One Year, Take Two...

My friend Christel and her friend Jennifer came down to celebrate Christel's birthday. Fortunately, that Saturday provided great weather so we took the boat out to Shell Island.

Randy's parents and sister came to visit us the very next weekend (hello guest house). While Big L and Randy got up at 6 am to go fishing, the ladies headed to the beach!
That Sat. night, we all took a stroll around Pier Park.

Me, Randy, and Sis Lisa

The next weekend was Memorial Day weekend, and we planned an Aloha party for our friend Greg G. He moved to Hawaii the next week. R had that Monday off work, so we did what any couple who lives at the beach would do..fish and enjoy the beautiful Gulf waters.

Greg always makes me look so small!

fishing on Lake Powell

R drives the Gheenoe like a crazy man!

So beautiful at Camp Helen!

Relax and try not to get eaten by sharks

In June, R made me go fishing. It's not exactly my favorite activity, but he is my favorite guy, so I went.

R caught a baby shark

My big catch was a whole lot of seaweed

Since I am the paint warden of the home, I decided June would be a great month to paint the living room and hallway. This took forever as we had to choose from 5 colors, and then wipe the baseboards and walls and then tape and then paint the walls and baseboards. Fortunately, R's friend Curtis and his brother came for a weekend and they helped finish the first coat! (many thanks)

We also took a warm honeymoon trip to an all inclusive resort in Cancun, Mexico for our honeymoon. Yes, we had two honeymoons but I can assure you we enjoyed the second one more than the first.

The Royal beds..in our Royal robes and slippers! haha

Beautiful sunset before dinner

last night in Cancun..dinner was excellent!

My cousin Lydia got married in June, so R and I flew up to our nation's capital for the big event! We even took a day to see something we'd never seen before...Arlington National Cemetery. We didn't bring the tripod with us, so the only picture we have together is from the hotel..sad!

Beautiful bride and cousin

Yep, that's us in the hotel room

The last weekend in June, Randy's friends Gabriel and Rashel came to visit. Of course, we took the boat out. We were fortunate to see a school of dolphins near Shell Island. This was also during the oil spill in the Gulf. We were so lucky that the oil never reached us. The second picture is when they started preparing the waters for oil. (a little late, I might add)

Gabriel and Rashel

adding pylons to get ready for oil

In July, friends Kevin and Tracy and baby Wyatt came for their anniversary. It rained all week, and I really felt bad that they were couped up in our guest house. Lucky for me, I was able to spend some time catching up with them since R was out of town for work. We also had a visit from my aunt and my three young cousins..and their dog. That was also the week R had a colonoscopy and endoscopy..needless to say, it was a crazy week. The only pic I have from the fam's visit is a pic of my youngest cousin, Daelyn.

July was also the month of the dirt/new concrete driveways. We had to have dump truck loads of dirt brought in to our backyard to prepare it for the sod we are going to put in this year. We also had the dirt brought in before the concrete as we didn't want newly constructed concrete broken.

the broken circle needed some fixin'

future home of new concrete!

some of our backyard dirt

our new beautiful parking pads!

so much better than parking in dirt!!

For free chick fil a day, I made shirts for R and I to wear. I thought they were pretty cute! We also has a mishap with our bed. The picture you will see is a 10 inch hump. (long story). Thankfully, we purchased a new bed and were able to replace the damaged mattress with a new one (now in the bedroom in the guest house)

One night, we met up with Randy's friends Taylor and Amanda who were staying in Destin for a week. We ate dinner and then played around at Baytown Wharf.

The final event in July was Mark and Anna's wedding in Statesboro. Mark and Anna are our friends who encouraged us to meet, so of course we were there to celebrate their big day. R won a one night stay at a hotel in downtown Savannah, so we stayed there the night before the wedding.

stairs in Savannah

R and Mark

finally, a picture of us!

For 5 weeks, R had to take a training in Coronado, CA. Lucky for me, I got to visit for 18 days and enjoy exploring all that San Diego and the surrounding areas had to offer. We had a blast (but it was cold!). We visited the zoo, took a trolley tour, bought bikes and rode them around, saw the seals at La Jolla, visited Dr.David Jeremiah's church twice, and ate at the Cheesecake Factory six times. There are so many things we did, I could do on for a while..so to spare you...look at these pics. :)

The first weekend I was there, we drove to Bakersfield to visit my family and see one of R's late grandfather's dearest friends, Mr. Bob and his wife Dee.

Avery and Bella loved playing with Randy

In n Out Burger..not my favorite!

getting ready for church

with mr. bob and mrs. dee

view of San Diego from Coronado

balboa park

spreckles organ pavilion concert at balboa park

me, freezing in August..hotel coronado in the distance

La Jolla (seals behind me)

In La Jolla

cave in La Jolla

seals sunbathing

riding bikes at mission beach

R's hair is awesome

trying on hats at the zoo

We Made It! An Ode to Year One in PCB

I walked down the aisle on February 13, 2010 at 5:30 pm and said forever to a life with Randall John Whitehead. I had no idea what was in store for me...neither did he! Here is a recap of our first year of life together in Panama City Beach...enjoy!

We left Augusta on Sunday, February 14 and there was no turning back. We drove to St. Augustine where we spent the night at a Bed and Breakfast and then left the next afternoon for Orlando. We originally thought that it would be semi-warm in Orlando during February..2010 was definitely an exception. We were freezing! We were more excited to be inside the warm car/hotel/restaurant (or anything that had heat) than to be outside running around theme parks. 

We arrived in PCB a few days later, and came home to an utter disaster in our living room. Thanks to our good friends Greg, Mark, and Chris, our wedding presents and some of my belongings were nicely piled in the living room..ugh! Right away, we set out to work on it (luckily we had presents to open and that made it exciting!). 

Both of my brothers had to take suitcases of my clothes to Atlanta (no more room). We had to drive to Atlanta to pick them up, and decided to make a weekend of it in early March and attend my childhood friend Christina's wedding in Decatur as well. 

The new Mrs. "Ware"

When I got engaged, I soon became house nazi! I wanted every room a new color and had many order for Randy such as: new pantry, new bathrooms, mold removal..

yep, I said mold removal. You see, living at the beach has its perks, but it also has its downfalls like mold. In the winter, it is super humid here, and our windows are soaking wet every morning. Soaking wet windows since 1999 means mold growth (YIKES).

One of the first orders of business after the honeymoon was mold removal from the windows. We have 7 windows in our house and our master bedroom was nominated to go first. See below.

covered the entire room in plastic

ready to tackle some mold

scary!

started out small and then took out the entire frame

Needless to say, it was a tad bit overwhelming for these two newlyweds. What began on March 13 took the next month to complete b/c we had to do every room. Removing mold from every room meant plastic, removing the window frame, removing the mold, cutting a new frame and then putting it in, drywalling, caulking, painting, and then cleaning...a whole lot of cleaning. 

the plastic covered living room furniture

April arrived and by the 3rd week we finally completed the mold removal project.  We were fortunate to have spent a week in Orlando (R had to go for work)  and then headed to Augusta for Easter. At the end of the month, we took a much needed breather weekend to Mobile, AL for Randy's mom's birthday. Of course, we all met up at the Bass Pro Shop where we ate dinner and played around for a while. That also meant I got to play with our little nephew, Taylor. 

Little T: just reached 5 months

The Whitehead clan as Bass Pro

Once the fun was over, we got back to work. The first weekend of May we decided to have a yard sale, and my mom came down for a week to help and hang out. Did I mention that it was also Thunder Beach weekend: One of the largest biker weekends in the U.S.? It rained for the first 3 hours of our yard sale, and needless to say it put a bit of a damper on our sales. All the good stuff ended up going to a greater cause: the Rescue Mission.

Mally helps with the yard sale

To top things off, R and I had started painting one of the spare bedrooms; removing all traces of Auburn and replacing it with a more soothing color (it's going to become the nursery later anyway).

EEK

SLEEK