Grammie Update

Grammie's surgery went well....she was awake within 35 minutes. Since the surgery, she has not had any pain meds, has been up and to physical therapy twice, and is knitting away.

Thanks for your prayers!!

Grammie

I have a prayer request...

My grandmother (most of you know her as Grammie) fell and broke her hip yesterday.

She is having surgery tomorrow. There is more risk involved in putting her to sleep b/c of her age....she is 94. The goal is to keep her under no more than 30 minutes. So please pray that they are able to get in and do what they need to do without complications.

Thanks!

A New Floor and More!

About a year ago, Joey and I started renovating his house. We didn't do any real renovations....mostly cosmetic stuff.... but, oh quite a lot of cosmetic stuff...and when you are doing all the work yourself, you think you are doing major renovations.

Here is a before and after of the kitchen:

BEFORE (well, half painted...mid renovations)

AFTER

We quit 'renovating' when we got really sick of it.

BUT, I am pround to say that this past week, Joey and I finished painting the upstairs, re-caulked, replaced more doorknobs, etc.

The biggest news of all is that we are going to get new floors! We met with our contractor guy today and picked out all the stuff. Joey decided that we could save money by pulling up the old floors ourselves.....so we spent the day pulling up floors. I am impressed with our progress, but we still have some work to do before Tuesday.

The Den was the first floor to go!! It was actually very easy.

Goodbye linoleum that is impossible to clean!!!

Joey worked on the 'hardwood' section . It proved to be pretty horrible. He had to chissel each little peice up.

Joey chisseling away....

And still in the same spot an hour later....

The dogs were so confused

Poor Joey...

He finally finished!!!

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

I know we have not updated our blog in forever.....sorry....we have been SOSOSO busy!

We took a road trip to Mississippi in December. We had an awesome trip...it was so great that Joey finally got to meet all of our MS friends. We spent Christmas morning in Jackson...and headed back to NC that afternoon. It was such a fun trip...thanks to all our friends who went out of their way to meet Joey...many of whom travelled...it meant so much!

Joey is a HUGE West Virginia fan. My parents gave us tickets to their bowl game in Charlotte...they played North Carolina.

His cousin and a few friends came down from West Virginia and spent the night...we had a great time!

Oh yeah.... and they WON!!!

We went to West Virginia the next weekend to celebrate Christmas with Joey's dad and his wife.

We also spent some time with his grandparents. It was a good trip.

My aunt Jan is a Disney World Vacation Club Member...and she invited the whole fam to Disney. Joey nor I had never been, so we were soooo excited!! We went the last week of January(highly recommend...no crowds). Disney is the coolest place on earth....so amazing...

The whole family.... are we tourists are what??

We totally rocked Mickeyt-shirts....sweet huh??

Katie loves her JoJo

Thanksgiving 2008

Sorry it has been a while since my last post.... I have a new schedule at work and it has been hard getting used to. We have had lots going on though .....

One of my best friends in NC (Dawn) gave us a "Drinks and Dessert with the Viras" party...it was super fun. This picture was from the party.

There is a huge bulletin board at the hospital that all the departments take turns decorating. It was ultrasounds turn.....and after it stayed undecorated for 2 weeks, I finally gave in and just did it. It never really got finished ... but I think it turned out okay.

I had to work 7-7 on Thanksgiving...but that didnt stop us from having a traditional turkey dinner.

Joey cooked all day and made a huge dinner. By the time I got home around 7:30, everything was ready and on the table! We had a great Thanksgiving dinner with his family....Joey did such a great job and I was totally impressed.

We realized we don't have a gravy spoon....but no big deal....we used a measuring spoon!!

(Yes....we used our christmas china!)

Are you impressed??? This is what it looked like when I walked in the door...

We got our Christmas tree!!!!!!!!!!!! We decorated it tonight!

Hope everyone is doing well and having a fabulous holiday season...drop us a line sometime soon.

P.S. We are counting down the days until Melissa and Stew come stay with us. 12 days.....I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

Good times

Joey's father and step-mother came in town this weekend. We enjoyed spending Sat. with them as well as Joey's sister and her family. We got up early Sat morning to see his neice and nephews play basketball....it was so much fun...it reminded me of the years I played with the YMCA. Cannada and I were always on the same team....(Lauren, were'nt we always the first pres purple people eaters or something?? )Donnie B and my dad were our coaches every year.
Sat night we went on a haunted hay ride. It was so much fun!







So...we thought this guy was fake....Joeys family was standing around while Tina took our picture. Right as we were walking off...he jumped at us and scared us to death! This was after the hayride so we were already spooked. He got all of us soooo good!

We have been looking for a china cabinet for a few weeks now... we finally found one last week and it was delivered on Sat.

It was our first big purchase! We are so excited and LOVE it! As Joey said, 'we own a china cabinet...we are officially adults'





YAY!!!!!!!!!!

Boo!

Haloween came early at our house. The dogs got dressed up in their costumes and Joey and I carved pumpkins. It was hilarious!
















They turned out pretty cute huh?? Can you guess who carved which pumpkin???








So...Buddy is a cow, Kiki is a lobster, Zoe is a tiger, and Maddie is...well, she is wearing a tuxedo costume.















Buddy is scared of the camera....so we only got one shot and it didnt turn out that great....but he was too cute. We have been calling him our "cow boy".











Of course, Zoe had to have 2 costumes...so she was also a dinosaur.



She is such a poser!













Saturday was the best day EVER. Since we have 4 dogs, the house has to be vacuumed just about everyday. I have always had a cheap vacuum cleaner, and Joey has always used a shop vac....I HATE using the shop vac b/c it is huge and annoying, but it works well with the dog hair. So, my mother and I started doing research on the best vacuum cleaner(thanks Mom). WELL, After lots of research, WE PURCHASED THE MOST AWESOME VACUUM CLEANER EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never thought I would be so excited about a vacuum cleaner.... but I so am. If anyone is looking into getting a good vacuum....I did the reasearch, and can help you out.



Isnt she beautiful??? I am so proud....



The leaves are changing colors here in North Carolina. So after church on Sunday, we took a 30 min scenic drive to the mountains. The leaves had not changed quite as much in the mountains as they have here in the piedmont...but it was still a gorgeous drive.