.Let's Play Ketchup.

 Being 800 miles from home I decided to start this blog about all of these new, fun things going on to keep my family & close friends in the loop-de-loop.

Well... this whole blog thing is a little bit new to me (or a lot), but I'm going to give it a go.  My husband Larry and I recently moved to Nashville (as in 3 days ago), we are newlyweds as of June 1st, 2013, and I am about to start school for a program in baking & pastry next week.  Lots of new stuff, lots of excitement, and of course... lots of nerves. I love this unsure feeling.

For anyone who missed anything, here is a quick summary of the last two years... LET'S PLAY KETCHUP.

Lar got his doctorate in physical therapy. I sadly left my job working at a kids gym and we decided to travel through his work. In the past two years we have lived in Texas, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Oregon, back in Pennsylvania, and in our home state of New Jersey (with my amazing gram). We got engaged shortly after our nine year anniversary of dating, while we were living in Massachusetts.  We were married in New Jersey this past June and it was absolutely PERFECT.  Along the way we have met lots of interesting people that we are lucky enough to now call our friends.  We have been so lucky to drive all over the country together, in love and in a van.

It is a little sad to stop moving from place to place, but for me personally it will be very gratifying to live a little less on whim (although, I do love that) and meet some personal goals that have developed over the past couple of years. That is pretty much that.

                        THE PAST TWO YEARS.

We have moved our life in a van several times.

      

We took countless selfies while on the road.

     

We got engaged.

We ran a half marathon.

He ran a full... in the rain!

               

We got a little closer to Lar's favorite president.

We saw Mount Rushmore!

We finally saw the pacific ocean.

We hiked... a lot!

We took engagement photos in beautiful Oregon.

We have been to tons of capitols. 

Lots of states have welcomed us.

We gave a tree in Colorado a cute tattoo.

We lived with the BEST person ever. (My Gram)

OH YEAH... and... 

...the best thing of all...

                         WE GOT MARRIED!

I can't believe I just summed up two years of my life in a paragraph.  It seems like it should be more than that.  Thankkks for reading my first blog post.  I plan to keep 'em comin' (I'm southern now). Enjoy my little journal in my own corner of the internet!