live'n in the country.

One of the things that amazes me the most about where our house is, is that I can leave all of the windows open, and our patio door, and hear throughout the house birds chirping and the sound of the wind through the trees.  Seriously, I am in awe of this.  It is the most amazing thing ever!  Before this I lived outside of Philadelphia and before that I lived in Chicago.  The noises that frequented my ears the most were car horns, trains and basically just NOISE.  Granted, I loved all those noises at the time and actually missed them the first few nights in our new home.  BUT, as I'm sitting here on my laptop and feeling the cool breeze run through the house, I can't help but feel total amazement at the beauty and stillness I have found here.  And what's really awesome about it all, is that I'm not REALLY in the country.  I mean, I am - but, we're also right next to everything.  So it's a win-win!  God is so good.  

The house is coming along slowly but surely.  One of my mom's best friends does professional decorating as a side business and hobby.  She came over yesterday with my mom and showed me all sorts of fabrics - she wants to make us curtains for our great room!  I am beyond excited.  And my mom came in the door holding decorative vases and a rug she thought would go great with my guest-bathroom colors.  It did look great!  I am so grateful to my mom for all of the love, time and help she has been through everything.  I'm so grateful to my whole family in general, and to Robbie's family!  We were able to get everything moved in ONE day, and had the muscles of Rob and his brothers to make things go smoothly and quickly.  It was total success.  I don't have pictures yet of the rooms in the house because I really want to wait and show it when it's more finished.  But I do have pictures to share!  This past weekend we went to Reading, PA for a wedding Robbie was in.  The bride and groom were more than exquisite and we all had a blast.  I've left you with a few pics from the occasion.  Oh, one more thing, I would really appreciate prayers for me as I'm trying to find a new job in this area.  It's so weird not having my job and something to do every day.  While I am grateful for the time it allows me to spend unpacking and working on the house, I'm definitely ready to go back to work.  I'm too young to not work right now!  Until babies come along, I want to spend my days contributing to our household.  So please pray God will guide and direct me in the direction he wants me to go.  I'm wide open, God!  Show away!  :o)

Lots of love and blessings to all of you!

home sweet home.

It feels so good to be in our home!!!  I almost have everything unpacked, and I emphasize almost, because I'm not all the way there yet.  BUT, it's unbelievable how easy it is finding a place for everything.  We have so much more room now!  I realize now just how much we out grew our  sweet little apartment.  I couldn't believe how much stuff we acquired from only a little less than a year.  It has been a whirlwind these past few weeks, but everything has been SO worth it.  I am so excited to upload pictures of the progress, but first I have to find where I packed my camera cord.  I also vow to start updating the blog AT LEAST once a week.  No more of this continuous slacking on my part.  Today is Thursday and my mom is on her way over to help me with some decorating (fun stuff!!), tomorrow Robbie and I are leaving for reading for Dale and Lindsey's wedding.  It will be a fun and full weekend.  Christine may be coming over Sunday to spend the night.  I'm so excited for our first over night guest!  Guess I better get the guest bedroom under control.  :O)  I hope everyone has an amazing weekend.  Please be safe and enjoy yourselves!!

a billion days later.

Buddakan in Philly during the AAJ Conference.

Maine!

A girls night.  :o)

My little lovies.

They loveee their Uncle Robbie!

Mmmm, lobster.

I know!  It has been WAY too long since I last posted.  It is unacceptable and I do NOT plan on making it a habit.  If only you knew the chaos we have endured these past weeks!  But alas, things are now back on track.  We move into our house this Sunday!!  It's a few weeks past when we had originally planned, and you would think that would mean more time to have prepared and packed, but nope, not the case.  This week I am slaving over boxes and packing tape.  I am so excited to get everything moved in and placed.  We're moving into our first home!  It is SO exciting.  Over the weekend I took my sister and little niece to check it out.  Addy absolutely loved seeing where she will be sleeping when she comes to visit.  She was a little concerned that there was no bed, but we assured her one will be coming.

So much has happened since my last post!  Maine was SO much fun and a total blessing.  It was so amazing having a week with my whole family.  It has been way too long since I have seen my nephew and niece Baron and Alden - it was pure joy having the family together again.  I think I came back 40 pounds heavier though, ha, we ate more lobster than is probably legal and stuffed ourselves with blueberry pie, blueberry muffins and pretty much everything else Maine has to offer.  The weekend before Maine was Julia's wedding.  What fun!!  She was as beautiful as ever, of course, and she and Justin had an amazing time in Aruba.  I'm so happy for them and hope some day the four of us can make it back to Aruba together!

Can you believe it's August?!  Our 1 year anniversary is next month!!!!!!  I absolutely CAN NOT believe that Robbie and I have been married almost one whole year.  The time has flown by so fast, but hey, they say that happens when you're having the time of your life.  :o)

God is so good!  There is so much I am thankful for and so much I have to look forward to in these next months.  I hope everyone has been doing amazingly well and is enjoying their last weeks of summer.  I never mind summer ending because it means FALL is next.  I love fall so much and am even more excited to experience it this year at our home.  It makes me want to drink apple cider right now!  I love you all and can't thank you enough for reading.  Please let us know how you're doing!

(okay, I need to be realistic - this week is going to be so busy getting everything packed and ready to move this weekend.  Not to mention my sister and I are hosting a bridal shower on Saturday amidst the moving chaos.  And next week will be so busy UNPACKING everything, so it may be a little while before I get to post again, but I promise it won't be as long of a wait as this past time.  Promise!)  :o)