life lately

Happy February! It doesn't seem real that we are already into February but alas, here we are. We have been keeping ourselves quite busy between work and life.

We have finally hired a full time employee! It has been exciting and somewhat scary, but we are happy to have found someone that seems to be a good fit for us and the office. Today was his first day and we are excited to have him here and to see what he can add to our agency.

In other news, Saturday we went to watch our niece, Addison play in her first basketball game. She did great and I'm glad we were able to see her play. On Saturday evening we met Josh and Libby and the girls for dinner at Dewey's. It was delicious as usual and good to see them and catch up in person. After dinner Alex and I headed over to the Wildey to see Rear Window. It was such a good movie and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time!

Then on Sunday after church, we went to my parents for the Super Bowl. We have watched it with them every year for the past several (7+) years, so we didn't want to miss out this year. My mom made delicious wings, mini sub sandwiches, brownies and my Aunt Linda made Barf (a taco cheesy dip)so Alex was in heaven. My cousin's wife, Kendra, made some tasty caramel, chocolate covered grapes and they were amazing! We ate our fill, watched some of the game and all of the commercials and had a great time.

january 24 aka abby's day

I am not a decisive person when it comes to small, everyday decisions. This video perfectly describes my feelings and Alex's frustrations....

A few weeks ago, I decided that it was time for me to make some decisions so I declared Saturday as Abby's Day, a day to do whatever I wanted. Alex happily agreed (barring housework and chores). I even made an itinerary, because I am my father's daughter. Our itinerary as follows: 

8am: Wake up

8:30am: Pancakes for breakfast

9am: Go for a jog

11:30am: Leave for downtown St.Louis

12pm: Lunch

2pm: Go to the zoo and art museum

5pm: Dinner 

7pm: Watch girly movies of Abby's choice

11pm: Bed

How our day really went.....(the times are on an "ish" scale)

8:45am: Roll out of bed (because Moose was ready to play)

9:30am: Chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast

10am: Dance party (isn't that how everyone starts their Saturday mornings??)

10:30am: We jogged 3 miles (Alex was thrilled...)

11:45am: Go downtown

12:15pm: Lunch at Bailey's Range- It was very good, check it out and get a milk shake, you don't want to miss out on that goodness. 

2pm: Try to walk off my milkshake at the zoo...the penguins are still under construction, but the sea lions didn't disappoint.

3pm: We visited the Degas Ballerina and the Brown Sister's photography exhibit at the Art Museum. 

5pm: We went home and on the way, we grabbed some movies and then we ate a nutritious dinner of Skittles and left over pizza. We watched The Good Lie and it was soooo good, you need to see it! We also rented Let's Be Cops and watched about 15 minutes before we turned it off to binge on Friends. 

1:30am: We finally made it to bed... (Friends really sucked us in)

We had a great Abby Day and today has been great too. Our church celebrated it's fourth anniversary with a combined service at the Wildey. It was great to be able to worship with everyone in one service and to celebrate how great God is. 

I hope you've had a great weekend too!

a new year, a new resolution

It's January 5th, how is your New Year's resolution going? Alex and I didn't have a resolution last year and I don't think that we really have one this year. For my birthday, I compiled a list of 25 things that I want to accomplish before I turn 26 in September. I have 9 months left, hopefully I can achieve my goals. In the tab above (twenty five by twenty six) you can see my progress. I hope that we can all succeed with our goals this year, fingers crossed!

go!

I've gone and done it again, I have registered for another half marathon (if you're keeping track, this will be my 4th). I have signed up to run the Go! St. Louis Half Marathon in April. I really enjoy running and I love the atmosphere of the actual race. I almost cried happy tears at the Rock 'n Roll (don't worry, I held it together). I'm excited to continue challenging myself and love having a goal to work toward. Wish me luck and hopefully the weather will cooperate for optimal training.