My bike...

Here are a couple of pictures of my Suzuki GZ 250! Make sure you check out the license plate...it was given to me...trust me, I didn't choose it.

Hope to post again soon!

I think I'm all caught up with the big happenings in our life. I hope everyone is healthy, happy and smiling!

Going to the chapel and we're gonna...

Yep, get married! Brian and I were engaged April 21st :o) Most of you that will be reading my blog already know how it happened. Here are a few pictures of my ring. Of course the pictures don't do it any justice. It's absolutely beautiful! We are starting to put some plans together for the wedding...most planning will take place this summer once school is out. Oh yeah...I only have 13 days of work left until summer! I love teaching.

The start of something great...

We had a brand new white vinyl fence put in our back yard. Our next step is some landscaping and a patio out back. We aren't too concerned about the lack of grass in some spots...the patio will eventually cover that area, leaving enough grass and play area for Kyann. Did I mention that we got rid of Rusty, our adopted dog? After 9 months of destruction to our home...various training interventions...and tears, we finally took him back to the shelter. We don't know the family he is with, but he does have another home :)

New "used" car

Since I've been driving my mother's VW Passat for the last year and a half, I finally decided to give it back to her and get my own wheels. On May 5th I purchased a 2003 Audi A6!!! I absolutely love it :) It has all kinds of gadgets that I don't really know how to use yet and only 48,000 miles. It actually matches my other vehicle, a 2001 Suzuki GZ250 motorcycle. I don't have a picture of that yet...coming soon! I have been doing quite a bit of riding though. What fun!

Next room...

We overhauled our bedroom too! It's so difficult to get out of bed in the morning now. Every once in awhile I spoil myself and buy some fresh flowers to put on my nightstand. Once again Brian amazed me with his beautiful craftsmanship. Make sure you check out the ceiling...it's my favorite part! We also purchased a brand new bedroom set, which we love. We made one of our closets into a space for a large dresser and the other small closet we made into shelves. This was our most recent project, as we just finished over Easter!

Some of my favorite furniture purchases!

Little by little we have been replacing the old with the new. Take a look at the pictures I first posted below and then check out these great pieces we've added to each room!

It's about time I catch up...

So much has happened since my last blog! Where do I even begin...? I'll start with the house. Brian and I overhauled one room in our basement. Let me just say Brian is pretty darn handy around the house! We completely redid the room from top to bottom: new ceiling with recessed lighting...new paint and trim on the walls...new hardwood floor, which we installed (it's not the real wood though). Bri purchased a beautiful bar with bar stools and thanks to some generous gifts from others, our once creepy, green, musty smelling basement is a wonderful place to kick back, relax, watch the tube, have a few drinks, play games, and hangout!

Summer Trips

Here are two random pictures of Brian and I from our trip last year and this year. Last year we traveled to Niagara Falls (Canada) and through the Adirondacks in upstate New York. What an absolutely beautiful trip! This year we traveled south to visit some friends in Kentucky, visit some friends in Memphis, TN, Nashville, TN where we saw an IRL car race thanks to my darling "sis" Nicole, through the Smoky Mountains (see picture) and back up towards PA. We rode a little over 3000 miles in two weeks :)

It is SO difficult to take pictures of a bathroom! Obviously, we have a rather small bathroom (yet another work in progress). I didn't try to take any pictures of our kitchen, partially finished basement or bedrooms because they are rather messy, but stay tuned!

This is the biggest room in our house. It contains the front office and our dining room. We took a chance and painted the walls red, which we ended up loving! All the furniture in these rooms is old, but in the near future we are going to buy this beautiful "L-shaped" desk from the pottery barn that will fill up the front office and provide much needed filing cabinets! Can you find Kyann in one of the pictures? :)

This is our living room, which contains new furniture (the couch is my favorite...the chairs on the end recline...zzzzzzz)! The door on the right is the front door of our house the stairs lead up to the second floor containing two bedrooms and the room in the background is our office.

Our small brick home with one car garage including a loft above for storage and finally the fenced in back yard for our doggies, which we are currently growing grass in. Future plans are to replace the metal fence with white aluminum and adding a deck!

House Pictures

Brian and I moved into our first home on October 22, 2005. Since then we have painted, bought some new furniture for the living room, a new garage door , and changed a variety of odds and ends. We have a lot planned for the house in the future, but since it's summer, we are too busy with vacations and weekend trips to really get into anything big. I hope you enjoy the pictures!

First Picture

Well here is the first picture I was able to upload! These are my "children". The chocolate lab is Kyann and the shepard/beagle is Rusty. I love my dogs.

Amber, you can see a very little bit of my house here...they are outside on the front porch.

Thanks to Amber...

I just created my own blog thanks to Amber! This is going to be so much fun :)