SPRING is HERE!!

I LOVE SPRING!! I love the colors, the warmth, the freshness in the air...I feel like this winter has been extra long- and I have been longing for some beautiful warm weather!

Some other things I love about spring:

Celebrating Easter- the death and RESURRECTION of our Lord Jesus Christ! Praise God for sending his Son to die for a wicked sinner like me.


RITAS!!! (yes, please!)this is probably John and my most fav spring/summer treat!!


Spring flowers- ECSPECIALLYYYYYY Bradford Pear Trees. Love them.


Can't wait to get to wear white pants again!!


Baseball Season! (This one is mainly for John ;)


Hey- I've missed these guys!!


Strawberries start to go on sale- yes!! I have missed them all winter -long.


And most of the time the weather is just PERFECT for these styles: long-sleeved shirts/cardis with shorts and skirts- love it.




Oh, and 1 final reason, I'm so glad spring is here- it means June is just around the corner!!! 73 days and couting till 06-05-2010!!!

Master Bathroom Idea

John had an AWESOME idea for the master bathroom- putting up "beadboard" on the walls. Well I started searching for some pics of how this would look- and I am pretty excited! I think it will look so good- I am still in that stage of trying to truly figure out what my decorating style is...but I know I tend towards neutrals...and a farmhouse kindof look, which "beadboard" is....so here are some pics of bathrooms that I love...FYI we are planning on replacing our tub with a claw tub, hence, pics with a claw tub.

Here are pics of the bathroom now:





And some bathroom ideas:

House Update-John is the BEST!!

John has been so hard at work on the house!! He is such a handyman and hard worker and I am so blessed to get to marry him!! This weekend he floored the attic! It will be so nice to have all that storage room up there....John said he was only going to floor one side, but once he saw all the stuff I have, he decided to do both sides ;) HA!





And I have picture updates of the bathrooms! The wallpaper is down and they are about ready to paint!! Thanks to everyone who has been over there helping John!!

Our New Home!!!

Well it is OFFICIAL!!! John bought us a BEAUTIFUL house in Alabama!! We are so so excited! The house is in great condition and ready to live in, but of course, we have our dream list of things we would like to change about it....it will be a fun process to work on the house together and turn it in to our home.



John drove up to Chalotte this weekend, and we moved a big load of my stuff down to Alabama- and then we got to work on the house!! One thing we really wanted to do was change the grout color in the kitchen. The previous owner had put down beautiful new tile, but we were not crazy about the peachy/pinky grout color. So I got a grout stain/seeler at a local tile company, and John and I tediously had to paint all of the grout by hand :). It took a few days, and we now have sore hands and knees- but we LOVE the result....I am not sure if pics will do it justice but I will post some anyways...

Here is a picture of the kitchen headed towards the back of the house:



And the other directon, headed to the laundry room and garage:



Here are pictures of the before grout-





And the after- no pink, and it made a HUGE difference!



And here is John working so hard on that grout!!



Our next few projects include tearing down the wallpaper and painting in both bathrooms-




Stay tuned :)

Columbia Shower

Some of my sweet sweet friends threw me a bridal shower in Columbia a few weeks back. It was so much fun and such a blessing!!


I got so many awesome gifts!!



My friend Mandy had gotten a list of questions from John to ask me, and for every one I got wrong, I had to put a marshmellow in my mouth! I think I only missed three- one of them being how many alabama games John has been to- I guessed 105....the correct answer- 99! I was so close!!








It was such a wonderful time! I am so blessed to havd gotten to know these ladies the past two years I have lived in Columbia!

VALENTINE'S WEEKEND

I got to go down and visit John for Valentine's Day! We had such a fun time :).
Friday night we went to the Valentine's banquet at the church.

Saturday, John took me to Carrabas for dinner and then gave me the BEST present- took me to the mall and gave me money for a shopping spree :))) yea!!!


As always when we are together- we had to get alot of wedding stuff done! It is starting to come together! 110 days!!

BUSY WEDDING WEEKEND!!

John had MLK day off from work, and I had it off from school, so we used the time as best we could to get wedding stuff done!! We registered, worked on hotel rooms, did pre-marital counseling, worked on save-the-dates, worked on wedding list, and got wedding rings!! FUN STUFF! but we were totally exhausted after the weekend was over. :)





The big day is only 136 days away!! WhooHOO!!

Here is a picture of John on tv during a pre-game special on espn. He is on the left of the picture and his cousin Adam is to the right of him.

ROLL TIDE! 13 National Championships!! 2010!! It's a good year :)

Let's Go BAMA!!!! John is at the game in Pasadena!! ROLL TIDE!!

On This Day in History

JUNE 5

Events:
1805- 1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley", Southern Illinois
1876- Bananas become popular in U.S., at Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
1907- Automatic washer and dryer are introduced
1945- Opera "Peter Grimes of Benjamin Britten," premieres in London
1952- 1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs Charles boxing
1956- Elivs Presley introduces his new single "Hound Dog" on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.

Births:
1956- Kenny G Born
1961- Anthony Burger born

Wedding:
2010- Frye/Gossett!!!!!

Christmas in Huntsville

I had a wonderful time visiting John in Huntsville over the Christmas break. I got to see where he works at the arsenal, we talked wedding plans, did the first session of our pre-marital counseling, ate yummy food, saw the Blind Side, and celebrated Christmas! It was so fun opening presents with John David and Hudson! They were so excited!!
John got me a North Face jacket. I got him some Under Armour sneakers and some Nike Alabama gear



Now I am back in Charlotte to celebrate Christmas with my family and then head to Florida to visit my grandma & grandpa!
Merry Christmas!!

States 2009

I think it is so fun to go back and remember all of the places you have been in the past year...so without further ado, here are our states of 2009:

Melanie:
North Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Tennessee
Virginia
Missouri
Arkansas

John:
Alabama
North Carolina
Tennessee
South Carolina
Georgia
Louisiana
Virginia
Mississippi
Kentucky

SEC CHAMPIONSHIP!!

ONE DAY AWAY!!!! JOHN SAID HE FEELS LIKE ITS CHRISTMAS MORNING TOMORROW!! ROLLLLL TIDDDEEEE!!!!!

Thanksgiving

John and I were not together this year for Thanksgiving...but we each had a fun time with our families, and look forward to being together next year!!

My family went to my Aunt Laurie's house who lives in Greenville, NC. She is working on her Doctorate at ECU. We had a yummy lunch on Thanksgiving, and had fun shopping on Black Friday!



My Black Friday shopping consisted of getting 2 seasons of The Office at Target, then hitting up some outlet malls near my Aunt's house...found a few good deals there- got a pair of crocs for 7 bucks! I also got some Christmas shopping done! It was a great Holiday weekend! I am not looking forward to these last few weeks of school, which will consist of one final, one paper, one anotated bibliography, and juries...but I am looking forward to my church's Contemporary Christmas Music Night called Glorious..which is one week from tonight!!

YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY...

I never knew that Gatorade was actually created by scientists at the University of Florida for their student athletes who were fatigued. Never new that was why it is called "Gator" ade...This youtube video told me the story....

USC-FLORIDA GAME

I was so excited John could come up this past weekend for the USC-Florida game!! We had such a fun weekend! We drove up to Charlotte on Thursday, and went to Dan's (John's Cousin) CD release concert at UNCC. We went to dinner with Jon and Jenna Rouleau before and to the concert with them...it was so good to see them!! The next morning we did some wedding stuff in town, and then headed back to Columbia, because I had to go to a Pippa concert for one of my theory classes--this was the weekend highligh for John...ha JK.

I took John to a fun place after the concert called Cupcake. It is so good. They have every kind of cupcake imaginable!! We got oreo and turtle. You can check out the rest of their flavors HERE


Saturday we headed to the tailgate my church does, and then to the game! I was so proud of South Carolina--they played really well! The atmosphere was so great...this was probably my favorite USC game EVER and I'm so glad John was there with me! We honored the military at this game and had an awesome half-time show with a fly-over!
The students get a stamp to be able to get in to the student section...so right after I got mine stamped, I pressed it on John's--it came out pretty well :)


This is my friend Mandy--she loves football as much as I do and I have really enjoyed going to the games with her

Tim Tebow warming up




In other news--we are so thankful for the Lord's provision in John's job. He started Thursday!