New York!

One night Maury and I went to my parents house to hang out and drink some wine.  While we were there, my mom told me of this idea she had..."I think we should go to New York!" she said. Of course I agreed and we got on our laptops and started looking at flights and hotels.  Maury and my dad were sitting in the other room, wondering what we were up to, because of the big smiles on our face! We clued them in, and they thought we were crazy!! We told them they didn't have to go and surprisingly that made them both say, "Okay, as long as we don't have to go!"

We booked our tickets, found a room, packed our bags and were on a flight less than 2 weeks later!! Talk about spontaneous!! Going to New York with just my mom was truly the trip of a lifetime. We shopped until we had blisters (and then some more), ate whatever we wanted, tried to find celebrities, and just had plain FUN! Thanks for such a great time momma and thanks Dad and Maury for letting us go :) Here are some of my favorite pictures from the trip!!

Lunch at the Boat House

Oh Hey Ann Curry!

Hi Sara! Glad we could be friends for a minute!

Central Park

Freedom Tower

The beautiful 9/11 Memorial

Amazing churches all over the city

Across the water at night

Had to have cupcakes!

Getting our David Yurman souvenirs! 

Aunt Stacey's birthday gift from Tiffany!

We saw the Lion King

So excited to finally find Mister Softee

Frozen Hot Chocolate from Serendipity 

It was good, to say the least

Kelly Ripa's House

Dash :)

Touring the City

At the Plaza Hotel

In the elevator before we awkwardly ended up in the Penthouse! ;)

We ended our trip at the Bouchon Bakery with the best Ho-Ho we've ever had

Until next time,

Brie :) 

It has been way to long!

I can't believe I have completely neglected my blog! I doubt anyone even reads it, which is fine, but I do want to at least keep it up most of the time so we have sometimes to look back on.  I recently looked through all of my posts from when we were in Washington and it brought back such good memories!

When we moved back to Fresno, we moved into my parents house before we got our own apartment. It was so nice to have such a smooth transition and to slowly look for an apartment and not be rushed. Once we moved in, I was able to decorate and do some painting.  Here are some before and after pictures of our apartment now! (These are all from my phone, so they might not be the best!)

Before

Before

This looks white but its an aqua color

White coffee table

Before

After--it's white like the coffee table

Still moving in but you get the idea

A better idea of the aqua color table

Our living room

I love the chairs and pillows at the end of our bed

Until next time,

Brie :) 

Lots of Updating

I have totally been slacking on updating our blog, but thats because MANY things have been going on since the last time I updated.  (Also, I'm still trying to decide if I will keep this up now that we are home) Because SO much has happened in the past month, this update will be everything in one!

Let's start with Maury signing out of the military for good.  This was a very special day for us and I don't think either of us will ever forget it!

Both of us with the last official piece of military paperwork that needed to be signed so we could come home!

There was also a going away dinner for Maury with the guys he's worked with for the past three years.

Smith, Carter and Maury

Me with the boys

Maury with Santos

Me and Santos

We also packed up our apartment and make the long drive home to Fresno!

Me with our apartment sign

And Maury

Once we were home we let the exciting times begin! Starting first with cousins night!

Matthew, Reza and Maury

My Mom, Aunt Stacey, Amber, Tiffany and me

Me and Tiff

Me and Matthew

We also celebrated our first year of marriage! I can't believe it's already been a year!! We did a little christmas shopping, drove down christmas tree lane and had an amazing dinner at Flemings.

Our wedding cake after one year! It still tasted good!

Maury's birthday is on Christmas Day, so this year we decided to celebrate a few days early with dinner and desert at my parents house!

Grandma and Aunt Stacey

Maury has lots of new books to read after his birthday and Christmas

Happy 25th Birthday my love! I hope it was a great golden birthday!

We have been having such a great time being home. We are adjusting to being here for good and not having to go back, but it is a good feeling.  We have loved getting to spend so much time with my parents and my aunt and uncle.

My Dad, Uncle Scott and Maury

Aunt Stacey and me

Everyone always thinks we are sisters :) 

Until next time,

Brie