One year ago... Thursday

Here's my post from one year ago today... My parents (& Granny) met Brandon's parents for the first time. And we loaded my U-haul boxes to be moved to Washington! Check it out!

March 31, 2011~

I'm all loaded!!!

This morning at 10 am, Brandon's dad and my dad went with me to the storage unit place and watched as 3 professional mover-guys loaded all my stuff to be shipped to Washington! That was a long sentence! :-) Thank God that is over!!! It was a very positive experience! And the temperature was 49 degrees when we got up this morning. It was chilly in the shade. Great day for moving!

Then, my mom, Granny and Brandon's mom joined us at Chili's for lunch! It was so fun! This was the first day for my parents to meet the Rays. We had a really good time together. I really enjoyed it. :-)

Next on the list... I'm headed to the nail shop in about 30 minutes for my mani/pedi. Can't wait!

By this time tomorrow, I will have my BF Candice and Brandon in the car with me!!!! Yay!!!!


Here are pictures of my U-boxes. I really enjoyed watching & hearing our dads interact. I love this picture of our dads supervising the loading procedure...2 supervisors supervising... ;-) I'm soooo glad we hired movers to load the boxes. It would have been really hard work for our dads and others that day. Those movers were done in 2 hours or less!


This is a picture of my 2 families visiting over lunch. It was a great day!


This is the ONLY picture I have of my hands/nails. I grew my natural nails out and then had the fancy gel polish painted on them (French manicure). It lasted for 2+weeks. It was amazing, but it ruined my nails. It has taken a year for them to recover! Seriously! But, I guess they looked good on my wedding day & honeymoon. :-)



Here is the post my best friend, Candice, posted on her blog last year before my wedding. It is very special to me! I just read it again tonight. Check it out!

http://toddandcandice.blogspot.com/

You will have to click on 2011 on her blog archive; then click on March. My story is the first one you will see. Sorry this is so much work!

(I couldn't get the link to post. Brandon is asleep already, so you will have to cut & paste the link. I'm sorry!)

One year ago... Wednesday

Here is my post from last year... I just can't believe it's been a year already.


Wednesday, March 30, 2011

3 more days!!!

My U-boxes arrived at the storage unit today. We are having movers load the boxes in the morning at 10 am.

Brandon's mom and dad arrived tonight! It was so good to see them. We had dinner together at the best Mexican food restaurant in Huntsville. Yum! :)

Tomorrow will be a busy day... loading the U-boxes at 10... lunch with the Rays and Fraziers... I have a pedi/mani at 4 pm... then I have to finish packing for my honeymoon! YAY!

I pick Candice and Brandon up Friday afternoon. I can't wait!!!! :) The wedding day is almost here!!

One year ago... Tuesday

One year ago today, my mom & I drove to Arkansas to pick up my Granny for the wedding. We drove 5.5 hours there, picked her up and drove right back to Huntsville 5.5 hours. The trip went great and it was really fun. :-) My mom sat in the back seat with my Granny, like I was their chauffeur. Here's a picture of them...



That was the 1st time my Granny got to see my parents' new house. They moved to Huntsville, TX after they lost their house in Hurricane Ike in the fall of 2008. My Granny stayed with them for almost a week last year. It was a really special visit.

Here's a beautiful picture of my Granny at our wedding...



Here we are together...



This was the 1st time Granny got to meet Brandon. I'm so glad Clark (our photographer) caught their meeting on film. I have a 5-6 pictures of them hugging and talking, but this one's my favorite. Brandon is an angel & Granny loves him!



I love this picture of Brandon because he has both his arms stretched out wide, hugging Granny & me. So sweet! (click to enlarge)

One year ago... Monday

It's Wedding Week!!! :-) One year ago today (Monday, March 28), I spent the day with Suzann, my dear friend and pastor's wife. Suzann had driven to Huntsville the night before, just to be with me before the wedding week kicked into high gear. We ate dinner together at Double Dave's Pizza. We drove back to Mom & Dad's and watched the sunset on their back porch. We sat together on the porch swing, talking until about 10 pm! It was so fun & much-needed girl time. :-)


Mom made us biscuits & chocolate gravy for breakfast (a special family dish!). We sat at the dining room table, talking & laughing. I left briefly and dropped off our wedding rings to be engraved. :-)

I drove back to my parents' house. Suzann, Mom & I sat in my room and talked while Suzann fluffed my wedding bouquet for me.



Then, Suz & I got ready & went to town for errands. We hit the brand new Dollartree, Target and Cato, where I bought my awesome honeymoon purse. We went to the salon together & ate lunch at my fav Japanese restaurant in Huntsville. It was a great day! :-) What a great way to start my wedding week!

I just went back and read my post from last year... Here it is:

Monday, March 28, 2011

Another great day...

My wonderful friend and pastor's wife for the last 19 years came to Huntsville yesterday and spent the night with us last night. We had an awesome visit! Suzann & I had dinner last night and talked until 3:00 this morning. We got up and ran errands all day until 5 pm when she left to head back to Beaumont. We had a great day together and got alot of things accomplished! :)

Tomorrow morning at 6 am, Mom & I are leaving for Arkansas to go pick up my Granny for the wedding weekend. Please pray for us as we travel. We are driving 5.5 hours there and 5.5 hours straight back to Huntsville. It will be a long day, but we're soooo glad Granny gets to come down for the wedding! :)

Pray for us! I pick up my boy in 4 days! I can't believe it! :) I'm getting married!!!!

Another lost album...

So glad to see these! There are some beautiful photos & videos of waterfalls in here. Also, some more cute videos of our nephew, Ethan. Enjoy!

Wahclella Falls~Jan 2011

Long, lost photos...

I found pictures on my old Texas laptop today. I was very happy to see these!!!

There's the cutest video of our nephew in this link. Also, there's a short, close-up video of my sweet husband. You have to see it! Check it out!

Silver Falls~ Dec. 31, 2010

Candice & Todd's Wedding~Feb, 20, 2010

Here are pictures from my best friend's wedding in Feb 2010. Enjoy!!!

Candice & Todd~Feb 20, 2010

Chicago Trip~June 2010

I just uploaded some old pictures to my newer laptop. This was an awesome trip with my old & dear friends, Kristin and Marley. Enjoy!

Chicago~June 2010

Home Improvements!

We've been making our house our HOME. We've been unpacking my Texas boxes, cleaning a lot, decorating and arranging furniture. We love the improvements! Here are 2 links... Hope you can see the changes!

Our House~ Spring 2012

Our House~Summer 2011

Trip to Seattle and Cannon Beach...

Here are the pictures from our 5-day trip to Seattle and Cannon Beach. We went to the Emergency Room in Redmond (Seattle) during that time with Brandon's kidney stone. He is better now, thank God!

Click on the picture below...

Seattle/Cannon Beach 2012

Friday...

Today is Brandon's first day back at work. And he will have a long day, not getting home until around 8 pm tonight. :-( But, I'm glad he is feeling better finally! Thank God! He still doesn't think he's passed the kidney stone pieces. This has been his hardest episode. He usually feels better right away after a procedure. This time, it took 3 days for him to feel better.

Thanks for the prayers. We are both at work today. :-)

Love,
Kim

Brandon Update...

They did the lithotripsy and it was successful. However, the doctor thinks he was only able to break it in half or into fourths. Brandon was disappointed with that report. He was hoping it would just disintegrate. He's actually been in some pain tonight because he thinks he's in the process of passing the "pieces." The stone was 4 mm. If the stone is now in halves, 2 mm stones are still substantial to pass. He's going to take off tomorrow, also. He was hoping to go back to work, but he's decided to stay home & rest. We haven't had much sleep in the last week. I'm glad he's staying home. Please pray for him a little longer... Thank you!!! God is good!

Pray for my husband today...

Brandon goes to the hospital at 11 am today for his pre-op. He is having lithotripsy done to break up a kidney stone. He has suffered with stones for 14 years. Currently, he has 10 stones in his left kidney and 3 in the right. The one that is blocking the ureter right now is the largest at 4 mm.

He has been in A LOT of pain. I will be so glad when he receives relief!

Thanks for your prayers...