Goodbye Bandit!

On Friday my parents had to put my dog, Bandit, to sleep. She had just turned 15 years old. She was a great dog and a great friend and I will miss her greatly. She is now in that big yard in the sky with her sister, Smokey. I will miss you Bandito!

Engagement Photos

Andy and I had engagement photos taken the other month and just got them in the mail. This is my favorite one. Here is the link if you are interested in viewing them http://www.pictage.com/457895 . Our wedding photos will be at this same site.

Race for the Cure

Yesterday Andy and I ran in the Susan G. Komen 5k race. We ran for Christy's Angels - a team founded by Christy's daughters Kim, Jaime and Julie - 3 lovely ladies I have had the opportunity to meet and get to know. Kim is married to Andy's friend Dusty and also works for West Knox Trucks and Julie is my future sister-in-law (Andy's brother's wife). Andy came in just under 24 minutes and I surprized myself by being just over 28 minutes! Great cause with good friends. To all the ladies - get those boobies checked!

Less Than 8 Months To Go

Hello all - been a while since I've posted - sorry for the absence. Things have been busy in our lives. Andy is busy taking 18 hours worth of classes and spends long nights at the library studying - I am so proud of his dedication but can't wait for him to graduate in May. We are less than 8 months from the wedding and I just got a call that my wedding dress in already in (they said it wouldn't be in until December). I have been busy working with the men's soccer team at Carson Newman College and am proud to report that they are undefeated in our conference play and have a high probability of winning the conference title. I also work with the women's basketball team and they start up official practices this weds. Guess who their first game is against - The Lady Volunteers! I also start teaching an online class for Mount Olive College at the end of the month. As you can probably guess I am kept very busy and haven't had much of a social life. Andy and I had the chance to go to a haunted corn maze the other weekend and had a blast - check out the Oakes Farm (http://www.oakesfarm.com/). That's it for now!

The meeting of the families

So this past 4th of July weekend our future inlaws met for the first time and it went great! My sister flew in from Kansas and mom and dad drove in from North Carolina and brought our dog Bandit. We had a cookout that friday (thank you so much to Andy's parents for hosting and his family for attending) and dessert was a tasting of potential wedding cakes (we had a winner - Daisy Cakes it will be http://www.daisycakecompany.com/). Then we went and watched fireworks on UT campus. Saturday was all about the dresses - both bridesmaid and wedding gown. One was selected and it was ordered yesterday :) I am going to wait until my bestfriend and maid of honor comes into town to make a decision on their dresses. Of course the guys did not want to partake in this and hit the golf course despite the rain. Dinner was Calhoun's on the river, our reception site, and for the most part went well. Unfortunately there is limited parking and dad had to take a little walk to get back to the restaurant and needless to say his frustration was obvious. I hope they overall liked the site we chose. Mom and dad left early sunday and we took Kristin for the delicious brunch at Copper Cellar. After gorging ourselves we dropped her off at the airport. So the meeting of the families has come and gone. With that going on I also started working at Carson Newman College. I have enjoyed it thusfar except for having to be in at 6:15am a couple of morning and a 35 mile commute but a nap in the afternoon revitalizes me. Hopefully I will have a great year there with minimal injuries and many wins. Hope all is well!