Amy and Mike's Wedding...

We have met so many awesome people since we have been here and Amy and Mike are amoung our favorites. Amy and I have worked together for well over a year and quickly became good friends. They have been planning their wedding for a quite a while and we were so happy to be able to watch them make this step together. I miss wedding planning. :(

The newlyweds

The Coy-ays

My other co-worker and friend Kathy with her beau, Don.

I think at this point in the night I asked Todd if he would mind if we had a lavish vow renewal ceremony/reception for our 3rd anniversary. I believe he patted me on the head and said he'd rather buy a house. Different strokes I guess.

Congrats Amy and Mike!

Holy Christmas decoration inappropriateness!?!

The people across the street have their Christmas tree and twinkle lights up on their house.....

Please refer to the date of this post....

::waits for everyone to shake their head::

Seriously, its November people, like early November!

At least some people ::coughs:: know that Christmas decorations have no place up until at the very earliest November 27th..which is....uh....when ours go up.....

Oh well I'm just going to go the classy route and wait in utter jealousy and envy patiently until the socially acceptable time when we can put all our christmas stuff out...::hmph:: :)

Happy Halloween!

We love Halloween and were really excited that Todd’s Master Guns and his wife decided to throw a party! Now, usually we are pretty prepared for Halloween and start thinking about possible costume combinations well before September. This year...ya not so much.

The plan was simple. Walk into our local costume shop, select 2 brilliant and completely original costumes (that would no doubt wow all our friends), purchase and walk out hand-in-hand with the knowledge that any and all best costume awards would surely be ours.

What actually happened was not as simple. The plan was flawless until we entered our local costume shop. For there, Todd promptly picked up a Harry Potter costume while I picked up a pirate costume. We then stared at each other for awhile. Things only went further downhill as we wandered around muttering "well what do you want to be?", "I don't know, what do you want to be?" and "are you absolutely sure you don't want to be Hermione?"

Two hours later (yes two hours), with our dreams of winning awards now a distant memory, we selected goddess and gladiator costumes. We were tired, hungry and slightly annoyed with each other.

Fortunately the party was much more fun!

All dressed up!

The ladies

The cute Martinez family. They were far more successful in selecting their costumes.

The boys.

Ricky and Lucy


The group.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween!

Two down!

Today is our two year anniversary! I can't believe how fast time is going. I pinch myself everyday for being so lucky in my life. I have a husband that wakes up every single morning, tells me he loves me and then spends the rest of his day working hard to make our life together the best he can for us.

I am truly blessed to be his wife.

I love you honey, happy anniversary! ::gives hubs a fist bump::

Flowers and presents and candles...oh my!

As per usual the Thunder cat never misses a photo op. Its her world, we all just live in it.

The Traveling Tranbargers

Now that my parents are retired and have nothing but time on their hands to do fabulous things, they decided to pack up their car and go on a great cross country adventure. They are so cool.

Of course a stop in Newport was on the itinerary to see their homesick daughter and we were so excited to see them. As usual the week went by way too fast. I wish they could have stayed longer. :)

Cute Dad. I believe he spent the entire week out on our porch reading and chatting up people as they walked past. Seriously how cute is that?

Cute Moms at Fort Adams. Of course in typical Mom fashion she greatly improved our quality of life by reorganizing many areas of our home. When they left Todd and I were amazed at how much more our laundry area and kitchen made sense. She's the best.

Notice something missing? After being together for over 35 years, my dad shaved off his mustache. My mom, us kids and anyone for that matter (besides my grandma and my uncles) have never seen him without it. It wasn't as shocking as I thought it would be, he's still my handsome dad. Only time will tell if it will return.

Out to dinner in Newport. We ate more this week than I care to admit ::rubs slightly larger tummy::. How spoiled are we?

It rained all day on Saturday so we went to the movies and than later off to the VFW. Any place were you can hang out and drink cheap beer is a-ok with the Tranbargers. I think its in our blood.

Playing some pool. My dad 'claimed' he hadn't played pool in years however he slaughtered me every.single.time. I think I got hustled.


The weather was much better on Sunday and since its fall we decided to test our luck at a corn maze. Who would make it through first the Coyers or the Tranbargers? The competition was pretty thick.

We were pretty lost here.

Hello!



Silly parents. They had a pretty good lead on us until they hid in the field to pop out and scare us half to death.

After this we saw them take a questionable turn and didn't see them again until we all got out.

The maze champs!

The map. Without this we would all still be in that maze.

Afterwards we treated ourselves to lunch in Bristol. We had the perfect table right on the water.


The next day they left to continue their adventure. So sad. I did hear a rumor that another trip in spring may be in the works ::crosses fingers:: We miss you!!

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In loving memory - my parents Maxima 2005-2009

My poor parents. While driving in Virginia a deer walked on the road in front of their car and the Maxima did not live to tell the tale. Thank god my parents were ok (I couldn't be more thankful) but it cut their trip short and caused a lot grief. :( You were a good car Maxima and will be missed RIP.

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Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Today Todd's parents celebrate their 44th wedding anniversary!!

Yes, you read right 44 years...and yes that is awesome.
Thank you so much for being such a wonderful example in love and marriage. We love you.

cute parents. :)

Two Seahawks in the land of Patriots...

It's football season again!

Today we headed out to our local sports bar to watch the game and to our surprise were not the only Seahawks fans in New England! There are 6 of us! Who knew?