My sister and mother hosted a fabulous bridal shower for me yesterday. I don't know about the rest of the ladies but I had a GREAT! time.
I don't think I can relay everything but I will highlight a few things...
First of all, we played a game where we had to see if we had certain things in our purses... Rick's mother and nanny and I were on a team together and we won because nanny had toothbrush in her purse which was worth 15 points!
Lets see... I got the most amazing gifts, especially some stuff that will be useful on the honeymoon like new beach towels and an awesome laundry bag!
But I have to tell a story to tell about my most favorite gift...
So, Rick's family does this white elephant gift exchange for Christmas where everybody brings a gift and they get swapped and stolen, etc etc. Well last Christmas the gift I picked was this snowman figurine carrying a drum and it was stolen and swapped before I could steal it back and I was genuinely sad. All the aunts fight over the beautiful figurines and I lost :(. So Rick's nanny bought me the exact same one! I don't think I can explain how much I love it but it makes me feel like officially part of his family. (Don't get me wrong I felt like a part of his family before, but now it is official!) But anyway... it meant so much to me!
And the very best part was the ice cream cake my sister had made with my FAVORITE ice cream flavor including caramel sauce!
Overall, it was a wonderful party with great food and great gifts. Rick even got a gift that was geared toward him! My aunt won a lottery at her work for 2 tickets to a Redskins game so we are going in October! Needless to say, Rick was a happy boy when he came to pick me up!
Just goes to show once again how blessed we are to have such an amazing family and to be marrying into one is well. Rick and I truly could not ask for anything or anyone better.
Love,
your soon-to-be-wed richmonders.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
soon to be an ex-gimp!
Good news from my foot doctor yesterday! He took another X-ray and everything seems to be healing perfectly. I have another appointment in 3 weeks and he hopes I will be back in a regular shoe!
In other news... I had my second dress fitting and I am getting more and more excited! I can't believe it's less than a month away!
Next weekend is my family bridal shower, which I am very excited about. It seems my sister has gone above and beyond! I can't wait to have all the ladies together!
That is really all we have to update. I hope this finds everybody healthy and happy. We look forward to seeing everybody for our big day that is sooooo sooooon!!!
Love,
your quarter-gimp richmonders.
In other news... I had my second dress fitting and I am getting more and more excited! I can't believe it's less than a month away!
Next weekend is my family bridal shower, which I am very excited about. It seems my sister has gone above and beyond! I can't wait to have all the ladies together!
That is really all we have to update. I hope this finds everybody healthy and happy. We look forward to seeing everybody for our big day that is sooooo sooooon!!!
Love,
your quarter-gimp richmonders.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
happy independence day!
At the last minute (as in on my lunch break Thursday afternoon) Rick and I decided to drive to the Outer Banks for my family's annual beach week.
For those of you who are not in my family... my grandparents rent 2 beach houses in Whalehead (north of Corolla) for the week of 4th of July. This has been an annual tradition for most of my life and it is usually the only time all 25+ of us are together. There are many, many traditions wrapped up in this one week which make it a lot of fun. This year only 3 people (my cousin Chris, his new wife Mollie and my brother) of our entire family were absent so that was pretty special.
There are 6 kids of my grandparents so each of those 6 kids and their families fix dinner for the whole clan one night. And we have a huge crab feast every year on the 4th.
I am very glad we decided to go because it was very relaxing and wonderful to see all of our family.
This is our clan...
This is our clan being silly...
We drove back last night so we would have today to get ready for the week.
On a different note, Rick and I went to church this morning. Not as shocking as it seems, we have been talking about finding a church that suits us for quite sometime, we just finally got the motivation to get up and do it.
We went to a church called Velocity out at the Short Pump Cinemas and really enjoyed it. It was a little makeshift considering a lot of the congregation was still on vacation but we enjoyed it enough to want to go back and check it out next Sunday.
There are a couple of other churches we are interested in but we figured we give this one a full month before we could really digest it and then go from there. They are doing a series of sermons this month called "Confessions of a Pastor" talking about how Pastors question their faith just like the rest of us and the first one was pretty awesome.
We will let you know how our quest for a faith community goes.
We love you all and hope you have had a great vacation. We are both very thankful to live in such an amazing country with such amazing families.
Love,
your spiritually-enriched richmonders.
For those of you who are not in my family... my grandparents rent 2 beach houses in Whalehead (north of Corolla) for the week of 4th of July. This has been an annual tradition for most of my life and it is usually the only time all 25+ of us are together. There are many, many traditions wrapped up in this one week which make it a lot of fun. This year only 3 people (my cousin Chris, his new wife Mollie and my brother) of our entire family were absent so that was pretty special.
There are 6 kids of my grandparents so each of those 6 kids and their families fix dinner for the whole clan one night. And we have a huge crab feast every year on the 4th.
I am very glad we decided to go because it was very relaxing and wonderful to see all of our family.
This is our clan...
This is our clan being silly...
We drove back last night so we would have today to get ready for the week.
On a different note, Rick and I went to church this morning. Not as shocking as it seems, we have been talking about finding a church that suits us for quite sometime, we just finally got the motivation to get up and do it.
We went to a church called Velocity out at the Short Pump Cinemas and really enjoyed it. It was a little makeshift considering a lot of the congregation was still on vacation but we enjoyed it enough to want to go back and check it out next Sunday.
There are a couple of other churches we are interested in but we figured we give this one a full month before we could really digest it and then go from there. They are doing a series of sermons this month called "Confessions of a Pastor" talking about how Pastors question their faith just like the rest of us and the first one was pretty awesome.
We will let you know how our quest for a faith community goes.
We love you all and hope you have had a great vacation. We are both very thankful to live in such an amazing country with such amazing families.
Love,
your spiritually-enriched richmonders.
Monday, June 30, 2008
good news on the gimp!
I woke up bright and early to make phone calls to the referred orthopedic doctor at MCV and they were able to squeeze me in at 11am. After a look at my X-rays, they decided that the broken bone was lined up correctly and have me in a removable knee-high boot.
When I told him about the wedding being less than 7 weeks away he said that at the very least he thought I would be able to go a night without the boot, I would just have to wear hard-soled-flat shoes. So, I guess that isn't too bad. It definitely could be worse! I could be in a hard cast that I can't shower in and makes my ankle itch like crazy!
After my doctor's appointment, Rick drove me to my first day at my new job. My bosses were very understanding and very appreciative that I made the effort only 3 days after I broke my foot to begin my orientation and training. I am so excited about this job, I really think it is going to be a good fit.
And although it is my right foot that is broken...my doctor said if I was up to it and would be very careful, I could drive.. I just had to take the boot off and wear a shoe with a hard sole.
So overall... very good news. I am not in as much pain and the boot makes it a lot easier to walk and the best news yet.... NO CRUTCHES! (this might be better than no boot for the wedding!)
Well, I hope this finds everyone happy and those of you at the beach, I hope you have a great time!
Love,
your still-half-gimp richmonders.
When I told him about the wedding being less than 7 weeks away he said that at the very least he thought I would be able to go a night without the boot, I would just have to wear hard-soled-flat shoes. So, I guess that isn't too bad. It definitely could be worse! I could be in a hard cast that I can't shower in and makes my ankle itch like crazy!
After my doctor's appointment, Rick drove me to my first day at my new job. My bosses were very understanding and very appreciative that I made the effort only 3 days after I broke my foot to begin my orientation and training. I am so excited about this job, I really think it is going to be a good fit.
And although it is my right foot that is broken...my doctor said if I was up to it and would be very careful, I could drive.. I just had to take the boot off and wear a shoe with a hard sole.
So overall... very good news. I am not in as much pain and the boot makes it a lot easier to walk and the best news yet.... NO CRUTCHES! (this might be better than no boot for the wedding!)
Well, I hope this finds everyone happy and those of you at the beach, I hope you have a great time!
Love,
your still-half-gimp richmonders.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
i am so blessed.
My parents got back into town Friday afternoon from their drive to Charlotte to help with Delaney and all of her doctors. They brought Delaney back with them so Rick and I got to hang out with her. Rick even put her to sleep at one point (he is crazy about that little girl!). Bill dropped my sister off Friday evening and continued to Northern Virginia to visit with his family.
Saturday, my maid of honor, Shannon and my other bridesmaids Heidi, Jacqui and Justine threw me a fabulous lingerie shower with yummy food including my mom's chicken salad. It was so nice. Then, afterwards we all went out for my bachelorette party! Heidi's 18-year-old brother drove us around in a decorated 15-passenger van. He was a very good sport. Especially with me being a gimp.
Yes, that is right, I said gimp! I rolled out of our 3-foot tall bed early Saturday morning and fell on awkwardly on my foot. Spent the later morning at Patient First only to discover that I have a broken foot! So I spent my "last night single" on crutches. I don't know much more than its a metatarsal that is broken towards the outside on my right foot. Yes, my right foot so I can't even drive! I have been referred to an orthopedic surgeon to have him look at it more and figure out what is next.
Bad timing though let me tell you! I start my job tomorrow. But I am a trooper, I will make it work.
But on a happier note... My mother, sister, cousin Lizz (from Tennessee) and many girlfriends from New York, Northern VA and around Richmond helped me get around town and all things considered we had a pretty awesome night out. I didn't drink too much considering I was on crutches but had just as much fun!
I am constantly reminded by the fact that I am absolutely and utterly blessed to have such amazing people in my life, even the ones I didn't choose (i.e. my family) are amazing!
I hope this finds everybody happy and healthy. I will post more when I meet with the doctor, hopefully this week!
Love,
your half-gimp richmonders.
Saturday, my maid of honor, Shannon and my other bridesmaids Heidi, Jacqui and Justine threw me a fabulous lingerie shower with yummy food including my mom's chicken salad. It was so nice. Then, afterwards we all went out for my bachelorette party! Heidi's 18-year-old brother drove us around in a decorated 15-passenger van. He was a very good sport. Especially with me being a gimp.
Yes, that is right, I said gimp! I rolled out of our 3-foot tall bed early Saturday morning and fell on awkwardly on my foot. Spent the later morning at Patient First only to discover that I have a broken foot! So I spent my "last night single" on crutches. I don't know much more than its a metatarsal that is broken towards the outside on my right foot. Yes, my right foot so I can't even drive! I have been referred to an orthopedic surgeon to have him look at it more and figure out what is next.
Bad timing though let me tell you! I start my job tomorrow. But I am a trooper, I will make it work.
But on a happier note... My mother, sister, cousin Lizz (from Tennessee) and many girlfriends from New York, Northern VA and around Richmond helped me get around town and all things considered we had a pretty awesome night out. I didn't drink too much considering I was on crutches but had just as much fun!
I am constantly reminded by the fact that I am absolutely and utterly blessed to have such amazing people in my life, even the ones I didn't choose (i.e. my family) are amazing!
I hope this finds everybody happy and healthy. I will post more when I meet with the doctor, hopefully this week!
Love,
your half-gimp richmonders.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
good always follows bad.
Yesterday, my niece Delaney had an MRI. The MRI came back with not such good news... She has Hydrocephalus aka "water on the brain". She had another appointment this morning with a surgeon to see what needed to be done. And It seems nothing needs to be done right now because Delaney shows no symptoms. They even think it might take care of itself. Apparently all the praying our family did worked!
God is definitely watching over my precious niece. Life is good.
Love,
your very blessed richmonders.
Ps. I also beat all the boys in the poker tournament last night!
God is definitely watching over my precious niece. Life is good.
Love,
your very blessed richmonders.
Ps. I also beat all the boys in the poker tournament last night!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
i got a job!
Well, as I mentioned before I decided to start job searching and today the search ended!
I was hired with the Primrose School, a private preschool in the West End. It is more like a school, including an accredited curriculum. I will be helping in a preK class for the rest of the summer to learn the curriculum and how things run and then in September I will have my own class. I am very excited as this is really an amazing opportunity.
Unfortunately, this means I am going to have to skip the family beach week next week because they want me to start on Monday. But, I think this is going to be the best thing for me!
Hope this finds you all well and happy.
Love,
your half-employed-richmonders.
I was hired with the Primrose School, a private preschool in the West End. It is more like a school, including an accredited curriculum. I will be helping in a preK class for the rest of the summer to learn the curriculum and how things run and then in September I will have my own class. I am very excited as this is really an amazing opportunity.
Unfortunately, this means I am going to have to skip the family beach week next week because they want me to start on Monday. But, I think this is going to be the best thing for me!
Hope this finds you all well and happy.
Love,
your half-employed-richmonders.
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