Another Update on our House!!!

A few more photos of The House!!!!

The Progress of Our House!!!!!

This is a view of the front, side and back of the house. As you can see they have finished the framing of the entire first floor this week. We are keeping our fingers crossed and praying hard that the house will be finished by the end of August. Norm and I are getting very excited and feel that The Lord has certainly blessed us with such an awesome opportunity of purchasing a New house!!! God is so good to us!!

Our New House

After many, many months of prayer and searching we have found our soon to be new home!!!! God has led us to a location we weren't even thinking of. After many hours of going in and out of houses, we decided to go have lunch with my Mother In Law one Sunday afternoon and she decided to pull out her laptop and show us a development that we never thought we could afford a home in, but we thought what the heck it can't hurt to go check it out so we went down to the development and absolutely loved it! The following weeekend we took a ride back down to the development and stopped into the office to ask all of the questions we could possibly think of. Little did we know, we could have a brand new house built, pick out the colors of the exterior and majority of the interior of the house. Norm and I are both very excited and feel The Lord's hand in this big decision for us. We both know that this is where God want's us to be!!

The past few weekends we have been going to the flooring company and picking out all of our carpet colors, vinyl, and hardwood floors. Going to the office and picking out cabinets, countertops, bathroom fixtures, etc . . . Needless to say it has been quite a busy few weeks for us!!

We are very excited and really looking forward to finally settling and being in our First New Home together!!!

Just An Update

Wow, it has been over 7 months since we have posted anything new on our blog. Well we don’t exactly have anything to post since we don’t have any kids, no pets, and no house yet. Besides our everyday lives, work, home and back to work, Norm and I have been car shopping, house hunting, and spending time at home since we both are just getting over a sinus infection. Trust me it hasn’t been fun!

I have been saving money and paying off credit card debt for quite some time now, trying to get on top of and control of our finances. Now that is all taken care of for the most part last Saturday we spent many long hours at a car dealership, but it was all worth it because I am driving my new car now!!! I decided to get a Mazda 6 which I have had my eye on for a very long time.
I absolutely LOVE it!!!!!

On the other hand, Norm and I are still anxiously searching for a townhome/condo/single family home to purchase! We are not sure what we want to settle in, but we know we don’t want to get into a mortgage that we can’t handle so we are taking our time, praying that God will lead us to the home he wants us to be in.

Well, I guess that’s all for now. We will probably update again in about a year or so. Hopefully I will be posting pictures of our new house sooner that that since our lease is up in August. We will keep you posted as far as the House Hunting goes.

Happy Easter!!!!!!

The Honeymoon to Lancaster

Norm & I wanted to go to Lancaster for a couple days after our wedding. We both agreed that we would rather save money and go somewhere special for our 1 year Anniversary so we did something small for after our wedding. It was very relaxing and nice to be away from everyday life!! We found quite a few bargains at the Outlet stores!!!! I didn't take too many pictures because my camera battery was just about dead and I forgot the charger at home!!

A Few Photos from Our Wedding

My Bachelorette Party

My Bachelorette Party @ Main Street Pub given by Melanie & Aunt Carol

Celebrating My Long Awaited Full Time Employment

Aunt Carol decided to celebrate my full time employment with these cute little Global drinking glasses. Looking forward toward many memories at Global with my FAC!!!!

Visiting Our Friends

Good Friends of ours, Andy & Jackie just had another little one. Gabriella is Norm's God-daughter who will be 3 in July and they were just blessed with an adorable little boy Aiden which is the baby in the picture above. Norm and I really enjoy spending time with Andy & Jackie, they are great people and such a blessed family!!! We Love You Guys!

Alyssa & Audrey's Bath Time!!

Back to Lancaster Yet Again!!

Norm knows how much I enjoy going to Lancaster, PA so he decided to plan another trip as part of my Christmas gift, also a get away from everyday life and to celebrate our Engagement!! We love just relaxing, shopping till we drop, or just driving around looking at scenery. We discover more and more each time we visit out there.

We're Engaged

Christmas morning Norm came over to open presents at my apartment. I had a stocking hung for both of us and when I was finished opening all my stocking stuffers, I turned the stocking upside down to sadly say I guess I'm done unwrapping, meanwhile Norm still had a few more presents left unwrapped. Norm stops what he's doing and turns to me and says "What about this present?" Holding up the ring in a box. He Then asked "Will You Marry Me?" Of Course, I said Yes!! The Best Christmas Ever!!!

My Nieces

Audrey is the left photo and Alyssa is the the right photo. They are both very photogenic. Audrey is in her Christmas Pj's drinking her juice and Alyssa is hugging Tigger!!

Dad's Surprise Birthday Party 12/18

My Christmas Tree

After many, many, many hours of shopping for a Christmas Tree!! I couldn't believe the cost of fake trees. I struggled between getting a real tree or a fake tree this year. I decided it would be much easier to get a fake tree and not have to worry about the needles everywhere, buying another tree next year, etc . . . After all the hassle, I Love the tree I brought home!! Thanks to Norm for all of his help.

Our Adventure to Mikado

Doug, Ann, Rob, Mel, Mike, Mel, Norm & I decided to go to Mikado (Hibachi grill) for dinner. Then to the movies to see I am Legend. What a fun night!!

My Suprise Birthday at P.J. Wellihan's

This photo was taken at My "Surprise" Birthday dinner which was at P.J. Wellihan's. My family and Norm decided to keep a little secret from me and plan a "Surprise" Party for me. Norm, did a great job not telling me what was going on or that my family was going to be there waiting for us to arrive. So my family tells the hostess, that this is a surprise they ask for a table of 8 with only 6 in their group, knowing that Norm and I will be arriving shortly. Dad makes it clear to the hostess that this is a surprise and that a couple will be walking in any minute and asking for a table for 2, because little did I know, Norm was taking me out to dinner. Well, the funny thing about this is the hostess says oh a table for 8? At that point Norm wanted to slap her, but he knew he had to keep calm. Thank goodness, I was behind Norm walking in and didn't even realize she said a table for 8?
"SURPRISE"

Melanie & Mike's Wedding

My niece Audrey and I at my sister (Melanie's) wedding. June 23, 2007. My niece is a twin her sister is Alyssa. I cannot pick a favorite because I love both the girls, but Audrey is my girl. When I go to my Sister (Mandy's) house Audrey's face lights up and extends her arms out for me to pick her up! I am so thankful to have such healthy beautiful girls in my life. I truly enjoy spending time with them, and watching them grow older day by day. When I am feeling down or having a rough day, all I need to do is spend a few minutes with the girls and they bring a smile to my face and fill my heart with such joy!!

My Sister (Melanie) and I