Happy New years and Happy 6th Birthday Garrett!!

A new year starts tomorrow at 12am, a new year full of new adventures. I thank God for all he has given my family and friends in 2008 and now we look to 2009 full of anticipation of his gifts that he plans to bring our way in the new year!!


At 12:55 our son Garrett will turn 6, it's hard to believe. Happy Birthday Garrett, I pray that the new year brings you lots of peace, patience, listening ears and lots of love :)

We had a Happy Thanksgiving

This was our first year back for Thanksgiving since before we moved to NH, it was slightly crowded at my Great Aunt Kate's house but it all worked out ok. My Great Aunt Kate was sick in bed, but she managed to get up and eat lunch with us and she socialized a little bit. Garrett spent the day with his other Grandparents, he seemed like he ha d a blast. It was very ncie to have our first Holiday back in Ky.....I can't believe Christmas is on 3 weeks away!!

One step closer....

I am so Happy for my Hubby and soo Proud of him. he completed the physical part of the Police testing yesterday morning!! he has been training for this for months, and I wasn't worried about it...but he was for some reason. I knew he would be fine :) The next step in testing is on Dec 2nd!! He also got an "in the meantime" job yesterday too!! He had orientation today and he starts on Monday! He will be only be working 4, 10hour days a week and be off fr-sun. We are hoping for overtime as well. God is so good!

Sights and architecture around Louisville

Louisville is a great place to live, there is so much to love about this city! The other day Ray and I were driving around while Isabelle napped and these are some of the pics I took.

The Best Pizza place ever!


This is the bar my parents met at over 27 years ago


a train bridge on bardstown rd near our house


The hotel Ray and I stayed at on our honeymoon night in 2006


White castle...need I say more


a mix of new and old in downtown


nice looking building in downtown


Louisville Slugger museum


The view of downtown Louisville

some construction on Riverfront park



more construction, this old train bridge is being turned into a foot bridge

Life in "the ville"

I have been soo busy doing things around the house and spending time with my BEST friend Monica and my sisters, life in "the ville" is awesome!! I was beyond bored in NH, I am soo happy to be back here. words cannot express how I feel about this place. I am HOME and I love my close "dysfunctional " family :)

Getting back into the swing of things....

My goal is to eventually update my blog every day, since our move though I have been very busy and have neglected it. I promise I will be getting back into the swing of things soon!

The house is looking better and better, I started hanging up pictures and decorating yesterday. It is amazing how much more "Homey" a house looks just by decorating. We got a kitchen table in our kitchen finally, ours was way too big. This was my parents table when I was little, apparently there is a picture of me taking a bath in a baby tub on the table.

Isabelle and Garrett's room are coming a long, we got Izzy's blind put up yesterday. I am searching for some cute strawberry shortcake material, when I find it my Great Aunt Kate is going to help me sew her some cute curtains. My parents are planning on getting a large rug/carpet for Isabelle room since the floor is not that good.

Garrett's room I already had curtains for and his theme has been dinosaurs for awhile. He has his bunk bed and everything all set up, he is happy with his room.

Our living room is looking really good, I love my Americana theme!

Overall the house is coming a long, there is much more to be done but for now it is looking like a home finally!

Roughing it.....kind of....

Here are some new pics of the house, I will be adding more as we get more rooms completed.