The past couple weeks

Well, since last I wrote....not much has happened. Mike and I got to go out to eat with his parents for each of our 26th birthdays. It was a fun time and a much needed visit! Even though his parents live only about 25 minutes away, we still hardly are able to find enough time to see each other! They are so generous to take us out. Mike and I have been trying to stick to a budget, which means trying not to eat out as much. So it was a fun treat to get to go out with his parents. Other than that, I have been working very little, and trying to find my calling in life. I hope it's nursing and just a different area of nursing. If not, I'm in trouble. Mike has been working lots and has been very satisfied with his job right now. I'm so happy for him. He kinda got a good deal at work this past week because his project manager trainer guy got sick and has been in the hospital for almost a week. It's not a good thing that he was in the hospital, don't get me wrong, but he is all right, and Mike got a chance to prove himself by taking over his jobs for a couple days. Mike said they have been going well so hopefully this will show his bosses that he is ready to take on a bigger work load.
Mike and I also have been making a lot of progress on the house. I has to work this past weekend, which left Mike with a lot of free time. I came home to a freshly painted living room one day, and a new dining room light the next day. And he still had time to get in the football game. The next day, while Mike was at work, I got a lot done cleaning up after Mike from the weekend (haha) and then got started painting the dining room. Today I put the third coat of paint on the dining room wall (never pick red for a paint color) and realized that our cheap rollers have left bumpy fuzzes all over the wall. Guess we will need one more coat of paint, with a quality roller. While I painted, Mike worked on moving and putting a new kitchen fan up. We were so excited that he was able to get it wired correctly (without going through trying to figure out why it turns on only when the switch is off, or why when you turn the switch on the whole 1st floor power goes out---that was what he dealt with when he replaced our dining room light!) but then realized the fan we picked out puts our very little light in the kitchen. :(....not sure what we're going to do about that yet.
We are looking forward to time with family this coming week for Thanksgiving. We are lucky in that we will get to have TWO Thanksgiving meals and get to see BOTH sides of our family for the Holidays!

One more picture from the weekend : )

We have definitely had an exciting last week and a half! Last weekend, Mike, my cousin Melissa, and I drove down to VA to see my parents, my sister and brother in law, and our 1 1/2 week old niece Wendy! It was a fun, relaxing day.






We spent the afternoon watching the FL/GA Tech game and then my mom had prepared a lunch and cake to celebrate Wendy and Mike's late birthdays and me and Zach's early birthdays! Mike and Wendy are 2 days apart and Zach and I have the same birthday!
It was great to see my family for the day!




So then our week got even more exciting because I woke up on my birthday to find out that my sister in law, Victoria, had her baby! So now, Tova, Zach, and I all can celebrate together. We are so thankful that her delivery went well as she had to be induced! Tova Liren Cox is our beautiful newest niece. To see pictures, see the link to Chris and Victoria's page on the right.

The afternoon of my birthday, Mike brought me flowers and soap! The flowers are self explanatory (they are beautiful, and I got to use my vase that Victoria got me for my me for my bridal shower). And the soap is because Mike had run out of bar soap and decided he liked using the hand foam pump soap better than using my body wash. This lasted a couple days and it was getting to the point of frustration for me because every time I went to wash my hands I had to reach into the shower to find the hand soap. So, he bought himself 8 bars of soap and bought me a new hand soap for the bathroom. It was the perfect birthday gift for me.
That evening, I was excited to get to hang out with two of my girlfriends from college for a little bit. Then I came home to Mike making dinner for me!
The next day, we decided to go away for another birthday weekend. We found a last minute discounted bed and breakfast for Friday night in Charles Town, WV and spent the day on Saturday in Harpers Ferry. Our plan was to ride some of the C&O canal trail on our bikes, but the trail turned out to be dirt with small rocks. Since we didn't feel like repairing flat tires all day, we secured our bikes and just walked the trail. We got to have lunch overlooking the cliffs and then headed to a campground for the night. We originally wanted to stay in one of the "tree cottages" which was a little insulated cabin that would keep us out of the possible rain, however they were all taken. So instead, we got a "tree house" which would give us shelter in case it did rain. It sounded great, but once we got there and I took a look inside the tree house, I decided I would rather sleep in a tent than the dark, cavernous tree house with who knows what bugs lurking in the corners. Here are some pictures of the weekend, they are all out of order, but you get the idea : ):