Catch Up

Our new and improved Blog!

Well now that i have (almost) finished redesigning our new blog here is a few updates. First, my girls won supernationals is INDY!!! Level 4 champs <3 Andrew and i have both been super busy traveling. He is currently in Philadelphia almost home from his 3 week stay. I flew out to visit him and it was so nice just to have a few days to ourselves. The weather is starting to get much warmer and i can almost smell lake season on some days lol. I forget how much i miss the lake. I look forward to just relaxing this summer....who am i kidding i will probably be just a busy as ever. I have been playing catch up with sa few friends from back home. Including bec who finally welcomed baby JJ into the world. He is so cute! Steph might be moving :( but i understand more than anyone lol. sometimes it can be a great adventure. The gym is keeping me pretty busy as well. Its nationals season these next 8 weeks and then in 9 weeks tryouts to do it all over agian lol. ive been a little homesick lately but great news...momma gennie decided that she is coming in for a visiit this weekend in order to celebrate her birthday:) im looking forward to seeing her eand jeremy agian. Jeremy and Randall are already starting baseball too. I cant wait to watch their games agian. I cant believe Randall is a Senior!!!! I know he is thinking about joining the airforce depending on if he gets is baseball scholarship or not. I guess we'll see. Other than not not much. :)

1 year

Yesterday was our one year anniversary. I kept thinking back to what we were doing at exactly each hour one year ago. I remember everything like it was yesterday from the prepping at the hotel, to the walk down the isle, to the trolley ride, to one stunning reception hall. I remember Andrew and I being so wrapped up into each other that day and how blessed we were to have our friends and family be apart of it. I kept looking thru our phot album and recieving texts from friends and family asking to do it al over agian lol. It really is possible to have one perfect day in your life. That was our day. Ours friends made it so perfect and fun for us while our family put everything they could into working hard and helping out with preperations. this year was a but more calm for us lol.. We actually chose to have a quite dinner at home, with champagne and and nice meal. and then we ate our cake top which was INCREDIBLE just as the say it was made :) We both have been sick and busy with work so a day of rest was much needed and also couldnt be better. So here is one last thak you too all of our friends, family, photographer, videographer, and all other vendors that made our day so perfect. :)

Fall!!!!!

I love fall!!!! I love pumpkins, apple cider, orange leaves and i love the how hte lakes look this time of year. It is so nice goig home to spend quality time with family :) Last weekend we did our traditional pumpkin carving at Momma Gennies. lol. We also went to the orchard to get our pumpkins and cider. I just love Indiana this time of year. Pittsburgh isnt bad either. The fall leaves are so pretty withh all of the different colors. And i love the smell of bonfires after a friday night football game. Luckily i have been able to make it to a few of the New Haven games. The bulldogs seem to be doing great this year! The next few months is the season for gatherings, my favorite thing to do :) Andrew and i are both very busy, he works lol, and my cheer squads keep me plenty busy. The girls look great so far this year too. Fall just relaxes me. I love sitting on our porch at home talking and laughing with our friends and family. We most definately are a crazy bunch. This coming weekend most of the guys from back home are coming to visit andrew and i know he is looking forward to it as well. Me,,,,,,well i know im gonna have a messy house with 6 guys in it lol. none the less, its a great time of year for a visit. :)

Ok Im Back, for real this time!

Haha soooo i have really taken a long time to get back in to the swing of things here on this blog lol. But you can now expect regular updates. I will do my best :) Just a quick recap,,,summer was crazy! Between getting things going for the season with the cheer program at the gym and traveling, im exhausted. BUT on a happier note, fall is here and they leaves are changing, bonfires are blazing, and the boys of fall have taken to the field. :) Its nice this time of year. Especially in Pittsburgh. The foliage is amazing. I always think back to those fall weekend to antwerp at grandpa;s raking piles and piles of leaves and then enjoying the smell in the burn pile. I miss those days. This month Randall will celebrate his 18th birthday as most of you know. Thats scary! My baby brother is growing up and before i know it he will be out of high school! well lets not think about that right now. expect to hear from me soon!
Charity

Ahh...the smell of summer :)

Well I can definately tell that summer is almost here. Kids are out of school, pools are opening, and carnivals are happening all around. I love summer. But this year...it might be a little crazy. Between trips to Florida, choreography for cheerleading, and going back and forth between IN and PA for a ton of events, there will be no time for relaxation lol. I think we are going to need a vacation from summer vacation lol. The nice part is that lately we have been taking the dogs to the dog park, walking outside, and getting ice cream. All perfect things to do in summer :) I just hope we dont stretch ourselves too thin........

Wow....Time flys.....

Yes the back to blonde was a huge mistake lol

Well today i was downloading some old photos from my computer to have printed off. I happened to run across some old photos of Jeremy and Randall that DO NOT seem that old to me. But boy do they look different! I actually started to cry at some of the photos i came across. They will always be our little brothers but they sure arent so little anymore. They both are looking so much more mature and its scary lol. I miss the little brats we used to haul around sometimes. Randall will be graduating next year and Jeremy will be a junior.

I think he was around 13 or 14 in this pic.

Its hard to think about. I look at all of the family photos of both sides of the family and think about everything that has happened in the past two years. It makes me sad at some of the memories but there are so many good ones too. Even Rachel looks older! Its amazing what can chagne in such a short period of time. It makes me wish that i could get some of those memories back and it really makes me want to cherish these times that we have now. Andrew and I like to oke about getting older but its really hitting us that we are getting older (even though we are still young lol) beacuse we see it in them.

Looks like Andrew in this pic

This past weekend I was in Amandas wedding and her reception was at the Scottish Rite. Where we had our Junior prom lol! It made me think back to that year and 5 years later here we are agian at the same place with the same people but for a different occassion. I guess what im getting at is cherish the time that you do have with your family. Because they are amazing. And you cant get those moments back. I love laughing with our family and having creating those great memories everytime we get together. God has truely blessed us. :)

(notice the bushy hair is gone lol)

Spring!

Well its been awhile since i last updated. Lets see whats new...first i just finished the 09-10 cheer season with one last competition at Hershey Pa! The girls did great and i am so proud of them! Andrew and I have also decided to take our brothers to Disney this year in July and head down to Daytona for the week as well so we are looking forward to that very much! Steph, andrew and i have something up our sleeve for mothers day.....not saying! lol but it will be so much fun! I am also looking forward to getting my new camera in the upcoming weeks. I cannot wait to snaping photos everywhere i go agian.
Amandas wedding is fast approaching. WE are both so excited for that day to be here for our dear friend. We still cannot believe the we have been married for almst 5 months already! time flies :) The family back home is doing well. We got a chance to attend a few baseball games to watch our brothers play. I miss being able to just go and watch their games whenever we wanted to. (sigh) Other than that nothing new lately. Hope to post in a week agian :) and here are a few pics!