The Rapids

It has been pretty warm here, so Troy and I decided to enjoy it. We went over to the Savannah Rapids. Unfortunately, it cooled off the day we decided to go. Poor Tory--he was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. Anyways, I love going over there. It is peaceful and just a nice place to go take a stroll. We enjoyed our afternoon and hope to go more as it gets warmer.

The House

So back in January Troy got a house. We will live in it once we get married, and I can't wait! It was a foreclosure, so we got an awesome deal on it. It is 1540 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 car garage, and a pool. It was not in very good condition, so we are going to fix it up. It will be beautiful when we are done! The previous owners were such big smokers that nicotine covered the walls. You could see the outlines of where the pictures hung! Pretty much everything will be new. We put in a new pool liner already, but I don't have a picture of the new one yet. We will also be replacing all the siding, the decks, the floors, the bathrooms, and the kitchen. We have already ripped out the kitchen and floors. We took out the wall between the kitchen and the dining room to make it more open. We will put an island there in place of the wall. I have put some pictures up of the "before" and the "destruction"! You can see how dusty it got in there when we were ripping everything out. Hopefully it won't take us too long to complete, but since we are doing it ourselves I have a feeling it may take a while!

Will

For Christmas, Mandy, Melissa, Lance and Will came home. Lance and Mandy had to go home early, but Melissa and Will were able to stay for 2 weeks. We had so much fun and I was so sad to see them leave. Will is such a little character--he loves to entertain people, and if he sees that someone is laughing at him, he will keep acting like a clown. He also had this hilarious face he would do whenever there was a noise. I included a picture of that! He also loves to get his picture taken, and will sit there and pose for you. I pretty much followed him around the whole 2 weeks taking pictures. I took tons and tons! Here are a few.

Christmas 2008

This Christmas was great. It was nice to have some time off of work and enjoy spending time with family. Mandy, Melissa, Lance and Will were able to come home for Christmas. Will is the cutest little guy and has such a sweet personality. Troy and I spent Christmas morning at his house. Aaron and his kids were able to come home for Christmas also. Afterwards, we went and had Christmas at my house. Will was having fun opening presents at first, but then he became more interested in throwing the wrapping paper away. Troy got me an awesome present--a digital SLR camera. It is the Nikon D60. I absolutely love it. There is a lot I need to learn, but for now I just set it on the auto setting and snap away! My favorite thing about it is that I can constantly snap pictures. I don't have to wait for the camera to get ready. Here are a few pictures of us all opening presents.

Wicked

This past weekend Troy and I were able to go to Atlanta to see the broadway show "Wicked". It was awesome! It was such a cute, funny show. We saw it at the Fox Theatre, which is a beautiful place. We had pretty good seats, except for the man in front of me had a huge head!! Troy was nice enough to switch with me so I could see better! The show is based on The Wizard of Oz. It tells the story of the Wicked Witch of the West and how she got her name and became "wicked". We are so glad we were able to go. If you ever have the opportunity to see it, don't pass it up!!

You might be a Redneck if....

You like to go to the county fair for a monster truck rally and a demolition derby!! This past week has been very eventful! On Monday Troy and I went to the fair in Aiken to see the monster truck rally. I have never been to one and thought it might be fun. It was!! We had a blast watching the trucks. They were awesome! Also, Troy had his first funnel cake ever!!! I can't believe he has never had one. On Friday we went up to Greenville, SC. It is such a beautiful town. We went shopping in the cute stores downtown and went to the park right in the middle of downtown. There is a river going through, and they had a beautiful park surrounding it. There is a big suspension bridge that I tried to get a few pictures of, but it was dark and raining a little bit. Then on Saturday we headed back to the fair to see the Demolition Derby. That was also tons of fun. For some reason it is so entertaining to see cars crash into each other! After the derby we walked around the fair and Troy played a few games. He won the strongman game and got a blow up baseball bat! We stayed busy this week, but had so much fun!

Utah Part 2

We went to Salt Lake a few times to hang out. We found a new restaurant that we really liked. It was Rumbi Island Grill. They had stir fry and rice, and it was so good. Dave and Crystal took us there and I'm glad they did. We drove around to see the new temples being built there. The Draper Temple is finished on the outside, and the Oquirrh Temple still has a way to go. They are both very pretty though. We hung out at the Gateway Mall for a while and also went to Gardner Village. That is such a fun place to go. It is set up just like a little village, and each store is in a cottage. They have such cute stuff. During the holidays, they get all decked out. For halloween, they had huge witches everywhere. We also spent a few days up in Logan visiting my family and Troy's family. We drove through the Logan Canyon and discovered a little cave/spring. It is fed underground by the Logan River. I loved spending time with my nephew Will. He is such a happy little boy and loves to be the entertainer. We had such a great trip and can't wait to get back out there.