Where do I even start...

It's been a while...

It's literally been over 6 months since I last posted. A lot has changed in those 6 months, A LOT! I look forward to sharing with you some of the new things that are happening in the life of the Meads, but not today!

I can't write a whole novel the first day I come back. I just need to ease back in...

<3

So, it's been a while.

I guess it really has been since January that I posted a blog post last. To say things have been crazy is quite the understatement. Life has been really good. I haven't for a second regretted the whole "moving home" ordeal. I have loved every minute I get to spend with my family. I no longer have to long to sit down and have a glass of wine with my sister and chat. I no longer feel like I am missing out on every sport event the kids have. I love being able to hug my dad more than once a month. I love having lunch dates with Mom and even dinner dates now!

(Montgomery at his basketball game)

Phil and I have been loving our house. It is quite the chore to get it the way we want it and we are haven't even made a dent in the renovations that will be coming soon.

My new job (I guess it isn't so new anymore) is still wonderful. I enjoy my co-workers and I love going to work. Of course, like any job, some days are more trying than others, but I've learned to push forward and to not be so shy.

I turned 26 last month. I can't believe I'm so "old" now. I wonder what my 16 year old self would say if she where I was today? Oh yeah, Phil turned 26 too in February. Of course, I take my camera to his birthday but not my own. Oh well.

Laura came down on my birthday to visit for the weekend. We also had a "favorite things" party which was a COMPLETE blast. 

My sister turned 34... I didn't get any pictures at her birthday but here is one of myself, my sister and mom and our favorite things party. She looks WAY younger, like 28. :)

And of course last but not least, my sweet sweet Zeppelin turned 5 today. He was both mine and Phil's first dog on our own. I mean, we were 21 when we got him. Looking back, it probably wasn't the smartest thing to do, but I learned more than I could ever imagine from that dog. He taught me to grow up, and he taught me what it was like to actually care for something. I hope he is around for as many years as we can get it, but the first 5 have been awesome

We love ya buddy!

My life in holiday pictures

It's been almost 3 months since my last post! The holidays have seriously done a number on me. I can't exactly explain 3 months of my life in a post, I'd have to write a novel. I'll show you in pictures instead.

Basically it's halloween, thanksgiving and christmas all in these pictures. Plus going to see Leo perform, my new kitty nephew Ralphie, Tess' christmas play, my sweet pups and Lar Lar's visit!

Wheeeww...hopefully I won't go that long again. 

Internet! At Last!

We've been without cable and internet for almost 3 weeks. It's been nice not having all the distractions around, but being without internet is pretty inconvenient. We set up internet last night, and our TV guy is currently setting that up. YAY! Pretty stoked.

Here are a few pictures! Hope everyone has a fantastic saturday. We are heading up to Raleigh here in a few hours to celebrate my friend Savanna's birthday!

Allman

Zepp!

Tess at her soccer game.

HAHA i love her. She is picking at her shorts while playing goalie

Our first home :)

Allman was trying to get the ball out of Zepps mouth. 

We are HERE!

We are officially all moved into our new home in our hometown! I'll totally post more pictures about it and what it looks like, but I also did something REALLY COOL and finally got myself a DSLR camera. After being at our home for a few days, we naturally couldn't keep it sane by staying here home this weekend, oh no! We went to the beach of course! I'm going to post a few pictures I took with my NEW camera.

I'll post about the house soon, and hopefully take some pictures once it isn't SUCH a disaster!

packing...well..sucks

This upcoming monday will be ONE WEEK until our closing day on our new home! Phil has been in major list mode. I am constantly getting text messages that read something like this, "Hey babe, don't forget to....." The "...." stands for ALL the crap we have to get done to get prepared for our move. I am so very excited to have a house of our own. We have plenty of things to get done and sometimes it can be overwhelming!

Biggest things on our list.

1 - Dog Inclosure. We have two of them now and we have no fence at the new house. Our backyard is SO pretty, and normally i'd want to dig right in and put up a privacy fence, but for some odd reason I just don't want a fence. I know that sounds ridiculous, but I guess you'd have to stand on the porch and look out onto the back yard to understand what I'm saying. So, we have to figure out how to keep the dogs IN the yard without a fence which we obviously will want to do an Invisible Fence. Now, our problem is our sweet precious 10 month old pup Allman. We have a creek in the backyard and Allman is not exactly a rule follower. So, how do we convince Allman to NOT break the invisible fence to get down to the creek??

2 - Our T.V. I know that sounds materialistic, but both Phil and I have the SAME t.vs from sophomore year in college. Now, I don't know about you guys, but my parents didn't exactly buy a big t.v. So, we've had our little 27 inch in the living room in our house now. We've been fine with it, but our living room isn't very big. Our new living room is going to be bigger, which means we're going to be further away from the t.v. This means the little 27 inch isn't going to cut it, so another important thing is a new T.V!

3 - A new couch. We have been SO lucky to have mom and dad's old furniture, but I've always hated the couch and i'm SO ready to get a new one. Phil and I thought about reupholstering the old couch, but it's going to cost not much less than a new one. Brown and leather is what i'm looking for, but we'll see what's in the budget.

Two of our biggest things are already crossed OFF the list! Washer and Dryer and Rugs! I've never in my life thought about buying a rug until we decided to buy this house. It has BEAUTIFUL hardwood floors and I'd prefer for them not to get ridiculously scratched (Ahem, two LABS!) so we had to get some rugs. We were also very lucky to be gifted a washer and dryer (which the whole story is kind of crazy, but I won't bore you with that).

Those are just the MAJOR things that need to happen immediately. Don't even get me started on the small things. Hopefully, everything will work out!