Visitors!

The first family members to see our new home were Andrew's uncle Jim and aunt Denise. They live about an hour away in Virginia and they were nice enough to accompany us on the day of our home inspection. Then Jim was here to help us move which was so so nice of him. Denise was sent to Abu Dhabi for work for three months so she hasn't been back here yet since the inspection day. We are so excited for her to return and come see our home!

Our next visitor was Andrew's brother Matt just a couple of weeks ago. He was in Towson, MD for work and instead of flying home right after his training, he stayed an extra night and spent the time with us. We had great weather that night so we grilled burgers and hung out on the deck. It was fun! Always great to see family and we were of course excited to show him our house. I forgot to take pictures!!

Two days after Matt left, Andrew's cousin Rebecca was in town from San Francisco for the weekend. Rebecca is an interior designer so I was definitely excited to get some advice from her on paint colors and other design projects for the house. We had Rebecca and Bill and uncle Jim over for dinner Saturday night. We made an awesome chicken stir fry for dinner and everyone loved it! Rebecca gave us some great suggestions and she is sending us some swatches to take a look at to figure out exactly what we're going to do paint-wise in the house. Thanks so much Rebecca!!

And that brings us to this weekend. It feels good to finally have the blog updated to present day. Hopefully from now on I will be able to update more frequently. Things seem to be calming down a little bit and we're settling in nicely at the house. The walls are still bare because we want to paint before we hang anything, but otherwise it is all coming together nicely.

Friday morning, Andrew found out that Ben Folds and Weezer were playing at the football stadium at the University. I have always wanted to see Ben Folds, and I really liked Weezer in the 90's...so we decided to go. What a GREAT night! The weather was awesome...it was warm out but there was a really nice breeze that kept up all through the show. It was so fun.

Saturday night we had Andrew's cousin Bill and his girlfriend Michelle over for dinner. The weather was really nice that night too so we cooked out and made grilled chicken sandwiches with provolone and fresh avacado slices. Delicious. We also made an awesome potato salad with bacon and roasted red peppers. A little corn on the cob to go along with it and dinner was a complete success. Thanks so much for coming, guys! We had a great time!

Today, I had a friend from work's baby shower to go to. It was a really nice shower with tons of great food. Erin got lots of super cute gifts and she seems well prepared to welcome her little one, Chase, in just a few weeks! Congratulations to Erin and BJ!

Another event going on today was K-State Cheerleading tryouts!!! My little sister Sarah is a rockstar cheerleader and she was trying out. I couldn't stop checking my phone all day long to see if I had a text or a phone call from either my sister or my mom telling me how the tryout went. Just a few minutes ago, I got the call that Sarah made the team!!! I am SO happy for her and SO proud!!!! Way to go Sarah!!! GO CATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's all for now, friends. I will really make a concerted effort to keep this thing updated better than I have been.

This week I am interviewing for a promotion at work. Wednesday at 10:00am to be exact. I am excited for the interview and hopeful that I get the job. It will certainly be a challenge but one that I feel I am ready to take on. Send good vibes my way this week!! Maybe I'll update again Wednesday evening and let everyone know how the interview goes. :-)