well....

i haven't posted in awhile. you see, we've been doing a lot of this...

and this...

i can't believe it's already Christmas time! since the move, time has flown by...we love our new house, i'll post more of those pics after the holidays...

ry and cassie

time for another family wedding :) ryan and cassie finally tied the knot this weekend after their many, many years of dating, it was wonderful...





bubber & peepaw






ryan & his beautiful momma





and dad...






alex & maddie





awwww






bubber can still bust a move!




cousins, all married up now!






the whole clan!!

sisters, sisters

me, cam and momma

congrats guys!

finally!

well, it's official, we're moving!!!!! after many stress-inducing days of house hunting, we found one we just love and our offer was accepted :) in about a month, we'll be making the move! thanks to everyone who hoped and prayed with us that everything would work out, we are so so so happy...here are a few pics of the new digs...

beach + wedding = fun

I took a quick trip to Cancun to see my friends Amanda & Danny tie the knot!

beautiful!



















i just love this picture :)















amanda and her step-dad arriving...














awww...



















amanda's sister suzanne (who was in our wedding) holding her bouquet with a picture of their father who passed away...



















suzanne's boys (also in our wedding). cheers!















yay!!














reception

you have to watch danny's surprise dance he broke into after their first dance. he is a HUGE michael jackson fan and worked on this dance for months...it is too funny...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8LNcmYR29E




parasailing the next day, so fun!

such a great time, just wish cam could have joined me!

movin on up...

as many of you know, this has been in our front yard for the past 6 weeks...














and now we have an offer! if everything works out, we hope to be moving to georgetown at the end of october. we are very excited about making the move and having a little more space inside and out. as soon as we make an offer on the new house, i'll post some pics of it. in the mean time, please pray that everything falls into place!

stimulus for me!

I got some very exciting news this week! My company was awarded two grants stemming from the stimulus package. I worked on these grant applications for hours and hours so I was SO happy to see it paid off....

Secretary Chu Announces Nearly $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Clean Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development Projects which will create jobs, limit pollution, and reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil.

first one:

CleanFUEL USA (partnered with Project partners include ConocoPhillips Oil Co., the Propane Education & Research Council, Atlanta Clean Cities, Chicago Area Clean Cities, Middle Georgia Clean Cities, South Shore Clean Cities, and Denver Metro Clean Cities) was selected for negotiation of an award of up to $600,000 to install a network of five propane stations in selected metropolitan areas.

and the second one (the monster!):

Texas State Technical College’s Development of a National Liquid Propane (Autogas) Refueling Network, Clean School Bus/Vehicle Incentive & Green Jobs Outreach Program. The project will result in the development of approximately 184 liquid propane Autogas refueling stations in the following major metropolitan areas: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Dallas, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Seattle, Orlando, San Diego, St. Louis, San Antonio/Austin, and Oklahoma City as well as a refueling corridor along I-10 in Louisiana (New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles). The initiative will also support the purchase of dedicated propane school buses and vehicles and, provide an innovative outreach program designed specifically to retrain and certify U.S. veterans and out of work or at risk service technicians for work in the alternative fuel and advanced vehicle technology industries. DOE estimates that the initiative will help displace more than 3 million gallons of petroleum annually.

Total DOE award: $12,299,828

Over $13 million in all, huge for my little company, yay!!

chiiiiiiiiicago

i know, i know, its been a long time since i've posted...cam and i have both been traveling for work like crazy...now we are home for two weeks, whew. we both had work in chicago a few weeks back and were able to make a weekend out of it...fun!!


We took an architecture tour down the river, through the city...

the batman movie was shot here at the old post office...

in the nike store :)

near our hotel...

we had drinks on the top floor of the hancock building (black building in second pic above), what a view!

millennium park

the famous metallic bean

mmmm ginos

navy pier!