Life Update/ Blog Delinquent -Amy

Why hello Blog world! I have been SUCH a blog delinquent recently! My goodness! I know I'm usually bad, but this is REALLY bad! Well, since I've last chatted with you, here is a list of some lovely things that have happened!

-My 23rd Birthday! Thanks to my lovely sisters for my Happy Birthday post! I spent a very relaxing weekend with friends. On Friday, Roger and I went to Olive Garden then to see the Lovely Bones. I realize this isn't the most happy birthday-type movie, but I read the book awhile ago, loved it, and REALLY wanted to get a chance to see it. So this was perfect timing! Then, on Saturday night, I went to dinner at Bartlett's (a little known delicious restaurant in Beverly Shores that my family and I refer to as "The Druken Deer" thanks to their logo) with Roger, my grandma and grandpa Jones, and my parents. Then I headed to Blue Chip for a fun night out with friends! It was a WONDERFUL birthday! 23 is feeling pretty good!

-Wedding Plans Galore! Roger and I have been planning away. We have the location secured (Ceremony: My Grandparents' house in La Porte, Reception: Silver Palace), a tentative guest list started, and a photographer booked (Forever Images). We also know who is performing the ceremony, and who is making the cake (Bethany Deaton, owner of Belavi Bakery). We have picked out colors, which are Chocolate Brown and Aqua Blue, and my bridemaids (all 11...) have started ordering their dresses! I have my dress too! It's SO exciting! If you would like to know more information about the wedding situation, definitely check out our wedding website.

-Engagement Pictures! Along with wedding news, Roger and I went to get our engagement pictures taken! They turned out so great! Here are some of my favorites:

Promise to blog more often!

Like Clockwork - Brady

This time every year, like clockwork, I start dreaming about moving somewhere warm. These are my current favorite life 180s, in no particular order:

- Moving to a Florida key and doing some low stress job that is enough for my rent, occasional flights home to Indiana, and nothing else.

- Moving to Charleston/Folly Beach to teach, spending the summers in Indiana.

- Convincing Kevin to quit his job as a lawyer and become a teacher. Become a teacher again myself. Spend every summer living and working in a new foreign country.


I do love Chicago and being close to my family, of course. Talk to me in the summer, and I'll say there's nowhere I'd rather be. But when it's 10 degrees and gray, sometimes I think life's too short for this!

Maybe a new career as a surfer?

Happy Birthday to Amy! - Brady and Kelly

Amy celebrated her 23rd birthday yesterday. Yay! Here's a picture of the birthday girl herself:




And who's that cutie with her???

Happy birthday Amy!

Uh oh - Brady

Kelly wants to move us to Evanston. Ay ay ay.

Update in Pictures - Kelly

I finally was able to connect my camera to my computer, so here are some long overdue pictures!

The dogs:

Food from my birthday party (pinwheels and bean salad):

The apartment:

Things To Do - Kelly

Brady and I had talked about keeping the winter fun by doing all sorts of interesting things in the next few months. Well, after two weekends in a row of sitting around and not doing much I decided to make a list of all the fun things I've been meaning to do in our awesome city. Here goes!

1. Avatar at the Navy Pier Imax
2. Window shop on the Magnificent Mile
3. Ice skating @ Wrigley
4. Afternoon tea- Palm Court @ the Drake
5. Explore the cuteness of Lincoln Park
6. Vintage shopping on Belmont
7. Neighborhood pub crawl (Wellington's, Will's Northwoods Inn, Cooper's, Matilda, and Schuba's)
8. Take Lucy to the dog park at Diversey
9. See a movie at the Brew & View
10. Go to a concert (it's been too long!)

What should I add to my list??

Monster - Kelly

Lucy has a lot of nicknames... princess, Lucinda Basset, Goose, Creeper.... but the one that takes the prize recently is monster. Let's just say she hasn't really been behaving herself. She's been doing all kinds of fun things like running away from me constantly, having accidents in the house, and being a spaz in general.

I have to say though...I need to remember the tiny little monster above every time I think she's being bad- let's face it... she's come a long way from the phone-eating, bed-peeing, arm-scratching little bugger she used to be!

And here are two more... just because she was so cute. :)

I suppose I'll keep her! Haha-