It's The Best Time of the Year

We spent this Christmas at Erin & Jeff's new house in Oswego, NY with the whole Wahl family. We drove up Christmas Eve and just had a great time with family. Christmas morning we have a lucious breakfast and for Christmas dinner Jeff and Erin continued the Wahl tradition of a delicious seafood feast! We had scallops, crab legs, clams...and the list goes on.

Jimmy and I <3>

Britty, Bryan, Jeff & Jimmy

Erin & I

Jamie, Me & Erin

Kevin & Michala

Jimmy's Parents Christmas Morning

Jeff and Erin's house is absolutely beautiful, rembling a log cabin in the woods. The previous owners left behind a 4-wheeler so we had that out quite a bit, even the kids rode it and had a great time!

Erin & Bryan

Pup Pup and Michala...she is waving!

Pup Pup and Kevin

Jimmy and Britty

For New Years Jimmy and I will be going to back to Oswego to ring in the New Year with Erin. Jeff is going to Floriday for 6 weeks of training so we are going to keep her company! Happy New Year everyone!!

I love these kids!

Kevin and Michala have been in NY for about a week since Erin and Jeff have been moving from Maryland up to snowy Oswego. They are the hardest kids to get to pose for a picture, especially Kevin but as you can see I got some really good pictures of them. I told them that the camera was broken and the only way it would work was if they smiled...suckers lol. For some reason they have a facination with looking at the screen to see what the picture looks like after I have taken in. I think it's because it's a new big lucious camera with a bright flash....who knows. The kids went up to their new house yesterday and I miss them a lot but weather permitting, Jimmy and I are going to be going up there for Christmas. I can't wait!

Weekend Funtivities

Saturday was quite eventful with Alyssa and Josh's wedding followed by a get together at Jill and Sev's new place. The reception was at the Terra Cotta in Binghamton. Everything was so beautiful from all of the decorations to the wedding cake that Bonni made. I'm a little upset that I didn't look in to the Terra Cotta for my wedding reception! Either way, it was a lot of fun, Nic and I tore up the dance floor for a bit.

After the wedding Jimmy and I headed over to Jill and Sev's new place for some friendly bonding. We played Taboo which was hilarious, even though Jill, Katherine and I lost. We drank egg nog and feasted on some delicious treats provided by Jill and Danae's mom. Mmmm. Having a new camera compells me to take lots of random pictures. Enjoy!

Jill & Sev's Wedding

Jill and Sev got married on November 7, 2009. They had their ceremony at the Vestal Methodist church with a reception following at the Binghamton Regency. It was great being able to assist them in their planning seeing as I work at the Regency but it was also great getting to be in the wedding. Of course I would be seeing as we've been best friends since kindergarten! Jill's bridal shower was a Tea held at her parents house that her sister put together. It was so nice and planned so well! For Jill's bachelorette party we all went to Red Lobster for dinner and then went to the new Holiday Inn express and staying in a suite overnight playing board games, watching movies and snacking. I couldn't have imagined everything going better!

Nicolina & Brett's Wedding

Nicolina and Brett got married on September 12, 2009 at the Pumpelli House in Owego, NY. It was a beautiful venue and I was so happy to be a part of their special day. Even though I missed her bridal shower due to the car troubles in Maryland I was able to attend her bachelorette party. We went to Olive Garden for dinner and afterwards we went to Deb's house (one of the bridesmaids) and had snacks and chilled in the hot tob with a sleepover following. I was honored when Nicolina asked me to spend the night at her parents house the night before the wedding. The next morning we went to the venue to set everything up and the wedding was a success! I cried more than she did but it was the first wedding I had ever been in and I was just so happy for her!

Sunny Florida!

In August Jimmy and I went down to Clearwater Florida with some friends and rented a house on the intercoastal. This was my first time in Florida and it was far more beautiful than I had imagined! We rented scooters on a few of the days and scooted all around the area taking in the sites. On one of our last days we rented a pontoon boat that took us all around the intercoastal and we even got to see Hulk Hogan's house!

Our Engagment

It's been a while since my last post and I am trying to get back in to this. A lot has happend throughout this year. It was a pretty low key Spring but the summer came with some exciting things. On July 24th, the day before my birthday, Jimmy and I were getting ready to head down to Maryland for the weekend to see Jeff, Erin and the kids. As we were getting in the car Jimmy asked me to marry him! He wanted to do it as a birthday present so on top of an eventful weekend in Baltimore we got engaged!

Erin's friend had a hotel room booked in Baltimore that night but had to cancel her plans. She had Erin pay $50 to change the date, so we stayed in a gorgeous hotel close to the pier for $50! We had an amazing sushi dinner that night after running a few blocks through a torrential downpour but it was worth it!

The plan was to leave early that Sunday so that I could make it in time for Nicolina's bridal shower. On the way out, there was a full size spare in the middle of the highway that Jimmy could not avoid. In running it over, it totalled the bottom of Jimmy's car leaving us stranded until the next morning when we were able to rent a car and make the trip home. All in all a great weekend!!