Summer Eleven

Summer is here and so far this year in Kentucky it has felt like a Texas Summer!! It has been so hot and humid I feel like I moved back to Houston! Which reminds me, for those of you that are from Texas reading this I miss y'all. I so wanted to try and make it there this Summer for a visit but it doesn't like that will be happening this year! This mostly has to do with the fact that Chris and I bought our first home!

In my last blog we were in the process of moving in with my in-laws and saving for down payment. Things ended up working out really well through that whole situation and we ended up being able to get a little house with a giant fenced in yard. Chris and I are happy and you have never seen to two happier dogs in your life! Al loves his new yard so much that he rolls around on his back in the grass on a daily basis. Rona is obsessed with trying to tree squirrels, catch birds, and protect her place and people. Chris and I have been immensely blessed and are truly cherishing this time together in our new home.

In other news, Chris was laid off from his job in March which was a huge concern since we were trying to save for a house. We spent a lot of time praying and completely went on faith that God would provide him with a new job. Within a week and a half Chris got a job offer! Nothing but God can be attributed with that small miracle! I am still at my same job and probably will be until we have children. I would love to be able to stay home but only God knows if that is going to be possible. As for right now, things are going great and we look forward to whatever the future holds.

Absent

I didn't realize that I haven't posted anything since this summer!! Things have been busy and I have not made time to sit down and write anything. Bad excuse, but it is the truth. Anyway, Chris and I had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas. I actually got our Christmas shopping done before Thanksgiving which made for a really relaxing holiday season. For New Year's Eve Chris and I went to Cincinnati for the weekend and we had a great time! We found this great restaurant that just opened called SMOQ (pronounced smoke) they had THE BEST food ever. For our appetizer we had fried ribs, sounds awful but it was AMAZING! Then we went to a local place and listened to live music and rang in the New Year. The next day we went to IKEA and bought a coffee table! That was a big deal since we have been w/o a coffee table for like a year.

So that should bring things up to date, or at least into the month of January. So far this month has been busy! Chris and I are moving out of our condo and into his parents house for a short while so we can save mega bucks for a down payment on a house of our own. We have been slowly moving things into storage for the past few weeks and over to my in-laws. We are going to be moved by the end of the month. I almost wish we would have rented a storage unit a lot sooner, it has given us so much more room in our closets!

This weekend my fabulous friend Sarah is coming for a visit! I am so excited to see her! I have been cleaning and doing laundry like a maniac but the condo was a total mess from moving so it needed to be done. I have no idea what we are going to get ourselves into but whatever it is it'll be a blast b/c when we get together there is no tellin' what may happen!