1 Year Anniversary

1 Year Anniversary was amazing. Ryan and I had a wonderful and amazing first year. Think we love each other more and more each and every day. I can speak for myself, that I fall in love with him more every minute. I love him so much and am grateful for such a wonderful and marvelous husband. I enjoy every moment we spend together and love my alone time with him. I am looking forward to another year and many many more with my hubby and the love of my life. We ended the year by having a nice romantic dinner at the Downtown Grille, where we had our rehearsal dinner.

Sara's Weekend

Sara’s Bachelorette weekend, well what can I say that isn’t x-rated. Just kidding…we had a great time. It was so nice to bond again and see our good Hokie girlfriends. We miss hanging with each other. It was great to catch up again! Friday night we had dinner and went out and Saturday day we had a nice breakfast and then did our own thing until the Afternoon Tea, which was amazing. It was all a wonderful weekend. Maddie and I rode the Amtrak there and back which was a fun experience. And as you can probably see I got my hair braided the last day in Jamaica and then I had Maddie help me take them out on the train right back from NYC. As I am sure you can see from the pictures I had an afro, I don’t even know if I looked white. Ha. It was all fun though!

Jamaica

We had a nice 1 year Anniversary Vacation in Negril, Jamaica! We had an hour or so travel delay on the way there and the same on the return. What can you expect, now a days you have to deal with flight delays I guess and I have heard worse, so I think overall the travel experience wasn’t too bad. We pretty much relaxed while we were there. We laid out on the beach, worked out a couple of days, had a couples massage which was amazing, speaking of that I think I need another one now; my back has been killing me for some reason today. On the day of my birthday I actually got a manicure and pedicure. That day it seemed to rain the whole day which was not fun. This island is very green. While we were there it rained every afternoon usually after 2pm or so and sometimes cleared and sometimes didn’t. I understand now why it is so green and more tropical, not as dry as most of the islands I have been to. Everyone we came across was very nice and friendly. The all inclusive was very nice in the fact we never had to sign for anything, or worry about what to eat or drink. We tried all the different restaurants while we were there too. The only “adventure” I guess you can say we did was snorkeling. I think you can say we both always enjoy that. I can tell you the water and beach was amazing; very crystal clear. We did seem some jellyfish, starfish and sting rays. I couldn’t get over how clear and clean the water and sand were. It was definitely beautiful!! It was nice to be able to take this vacation and I think we always wish it was longer. I think we will try a new place another time, but the one thing I think we did learn, was to try and stay at a resort which you fly into the same city. The drive there was not the most exciting, but you live and learn. We look forward to our next vacation whenever and wherever that may be.

Ok, I don’t have much time to write and I know I am far behind in our blogging, so I wanted you all to be able to at least see our pictures. In the meantime, I will be writing some more about our August Adventures and soon September. Thank you for your patience.

Today my mom comes into town to be with my bro for his surgery. I have no idea what number surgery this is after it almost being 3 years past since he was struck by a car in a cross walk. I am happy and blessed he is safe and with us today! Friday, we have an Investure Picnic to attend and my mom and bro may or may not be attending as well. It is a time for Ryan to meet more of my colleagues and their families at Investure and say our farewells to those who are leaving us. And then Saturday is the day!!! We get to leave for Jamaica!!! Please pray for us the weather turns out beautifully and we will be back blogging again with more pictures to come!

Last Weekend of July…

Friday after work Investure had a belated baby shower in honor of Lily, Bingham and Kristin’s baby girl. She is so cute. Families and Spouses were all invited. Ryan finally was able to meet most of my coworkers at Investure! We had a nice time and before long we ended up at Friday’s After Five meeting some friends and then to Christian’s, our favorite pizza, and then home to bed. We were in bed at a decent time since we had to both wake up earlier for a Saturday. I volunteered at the hospital at 10am and then had to head out of town for a shower in honor or Sara and Chris in Courtland, VA. Ryan woke up to go tubing down the James with his buddies and he took care of our Abby girl. Sunday, I had a brunch for Sara and Chris and then headed back home to see my hubby.

NEW FURNITURE

YES!!!! We have finally gotten some new furniture!!! We actually have a bedroom set and I no longer have to keep my clothes in the plastic bins. We are so happy and love the full bedroom set as well as the reclining sofa, love seat and recliner chair for our living room. Our bedroom set consists of a king bed, 2 nightstands, dresser and mirror, chest and armoire. Below is a slideshow of the pictures I took.

Well I hope all our readers are doing well! This weekend we have a party for baby Lilly at work, after work on Friday and then Saturday I volunteer and take pictures of newborns and then head to Courtland, VA for another great shower of Sara’s. AND THEN… Next weekend, I cannot believe it, but I will be 28 and Ryan and I will be leaving for Jamaica. I have been waiting for this time for months now!

Well I will be back blogging soon again.

Kendra’s fun-filled weekend with us

Well the itinerary explains it all. This is what I gave Kendra before she left Vagas for the big city of Charlottesville. Kendra owes me some pictures, but who knows when I will get those. ;)

Itinerary for Kendra DiAnn
Charlottesville, VA
Wednesday – Sunday, July 16-20, 2008

Air Transportation

Depart: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Leave: Las Vegas, NV at 10:35 p.m. on US Airways Flight # 1011
Arrive: Philadelphia, PA at 6:29 a.m. Thursday, July 17, 2008
Leave: Philadelphia, PA at 7:45 a.m. on US Airways Flight # 4264
Arrive: Charlottesville, VA at 9:03 a.m.

Return: Sunday, July 20, 2008
Leave: Charlottesville, VA at 8:15 p.m. on US Airways Flight # 2424
Arrive: Charlotte, NC at 9:15 p.m.
Leave: Charlotte, NC at 10:30 p.m. on US Airways Flight # 785
Arrive: Las Vegas, NV at 12:01 a.m.

Confirmation #: US Airways – DXLL0Z Ticket # 03723126723363
Booked by Kelly White on June 9, 2008 via www.usairways.com

Hotel Accommodations
The White’s House
925 Rainier Road
Charlottesville, VA
KW: 434.284.3066
RW: 434.989.4526

Thursday, July 17, 2008
9:03 a.m. Ryan picks you up from the Charlottesville Airport in a Blackberry Color Mazda CX7 (similar style to mom’s SUV) and takes you to our house so you can SLEEP!!! J
4:30 p.m. Shower or do whatever you need to do to be ready around 6:00 p.m. for Siips Wine and Champagne Bar
6:30 p.m. We will drive to the Downtown Mall and meet Nikki and Erin for Some Wine and Appetizers at Siips Wine & Champagne Bar.
10:00 p.m. Go to bed and get some sleep

Friday, July 18, 2008
2:30 p.m. Kyle will try and meet up with you as this is when he gets out of work.
4:30 p.m. Shower or do whatever you need to do to be ready around 6:30 p.m. for Friday’s After Five on the Downtown Mall – you may want to snack as dinner will be later
6:30 p.m. We will drive to the Downtown Mall and meet friends and eat a late dinner after the free concert with Kyle and maybe Stewart if he is in town then.
11:00 p.m. Go to bed and get some sleep

Saturday, July 19, 2008
8:30 a.m. Get up and get ready for a long, fun party day! - be dressed in bathing suit with whatever you want to wear to shower/tubing. (i.e. pool dress/skirt with bathing suit under)
9:30 a.m. Leave for the Surprise Shower for Erin at Nikki’s house (up the street)
11:30 a.m. We will head back to our house and then leave with Kyle, Ryan and Stewart for Tubing.
Noon We should be at Capps’ to pick up folks/follow folks to James River Runners for tubing
6:00 p.m. Possibly come back home to change and then head somewhere for dinner or grill out somewhere for dinner.
8:00 p.m. Kendra you will head with Kyle to hang with his friends for the remainder of the evening

Sunday, July 20, 2008
9:45 a.m. Get up and get ready for Church
11:10 a.m. We will leave for church so we can get a seat with Kyle
12:30 p.m. We will drive from Church to have brunch somewhere
3:00 p.m. We will drive to Seasonal Cook (West Main Market) with Erin & Nikki to see a full healthy cooking demonstration and have some wine and tastings as well (will last till about 5:30ish)
And from then on we will chill until we have to take you to the airport about 7:00p.m.

*********Be ready for a fun filled weekend, the weather should be beautiful. ********


We are excited for you!!!

A weekend with Ryan’s Family

Friday after work, Ryan went to pick up Grammie and came back to our house to get me. We then took Grammie & Abby with us to head to Raleigh and see his parents and brother. We got in close to 10pm and chatted for a bit before heading to bed.

The next morning I left to go see Ashley, Chris and their baby girl, Avery. I got to see her house in Fuquay for the first time along with little precious Avery. She was born not to long after our wedding, so she is about 11 months now. It was so nice to see them!

Around noon I met Ryan and his family at their house and we headed to lunch. When we got back Ryan and Jay played a small round of golf. Jim came along to video tape his sons and I came along to watch my hubby. It was a close game. Now, Ryan has a DVD to watch from his dad’s taping I even starred in it for a time. I tried to hit the golf ball a couple of times.

Sunday, we headed to church and then to lunch with Harriet, Jay and Grammie. And before long we were headed back to make Ryan’s softball game.

Abby had a very fun filled weekend with the in-laws and great Grammie followed by time at the park for Ryan’s softball game.