glad we have a whole summer to explore all D.C. has to offer.

My Moochi's brother Mark lives about an hour away and came and "rescued" us from the city for a weekend. The east coast country side is nothing like I have ever seen (cept in movies) it is absolutely stunning!! So much green rolling hills and beautiful green trees and fields. I have found a new definition of green. He took us to some Civil war cites (Antietam, Harper's Ferry) that we just loved! We also got to see this super cool band called The Reagan Years, they play 80's music. We loved the whole weekend and are super grateful to the Labella family for their hospitality, homey feelings, and all the help they gave us to make our little apartment feel 
more like a home!

The Lord has blessed us so much over the last few weeks I can hardly believe it! I am so grateful to have what I have, to have been where I have been, and to be going where I am headed. I know prayer works and the Lord hears and blesses. I love you all! 


Till next time,
Tori T. Hawkins