Long overdue update

My name is Linda and I'm the worst blogger ever....

But Happy Fall to everyone! We have been going about the typical fall activities...

Pumpkin carving fun for Halloween

How cute are my fur-babies?!

November 20th marked ONE YEAR since Eric and I got married! What a busy/fun/ stressful/ adventurous year we have had! To recap: May 2010-I graduate from Alabama, October 2010-Eric accepts a job in Virginia, November 20, 2010-We get married and go on our honeymoon, mid-December 2010-Eric graduates from Auburn, late-December 2010-We move to the strange land of Northern Virginia, January 2011-We both start new jobs and we are off to the races! Things slowed down a little after that (haha). We learned how to share a space and be married. We have had our ups and downs, but we have made it work. Everyday is a learning experience.

But for our anniversary we went out to a nice dinner at a Churascaria-which is basically and all you can eat meat restaurant. They bring around delicious meats on a sword (can you tell Eric picked this place?). We also exchanged gifts. I gave Eric a Kindle Fire-which he has not put down since! Eric gave me a beautiful pearl and diamond ring.

We went out the day before our anniversary because we both had to work Monday after our anniversary, so when our actual anniversary come we decided to stay home. The night of our wedding we were in our hotel, starving because we didn't actually eat at our reception. So we decided to order Dominos Pizza as our glamorous wedding day meal (the delivery person was someone Eric had worked with there when he was in high school). We decided this would be our anniversary tradition. Dominos pizza!

Of course we dove into our year-old cake that was frozen for us. It was still very good. Way to go whoever wrapped our cake for the freezer!


Next comes Thanksgiving! We stayed in the area since we will be taking a LONG trip to Alabama after Christmas. We went to Maryland to my great-uncle and great-aunt's house. My aunt and cousins were there. We had a great time getting together and STUFFING ourselves with Aunt Nancy's delicious cooking! It wasn't Thanksgiving at Grandma's but it was very close.
I am so thankful to have family not too far away!

Parking attendant

I never pass up an opportunity for a good picture!

My cousins!

Happy Thanksgiving!

That's about everything for this post. There is a lot coming up in the near future so I hope to be blogging more!

Stay tuned for more exciting happenings!