Tyler and Emily in PNG

Monday will mark Emily and my four week anniversary! A time to celebrate right? Our first week anniversary was in St Lucia during our honeymoon, second week was our wedding reception, third week was spent at Sr. High church camp, and now today we will be at Vacation Bible School. Ah, the exciting life of newly wed missionaries.

Life over the past four weeks have been busy and time has not allowed for me to write and share my wonderful experiences with you such as our wedding, honeymoon, and wedding reception. I will try to share with you some of the great blessings over the past month that God has given us.

It all started out on a beautiful blue sky Montana day on May 14. Emily and I agreed to have a small private wedding in the Bears Paw Mountains south of Havre, MT. The minister was Emily’s good friend who flew in from New York City. The Matron of Honor was Emily’s best friend Genevieve from Billings, MT and the Best Man was Emily’s brother, Evan. Other than that, the photographer was the only other invite despite the multiple pleads from family and friends. If one thing had to go wrong it was the tardiness of the photographer. We scheduled a 1:30 pm wedding however the short 10 minute ceremony did not start until 2:30 pm. Yes, the photographer delayed what God had created in marriage. In the end, it was hard not to smile at such a beautiful bride.

Following the short ceremony we took some pictures with a much apologetic photographer then ran out of town and soon out of the country. Following our first night together in Great Falls, we started our 24 hour marathon journey to St. Lucia, West Indies in the Caribbean. After an 8 hour layover in Denver, a redeye flight to Miami and a 5 hour layover in Miami we finally arrived to our slice of honeymooners paradise in St. Lucia.

From the Intl Airport, I arranged a private car transfer to the Sandals resort which was an 1.5 hour car ride on narrow, windy roads through the mountains. At the resort we were greeted warmly with a towelette and a drink along with the beauty of the manicured gardens. Our oceanfront honeymoon luxury room was balanced with tossed flower pedals and a bottle of champagne. It was definitely a room fit for a king and queen.

We had lots of fun lounging in the sun and eating at various all-inclusive resort restaurants. We found it close to impossible to stay up past 11:00 pm. We kayaked, water skied, sailed our own Hobie Cat, and tried paddle board which were all free for guests. We had an awesome and fantastic week in paradise!

For more honeymoon pictures see my Facebook photo album Honeymoon St Lucia May 2012.

As the saying goes, all good things have to come to an end…well, our stay ended at paradise and we had to journey back to Montana. We got back on Thursday, my parents came the next day, and then on Monday (Memorial Day) we celebrated our marriage at the wedding reception. As the groom I had a few small requests like shrimp cocktail, pub mix, and chocolate fondue with fresh fruit. Not all groom get their way, but this one managed to hit a home run. I even had an Oreo infused wedding cake.

Emily and I were blessed with many family and friends who came to the family farm to celebrate with us and what God has formed together. After the final picture and after everyone had left, it was just me and my wife. I whispered in her ear, ‘I love you Mrs. Hewitt’ and she responded, ‘I love you too Mr. Hewitt.’

More wedding reception pictures will be posted later.