The First Update...

Okay, I guess I will start with my relationship status since that is usually the thing people are most interested in. Leslie's wedding away in Florida ended up being the thing I needed to get Lance to finally commit. While I was gone, he realized how much he truely liked me, and how stupid he was being for not just settling down. So November 5th is our official starting date... Since then it's been a roller coaster, we've had sooo much fun together, he actually pays rent and helps with the bills (something I am definitely not used to, with loser ex Steven - trust me that's the only time you'll hear that name ever on here), he loves me so much and I return the feelings with all my heart, etc etc I could go on and on. If I were to make a list of vivid moments I remember like Leslie did on one of her Thursday 13's, the day he first said I love you to me would be one of those for me. It was perfect! I'm finally happy and feel good about a relationship for once in my life! I attached a few pics of the two of us below:

Oh he got me a ring for Christmas last year and I love it so I posted a pic of it too:

Okay so now I'll move on to my summer. My new love, which really isn't new at all is floating the river. We went 3 times this summer! And could go back one more time even with the weather already changing. You would think with all my pictures on myspace of the grilling at my house, float trips, bar scene, etc, that I would be quite the alcoholic these days... so just to clear any confusion up, I couldn't tell you the last time I was drunk. I'm pretty much past those days of my life. I like a beer or two every once in awhile, don't get me wrong, but as far as AA goes, you guys have nothing to worry about! :) Besides partying it up all summer, Lance and I have slowly been remodeling the condo, more specifically the kitchen and the outside so far. I posted pics of some of the good times this summer, and the house pics will come a little later (I haven't taken any pics yet of the finished products!).

The most exciting thing about this summer though was definitely my vacation to Idaho. Lance and I took a week and half and drove up there to visit his mom and family. Oh my gosh it was soooo beautiful my pictures don't even do it justice. I never thought I would say this, but I would move there today if I could! The winters would be something to get used to, but the summers are perfect. On the way, we drove through Yellowstone National Park, which was seriously the coolest thing ever. God was definitely with us, He showed himself in little ways, but it was perfect! We saw every animal you could. One of the coolest stories we have is when we saw the bear. Lance had seriously been wanting to see a bear ALL day, and he let me know every few minutes that he hoped we saw one, this is not an exaggeration either, I really mean every few minutes. We were getting pretty bummed out about it though b/c we were 5 miles from the exit gate and still hadn't seen one. We stopped in a town called Mammoth Hot Springs and did the little tour they have, which is really just walking up a wood plank path up the side of a mountain, but it turned out to be way more worth it then we thought. We had gotten all the way to the top, turned around and started the long trec down, and there he was. Luckily we were on some stair at the time with some railing b/c he was literally 10 feet away. I could have easily thrown a rock and hit him. He was still pretty young, and once he looked up and saw us he was more scared then anything and sped up the mountain out of sight. It was probably one of the coolest things I can say I've seen. For length purposes I just posted a pic of the bear, however, I have lots and lots of beautiful pics of our trip posted on myspace if you want to check them out.

I think that pretty much sums up what I've been doing since Leslie's wedding since that's the last time I saw most of you. I'll be posting the house pics soon, and 1 or 2 of Aggie. He turns 5 this year! He's so my little kid. He's so adorable! My parents get here tonight, which is so exciting, b/c even though my dad comes to town every 3 months for meetings, my mom hasn't been back since they moved to Georgia. They actually are getting to stay for a week and visit this time instead of flying down for day and leaving. I have officially not been working while I'm at work for quite some time now working on this, so off I go. Hope you enjoyed it! I think I might actually like this "blog" thing!