It's a Wonderful World

It's been a busy two months for the Petersons. It's hard to believe the wedding was only two months ago - it feels like two years ago! We have some big news to share but we have to wait a little while longer till we make the official announcement. Although lots of people already know. And no, there is no "little Peterson" on the way yet. Below are some pics of what we have been up to lately. Enjoy!

1. Who is your man? Scott Matthew Peterson
2. How long have you been together? 1 whole month of marriage. 5 wonderful years of dating.
3. How long dated? 5
How old is your man? 25
5. Who eats more? It depends what it is!
6. Who said “I love you” first? He did when we were in Door County.
7. Who is taller? Scottie.
8. Who sings better? Definitely me. :)
9. Who is smarter? It depends on the subject. He is really smart with math. I'm smarter with current affairs / history.
10. Whose temper is worse? We both can have bad tempers and we work on it every day :)
11. Who does the laundry? Scottie!
12. Who takes out the garbage? Scottie!
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Scottie
14. Who pays the bills? Scottie!
Who is better with the computer? Scottie. (this quiz is making me sad!)
Who mows the lawn? We don't have one....yet!
17. Who cooks dinner? Me!
18. Who drives when you are together? Since we're normally in my car, I drive.
19. Who pays when you go out? I'd say that is 50/50
20. Who is most stubborn? We both are in different ways
21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Me!
23. Who kissed who first? I don't remember!
24. Who asked who out? I was the one who pursued him, but he's the one who made it official and asked me to be his girlfriend.
25. Who proposed? Scottie!
26. Who is more sensitive? Definately Scottie.
27. Who has more friends? Scottie has more friends, I have a few very close friends.
28. Who has more siblings? Scottie, he has four of them!
29. Who wears the pants in the family? Me, totally.

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We had such an amazing time. The honeymoon was perfect, just like the wedding. We've started our marriage on a perfect note, and we hope that it is a preview of our life together :)

Our other adventure that we went on was a one day trip around Ocho Rios. The trip was full of fun little activities. The first one was to stop at the little flea market that is pictured below. This was one of the most stressful things I've ever done in my life. As soon as you excited your bus, you were assigned a "tour escort". They really weren't escorts, they were actually one of the vendors trying to get you to go into their little hut. When they brought you into their huts (about the size of a small closet) they would stand in the middle of the door way, practically not letting you out! Everywhere you walked there were people approaching you and trying to ask you questions. We went into one little hut, and Scottie and I were trying to have a conversation about where we should buy things, if we should buy them there, etc. This woman was literearly standing right next to me and repeating everything that was coming out of my mouth. I got so stressed out that I stormed into the bus and wouldn't go back out!!! Not my cup of tea --


The next stop was a lot less stressful. We went to Coyaba Gardens, which is a small little area with the prettiest and very lush gardens with a river going through them. The last part of the trip was to Dunn's River Falls. If you ever get to Jamaica, I would highly recommend going there! You start at the beach, and walk all the way up these gorgeous falls. You'd think you would need to be really physically fit to do something like that, but it was surprisingly very easy. There were parts where you could slide down rocks into a big pool of water. Other times you would stand up on a rock and fall back into the water. It was so cool and invigorating!
Our tour guide was insane! He'd jump from rock to rock like it was nothing. He barely go wet! He was also holding like 7 cameras and taking our pictures. We were happy he was doing it -- we got some great pics!

Neither Scottie or I are big sun bathers. In fact, we both try to avoid the sun as much as humanly possible. We both have come to terms with our European skin and realize that even when we are tan, something simply does not look right.

So with that in mind in Jamaica we were really careful. Scottie's day of demise was when we were at the Dolphin Cove. We were swimming in the ocean with the dolphins all day long and unfortunately his sun screen did not last in the water and he ended up with a pretty red head.

Surprisingly his burn went away pretty darn fast.

My story is a lot different and a lot worse. It was the last full day in Jamaica. I was still fairly white. It was very over-cast for most of the day. We decided to just hang out around the ocean and in the pool. When we went into the pool, we met a really nice couple from Canada. They were also in love with their dogs so we started talking about that.

My biggest mistake was sitting in the area of the pool where you would normally lay your beach chairs and lay out. So I was sitting in like 6 inches of water. My second mistake was not putting sun screen on my legs. I figured that they are mostly in the water so no harm could be done. My next mistake was sitting in that 6 inches of water and splashing water over my body while I was talking and thinking that it would "cool my skin off". When we got out of the water I felt fine. We went to grab some lunch and we went back up to sit on the terrace after lunch. All of a sudden Scottie looks down at my legs and said I looked like a lobster. The rest of the day got worse and worse. I was so cold all day long. I could barely move my shoulders and my legs. It felt like needles were piercing my skin.
That evening was spent with cold compresses all over my body and some Advil Extra Strength. I kept telling Scottie that it felt like my knees were broken. Then I looked down and saw two white-colored circles on both my knees. At first I thought they were scars that didn't color. But then I went into the internet area and googled third degree sunburn and sure enough, that is what it was!! Which explains why I felt like my knees were broken. What a sad day! But neither of us let it ruin our honeymoon. At least it was the last day! I'm doing better now. My skin has started to peel with the exception of one area on my leg that is bright red and will not change! Oh, the joy of being Irish!

Our little refrigerator in our room was also all-inclusive. So we could drink any of the beverages without being charged (sweet!). Well, we go to open our fridge, and look what beer is sitting so cute on the top shelf....

We had a couple of days where we laid by the beach or pool or just sat up in the terrace area. We loved sitting on the terrace, looking at the ocean, playing SkipBo, and sipping on some really good cappuccino.