2 Years!

Today's our two-year wedding anniversary! I can't believe how fast the two years have flown! To celebrate we went out to dinner and mini-golfing last Friday night. There was a driving range at the mini-golf place so Mike had fun with that. I tried it a few times; wow I have a lot to learn! I felt so dumb and of course there are people there watching..maybe I'll practice my swing at home before I go again.

Some couples I know get big gifts for each other for such occasions. Since neither of us are too big into gifts, I usually get flowers and Mike gets cookies or a pie. This time I made him a strawberry pie, yum!

Happenings

As seems to be the trend lately, nothing too exciting has been happening with us. Our Memorial Day weekend was rather boring with the most exciting thing being our family picnic at the lake. Last week I continued to keep busy by planting flowers and putting mulch down at my parents' house.

This past weekend it was so beautiful outside! Saturday I was spent half the day at my sister's house in Eureka since she had a garage sale and the other half working in my parents' gardens. Mike and I also went to the golf course, which is a first for me. Mike golfed 9 holes, and I watched and enjoyed the weather. He even let me drive the golf cart! After seeing how difficult it is, I'm pretty sure it's not for me. I might try going to the driving range sometime just to satisfy Mike and to say that I tried.

Since this isn't a very exciting post, here are some cute pictures I took at the family picnic.

Another week goes by...

Does time seem to fly by faster in the spring for anyone else? I absolutely love spring and it's already the second to last week in May! Last week I was busy buying and planting flowers for my parents' house and my house. Mike and I had a relaxing weekend; basically the only thing we did was go to Gridley for a family thing on Saturday night. It was nice to see some of our family from Indiana and catch up.

It was a lovely Monday morning because over the weekend the Peoria riverfront flooded...again. It's starting to get a little old walking on scaffolding to get to work! The flooding isn't quite as bad this time, but still very inconvenient. Oh the joys of walking past the Asian Carp and ducks on your way to the office!

I'm looking forward to the long weekend coming up! Mike and I are hoping to go camping one or two nights so hopefully the weather cooperates! We've been saying ever since we got married that we were going to camp so hopefully it actually happens this time!

I've attached a couple more pictures from our trip. I have more of them up on my Facebook page, but since some of you can't see that I decided to post some more here.

Our Tennessee Vacation

Mike and I got back from Tennessee yesterday afternoon. It was an enjoyable trip despite the rain. The first part of our trip consisted of going to Ohio for a wedding. We stayed with Mike's sister Jen and her husband Jeff on Friday and Saturday night. It was nice to see their house and spend a little time with them. On Sunday morning we left for Tennessee and arrived at our cabin around 5:30.

Our cabin was very cute, although Mike wasn't happy with the steep road that we had to drive every day to get there. My poor car!! So much mountain driving!

Anyway, we spent most of our time hiking and driving places. We saw a lot of beautiful waterfalls and streams even though sometimes we had to hike in the rain. Two days we spent in town and at our cabin because they were calling for thunderstorms, and it's not fun being on a mountain when it's thundering and lightning. We ended up hiking about 21 miles in the 4 days that we were able to hike.

The highlight of our trip was definitely the bears that we saw. It's a good thing I don't use film anymore because I would have wasted a whole roll on just the bears! We saw them in Cade's Cove, which is an 11 mile loop that you can drive or walk. There are a lot of old buildings in this area and there's a good chance you'll see wildlife too. Here's just a few pictures that we took.

More Rain???

I can't believe it's raining again! Tomorrow is May 1 so that means no more rain, right? I bet that's what all the farmer's are thinking. Anyway, it's been over a week since my last post so I thought I'd share what has been going on.

Obviously nothing too exciting otherwise I would have run to my computer and of course posted it! :) Anyway last weekend was an enjoyable and busy one. Friday I had the day off so I went where any other girl would go, shopping! Although I must say I didn't have very good luck. I stopped at my Mom and Dad's house after shopping and declared that I want to open up my own clothing factory. What is wrong with clothing designers??? So frustrating!!

Saturday I helped Mom get ready for out Fritz family gathering. It was an enjoyable evening although there was a little sadness in the air at the missing place at the table. I always make name tags and put them at every spot when we get together. I admit it was really hard to throw one away because it was no longer needed. Hopefully I won't need to do that for a long time, although next year we'll have a new spot and a new face at the table. :)

Sunday was Bob and Jenny's wedding. It was such a lovely wedding! If you weren't there you defiantly missed one of the most creative centerpieces I've ever seen. There were subtle touches of a chemistry theme. And how could I forget the cans of Dr. Pepper!! So neat!

Moving on...tomorrow Mike and I are leaving for Ohio and then Tennessee for the week. I'm pretty excited, hopefully we'll have good weather! Hopefully it won't rain as much. Here at the office they are saying there is a chance of another flood. As far as I'm concerned it can flood because I'll be gone anyway. :) I'll be sure to post pictures when I return.

Spring!

So it officially felt like spring to me last Friday when I finally got to mow my parent's lawn. If you know me, you know that I love to mow the lawn on my parent's riding mower. It's so peaceful and it always looks so nice when you are finished. Since my Dad was at work on Friday, he didn't have a chance to beat me to it. He says he doesn't have time to mow, but then he already has it done by the time I get there. I don't particularly like it when he does it because he just goes in circles to get done as soon as possible. I, on the other hand, like to make nice neat lines. Anyway it was most enjoyable (the sun tan doesn't hurt either).

Nothing else too exciting has happened recently around our house. I'm looking forward to next weekend when we can get together with the Fritz family. It will be nice to see everyone again, but hard at the same time because it's our first family gathering without my aunt. I'm also counting down the days until Mike and I go to Tennessee for a week the first week of May.

That's it for now.

Friends!!

Last night we got together at Kaiser's with a group of friends, and of course I took my camera!!

A picture of the girls! Notice the impressive elk in the background. :)