One Year Anniversary

It's hard to believe that we have been married a year already! We went to Chicago this last weekend as a gift to each other for our anniversary. We did a ton of fun stuff like going to a comedy club, shopping, having lunch with friends on the Navy Pier, riding bikes through the city, going to Wicked, shopping (oh did I already say that?? There was lots of that!) and eating at good restaurants. It was a whirlwind of a trip but a blast! We stayed in a great hotel called Amalfi, no complaints there!

Monday August 25th was our actual anniversary. I brought Russ some lunch at his work from the Mixx, one of our favorite places. We cooked a nice dinner at home including Filet Mignon, spinach salad with warm shallot dressing, and coucous. We tried a piece of our one year old cake topper. It still looked pathetic but tasted surprisingly good. We even shared with the neighbors! We topped the night off with a chocolate fondue at the Melting Pot, another favorite of ours.

It has been a wonderful year and I can't wait for many more. I am so lucky to have this guy in my life! :)

Boulevard Brewing Co. Reception

On Saturday, Kevin and Jenny had their KC wedding reception. The space was so cool and the reception was so much fun! We got to enjoy lots of difference Boulevard beverages on tap and eventually dance the night away. I never knew some of the dance moves some of these people had been hiding! :) Jenny's parents had this really cool poster made for them from their destination wedding in the Dominican Republic. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed hanging outside on the deck while catching up with old college friends. They had delicious cupcakes instead of a traditional cake and they were wonderful! I thoroughly enjoyed my strawberry cupcake! We've had a lot of fun celebrating with Mr. and Mrs. Macfee this summer and wish them the best in their new marriage!

Finally, At Last!

Many of you know that Russ and I have a couple of rental houses. Well, conveniently they both became available at the same time in June. We got super lucky with the Independence rental and found a couple pretty fast. They have been working out great! The house in Waldo had been sitting empty for a couple of months though. It was getting frustrating for many different reasons. IE: The money, time spent on showing the house to potential renters, cleaning, etc. Well, patience and hard work paid off because we just signed a year lease yesterday! Yahoo! Plus, we couldn't have asked for better renters. I guess things really do work out the way they are supposed to in the end. So, we can breath a little easier now that we were able to take the For Rent sign out of the yard and can take the add off of Craig's List. We just can't wait for the day that the market gets better and we can sell these houses.