a weekend of friends and tailgating

this weekend has been a lot of fun! yesterday morning i met katherine, emily, and andrew at the farmer's market. i haven't seen emily in months, so it was great to spend some time with her and catch up on life! we found some neat things at the farmer's market (ie. homemade pasta, which jon and i will be trying tonight with spaghetti!) and then we headed to cupcake for some treats! unfortunately i ended up with a parking ticket, but i've never had one as long as i've been in charleston so i guess i was way overdue for one!

jon and i headed dowtown yesterday afternoon (after he worked on the bathroom for a while and i baked cookies) for some citadel football tailgating! it was the citadel's first home game this season, and they did awesome....from what we heard on the radio in the parking lot and the news when we got home! we prefer to tailgate during the game rather than going in to watch the game! will and carol brought their rv, so we had an awesome tailgating setup, along with our own restroom...no portalets for us! i'm looking forward to doing it all over again next saturday!

i've got homemade spaghetti sauce on the stove, i'm doing laundry and doing things around the house, and jon is continuing to work on the bathroom...so we are being extremely productive this sunday! tonight we grout the tile in the shower!

here's to another week...but most importantly another fun weekend at the end of it! xoxo

another day at the office...with cake!

it's just another day at the office, but today we are celebrating the boss' birthday with cake! we also celebrated a birthday on tuesday with a really good chocolate cake! i'm not sure what type of cake we will be having this afternoon, but i'm sure it will be tasty!

tomorrow is friday....thank goodness! i'm ready for a fun filled weekend weekend to begin! we are tailgating saturday afternoon/evening for the citadel's first home football game of the season. also, one of my roommates from college, emily, is going to be in town, so i'm looking forward to seeing her and catching up at some point this weekend!

on another note, the guest bathroom is almost finished! we have someone coming to reglaze the tub (from the hideous green from the 1960's to a more modern white!) tomorrow morning, and then all that's left is grouting the tile around the shower and the trim work! i will definitely post pictures once the project is completed!

the new grey's anatomy starts tonight, and it's a 2 hour season premiere! it's going to be a great next few days!

one amazing year...

as of today, jon and i have been married for 1 year! i can't believe it has already been 12 months since we were married in a gorgeous ceremony barefoot on the beach....time has absolutely flown by! we've made some awesome memories the last 12 months and i'm excited about many more memories to come in the future!

jon is an amazing husband! he's brought so much into my life, and i don't know what i would do without him! i love waking up to him every morning and coming home to him every night! i love the way he makes me laugh constantly and enjoy life no matter what's going on around us! thank you baby for just being you and for being such an amazing part of my life! happy anniversary! xoxo

a weekend of anniversary celebrations!

jon and i have had an amazing weekend of celebrating our anniversary! last night we went to dinner at slightly north of broad (aka snob) downtown....and it was awesome! i had never been there and jon had only been once several years ago. they had two glasses of champagne ready for us...what a great treat! we started with some appetizers and then i had duck breast with squash casserole and asparagus and jon had triggerfish with wild rice. it was an amazing dinner at a restaurant we wouldn't normally treat ourselves to except for special occasions! after dinner we took a walk down to waterfront park and checked out the beautiful view of the bridge...what a great city we live in! we headed home to our dessert...a fresh mini version of our wedding cake that i picked up at the bakery yesterday morning! it was just as good last night as it was a year ago on our wedding night!


this afternoon jon and i had a couples massage at a spa in west ashley! it was so relaxing and we both thoroughly enjoyed it! we've decided that when we go on vacation from now on we will be getting one to help us relax...and maybe on some special occasions too!

tomorrow will be our 1 year anniversary!

fun times in indiana

jon and i arrived home from indiana around 9 last night. we had a great weekend with my brother, patrick, and his family. my niece, zoie, and nephew, maddox, are absolutely adorable! (i so wish we lived closer to them!) we got in late friday night, so we crashed as soon as we got to their house. we started saturday morning with zoie's first soccer practice and then headed to the iu/western michigan football game! we were able to get a little tailgating in before going into the game! saturday night we relaxed with some of their friends after a busy day!

sunday was zoie's 5th birthday...i can't believe how quickly she is growing up! the morning began with putting up the jump castle and getting a few jumps in before the birthday party guests arrived! she got lots of neat things for her birthday (and maddox even got some cool things too)! we got to see my cousin, holly, and her husband, matt, at the birthday party, and we haven't seen them since our wedding last year! sunday night we headed to greenwood, in to meet jon's friend from the citadel, josh, his wife, stacie, and their adorable son, aaron at the cheesecake factory (what an awesome restaurant)! jon and i hadn't met aaron (we'd only seen pictures), and he's even cuter in person! what a fun little guy!


monday was a big day for jon and i...we kept the kids while valerie and patrick went to work! what a day...we played, we went to the mall, and we jumped in the jump castle! we had a lot of fun with them, but it definitely made us realize how much work kids are...we decided we aren't quite ready for that full time responsibility! :) our time will come though...just not for a few years!

tuesday was a fun last day! we went to the indianapolis motor speedway for a track tour and to see the museum! we got to ride around the whole track in a bus while learning neat facts about it...jon and i definitely want to go to the indy 500 within the next few years! we met holly for lunch at buca di beppo....our favorite family style italian restaurant! it was sooooo good...i wish we had one near us! jon and i then boarded our plane home to sc!

what a great long weekend it was! i was sad to see it end and say goodbye! here are some pictures...

i hope i'm not getting sick....

so it seems to happen that every time jon and i go on vacation, one of us gets sick! we were both sick at some point when we were in utah in february, and the last few days my nose has been running like crazy! i haven't had any type of sickness since our trip in february, but of course, the few days before we leave for indiana i've got something going on in the sickness department! i hope it's just allergies, but i've been taking vitamin c pills, drinking orange juice (as much as i hate it, i've been attempting to get down at least a small glass each morning), and using zicam in an attempt to ward off any type of illness that may be trying to form!

on a good note...jon got our guest bathroom painted last night, so we are getting closer and closer to finishing it! it's going to look awesome!

a day and a half of work and then off to indiana....

awesome times with awesome friends and family!

this weekend was so much fun...i hate to see it end, but i guess we have to get back to reality at some point! we got the weekend started friday night with dinner at easterby's! saturday morning i headed down to the farmers market with my mom and saturday afternoon involved lots of fun on the ashley river. we hung out on the dock, philip got the raptor tube to actually fly (something jon and the guys have been working on for several summers!), and we watched the sunset on the dock to end the party on saturday! philip, abby, rachel, bowman, jon, and i headed to dinner at kickin chicken and then went to tee and katherine's for some games! what a great day!

sunday morning we slept in a little and then headed back to the windmueller's for some more fun in the sun! abby and i went tubing on the raptor and then rachel and katherine hopped on for a ride! we relaxed in the sun and had another great day with awesome friends before jon and i headed to pawley's island!

jay, brittany, and will had a condo in pawley's island for the holiday weekend so we hung out with them and liza for the night! i laughed hysterically most of the night as i usually do when we hang out with them! we grabbed some dinner and drinks at carolina wings and then went out on the pier for a little midnight fishing! it was so peaceful on the pier that time of night...and the boys caught a shark (not a huge one, but a 21 inch reef shark!) while we were out there!

we grabbed breakfast this morning before hitting the road back to charleston...and then jon and i collapsed on the couches the rest of the day! it was a busy weekend...but soooooo much fun! we have such awesome friends and family! love you guys! xoxo

resisting the urge

so let me start by saying i'm very proud of myself so far today...because i have resisted the urge to get a doughnut out of the dunkin donuts box! i had a great tae bo workout last night, and i hate to ruin it by eating a doughnut this morning so i stuck to my english muffin with cheese! also i'm looking forward to a great dinner at easterby's tonight, so i figured i should save up for that!

a little less than 6 hours until the beginning of an awesome weekend....

fun filled long weekend ahead

i'm so ready for this weekend to get here! we have friends and family coming into town that we haven't seen in awhile, so it should be a fun filled weekend...and it's a long weekend too! having monday off from work makes the weekend even better!

weekend events so far....
tomorrow night jon and i are going to easterby's (all you can eat crab legs for jon) with my mom and hopefully getting to see our nieces once kirk and laura and the babies get into town. saturday morning i am planning to hit the farmer's market downtown with my mom and maybe pick a few cupcakes at cupcake...the most awesome cupcake place ever!!! we are having an end of summer party at the windmueller's saturday afternoon...boats, jet ski, beer, jello shots, good friends and family - what more could we ask for?! saturday night will hopefully involve a trip downtown to go out on the town for the night with our friends! we haven't gone out downtown in a few months so i'm hoping that works out! as for sunday and monday...relaxation time and whatever fun might come along!

only one more workday to go until the fun begins! it's almost time to call it a day at work and hit the gym for a great tae bo workout tonight! xoxo