King Size...PLEASE!

No pretty pictures to post in this blog or anything fancy. Just wanted to vent and let everyone know that we are on the search for a king size bed.

We totally should have listened to our moms this summer and gotten one from the start...here we are 7 months later and already are needing to buy a king size. Why you may wonder? Her name is Bella and she is 25lbs of sweet love but she takes up the entire bed! So anyone getting ready to move into a new home...buy the king size now...not a queen...you will be happy in the long run!

We now are starting the search tonight for a new mattress and all new bedding. Hopefully by the end of the week I will be able to post new pictures of our bedroom with a nice big bed so I can sleep soundly again!

P.S. If anyone has any suggestions on where to find nice king duvet covers...let me know!

Enjoy your week!

2009 in Review

Happy 2010! 2009 was a good year to Colin and me. We had several exciting things happen that made us feel like we were finally home in SC.

We celebrated our 1 year anniversary in March (love you). While it was a big milestone, we unfortunately didn't do anything exciting. Our plans to visit the Biltmore Estate where we were married were cancelled due to bad weather, boo. Maybe this next year we will actually make it there!

Our next big adventure started in February of '09. The day after my 24th birthday we officially started our house hunt. That day we met with our realtor and were pre-approved for a loan. Then the hunt started. We saw probably 10-12 houses and a few houses more than once. We even were 2 days away from closing on another house (in the end, I'm so glad that deal fell through because I am totally in love with our house). I had to give up my dream kitchen due to only loving 1/2 of the house and hating the other 1/2. The journey finally came to an end 4 months later when we purchased our home in Liberty, SC. We couldn't be happier and can't wait to spend many more years here.

Our other big thing that happened in 2009 was when we adopted Bella, our sweet puppy dog. We are so excited to finally have a puppy, we have wanted one for a long time. I know I am bias because she is my own, but she is a freaking good dog. I never thought it would be as easy as it has been during her puppy months! Colin credits himself as being the "pack leader" and I think he might be right! Bella has brought tons of joy in our lives and the cats even like her!

The best part of 2009 was that I spent it with Colin (I love you). We can't wait to see what 2010 brings for us, our family and friends.

Happy New Year!

Bowling in the Music City!

This week I just got back from Clemson's bowl game in Nashville where we played Kentucky in the Music City Bowl. Last time we were there we played Kentucky but the outcome wasn't good. This year we won 21-13! It was a great win for our coach in his first season and for our graduating seniors, who we will miss!


Can we talk about how cold it was at the game? I had multiple layers on and was still freezing! This is a picture with Elizabeth my Alumni Association BFF. She helped host our event at BB Kings!

I was actually at the bowl game this year for work. My coworker and I were lucky enough to be able to host an event the night before the game at the BB Kings Blues Club. We had never had an event before and weren't sure what kind of crowd we would have. We kept saying that we would be happy if 50 people showed up. To our surprise we had about 250 people show up and were very excited. We can't wait to host an event at next year's bowl game!

These are the fun ladies that I spent my weekend with and had a blast! Maybe next year Colin will get to come! Go Tigers!

An Indiana Christmas.

Nothing says Christmas then being at home with my family and seeing snow on the ground!

I got to spend time with all my friends and family while in Indiana. I have to admit..I think I might have spent more time at the mall than anywhere else! I went shopping with my Mom, Colin's mom and my BFF Jessica. While I didn't buy much, it was so nice to walk around with my favorite people to shop with!

I also got to have dinner with my gymnastics family at our favorite hang out- Pepes! I wish I would have taken pictures of us all, but sadly I didn't. There isn't a dinner with them that I don't almost cry from laughing so hard. It was so good to see Cindy, Renee and my adoptive children! I terribly miss coaching gymnastics at LAGC.

Colin and are I blessed that our parents live literally like 30 seconds from each other. It makes for easy traveling during the holidays. On Christmas Eve we always spend the day with Colin's side of the family. We ate a wonderful meal prepared by Colin, went to candlelight service and then opened presents. After presents we all played the game Loaded Questions, it was a great time! Here is a picture I stole from Lauren's facebook (it was the most normal we all looked).

The on Christmas Day we spent the day with my family. We did our normal Christmas routine. We woke up and opened presents followed by egg casserole (it wouldn't be Christmas morning without it). Colin got the new Super Mario Brothers Wii game and we spent the afternoon playing that. My poor Mom got a migraine and slept most of the afternoon but Dad made a wonderful meal of lobster and fillet.


I was so sad when I had to leave both of my families and friends the morning after Christmas!

Theres No Place Like Home...

I am home.

There is nothing much else to say but that.

I have already gotten to be with both sides of my family, go shopping with my mom, see my best friend for a few minutes, eat at my favorite place on Purdue's campus and even try a new spot.

Simply Wonderful!

We Are PURDUE!

This weekend Matt, Lindsey and I took a little road trip (5 hours) to the University of Alabama to watch the Purdue Boilermakers take on the Roll Tide. Colin wanted to go but he had to work :0( Matt and I both graduated from Purdue, so we were both real excited when we saw they were playing fairly close to us this year. We recruited Z to come along and pretend to be a Boilermaker fan! She played the part perfect! Here we are when we first got to the game.

For most of the game our beloved Boilers were behind but then they fought their way back for a victory! There were about 200 Purdue fans at the game and let me tell you, we were loud! There was even a little Alabama fan who was yelling at us to "shut up" when we were cheering and giving us a thumbs down! Here is a picture of the boys on the court.

Below is the picture of us celebrating after the game! We Are PURDUE! Boiler Up!!

It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Again, I am slacking but with the holidays just around the corner we have been busy decorating! This year is the first year in our home and we couldn't wait to put up Christmas lights outside! The Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend Colin and I went to Target to get all the outside decorations. Colin gets all the credit for the lights outside and I might be a little bias...but I think we have the best house on the street!

My mom and I did some Christmas shopping the Black Friday morning, let me tell you how crazy those people are at 4 and 5 in the morning! Below is my best purchase from the morning, the trees! I got those two trees for $40 bucks from Target...they are normally $95! It even came with a wreath and garland. We put the garland inside.

Below are some of our Christmas decorations inside the house. Enjoy!

I am so excited to have our decorations up! I love to sit in the living room with all the lights out in the house besides the Christmas lights! Have a wonderful holiday!