Friends, Family, and Fun

Tim and I have been so blessed to have been spending so much time with friends and family lately. I thought that living back at home would be a little more difficult for me, but it has been amazing. Spending so much time with my family has made me realize how much I cherish them and how amazing (and at times zany) they are. Living at home also means spending more time with Tim which has been great. I can't wait until we get to spend everyday with each other.

Lately we have been on the go a lot with visiting friends and family in different towns. Tim's niece (my soon to be niece), Reese was born in December, so we went to their house in Kearney to visit the family. It was nice to just hang out with his sister and brother-in-law and to hold baby Reese. We also got to watch the Miss America Pageant (which was surprising because a hockey game was on at the same time) and picked out who we wanted to win. Miss Nebraska made it a lot farther than we usually do...so that was cool!

A couple of days later, I went to Lincoln to pack up some more stuff to move back home, and while I was there had a fun night "watching a movie" with friends, Em and Carrie....we did more talking than watching, of course! The next day while Tim was at school I went out to lunch with Emily M and Emily D. I am becoming a bigger fan of Panera Bread, which is good because Em and Jill always love going there. After lunch Tim and I met up at Target to start a wedding gift registry. We had a blast using the scanner to add items to our list, even if it took us 30 minutes to get through one isle of kitchen goods...whew!

For Super Bowl Sunday we got invited to a couple friend's house in Lincoln to watch the game. It was encouraging and exciting seeing their new home that they built and having dreams of eventually building a house of our own someday...hopefully sooner than later! Tim and I are loving having so many couple friends to hang out with lately. Some are married, some not, some with children, and some expecting. I always try to cherish the time we get to spend with them because I'm sure with all of the life changes for couples our age, many of our friends will be busy with their own lives.

Tomorrow I am planning on driving up to Omaha to meet up with Stacey and Kristy, two friends from hair school that I haven't seen in a VERY LONG TIME! I miss them so much and it will be fun to catch up and possibly get a pedicure in. Who doesn't love that? After staying the night in Lincoln tomorrow night Tim and I will be starting another gift registry at Kohl's. Hopefully we have the hang of it so it won't take us as long this time!

For now I need to concentrate on cleaning out my closet at home so I have room for the junk that I will be bringing home. I'm beginning to think that I need a "hoarders" intervention! Geesh!