2011 So far

Clark Griswold

Yay for ornaments that have been around for 20+ years!

Oh the trips down memory lane...

Ornaments made by Uncle Pete- every year for Trey

Domino, inspecting our work

First Christmas onraments

Our Tree- finished!!

2010 Family Christmas Card

Beer Brewing Kit! Yay!

Our Chalet in Gatlinburg

The first snow for us-

Exploring on the way to Cades Cove

Cades Cove

Primitive Baptist Church at Cades Cove

2011

2011 has started out to be a pretty good year so far- we made it through another Christmas with all of our families and business, however we look forward to things starting to settle down a bit now that the holidays are over...

We made a short trip to Gatlinburg the first week of January to celebrate a "late" anniversary and to go to the UT-Memphis basketball game with some friends.  I am always reminded of how much I miss the beauty of East Tennessee, especially with now on the ground!! It is snowed a lot while we were there- big fat flakes! It was wonderful- and it was nice to hang out with each other as well... we hadn't been able to do that in a while between the move to the new LeBonheur in December 2010 and the Christmas season and work...

So what does 2011 hold in store for us? Well, Sarah will hopefully complete the Country Music City Half-Marathon for the 2nd time, and start Nurse practitioner school for neonatal nurse practitioner.. for Trey? Who knows? For the both of us? Hopefully it will include a garden that actually grows something without it getting dried up by the sun, and maybe (if we play our cards right) new kitchen cabinets and countertops. But for now, we are thankful for a year of marriage come and gone, and looking forward to whatever God has in store for us!!

Almost Been a Year...

It's almost been a year since we got hitched..and updated the blog! So far, we've mastered the art of his/hers laundry, toilet seat up/down-ness, and the always present trivia question- "what's for dinner?" Mastering the art of the firefighter/nurse schedule was tricky tricky.. but it works well- if we want a few days off together, then it's not a problem. If we have gotten our share of "quality time", also not a problem. But the report card from the marriage counselor was A+ gold star, so guess that's a good thing. So it's day-in and day-out of husband-wife banter, cooking, eating, sleeping, farting, cleaning, laughing, repeat... and it works. No babies yet... so stop asking... but we have successfully outgrown the 1700 sq. foot starter home- thanks to wedding gifts and hand-me-down furniture, artistically arranged (with lots of things arranged under big surfaces such as beds, and stuffed in closets). Marriage is a wonderful gift, however, and as we watch our friends go through changes in their lives, marriages getting better, getting worse, and getting made , we thank God for putting us together.

First "Merried" Christmas- 2009

November 7, 2009