Happy 4th of July

We spent the 4th at Tom and Pauly's. Had a great dinner, made some loud noises and some pretty lights. We had a good night. Here are a few photos that I took.

Dad and I chilling on the deck

Uncle Tom and Mom

Uncle Tom and Aunt Pauly

My patriotic pie

Sparklers!

Fun!

Happy (really late) 4th of July!!!!

More Vacation

Sorry this is taking me so long!! I've been working a ton this week. Otherwise things are going fine. No more drama. I love it! So, after a very short time in Florida we piled in the car and drove back to Tom and Pauly's house in GA. Here are some photos from the trip and once we got there.

Hitchin a ride to the car

We were definitely packed as tightly as we could be

Multitasking ;)

Dogs on the deck

The Lewis Home

Flowers?...for me?...I do declare!!

I got to work last night and found this beautiful bouquet waiting for me. They were from Ryan. The fun, cute, wonderful boy I met in IL! We haven't gone a day without talking or texting each other since we met. One of his text messages to me said "I'm so happy that I met you (and that I have unlimited texting). Haha! We were texting each other movie quotes from Dumb and Dumber 3 days after we met. Chrissy was like-you guys are texting movie quotes to each other already. It was meant to be! Jake and Patricia met him the last night we hung out. Katie talked to him on the phone when he was apparently trying to get my work address so he could send flowers ;) Lizzy has been posting all over FB that I'm moving home to Ptown. And its strange...its almost like something's calling me home... Of course it'll still be awhile, at least a year since I just signed a year lease! Anyway, this post is about Ryan and how sweet he is! Thank you!!!! <3 More vacation photos to come. I'm exhausted and need to go to bed. Just wanted everyone to know that I may have actually met a decent guy (despite the fact that he lives 1000 miles away).

Update and Florida

Ok, finally I can sit down for 5 minutes!! So, my life over the past three weeks...wow! Let's start from the beginning. I got on my flight to Jacksonville, FL 99% sure I was going to leave Cort when I got back. I had a blast on my 1 day in FL and 2 days in GA. It was wonderful to see the Lewis family again!! It had been WAY too long!! Then I rode home with Mom and Dad to IL. I had a really good time and was able to catch up with people I haven't seen in awhile. It was hard though because I had this relationship issue weighing on my mind. It was our living situation that was the biggest problem. It would have been easy to walk away otherwise. Anyway, I made the decision to just end it and kick him out and that night I met a guy. Ha ha ha!! I really like the guy and we haven't gone a day since then without talking or texting each other. I figure it works out because I don't know how to take things slow so I can let 1,000 miles between us help me out with that little problem. Ha ha! So, I brought Katie and her boyfriend Jeremy home with me and booted Cort out that night. It was nice to have all the support because he did not take the news very well. I had a lot of fun with Katie and Jeremy this week and I realized today when I dropped them off at the airport that I kind of had an extended vacation and now its time to get back to reality. I have a lot to do tomorrow and then it's back to work for the weekend. There it is. My crazy three weeks! Here are some photos from my short Florida visit. More vacation photos to follow! Thanks everyone for all your love and support!! It's the only thing keeping me sane right now!!

Me an Paul on our night out

Kids playing at the beach

Grilling at the condo

Me and Kate

Me, Mom and Kate

Mom and Uncle Tom at the beach

Dad and Paul at the beach

Happy 30th birthday Heather!!

Micah and Mason

Love the beach!!! Had a blast!!!!

Family #4

You guys can't even begin to understand how excited I am to be visiting my family this week!! It's a really rough couple of weeks and I am looking forward to getting out of Colorado, regrouping and recharging with the most important people in my life. Here are some pictures of times the Lewis family visited us in IL. Enjoy! Three more nights of work for me then I get on a plane to Jacksonville FL!!!! I'm so ready!!!

Family #3

One of my favorite things about old summer photos are sweaty kids! I wish I had more old birthday photos scanned. Jake's birthday is always the sweaty-ist however I have some photos from William's birthday that are pretty sweaty. Hope everyone's summer is good. Mine is going ok so far. Can't wait to come home and visit!! Really excited!!!!

I edited Jake crying and Dad harassing him out. We were having fun. Peace, Chrissy!

I LOVE this photo because it reminds me of Grandma and her gardens.

Sweaty birthday boy

One of Jakey's birthdays

Us celebrating Jakey's birthday all sweaty and stuff. Happy summer!

Family #2

Today I have assorted photos from some of our trips to visit Tom and Pauly since I will be getting to do so very very soon. I've got some great photos of us! Love you guys! Can't wait to see y'all ;) And Happy Father's Day to all dads. I spent the day with Cort and Connor at Cort's parents' house. We had a good day grilling and enjoying the lovely day. Sorry I didn't take any photos. Cort's family is still not really used to me taking tons of pictures and I just met two more of his siblings so I was keeping it laid back. Enjoy! More family photos to come.

Ha, ha! Us in Florida with Uncle Tom and Amelia. Check out the clothes!

This one cracks me up!! We are both like...'really mom? do we really have to pose in front of the big cannon?'

Georgia visit when Jake and I were in high school

Florida visit. We look thrilled!

Georgia visit

Georgia visit at some waterfall you can hike up. Can't remember the name of it though.