Tennessee Vacation

After the craziness of moving, Rusty and I made our getaway to Tennessee for our annual vacation. We spent a week enjoying the beautiful weather and mountains! We had a busy but also relaxing week. We spent 2 days hiking though the mountains, went white water rafting, horseback riding, shopping and much more! It was a much needed break for us and we really enjoyed our time there! Flip though the album for tons of pictures!

Our first home!

Our most exciting news is that Rusty and I have bought our first home! We are so excited to finally have a place to call our own and stop renting! We closed on the house in late April and quickly painted inside and moved in a few days later. The home is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath with nice vaulted ceilings. There are many things we love about the house like the big bath tub and double sink in the master bath but we are looking forward to making some improvements as well!

Someday, we would like to put a back porch on, paint the exterior and change the linoleum to tile! For now, we have been very busy fixing up the front yard and getting settled! We have some pictures posted of the house but soon we will have some before and afters to show all the hard work we have done!

Kara's Graduation!

At the beginning of May my good frined Kara graduated from the UCF nurisng program! What an accomplishment. I was able to sit with her family and watch her graduate at the nursing pinning ceremony. This definitly brought back a lot of memories for me! It's hard to believe it's been a year since my graduation!! In June, Kara will be moving to Tennessee to work as an RN at UT medical center. So excited for her but sad to see her go!

Let's play ball!

This spring Rusty joined a softball league with some of the guys at work. He used to play baseball in high school (as many of you know) and was a very good ball player. Slow pitch soft ball was a little hard to get used to at first but he has really started to play well! Most importanly, it's been a good way to get back into doing something he really loves.

The first season ended a few weeks ago (a total of 4 teams playing each other several times!), and their new season just started! This time, they will be playing 5 other teams so that should keep things interesting!

To the beach with the family!

Well, it's been quite awhile since this was updated but so much has happened since then so here we go:

In April we got a visit from my Uncle Doug and Aunt Kristi and my cousin, Robert. We were fortunate enough to get to spend a day at the beach with them. Paige and I showed them around Cocoa Beach and we had a great time :) Check out the Beach 2008 folder for more photos!

Trip to Vermont

Rusty and I have recently returned from a long awaited trip to visit my dad and Jim in Vermont! We have been so wrapped up with buying a house, this was a much needed get away!

Here I am with the sign to dad's place!

We flew in to Burlington and stayed with dad the first night. The next day we hopped in the car and headed to NYC! We toured the area of Manhattan for 2 days and even got to stay at the Marriott in Times Square. It's really neat to see things on TV and know, hey! I was there!! We saw the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Rockefeller center, Central Park, and much more.

While in Vermont, Rusty and I were able to check out Lake Champlain where the infamous "Champ" is said to live. This was especially exciting for Rusty who has been a believer for years! We also toured Ben & Jerry's, Teddy Bear Factor and the local ECHO science center. For our last day in Vermont, we spent a day at the slopes with my dad! What a trip, we had a great time!



Thanks again Dad and Jim!!

WildMan Triathalon

Well, it's been awhile! Not much happened in February except an amazing Valentine's Day dinner cooked by Rusty and enjoyed by me after a long day at work! When I came he had a delicious 4 course meal prepared! Yum!

Here we are out by the lake for a photo op after the race!

This past weekend, Paige, Grant and I raced in our first of many triathalons! It was a 400 meter swim, 20 kilometer bike and 2.75 mile run...whew! None of use REALLY trained like we should have but all had a great time! Paige, once again, finished first with a time of 1hr 35 minutes! I finished in 1hr 47minutes and Grant finished in right at 2hours. It was a great experience and we are already talking about our next one!

In the coming month I don't think we'll have much to report on since Rusty and I are planning on buying our first home. It has been a tough road so far. We have lost a couple of our favorites due to the sellers not being willing or able to meet us half way, not to mention being beat out on some great deals by other buyers!! We have an offer in for another home in a great neighborhood...Hope this one works out! In the meantime we will continue packing!!

More later!