Sleepy Heads

Just thought I'd share this photo because I find it pretty hilarious! This is how I found Ryan and two of our "girls" when I got out of my shower this morning. So sleepy! No one was ready for the week to start!

A few more Christmas photos...

Christmas 2008

We had a wonderful Christmas this year in our new home! It was so memorable to put up our tree, spend a lovely Christmas Eve meal with family and then wake up Christmas morning and open presents in our own home for once (usually we're waking up with family and in our 4 Christmases together, we have yet to have a Christmas morning of our own). We spent the rest of our Christmas day traveling to both families. We enjoyed lunch with the Rigby side and then headed over to the Smith side for dinner and gifts with my niece and nephew. What a blessed day we had! As for gifts, our favorites were....my KitchenAid (I've been wanting one for years) and for Ryan it was a new pair of fleece comfy pants from Eddie Bauer (the only place with pants long enough for my giant!!) We also got a new waffle iron, which was much needed since our last one died, and Ryan got a great jigsaw from my parents which he immediately came home and started using!

We missed all of our Florida family, but we hear that everyone had a great day and for that we are thankful! On to another New Year now with so many excellent and exciting things to come! Stay tuned for our "year in review" post!

P.S. The Vera Bradley bag was a huge hit with my sister...I'm so happy she was thrilled! I thought I would get a few tears, but no such luck. Lynee - you still win out on making people cry with their gifts this year!

Enough is enough

We fully understand as Upstate NY'ers that winter is never going to be easy. However, since Saturday, we have gotten nearly 2 feet of snow...and yes, it's STILL snowing outside. These are a few pictures from early on in the storm (one of many shoveling attempts!). We've had enough, so if anyone in a warm climate has an extra room, we're moving in!! Also, we're taking donations for our snowblower fund :-)

P.S. If anyone is wondering, you should not drive a Camaro in a snowstorm. Ryan barely made it up the hill into our driveway. Once he finally did, it was just far enough inside the driveway so the plow wouldn't hit it!

SEC CHAMPS!

The Gators have prevailed yet again! The big SEC Championship game against Alabama was tonight, and it was an amazing game! Since we've been married, Ryan has turned me into a huge ators fan and we and now watch the games almost religiously. We've always worn our Gators gear on game day and today we decided that it was Phoebe's turn!! We took an older shirt that doesn't fit me anymore and put it on our sweet puppy. She was so annoyed! You can see the look in her eyes that says "What are these people doing to me?". She has no idea that she's in for the shirt during every game now!! Haha! GO GATORS!

NYC

On Friday, I traveled to NYC for a business meeting with one of my hotel accounts, Morgan's Hotel Group (www.morganshotelgroup.com). Morgan's is a luxury boutique hotel company that sells experience and atmosphere, rather than rooms. They day was amazing and the properties I visited were unbelievable. My drive down to the Croton-Harmon station was dry, which I was very thankful for because they were calling for lots of snow. I then enjoyed a relaxing train ride into Manhattan's Penn Station. It was great to see the city decorated for the holidays and my meeting went very well. Overall it was a successful trip, albeit one whirlwind of day! I can't wait to go back again!

Our Tree!

This is our first tree in the house...very exciting!!