Charleston.

A few weeks ago we set off for a weekend getaway to Charleston as a Christmas gift from Thomas' parents. It's weekends like this when you have the ability to slow time down and realize every couple needs time together with no agenda or set plan (this extremely hard for "the planner" in me to do, but it's necessary).

We have no children (except a maltipoo named Livy), but we lead very busy lives and know spending time together with no distractions is important to a relationship. It's hard for us to plan a date night with our schedules so we utilize our love for traveling and try to go somewhere every other month or so. 

Being recently married, our trips are not elaborate -- we haven't upgraded to jet setting yet, but travel 2 to 3 hours away for a weekend trip. In December we went to Biltmore, Charleston in January, and Charleston again this month. Just like Charleston, we both have been to the places we go to many times, but we always do something different and love eating at our favorite restaurants (we're not fans of "tourist-y" places -- we want to find out where the locals shop and eat).

During this trip, we went and saw The Hunley and took a short trip to John's Island to see the Angel Oak Tree. 

I highly recommend seeing both of these sites. It's absolutely humbling to see history so close to you as you look over the observation tank of The Hunley and The Angel Oak Tree is just God's work of art -- breathtaking. 

See you in a few Charleston!