Last weeks of Summer

This is going to be a random blog about the last couple of weeks... First My birthday was last Sunday and we celebrated with my family. Jeff's (seen in the picture) birthday is next week so we had a combined party. This is the last year of my twenties so I guess I am officially OLD. We went to Outback for dinner and back to my Dad's and Terri's for cake and ice cream.



Emily has started sitting up and standing up on her own a little but sometimes she does not remember how to lay back down. In this picture she just decided to bind over and nap instead of laying back down. This makes my back hurt just looking at it.


Battle Scares from the first couple of days on the grill. I got burned a couple of times my first few days on the grill. The burn on my wrist was from a waffle iron and the one on my forearm is from an egg pan. I am sure there will be many more where that came from. I am enjoying working. I like cooking but, I need to get faster. I have not learned the art of cracking an egg with one hand yet.


The last photo is Emily and Ansley swinging at our neighborhood playground. Emily loves swinging. Ansley is her first best friend and we were able to witness Ansley's first steps the other day while she was at our house playing. Now if we could just convince Emily to walk on her own.

I am a Waffle House Employee

Well I am now officially on the Waffle House pay roll. I have worked four days already and am learning to wait tables and call orders. It has been fun as the associates have had a good time watching me mess things up. I will start learning to cook next week. I am excited about that. Toward the end of September I will work as the third shift cook. WOW I am sure I will get so good stories to tell then. I will keep you posted.

Great Places

So I was looking at some old pictures and going down memory lane yesterday and came across some great memories. I can't believe that We had the opportunity to see so many great places. Here I have shared just a few. We witnessed a very real bull fight, which we ended up leaving because Adrianne could not handle them killing the bulls. But it was a great culture thing to see while in Spain.



Man Italy was great and Rome was our favorite but the views from Cinque Terre were to die for and I hope to get back there one day. This place consists of five small towns on the coast of Italy and there is hiking trails between each town and you get some awesome views.




Then in Rome they have these street performers that do weird things for money. This guys was our favorite. He stayed in this position for hours and hours.



And Normandy, Which is absolutely beautiful and just being in that historic place is humbling. Anyway that was just a little trip down memory lane.

Our 5th Year

Man I can't believe it has been Five Years since Adrianne came to visit me at Fort Knox, KY and I had bought a bubble gum ring (took me 75 cents to get the one with a heart) as an engagment ring. So much has changed since then but man what a ride. We can't wait to see what the next 60 years have in store for us. This year was great in that we were able to be together. We went to Hilton Head Island for a couple of days and hung out at the beach and ate some great sea food. Emily loves the water, but hates sleeping in the hotel. Needless to say it was a short trip but fun.