I don’t even know where to start its been so long. Things are going really good here, we’re still doing Spanish and have no plans of going back to English. Our congregation is awesome and we’re making solid progress. In fact last night at the meeting, Steph gave her first talk and I actually had the final part on the program. It makes you feel good when the brothers and sisters come up excited and encouraged by what we’re doing and vice-versa. We’ve been doing a lot of things with ones from our hall so be sure to check our flickr out for the latest. We’re also going to the International Convention in Hawaii for 10 days in November which were so ecstatic about. It should be such an amazing experience which I know will even motivate us even more. This past weekend we went on Sunday to the English District Convention and it was everything we heard, especially the drama. Also Steph is going to be visiting her family in Florida next month for like 4 days so that’ll be nice too.
This weekend was nice. On Friday night we went out on the river with our friends Joel and Justine. Then we went to eat at Lakeside Tavern. On Saturday after work we went fishing with Jared, Casey and Baby Taylor. Then we went to eat at a Mexican restaurant. Today we went for a run around our neighborhood. It was really, really hot. Then we went to our meeting. After that we made sushi and had the Zavala boys over. We took some family photos too. Tomorrow I have a long day ahead of me 12 hours of work.
Today Steph and I adopted a little girl Boston Terrier. I got a call from Steph while I was at work about some kids who had been given a Boston today by a person who couldn’t keep it and the kids parents wouldn’t let them have it either, (it’s siblings had already been put down). Steph wanted to adopt it really bad. After work I went over to check it out while 10 kids were there trying to make me a believer too (I felt like I was at a used car dealership) After saying I’d think about it, about 2 minutes down the road I told Steph that if she really wanted the pup then I’d be ok with that. We’ll I’m sitting here tonight as Buster and his little sister Dulce (sweet in spanish) are laying next to each other asleep. It’ll take some work, this is my first experience with a puppy so there could be some challenges but I’m sure it’ll all be worth it and it’ll be cool having a little addition to the family.
So on Thursday Buster went into where I work to get surgery done on his back left knee. It was to fix his luxating patella. It went really well. I was able to watch the whole surgery. It was very interesting to actually see his knee and see the problem. It makes you feel so much more confident it what was done. While Buster was in the recovery are I was able to stay with him. I can not believe this but I sat there for 3 hours with him after his surgery. He came home and slept the night away. Today I took him to work with me thinking there might be something wrong because he will not try to even walk. The second I had him in the office he walked around just fine, even putting preasure on his leg that go surgery on it. So he is recouperating fine and being babied.
On another note last week we spent the week with my family in Florida. It was really nice. We spent most of the time chilling with them and relaxing. We took Max back down to my dad to live with him and my mom. We were going to do it for a temporary time, but my dad asked if he could have him back so we agreed. It is a little lonely in the house with out Maxtard. It is nice though because he will not be stepping on Buster while he is recovering. We did have a chance to go to South Beach, Miami and spend a day. It was amazing. The weather was perfect. Then on another day my mom and I got to spend a day at Epcot together. I love spending time with her there. It is one of our traditions to go, relax and enjoy Epcot together once a year.I can not wait to see them again.
For now I am babying Buster and living one day at a time……. <wow that sounded deep >
It’s been a while since we posted on here. We’re keeping busy and have lots of pictures and video but just haven’t had time to post. The weather has been beautiful the past few days in the upper 70’s. Spring and summer is absolutely beautiful here in East Tennessee, that means hiking and biking will be happening again soon. It also means tons of tourists. This article on Yahoo today has the Smoky Mountains as the #9 Most popular tourist attraction in the US, kinda cool that its in our back yard. We’re also going to be heading to Florida again to visit and attend a wedding. That’ll be nice too. Since we don’t get a chance to blog much anymore be sure to follow my updates via twitter which show up on the top of this blog.
As of today, Steph and I have been married for 2 years. We’ve experienced so much already, and I think it’s brought us even closer together. It’s funny for me to look back at when I was a bachelor, I’ve definitely grown up a lot since then and I really owe most of that to her. Looking back we’ve moved states, started new jobs, changed congregations, started learning a new language, and made a ton of awesome friends along the way. If i’m writing this post 2 years from now I can only imagine how many more stories we’ll have. I love you Steph, Happy Anniversary.
A few weeks ago we posted a video about it snowing here, but this time its the real deal. Today schools are letting out early, government offices are closing and companies are letting people out early as we are getting hit with solid snowfall that started late this morning and continues to fall. I took a short video of max playing in the snow a little earlier and it hasn’t stopped snowing yet. I’m sure when Steph gets home, she’ll take some pics to add.
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