Sunday, July 15th, 2012

This was a weekend to remember for sure.  WE NOW HAVE A NEW ADDRESS!!!

5312 Norris Street, Ames, IA 50014

Really there was so much NEW about this weekend.  It's a new life for Elizabeth and myself.  We have our new house complete with 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms (1 full, 1 3/4, and 2 half bathrooms), a two-car garage, a (mostly) finished basement, and a nice back yard.  Of course with moving into a new home there are lots of things we need to buy to furnish our home.  So besides unpacking & organizing our things this weekend we had to go out and buy a few items. 

Here is the view of the front of our home from Norris Street.

View of the back yard.

The back side of the house from our yard.

This weekend we bought a new grill, a Weber Q 320.  We actually had this set up before we even had a washer & dryer.

Today our brand new Whirlpool washer & dryer was delivered!

We also picked out some new dishes today!  We had been saving our dishes from our wedding last year for when we got a house, but once we got here the plates were just too wide for our cabinets :(  Since they were never used we were able to return them to Bed, Bath & Beyond and pick out new dishes (which fit just fine in our cabinets). 

I was due for a new pair of dress shoes for work, so here are my brand new Ecco shoes.  Yet another new thing this weekend :)

Elizabeth & I enjoyed a bottle of champagne today which was a wedding present to us (in the unbreakable champagne glasses that was a wedding present from Amy & Brandon).

It's also fun to think that exactly one year ago today (July 15th, 2011) we were in Cancun on our honeymoon.  It was on that day that we went to see the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza.

Monday, July 9th, 2012

HAPPY FIRST ANNIVERSARY TO ELIZABETH AND MYSELF!!!

It's hard to believe that we've already spent a year together as husband & wife.  It really only seems like it's been a couple of months. 

So for our first anniversary I designed a shutterfly photo album made up of only memories from our first year together as a present for Elizabeth.  We really have had a fun-filled year including our awesome wedding (best ever in the history of weddings), our honeymoon to Cancun, moving back from Illinois to IOWA, going to lots of Cyclone sporting events, our trip to Seattle to visit Christian, Cy's house of trivia, our trip to Minneapolis, making trips to see our family all the time (watching Seth act in two different plays in St. Louis or watching Brandon play the mayor of Whoville).  It really has been a great year!

Tonight for supper we went out to eat at Fuji Japanese Steakhouse in Ames.  It's always fun to have Hibachi where the chef cooks right in front of you and entertains you with tricks.  Elizabeth ordered Filet Mignon Hibachi while I had the Filet with scallops.  Then we split a Philadelphia roll as an appetizer. Yummy!!  There was also a special where you could buy one mixed drink and get a second for free, so we each had a couple good drinks to wash it all down with. 

Four mixed drinks for the price of two?  OK!

Our hibachi chef "cooks with love" when he makes his fried rice :)

Happy Anniversary!!