One year ago......

One year ago today, Sean and I were married. I can't believe how fast a year has gone by. The Lord has blessed both of us with this marriage. He has taught us so much about ourselves, and we are such a stronger couple because of Him. I am so grateful to God for giving me Sean as my husband. He is caring, loving, compassionate, supportive, hard working, and most of all, has the biggest heart of anyone I know. The best way to describe Sean, is he is my rock. No matter what happens day by day, Sean is the one who stands firm and is my voice of reason!! If someone told me 10 years ago that I would have the life I had now, I would never believe them. I could not ask for a better life or a better husband. I know this sound cliche, but Sean makes my life complete. My life does not work without him. I just pray that we have many, many more wonderful and happy years ahead of us!!

Crazy few weeks....

Well, we survived moving. Thanks to my mom, Sean's mom, Ashleigh, Tim, and Kevin, Sean and I are all moved into our house. My sister was getting ride of her living room furniture, and gave it to us! It looks perfect in our house! My parents got us an awesome TV as a house warming gift. Tim and Cindy gave us Two Men and a Truck, and they were life savers. We could have never moved all of our furniture by ourself! They moved everything from one house to the other in 4 hours!! Ashleigh painted both of the upstairs bedrooms with the help of Cindy. They look great! We are so happy to have so much more space. The house is just perfect! Sean has been busy making sure every detail has been taken care of.

We spent a good week getting everything moved in, and put in its place. Then, we took a much needed break, and went to the beach for the 4th of July. Sean's dad lives on the bay, so we always stay with him. It was very relaxing, and just what we needed. While we were gone, Tim pressure washed our deck and fence for us!!

We are looking forward to have many family and friends visit us at our new house!! Drop by any time!!

Birthday and Boxes!!

Happy Birthday, Sean!! Today is Sean's 31st birthday!! We spent the weekend at the beach celebrating Father's Day with Sean's dad and my daddy as well as Sean's birthday. We had a great time, but hated to come back to Auburn to face all of the boxes!

Yep, we are packing up and moving out!! We put our house on the market for sale by owner on March 22nd, and we had a contract on it by the end of April. Once we had a contract on our house, we began searching for our new home. Me, Sean's mom and my mom always went to look at the houses first. If we thought Sean would like them, then we took him back to look. The first house we looked at I marked off the list because I did not think Sean would like it. We kept looking, and one day we drove by the first house I looked at. Sean wanted to see it, so we called our realtor. Sean walked in and knew immediately that this was our house. It is funny how things come full circle. The first house I looked at is the one we are buying.

We are so excited! We close on the new house June 23rd, and we close on our house June 30th.

Here is a picture of our new house! Happy Monday, and Happy Birthday Sean!!

Grandaddy and Paw

I decided to tell you all about my two favorite people over the age of 80.....Grandaddy and Paw. Grandaddy is my grandfather, and Paw is Sean's. They both are the most genuine, kind hearted people I know. Grandaddy and Paw have a lot in common. Grandaddy was an Army Ranger in World War II, and Paw is a retired Marine, They both love Auburn as well. Both of them will turn 84 this year. When we are all together, they have the best conversations about history. They both are always thinking of ways to make us happy. If any of you know Sean well, he loves hooded sweatshirts. He wears them all of the time at the farm in the winter. Grandaddy lives in Alex City, and is retired from Russell. A couple of times a week he will go to the Russell Outlet store in search of a new hooded sweatshirt for Sean. Since it is getting warmer outside, he is on the hunt for Auburn t-shirts. He is always looking for something he thinks Sean would like to have. Now Paw, he always puts a smile on my face and always makes me laugh. He always has a good story or a good joke to tell. He gives the best gifts, and wraps them even better! The best wrapped gifts I have ever gotten have come from Paw because he puts so much of his personality in the wrapping. He is the one who taught me how to play Suduko. He plays it alot. Paw is the one who cuts out newspaper articles that he thinks we might enjoy reading, and he mails them to us.

Paw loves to hear about Sean's cows and what is going on at the farm, and the cows really amaze Grandaddy! Grandaddy is also amazed at how much food Sean can eat! Sean and I are so lucky to have grandfathers who are so lively, outgoing and young at heart. I know Paw reads our blog frequently, so Paw, we love you!! Paw is a lot more computer literate than Grandaddy, so I will call Grandaddy tonight to tell him the same!!

House Hunting

Well, we are on the house hunt. We have looked at just about every house in the area of Auburn we want to live in. You can probably give me an address, and I can tell you the square footage, number of bedrooms and baths, and the size of the yard. The whole process of selling a house, and searching for another one is very tedious. As most of your know, I lack patience in my life. I have never been the one to sit and wait. I find something I like, and I don't like to take time thinking about it. This lack of patience has made house hunting more stressful than it needs to be. I think God is instilling in me a new gift...Patience!! At least once a day, if not more, Sean says,"Just be patient, Susan." Hopefully, we are nearing the end of our search. We have a couple of house that we really like, and have had more buyers looking at our home. I will be so happy when it is over!!

First Place

I started a Bible study at church almost three years ago called First Place. This bible study takes a holistic approach to weight lost, but it is so much more than that! We have nine commitments that we strive to keep everyday. Some of them are exercise, eating healthy, reading our bible and doing our bible study, encouragement, and spending time with God in prayer. When I joined the group three years ago, my main objective was to lose weight. I figured I would go to the meetings, and then pray to God for me to lose weight. Wrong! While I have lost weight, God showed me very quickly that he had different plans for me with this Bible study. I can honestly say that my relationship with the Lord is much stronger now than it has ever been. God has used the group to show me my weaknesses, and help me improve my strengths. It has brought me closer to the things that matter most to me. I have met a wonderful group of women who are very near and dear to my heart. First Place has given me a renewed hope and a renewed strength. To put it simply, it has changed my life! If you are interested, you can go to the First Place website at www.firstplace.org

Have a great weekend!!

I have finally learned how to post pictures to our blog. These are some of my favorite pictures from our wedding. I hope you enjoy them. Happy Friday! Have a great weekend!!