New Addition to the Family

Yes we have a new addition to the family and her name is Rosie! She is a purebred Golden Retriever we adopted from a local rescue. This lovely girl was an owner forfeit (her previous family couldn't take care of her) so she is now ours. Tybee continues to adjust to this 88lb creature that now shares the house with him but we hope they will become fast friends. Rosie tries to play with Tybee but I think Tybee is afraid he will get trampled. I have never owned a dog this large but it is hard not to love this sweet girl. Welcome home Rosie!

Andy had to lift her up into the bed for this photo. She has a bed that she sleeps on at night. We hope one day Tybee might join her instead of sleeping in our bed.

Home Improvements

Andy's parents came down for a visit in January. I had mentioned at one time that I wanted to paint some rooms in the house and Jerry (Andy's dad) brought his paint brush and buckets from Tennessee with him to get to work. Below are the numerous improvements they made. Thank you so much for your hard work Jerry, Sarah and Andy. I would get home from work and another room would be painted!

Master bedroom painted.

Master bathroom painted. New rug on the shower floor and new candles on around the tub.

Master bathroom toilet room painted with new floor mat and framed picture.

Guest bedroom painted and framed picture hung.

Guest bathroom painted.

Other improvements made but not pictured: second layer of shelves in the master bedroom, stucco patched and painted, outdoor plants cut back, corkboard and extra shelving installed in the garage. Love my inlaws!

Colorado Ski Trip / Washington, DC

Andy and I have been travelers the past month. Andy went to DC for one week and we went to Colorado the followingweek. We returned home from Colorado late Sunday night and he flew back to DC 6am Monday morning for 2 weeks and I flew up to see him the weekend between. Needless to say he and I were ready for the travels to end by that time. Here are some pictures:

Do you recognized the building behind me? We went on a tour of the East Wing, strolled through several museums, and visited Georgetown cupcakes (you may recognized it from TLC's DC cupcakes). They were delicious.

View of Vail from the balcony of our hotel room at the Arrabelle (HIGHLY recommend this hotel if you are ever there).

From the mountainside in Breckenridge.

Balcony in Vail.

New Years Resolutions

Happy New Years friends and family and yes I know this is about 12 days late already. I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday as much as we did.

A quick review of the past year:

Andy continues to enjoy his job and travels at least once a month to D.C. or San Diego. I no longer work for the local high school and now work in an Orthopedic surgeons office. Regular hours and benefits are a nice change. We have been in our home for almost 18 months and have several projects in the works including painting bedrooms and bathrooms and building a garden to grow some yummy vegetables in this summer. Tybee isn't a fan of the hours that both Andy and I put in at our jobs but he forgives us if we take him on a walk and toss his favorite toy. We are also looking into adopting another dog from a local rescue.

I have some resolutions for 2012 and I thought I would share them:

#1: Do a better job of documenting our life especially pictures and this blog. It is pretty sad that my last post was from almost 11 months ago.

#2: Be healthier! Yes of course I would like to lose several pounds and will be entering the biggest loser competition at the office, but I want to be more active in general. Watch less television and enjoy the outdoors and beach we live so close to. I ran 2 5k races in December and hope to run one at least once a month.

#3: Travel. We already have a trip to Colorado and Washington, D.C. planned but I would like to take Andy to New York and I have never been out of the United States so a trip to Europe would be amazing (though that one is not planned for this year).

I'll try to keep you up to date on what we have been doing. Good night!

Happy Anniversary Allison and Christopher

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Birthday Tybee!

Happy Birthday to our baby boy Tybee. I can't believe you are already two years old. We love you so much!

Happy Birthday Lil Sister!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful sister Kristin! I wish we lived closer to each other. I love you!

Happy Birthday Julie

Happy Birthday to our sister-in-law Julie. Hope you have a wonderful day!

Happy Birthday Monster!

Happy Birthday to a wonderful mother in law. Hope to see you soon.

Tybee says "Grandma you're choking me!"

Love you monster!

Christmas and the New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I can't believe we find ourselves in 2011 already. It was a busy holiday season with a trip to Kansas for Christmas and then to Tennessee for New Years. Tybee experienced his first plane trip and was a trooper. Here are a couple pictures from our adventures...

Andy was introduced to the Jayhawk of KU and toured the beautiful boathouse and Allen fieldhouse.

Andy and mom enjoyed each others company at the bowling alley.

Christmas Eve

The Snyders with Mac, Mogli and Tybee

Tybee got Andy a study guide for the GRE - graduate school here he comes!

A "santa" gift

Our nephew Carter

Love my nephew!

Birthday Boys!

Happy Birthday Andy and Aaron. I hope you both have a wonderful day!

Happy Birthday to my husband. I love you!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday to the most important woman in my life! I love you mom.

Welcome James Reid Fleck

Happy Birthday James Reid!

Yesterday my best friend had her first baby, James Reid. They expected him to be over 9lbs but he fooled everyone and only weighed 7lbs! Mommy and baby are doing great. I am so proud of her and can't wait to see him in person. Welcome to the world Reid!

Hellos and Goodbyes

July has been a busy month for us thus far. We closed on our house and have been moving box after box. Then both Andy and my parents visited over the Fourth of July. We also bid farewell to one of my tennis buddies who is going back north to the land of Canada. We will miss you Sylvia and Andre.

With Andy's parents

With my parents :)

Sharing some vino with my mom at Uncle Ernies

Andy and I at the going away dinner

A happy couple!

Half of our tennis team - Sylvia, me, Jessica, Loretta and Lana

I love my husband!

We're Homeowners!

Today we became homeowners! Now the "fun" of packing and actually moving into the new place begins. Anyone like to help? Enjoy the pics!

Our new home!

The happy homeowners

Our back yard

Back of the house

Another shot from the back yard

The kitchen

Looking out in the family room from the kitchen

Dining Room

Butlers Pantry

Entryway

Study

Guest Bathroom

Smaller bedroom and eventual nursery when the time comes....not yet.

Larger bedroom

Master bedroom

Entry to master bedroom

Master bath

Master bath cont'd

Master bath again

A big master closet : )