Merry Christmas

Sending love and big giant hugs to wherever you are in the world on this magical day.

The FunYoungs-Adam + Stephanie (Jordan & Bruiser)

Ave Maria

The other night Adam & I were doing chores around the house and Ave Maria came on over the stereo.  As I was walking by Adam said “I saw the most beautiful women walking towards me to this song”  It took me a second, but I realized he was talking about me, on our wedding day.

Sometimes the most random, sweetest and surprising things come out of his mouth.

Goodbye November-Hello December

Hello old friends.

Wow…it’s been a while.

We’ve been ridiculously busy.  Thanksgiving…wedding…birthday…guests…Christmas prepping…oj juicing…

We are alive and well and I really wish I had more time to give the big run down…but I don’t. So here are some highlights from the last 3 or so weeks…

We got to visit with Stephanie’s family when they came to St. Pete for her 1/2 Marathon. Adam had fun with the boys

No joke, Maddox is ‘driving’ Adam. they were so cute.

Jonathan arrived just in time for a pre-thanksgiving Bulls Basketball game.

Dad and Adam like comparing their exact same cameras.

Poor Jonathan was so sick he slept most of thanksgiving…or as we liked to say, he guarded the good silver.

 

Fun games after dinner

We toured the  Yeungling brewery

And played some cards while we enjoyed our samples.

Adam got the biggest sample of all!

We took an impromptu trip the the happiest place on earth…

Dad and Jonathan found Nemo.

Quick beers in Canada…

Before moving onto England…

Then we stopped off in France

before finally launching off for our trip to Mars.

Then it was time for Tara to get married…

The whole day was a big blur…

But the bride looked gorgous

Jared came home and stopped over for a fondue dinner one week night…

Adam found many uses for the 50+lbs of oranges he bought for the wedding.

I squeezed over 16 cups!

 

Then I went and had a birthday.

33 years old.

But not a day over 6…

or at least 21

Happy December!

Do you see what I see?

No? let’s get a little closer…

See it?

A hinge!!!

So close…so close!

Our 2nd Year in Pictures

It’s already November and I’m finally getting around to doing our year in pictures.  It was a long, trying year, but we had fun and continued live life and be happy in our marriage.
Lets start off where we ended last year:

September:

1st anniversary in Gainesville

October:

Halloween-Dunkin’ Donuts

November:

Thanksgiving in Michigan (1st time in 8 years!)

December:

Christmas in Florida

January:

Amelia Island anniversary trip

February:

Sunday afternoons…

March:

Brewers Ball-Tampa (we snuck in!)

April:

Adam worked a lot…
Stephanie had lots of free time…

May:

Houston, here we come!

June:

Chicago IL

July:

Weekend Ultimate Trip to Atlanta

August:

Michigan Trip

September 2011,

North Carolina Trip & Married 2 years!


wow! we sure did travel a lot!

Turning over a old Leaf

Adam brought home a box of these ugly wood napkin rings when the Ice Palace was getting ready for renovations.

At first I complained that he was bringing more crap into the house, but then I figured maybe they just needed a face lift. So we put them into our overflowing extra WIC (walk in closet) and forgot about them.
That is until we decided that we were hosting thanksgiving! Recently I pulled them out and decided it was time for their makeover.  A trip to Home Depot and a can of spray paint later and we have much better napkin rings!
Hello 2011 goodbye 1993!

We decided to use Oil Rubbed Bronze, but had also considered Matte Nickel since our china has a platinum band.  I Think they look great with the napkins I made with our left over fabric from the table runner.

I was afraid the chunky wood would look too casual on our China but the paint really dressed them up they look seasonally appropriate on our china.

Oh! and that is a bread plate! not a dinner plate-they’re not napkins for giants!
Thanks Adam for brining home those free ugly wood napkin rings…I love them, now.