Snow snow and more snow

Let me know when to send her goggles

Christmas Time

Chris and I had an amazing Christmas morning at the Andresen's! Chris made eggs benedict in the morning and we had a turdukin for dinner that night. We watched The Hangover with Kate and Alli and had some great laughs. It was my first Christmas away from my family, but I enjoyed every minute of it. We got up at 3 am the next morning and left the house at 345am for the trip to Indiana. Getting up wasn't easy, but was well worth it. 15 miles out from my house it started snowing hard. We got up Sunday morning as if it were Christmas day and we had a blast watching Emily open her gifts...aka, trying to eat the paper. We stayed in Lafayette for a week and spent New Years with my parents and Pam and Dale. Chris also got to meet the friends I used to hang out with from high school. It was really great catching up with all of them and introducing everyone to Chris. We headed back on Saturday the 2nd, and I got sick again...thanks Pam! :) We both returned to work on the 4th and I have been working through the weekend for another swim meet. I am looking forward to seeing Jenny in a couple weeks and meeting her newest addition Cooper! Enjoy the pictures!

Me, Troy, Kelly, Greg and Mandy Reunion

Mandy, me and Kelly visit for the first time in over 4 years

EMILY!!!

GO Colts!

Emily's new sippy cup from us!

Thinking about crawling

Christmas Morning at the Andresen's

My new Desperate Housewives gloves.

Thanksgiving 09

We spent Thanksgiving at Chris' great aunt and uncles home near Kings Dominion. We had a day full of shooting, rocket launching, food and family.

If you look closely you can see the ejected shell at around 1:00 above my head! Great Shots!
We then headed down to Corolla in the Outer Banks for a post Thanksgiving vacation with the Andresen's. We went to a great little aquarium, ate LOTS of amazing food, and did some great shopping.. Coach outlet???? I was able to pick out my Christmas present from Chris!



Tomorrow kicks off the 2 swim meets that are 4 days each. December 14 will be a day to look forward to. We will be here for Christmas Day and then we head to Indiana to spend time with my family and celebrate New Years.... look out 2010!

More pics from Tgiving (October)

Family Reunion

Chris and I just got back from our trip to Indiana. I went to Lafayette on Wednesday and Chris joined me in New Castle on Friday. We ate a lot, visited with a lot of family and tried to stay warm. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the weekend.

Uncle Chris and Emily

Uncle Dan and Emily

Uncle Chris and Emily

Falkor and Emily (look close - Emily has her arm on Falkor.. too cute)

Holding Falkor's paw

October already?

Where did time go?

Things have finally gotten back to normal after our quick trip to Indiana. Grandpa's service was beautiful and over 300 people came to the visitation. It was so nice to meet some of his friends that knew exactly who we were, but we weren't sure who they were. :) They would come over and introduce themselves and tell us how much Grandpa would brag about us.... especially Emily (of course). I can not brag enough about him! Grandpa was a Shriner and used to transport burn children to hospitals in Ohio and Kentucky. He was a FreeMason, and he served in World War II. He did so much in his 87 years, and I am so proud to call him my grandpa. He will be sooo missed.

Chris and I have been extremely busy. He is in school two nights a week, I am teaching for GMU twice a week plus my regular 40 hour job, and teaching swim lessons one day a week. He just started football again and with group projects we are lucky to see each other on the weekends. This is actually my last free weekend, next weekend starts the meet season. We will be participating in the Human Society walk in DC next Saturday, and then I leave Wednesday the 14th to go to Indiana and Chris joins me on the 16th. The following weekend (10/25) is our ANNIVERSARY... wow, 1 year! November is a busy month too... a wedding and Thanksgiving!

Our sweet sweet neighbor Kim is moving to Virginia Beach, so we are desperately looking a dog sitter that loves Chase as much as she did. One of my lifeguards is going to be watching her for the second time when we leave in October, but we have 2 more trips in November that are stressing us out a little bit. I am an anti-boarding person because of a dog that I used to have came back from being boarded and was never the same. Chase is almost 7, and has never been boarded, so I don't want to try that out! I am currently looking at some "open" kennels in which all the dogs play in a large area all day and then sleep in rooms together at night. However, I am afraid that she might not pass the "personality test" because of her traumatic experience (she got attacked by two larger dogs and was bitten) and since then she is fearful of larger dogs. We will have to try it out and see if she passes.

Till next time!