Finally pics from Louisiana

Well if finally happened. TJ finally reeled Ashley in :-) I just love this pic of the two of them from their Wedding. Willis and I were so very excited to get to share this experience with them. The Wedding was beautiful, weather was cooperative and the location was amazing.
TJ's mother acted as photographer with an accomplice (so we would actually have pics of her as well) and here are some pics of the big day...

Road Trip

Right now I'm in the car with Willis for our road trip to Louisiana. We just stopped in Atlanta for a little food and we are back on the road. We are headed down for Ashley and TJ's wedding. We are both in the wedding so tomorrow will be a busy day of helping with last minute details. Ashely and TJ have been engaged for 2 years now and we are sooo excited that the time is finally here. I will definately post pics when we get back :-)

Surgery, Birthday and the 4th!

Busy 4th of July weekend in the Whitley household. On Friday the 3rd I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth extracted. Very easy surgery, no complications quite honestly I don't remember any of it nor was I in pain at all that day. Mom had come up for the weekend to help me and Willis while I recovered. We had sure heard some horror stories of wisdom teeth. On the ride home from Charlotte Willis blacked out while driving. It definatley scared us all. We are so thankful that mom was with us and able to help us get the car off the road safely. God was definately looking out for us. We got Willis some Coke and a Honey Bun and he immediately started to feel better. He had skipped breakfast that morning and we believe low blood sugar was the culprit. He did go to the doctor and that was his diagnosis as well. The rest of the day we all hung out at the house and even went for a stroll in the neighborhood.
Saturday the 4th was mom's Birthday. I woke up feeling fine and not much swelling so we decided to have a cookout. Daddy was off work so he came up and our good friends Ashley and TJ came down. I wasn't able to enjoy the burgers or hot dogs but mom did make some of her potatoe salad and it was awesome! It was a lot of fun having everyone over and I'm thankful that I felt up to it. Here are some pics from the cookout.

Mom & Daddy

Me & Mom (1 day after surgery so glad I wasn't very swollen)

TJ & Ashley

Me & Willis

Abby loved getting to play outside

Sunday I woke up a little more swollen and not up to doing much. Lot's of laying around. Late that afternoon I started to have a migraine and nausea which lasted through Monday evening. So Monday I basically layed around all day. Tuesday I woke up feeling fine. I had to go to my follow up appointment with Dr. Marashi. He told me everything was healing great...Yay! I have not had to take the strong pain medication since monday morning now I'm just taking some ibeuprofen as needed and no more nausea thank God :) Dr. Marashi did tell me to take another day off work so I am home today. I will go back to work tomorrow but at least I am able to eat now. The next couple of weeks are going to be busy as well with Ashley and TJ getting married...so excited!!! I'll keep you posted...

Vacation!

Willis and I were most excited to take a full week of PAID vacation this year. We went to North Myrtle Beach with his family for the week. The condo we stayed in was ocean front and very spacious. It was soo relaxing. We slept in every day and then we would go to the ocean for a few hours. And of course I had to do some shopping. My birthday had been just a few days before our trip and part of my present was Willis promised a small shopping spree at the beach...and I sure did cash that in :-) We went to both Tanger Outlets but my favorite has the be the Coastal Grande Mall. We also went out to eat almost every night. Our favorite dinner was at House of Blues (Willis's former work place). We also ate at Damon's in Myrtle Beach and got to sit outside on the water which was nice. Some people were letting off fireworks on the beach while we were eating which was fun. Then we had to make our usual trip with the entire family to Calabash, NC to get some seafood.

It was a great vacation but we were happy to get back home and see our puppy...and I think she was happy to see us!

3 years and more

Wow it's been a long time since my last post. Lots going on for updating. Well Willis and I got iPhones so I hardly ever get on my computer now and I'm just now realizing I can blog straight from my phone! Woo hoo.
On may 20th willis and I celebrated 3years together. It was wonderful. He suprised me with a dance lesson at Queen City Ballroom in Charlotte. I was totally surprised and loved it. Willis was awesome:-) at dancing.
I've been to a few showers. One baby shower for my cousin Tyler and his wife Chas. They are expecting a little boy Parker and he loaded up. I also went to a bridal shower for my girlfriend Ashley given by her coworkers. Lots of fun can't wait for the wedding in July.
Currently Willis and I are on vacation in myrtle beach. One week paid vacay is wonderful. We are having a blast laying out, shopping and eating. It's so nice to a get away together. Well now that I can post from my phone expect it more often:-)

Yard '09

Today Willis and I were both off work and decided to finish a few outdoor details with a trip to our local garden center. Here are pics from our day outside.

Stacy's garden center

Willis workin' up a sweat

Notice Abby licking her lips dying to get a bite of our new plants

The Flower bed is complete now

The new gardenia's we bought today

And I can't help but show a little before and after of the yard. The first pic is from 2008 before we seaded the yard and the second is how it looks this year. I think Willis did a better job that the builders with the seading :)

Twilight

Okay so I gave in and joined the craze and started reading the Twilight series with much thanks to Kim for getting me started with the first book. I absolutely loved it! I read it within 2 days. I just simply could not put it down. I felt myself completely enthralled with the love story between Bella and Edward and was wanting them soo badly to end up together. I waited impatiently on reading the second book "New Moon" because I wanted to watch the movie first.

I must say that after reading the book with the wonderful description I felt the movie was lacking. I was dissapointed in the relationship between Bella and Edward and didn't quite buy into it in the movie. All in all it was a good movie and I will probably watch it again. It just could not compete with the descriptive writing in the book. Right after watching the movie I couldn't wait to start on New Moon. I also read it in 2 days and just went out today to buy the rest of the series. I guess you could say that I am hooked. I will probably start ready Eclipse tonight before falling asleep. I just can't keep my hands off of this series. I totally believe the hype now. This is a great series!