Happy Birthday Kelly!

Sunday was my sweet husbands 29th birthday. We decided to celebrate by taking the festivities to the Sand Dunes. We had a bunch of friends join us and Kelly had a blast. I love when his friends come out with us and bring their toys so Kelly has someone to go riding with. We went down Saturday morning and had a big bon fire that night with all the friends. Sunday morning everyone left except for us. We love having friends there but we also love just hanging out with just the two of us and not having anything to do but relax. I didn't bust out the camera until Sunday so I don't have a whole lot of pics.

I only try the four wheeler when everyone is gone. I'm not very good at it.
Kelly and I in front of the trailer.
Look I even played foot ball with Kelly. Also, not very good at it.
Kelly was pretty proud of the fire he built.
I love you Kelly and I had the best time with you this weekend. I hope you had a wonderful 29th birthday!!!

Our Story. The short version.

My friend Melissa tagged me and asked me to share the story of how Kelly and I met. Even though she was there for a good portion of it. I guess its a good chance for me to reminisce and write down what I still remember. Here I go.

Kelly and I first met while working at Kenny Rogers Roasters. I was 17 and he was 15. It sounds bad but I'm only a year and half older than him. I was the first one to work there and then all of Kelly's friends started to work there. Apparently I was a looker back then, if you look at pictures you would never know it. Kelly's friends told him that he had to come in and see me. Kelly came in and applied for a job and took a gander. "She's not even cute" he said, of course being typical Kelly and trying to act cool. Really he thought I was a hottie. I thought he was pretty cute and I loved the way he walked. Haha. I was young. After only a few weeks of working there we all became good friends and started hanging out all the time. I would probably say those were some of the funnest times of my life. Oh to be 17 and not have a care in the world. It only took a few weeks of hanging out for Kelly and I to completely fall for each other. He got a hard time from his friends and so did I. I was taking Kelly away from them. Not an easy battle for either of us, but we remained inseparable. That was 13 years ago. We dated for about 3 1/2 years and then broke up for two, it was the hardest time of my life and the best thing we could have done. Its hard finding the person your going to marry at the ages of 15 and 17. We both needed time to grow up a little and figure out what we wanted. Luckily it was each other. I remember the night we ran into each other after our long break up. It was oddly enough at Club Omni, lamest club ever and I never went there. My friends came in and told they were going and invited me to come along. I really didn't want to go and I told them it was specifically because I didn't want to run into Kelly. I went anyways and low and behold Kelly was there. I was definitely scared. He was so sweet and was looking for me everywhere so we could talk and hang out. Lucky for him my friends thought his friends were cute so they called him later that night. They all came over and hung out. That night Kelly and I realized how much we had missed each other. Still a little cautious I kept my distance from him. My friends and I decided we were going to Vegas the following weekend. I told Kelly we were going and if he and his friends wanted to meet us there that would be cool. Apparently none of his friends had money to go but Kelly wanted to go so bad he offered to pay for the trip. Good thing he did. It was a big turning point in our relationship and not even a year later we were engaged to be married.

Kelly and I have completely grown up together. He has been my best friend for 13 years and I love every minute I have with him. Just like every relationship we've gone through our ups and downs but we know there is nothing that we can't get through together.

Enjoy the blast from the past.

I think Kelly is 16 hear and I am 17. Is my shirt tucked in?
One of our nightly outings after work to good ol Burger king. Kelly in one of his finest moments.
Worst prom dress ever. I ran out of time to do my hair so I ended up looking like this.



I will keep this tag going and tag

Annette
Helen
Angela
Megs

In Case You Missed It.

Last night during the MTV movie awards they aired a trailer for New Moon. It looks better than the first one already. Also, check out Jacobs new ripped body. Holy cow that kid worked hard to keep his job.

Enjoy!

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON trailer in HD

NYC Day 1 & 2!

We have arrived to the one place I have wanted to visit my entire life. So far I have seen two people urinating in public, I got in a verbal altercation with an old lady because she thought my tank top and a jacket outfit was to revealing, and I have almost been hit by 13 crazy cab drivers. How do I feel about it do you ask? I am LOVING it!! Where else do you get craziness like this?Seriously?!

DAY 1

Yesterday when we arrived we met up with my brother Dave and his wife Jessica. We went to the Empire State building first and then met up with their friend who is a local. He took us to China town for dinner. We then went to a great dessert place. Kind of a short day.

Here are some pics.

Kelly and I getting ready to ride the subway.

The four of us at the top of the Empire State Building.

The cutest picture ever of Dave and Jessica!

DAY 2

We had a lot more going on today. We stopped by St. Patricks Cathedral and then walked down 5th ave. We then walked through the Rockafellar Center Plaza then we went and stood in line for two hours to get in to the taping of the Daily show. We were so excited because we were the last ones in line that they gave tickets too. Then we get inside and they tell us that only 3 of us can go in and we had to make a decision immediately as to who was going to go. Dave and Jess were nice enough to let us Kelly and I go. However, we felt guilty the whole time. After the show we headed to the Yankees game. Busy busy day.

More pics. Sorry its a long post. I'm in New York would you expect anything different?

What's NYC without the Naked Cowboy

Enjoying the Yankees game.

In front of the new Yankees Stadium.

So happy to get our tickets to the Daily Show only to be disappointed that only three of us could get in.

Great seats at the game!!

Philly!!

We had a great couple of days in PA staying with Kelly's brother Ronald and his family. It was wonderful. Good food, great company and free massages from the girls. What more can you ask for. Pennsylvania was beautiful. The freeways however are crazy!! Kelly and I kept getting lost. Note to all readers, an iphone does not replace your GPS system. I don't think I have ever seen Kelly so mad. Haha. Good times.

Here are some pics from PA.

I told the girls we could go shopping for some sunglasses. We ran out of time so I couldn't take them but Kelly and I stopped on the way home from Philly and picked some out for them. How cute are they!
Posing with Rocky in front of the famous art museum where he runs up the stairs. We all ran up the stairs.

The girls and I in Philly.
Kelly enjoying an actual Philly cheese steak sandwich. He is also making his Philly face. Silly boy.
Thanks Ron and Annette for being such great hosts and letting us stay with you. It was so fun to see you guys and we can't wait until next month when you come and visit us.

Washington DC

Well we finally made it to DC. It was a bumpy flight. I tried to sleep but instead I used my new neck pillow to breath into. Someone on the plane had a serious case of nervous gas. It was HORRIBLE!!! But we made it anyways and so far we have had a great time. We spent all day Saturday in DC with Kelly's parents and his brother Ron's family. We had a great day.

Jenna, Megan and I at he WWII memorial.

Kelly, Jenna and Mega at the Lincoln Memorial.
Walking down the Vietnam memorial.
Washington Memorial
I love this picture. It was raining so we all had our umbrellas while walking dowtown DC.

That is the Lincoln Memorial behind us.
In front of a building next to the White House. We can't remember what it was. We saw so much that day.
The most beautiful Cathedral I have ever seen....Also the only Cathedral I have seen. Still amazing!

And that was my Saturday. CRAZY. I need a nap. Today we are in Pennsylvania at Ron and Annettes house. Tomorrow we are off to Philadelphia. I'm going to try and keep updating so keep checking back.

Down with the old, in with the new!

As some of you know we are finishing our basement...still. Its a process. We have decided to put most of our appliances from upstairs, downstairs into the basement kitchen and upgrade our main kitchen. Its so exciting.

Our first replacement was the microwave, followed soon after by a new gas stove top. I cooked with the stove for the first time today and I loved. Doesn't it look pretty. I'm still debating on the microwave. It looks nice and it cooks fine, but I miss the kitchen timer on my other microwave. This one is so quiet I can never hear it go off. Which mean over cooked cookies. My new specialty.



I also had to take some pictures of our trees. I love them in the spring time. So green, mostly, and they have blossoms. Every year they get a little bigger. I can't wait until they get big enough to block the wind.

It was a beautiful day!