Painting

Last night we decided to tape and begin painting our bathroom. Wow, what a chore. It took us both about 4 hrs plus and we are not even finished yet. When I get some photos of the progress I will have to post them. Ryan and I have a new respect for painters as it is very time consuming and all the little nooks and crannies are difficult. Next we will move our way to our bedroom. A purple bathroom we are getting and then a celery bedroom. I cannot wait and wish the process was a bit shorter. Then we will move our way down stairs and probably do the guest rooms and guest bathroom last. I already have some ideas for the living, dining and kitchen. We shall see how it all goes. Only two more days till the weekend.

Weekend in Gatlinburg, TN

It has been a while since I have blogged, so here it is. Over this past Veteran’s day weekend, Ryan and I went down to Gatlinburg, TN to have a nice relaxing weekend at his Uncle Bob’s Cabin. We met his brother, Jay, sister-in-law, Ashley, and mom, Harriet along with my dad, his wife, Whittney, and my two step sisters, Jordan and Sydney.

While we were there we went into town to walk around and look at the little country shops. We also went to a brewery of course to watch our football games (UC, NC State, UVA and Virginia Tech all WON!) After a late lunch, we decided to work it all out playing blacklight put put golf which was very fun and entertaining especially since it was inside. We were all a bit cold, as it was a little chilly for this time of year. We then went home to a relaxing evening in the hot tub, some air hokey was played and then a horrible movie was watched in the media room with all the girls. I do NOT recommend Tara Road. It is sad with not so great acting and Jordan and Ashley did a good job of imitating it later.

After that long day, we awoke the next morning to say by to my dad, Whittney, Jordan and Sydney. They had to return home for school and work on Monday. We (Ryan, Jay, Ashley and Harriet) stayed until Monday. So, on Sunday we decided to check out the Tanger Outlets in Pigeon Forge. I did do some damage at Old Navy, but Ashley seemed to beat me on this one. We had fun and enjoyed our time together. The day ended with a nice dinner at Carino’s Italian Restaurant.

Monday came and it was already time to leave. We left around 11am or so and stopped at Cracker Barrel for Lunch in Bristol. Then headed to Valley View Mall in Roanoke to buy a shower gift for a wedding shower Ryan and I are attending this week. We picked up our little Abby from my brother’s and went home for dinner and hit the sack.

Some Honeymoon Photos

We took our Honeymoon to Aruba immediately following the wedding.

A few wedding photos

Our First Home

The Progression of Our First Home

Halloween

Our little family all dressed up on Halloween. Abby (Tiger) was our barker to let us know when we had trick-or-treaters. Our first Halloween in our new home as newlyweds, we had about 7 trick or treaters; I was excited for them! After the Trick-or-Treaters, Ryan and I went to our neighbors home for a Halloween Party. We tried our best to be football players without the pads and Helmet. Abby was of course my mascot.

A little about us

For Starters, we would like to share a little about us.

• I like to scrapbook, watch a few TV shows, travel, watch or go to sporting events and I absolutely love skiing! Ryan loves sports and college football. We both love being active and hanging out with friends.



• Ryan works full-time for the Virginia Athletics Foundation and I work for a developer on two condominium projects in the area.



• Ryan is a graduate from NC State and I am a graduate from Virginia Tech! Ryan has been in Virginia for 5 years and I have been here for 3 now.



• We have a little rascal, our miniature schnauzer. Her name is Abby; she is our only baby girl for now. She thinks she is the queen of the house at times; loves barking at dogs and little kids. We need to work on her. However, she does obey us most of the time and is very sweet and cuddly.