It's Been A While...

Sorry that it has been so long since we have updated our blog!  We have alot of new information to share with y'all!  First, we welcomed the newest Nicholson to our family...Drake!  He is a beautiful Boykin Spaniel and we named him "Shepherd's Drake Nicholson"!  He is now six months old and a complete mess!  He has brought so much joy to our home since he has been here, but he has also participated in his share of mischevious acts as well.  He swallowed Michael's wedding band a couple of months ago, and we have yet to find it...despite the fact that I scooped poop for a solid three weeks afterward!  Since he is an outside dog, he has also done his fair share of digging in the yard...for those of you who know Michael well...he is not happy about this at all!  Buddy likes Drake on his own terms! 

We also just celebrated our one year wedding anniversary on June 11, 2012!  It certainly doesn't seem like our big day was a year ago, but we are still very much in love and happy with our life together!  We participated in the traditional celebration of eating the top layer of our wedding cake, and it was still pretty darn good a year later!  Buddy and Drake also got to sample the cake, and they were fans of it too. 

Since Michael works in Charlotte, we have been in the process of selling our first home and moving to the Rock Hill/Fort Mill area.  We hope to sell our house very soon, since I was offered at teaching position in Rock Hill!  I will be teaching fourth grade!  I'm very excited about this new journey in our lives, and I know we will be happy no matter where we live.  As long as we have each other, we will be successful!



1 year ago!



Gone to Gatlinburg!

Back in October of 2011, we went on a trip to the mountains with my Grandma & Grandpa Wilson and my Daddy!  My grandparents have a home in Gatlinburg, and it was always our family vacation spot when I was growing up.  I'm not sure why, but Michael had never been up there, so we planned a weekend to go!  The weather was absolutely beautiful, and the leaves were gorgeous!  Nothing like fall in the Smoky Mountains!  We arrived on Friday much later than expected due to traffic on the interstate, but we made it!  We ate our Subway dinner at midnight, and surprisingly my grandparents were still awake!  Michael got a mini tour as soon as we got there!  On Saturday, we went to Pigeon Forge to eat breakfast and then went to the shops in downtown Gatlinburg!  Of course, Michael would have sat on the sidewalk all day just to people watch!  We stopped in Aunt Mahalia's to get some caramel apples, fudge, and candy!  We went back to the house where we took lots of pictures and Grandma made Michael's favorite dinner...spaghetti!  After dinner, we played another childhood favorite...UNO!  My daddy ended up winning, and Michael came in last place...which was fine...as long as Grandpa didn't end up in last place!  On Sunday morning, we packed up and headed home.  Before we got on the Foothills Parkway, we stopped and had breakfast at a local diner.  We will always cherish that memory with my family, and we are already planning another trip in March! 


Grandma & Grandpa Wilson



The Nicholson's



View from back porch