Thankful

I am thankful for....

My wonderful husband who is truly my best friend. He makes me laugh and smile. He works really hard to support our family and I know he would do anything for me.

My dad and my brother who were able to come visit me this thanksgiving. I am excited that they have finally been able to see where we live and I will be so sad when they have to leave but I am glad they are here now.

All my family back home in Las Vegas. I really wish they could have joined us for thanksgiving but I understand why they couldn't be here and I know they will always be there for me when ever I need them.

A job that I enjoy and that pays the bills. With the economy being the way it is, I am glad I have a realiable and steady job. Brandon's job is not always to secure so it is a good thing that we have my job.

The health of myself and my family. I try to remind myself that things could always be worse. Just when I think I have a problem I stop and think off all the people who are struggling with things like cancer and I am thankful that we still have our health.

My wonderful friends both new and old. Thanks for always being there and being a shoulder to cry on and someone to laugh with.

Now for some not so serious things...

Cable TV- for providing endless hours of entertainment

Internet- for having loads of info at my fingertips

Red Bull- cause sometimes I need a little pick me up to get me through the day

Delivery drivers- cause after a long day at work cooking is not always something I want to do

Appliances- washer/dryer, dishwasher, need I say more. They make things so simple

Milk and Cookies- comfort food :)

Oh and of course BLOGGING- great way to keep in touch with people I love so far away!

"BOLT"

Brandon and I went and saw "Bolt" this weekend! It was the CUTEST movie! It is right up there with "Finding Nemo" in my book. Of course we were the only losers there WITHOUT children but we didn't care. We love watching movies like this. A couple weekends ago we saw "Madagascar 2." That was cute too, but I liked the first one alot better.
The best thing about "Bolt" were the hamster named"Rhino" and the pigeons! SO FUNNY! I definetrly recommend it! It makes me want a puppy!

ONE WEEK TO GO!

I am so excited to report that my dad and brother will be coming to visit me in a week! It will be a little weird to be a hostess to my family. We have never had out of town guests at our apartment so our spare room will finally be put to good use. I am so excited to show them where we live and around Tennessee. It will be nice that they will be able to have a mental picture of where we live. Next Wednesday Brandon and I will be driving to Nashville (2 hour drive) to pick them up.
Why Nashville, you ask? Because it was seriously $300 cheaper each! So we figured the two hour drive was worth the $600 savings. The flight lands at 9:45 pm Nashville time (which is actually 10:45 pm Knoxville time and 7:45 pm Las Vegas time) Confusing I know! Anyway that will put us back home at like 3 am! So it is going to be a long day but I don't care at all! I am so excited!

SILLY

Here I am trying to take a picture of myself... and Brandon ruining the picture behind me!

Take two.... Brandon still being silly behind me.

Oh we have so much fun together! LOL

Happy Anniversary!

Can you believe it has been a year! We have officially been married for one year. November 2nd marked our one year anniversary. Time has flown by. We decided to just keep it simple and have a quiet date night together.

We had dinner at Connor's. It was delicious. Brandon had a steak (of course) and baked potatoe and I had the chicken pasta. My favorite thing about Connor's is their lobster and crab bisque. Mmmm!

This is us at the movie theater. We saw "Max Payne" and i actually liked it. It wasn't your typical anniversary movie but we had fun.

This past year has gone by so fast. Sometimes its hard to imagine how far we have come. We have known each other for over 6 years and when we first met I would never have guessed that I would be living in TN. It's amazing what we do for the people we love! I love my husband and I love our life in TN. Right now I could not picture ourselves being anywhere else!

Weekend in NASHVILLE

I know it has been sometime since my last post. Forgive me! I do have some interesting events to post about so bear wtih me. October 24th Brandon, his parents and myself drove up to Nashville, to see my sister-in-law Stephanie. I had never been to Nashville so I was pretty excited to go on a mini road trip. Here I am in Downtown Nashville in front of a replica of the parthenon. It was pretty cool to see it since I highly doubt I will ever go to Greece to see the real one. It was in this beautiful park in Downtown Nashville called Centennial Park. We took a walk through the park and had lunch at PF Changs! DELISH... can we say LETTUCE WRAPS! Mmmmm!
We went to a place called Arrington Vineyards in Nolansville, TN. It was about a 45 minute drive from Nashville. It is a Winery owned by Kix Brooks from Brooks & Dunn. It was pretty cool. I had never been to a winery before. We got to do a free wine tasting, again which I had never done. So after the wine tasting we bought a bottle of wine and had a picnic. It was beautiful!
This is Brandon and Stephanie by the grap vines. There were acres and acres of grape vines.
Here is Wayne and Debbie by the fire. Right after our picnic we went up to the patio and sat by the fire. Brandon and I with the gorgeous view of the vineyards behind us. It was beautiful and I hope we can do more stuff life this soon!