Two Years

Tyler and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary today.
I can hardly believe it.

Being married is nothing like I pictured it being—but maybe that’s good. And 2 years doesn’t quite seem to accurately describe how long it feels like we have been married—again not a bad thing.

Ok, so what I mean to say is these last two years have been amazing! I loved being married and Tyler, I love you! You take such good care of me. You are one of the most kind, patient people I know and I and so happy that I am the person you chose to spend eternity with.

Happy Anniversary!

We have arrived!

After 3.5 years of hard work—blood, sweat, tears (on my part)—I am proud to announce that Tyler has completed his college education!

Tyler has been going to school non-stop for 16 months/4 semesters. He has worked hard to juggle both his jobs along with school and church and has done an amazing job!

We will have to wait until May to see Tyler walk with the rest of his class but cap and gown or not he is now and official college graduate.

Congratulations Tyler! I am so proud of you!

Thanksgiving-- Take Two

We are lucky enough to have family nearby so I have never had to make my own Thanksgiving feast. But sadly this means no leftover turkey sandwiches! And, as everybody knows, one of the best things about Thanksgiving is the leftovers.

So, this year Tyler and I decide try cooking our own mini version of Thanksgiving. I figured I need to learn to roast a turkey and I would prefer to not learn when I am hosting my first Thanksgiving. So, we collected turkey coupons and bought a moderately sized turkey—18.25 lbs. (Believe it or not this was the smallest turkey we could find!)

I researched turkey roasting methods and settled on trying out Martha’s. I really hate handling raw meat so I made Tyler prepare the bird, dispose of the giblets & neck, etc. We made our basting sauce and commenced cooking at 3:30pm. We basted, and basted and basted. We repositioned the thermometer and were very worried that each time we did the temperature made drastic changes. But, none the less, after 4.5 hours of fretting we deemed the turkey done.

I am pretty proud of us—he turned out to be quite juicy and delicious. We rounded out our meal with boxed potatoes, stove top stuffing, gravy, and of course pineapple bread pudding. (Yum! Thanks Allyson!).

Boy that turkey was a lot of work but it was well worth it.

Bunny Wrangling

As I pulled into the driveway this evening I saw something white darted out of the back yard and into the bushes on the opposite side of the drive. I got out of the car and saw the cutest fluffy white bunny making its way through a small gap in our fence and into our neighbor's yard. Our landlord lives next door and I knew the bunny wasn't his so naturally I began to wonder where he had come from-- he was far too well groomed to be a 'wild' bunny-- I knew he must be someone's lost pet. I felt so bad that some kid had lost their pet.

I called Tyler over and we watched the bunny and tried to decide what to do. It was very cold, getting colder every min and I knew it would be too cold for the bunny to make it through the night outside. Tyler I am managed to coax the bunny back over to our yard. We sat and pet him for a while--he was so soft, and such a sweetie he was content to sit there and be pet all night. Then we made a huge mistake-- we tried to pick him up. He took off and man was he fast! Tyler chased him 3 houses down the street before he managed to corner him. Tyler began corralling the bunny back toward our house as I tried to decide which neighbor he belonged to.

I walked two houses down the road and knocked. The woman that answered peaked her head out and I said, "Do you by chance own a white bunny?" "Yes" she answered looking confused. "Well I found him in my yard about 20 minutes ago. My husband and I tried to pick him up but he took off--he is now shooing the bunny back this way." The woman thanked me for our concern and came out to get him. Apparently our little friend is quite the escape artist-- this is the 4th time he broke out so far this month!

So there we were-- three adults-- chasing and bunny back and forth trying to catch him. Tyler finally managed to corner him and gently 'wrangle' him into submission so his owner could come retrieve him. I wish I had had a camera on me-- it was hilarious. Truly, this doesn't do it justice-- the image of all of us chasing this bunny was the funniest thing i have seen all week.

Our little friend is now home safe-- I did my good deed for the week.

Bunny wrangling-- its alot harder than you think it would be-- they are fast!

Lucky for me (and our neighbor) Tyler is a top notch bunny wrangler--what an athlete!

Veteran's Day

I am so proud to be an American. What a great blessing and privilege it is to be a citizen of this country. I think I forget all too often the sacrifices that have been made that ensure me and my family the great freedoms we enjoy.

Today I want to say thank you. I am so proud of my family and friends that serve or have served this country in the armed forces and for all the others that choose to serve.

Thank you for your continued service and sacrifices.

And may God bless America!