Back From the Mountains!

BJ and I just got home last night from an awesome trip to the Smoky Mountains. We had a really great time hanging out with Jeremy and Jessica and meeting their friends. We also got addicted to Dance-Dance-Revolution! We are so bad about exercising, so maybe this will get us going!

On Monday we headed down to Gatlinburg to shop at the outlets and hike up to Grotto Falls (which was beautiful) with Jeremy and Jessica. Later BJ and I checked in to our hotel in Gatlinburg and had a really nice anniversary dinner at the Peddler in Gatlinburg.

On Tuesday BJ and I tackled a much larger and steeper hike, for which we are now paying! Here's us at the bottom, getting ready to hike.... (for the full effect, turn the volume up!)


Here's some photos of us as we stopped to rock-hop on the way up...





On Tuesday we also headed through the park to North Carolina and the Cherokee Indiana Reservation to hike up to Mingus falls - so total on our trip we visited KY, TN, and NC!

Today BJ and I are getting to catch up on some much needed projects. We're going to buy a tractor (which is more like buying a car than a lawn mower, as it turns out) and I am going to finally finish the bed I've been working on! Right now our leech line for the septic system is being put in, and we're really happy about it! We've had to be really conservative with our water over the last few months (like not doing laundry here at all). This video is about 5 minutes old...

Landscaping & Chad Johnson

So yesterday, Chad Johnson was on Xavier's campus for a photo shoot on the soccer field, so a few of my friends from work and I headed over there to check it out. I guess the photo shoot was for Men's Health magazine or something. Watching the photo shoot was pretty cool, especially seeing all of the professional photography equipment. Once everything wrapped up I was able to ask for an autograph for BJ (on the official NFL hat from BJ's uncle Steve). I was so happy I got the courage up to ask, because I would have kicked myself to have the opportunity and not take it. There were only a few people there hoping to get autographs, so I didn't have too difficult of a time getting one. :)

On a completely different note... here's some new photos of our landscaping efforts...





Yea... roses! :)

Annie the Furball

Annie has some stay furs stuck in her mouth and it's funny. :)



Not much going on here... work and digging in the dirt and working some more! Next week BJ and I are taking off for a much needed vacation to Knoxville to see Jessica & Jeremy, visit Mark and Monica at Crossings, and spend some time in Gatlinburg! :) Surely there will be photos so come!

3 Years from 30

The title says enough - eek! BJ is so sweet! He made me my favorite type of cheesecake from SCRATCH last night for an early birthday present. "Adam's Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Ripple" - from the Cheesecake factory. Check out that drizzle!



This is from a couple of days ago, but I love this scene of Annie eyeing BJ's dinner. She's a goat. :)



This is also off-topic, but I have some new shirts! These have been inspired by my recently pregnant and currently pregnant friends (Kate and you-know-who-you-are)! I love you guys!







I also have this one just because its funny and this one in honor of my awesome mother! :)

Hay!

We have hay! And hopefully some grass seed under there as well! Now we can finally get landscaping! BJ gave me an early birthday present of landscape design software - so I've been plotting out our trees, shrubs, etc. :)

Long-overdue Photos

Here's some photos that have taken me way too long to get up here. We have a little bit of craw fish action, bed refinishing action, and cat-under-the-door action. :)

Sooooo ready for the weekend!

This week has just dragged! I can't wait to relax a little!Tonight we're going to try our luck at getting in to see Spiderman 3, and tomorrow we're going to get to visit with our good friends from Purdue Megan and Mike. They live so close but we barely ever get a chance to visit with them. This first photo is from Senior year at "That Dance"! All us girls lived together in one of Campus House's houses. :)

The best memory I have from that year is waking up to a J-House prank (cow pictures everywhere - EVERYWHERE!) and Megan sitting stunned in her p-j's on the kitchen floor. :) We had a really fun year. :)