Where do we begin? I'm going to update you as quickly as possible, starting at Halloween. I was really excited about Halloween this year for several reasons.
1. Couple costumes!
Well, that's really it. I also just like Halloween. Below is a photo of us in front of our fireplace. Can you guess who we are? That's right, Don and Betty Draper, from the AMC tv show Mad Men. I knew you'd get it.
Okay, obviously I am not Betty Draper (aka January Jones) and Ben and John Hamm aren't exactly twins, but I thought we looked cute and went for it. I found my dress and he found the pipe at Kudzu antiques market.The next day, we decided to have a cookout for the Georgia/Florida game. The weather was lovely, lots of folks showed up, and Georgia lost the game. Aside from Georgia losing, it was a great day. Below is a photo of Daniel and I trying to take a picture where it looks like we're holding the camera, however my sister is taking the picture. We are idiots.
In mid November, my parents moved out of their house. This is a photo of the foyer. I took several pictures before the movers came, and cried accordingly. I have so many happy memories of life in this house.
This year, we hosted Thanksgiving dinner at our little green house! Both my family and Ben's family were there, as well as Stacey and Myles and Jacy. It was actually pretty fun, considering I'm a list-maker and a planner, as evidenced in the photo below.
We decided to do a traditional Thanksgiving meal, but then do a "twist" on it with new interpretations. For example, we made cranberry sauce (traditional) and onion and cranberry chutney (twist). Personally, I thought it was a resounding success. Our families fit together well, which is a sign of things to come, I feel.
Oh yeah, I voted.
And then we witnessed history...
Reagan came to visit. I regret the day we got that ball out. Man, he wouldn't leave us alone!
Mom turned 50!
And we ran out of candles, so Ben improvised. I love the look on his face. This is his, "I'm doing something witty and I'm amused with myself" face.
We threw an Ugly Christmas Sweater party in December, which morphed into a classy cocktail party. The gold tights were a hit. Take a look at my dollar store tree. Not bad, eh? Christmas was great. I will find photos from my sister and post them, if I remember. We went to Philadelphia to visit my parents in their new home - the house is so gigantic I have my own wing!Christmas vacation also involved an amazing day of snow tubing with Ben's side of the family. They are really great! It was a fun, relaxing few days in Ohio. I hope we get to go next year.
We also went and visited my family for an evening. The Olive Garden treated us like kings. Below is a photo of my grandmother, aunt Chris and her 3 adorable children, Ellie, Avery and Jake. I think Ben is taking the picture and my uncle Bryan must be in the bathroom or something.
Hey everybody...
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Many thanks to Anna and Gregg for taking us in.
In January, over MLK weekend, Ben and I went to Charleston. The photo above is from the first morning we toured the city. I cannot even begin to explain how cold it was that day. I can, however, explain how much I enjoy the photo above. I enjoy it.
Oh yeah! We got engaged that weekend! ;)Above is the first photo we took after he proposed. We are so happy. That's all you need to know.
This last photo of the post doesn't bring us exactly up to speed, but I ran out of photos. This is me and the girls. Elizabeth, Anna, Lynnsey and Amy. We went to the lakehouse in South Carolina for a weekend (in January) and enjoyed ourselves immensely. Anna and Lynnsey are new additions to our little green house, and our lives, and frankly, I adore them.So there you go! You're up to speed, sort of. Life, in short, is beautiful.
Just beautiful.
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