I have neglected this baby for like 3 months now and it is way over due for a full update and an attempt to get back in the swing of doing it! Hopefully...
There has been so much that has happened since October which makes it even worse that it has been so long. I am sure I am going to miss some of the smaller dinners out and that sort of thing because for a little time we were terrible at tagging into places but here goes a good try:
October 18th: Community day in Lowell
It's kind of a BBQ meets little fair and game day. We spent a few hours there wandering around, I met some of his people and heard stories from him about when he was younger. It was such a nice day topped of with fireworks to end it.
October 26th: Pumpkin carving
We decided to start a little Halloween tradition and carve a pumpkin. This year given our obsession with the How To Train a Dragon Movies we decided to make our own Toothless pumpkin. It was adorable.
November 27th: Our first Thanksgiving
Our first Thanksgiving turned into even more than just our first Thanksgiving. After cooking a 25lb turkey and shuffling between my parents and his day we ended up taking advantage of the huge holiday sales. Although I normally don't support shopping on Thanksgiving this time was tell worth it. We picked out all of our wedding rings. He purposed to me later that night and made me feel like the luckiest person alive. I am amazed and honored to be spending the res of my life with this unbelievable man. We have already finished just about all of the wedding planning before this but it was an amazing feeling to make it formal and share that moment. I have the most beautiful ring given to me by my best friend, who could ask for anything more.
December 7th: McAdenville Christmas lights
One of my favorite Christmas traditions is looking at Christmas lights on Christmas Eve but for this mini-Christmas town US we made an exception and walked around looking at the lights early.
December 20th-21st: Christmas baking
We started one of our own Christmas traditions and picked up Christmas baking for some friends and family.
December 21st: Devaste Vineyard
We have been sitting on a groupon for wine tasting for a while and finally made it out there. Not really our type of wine but the location was beautiful and the tour was one of the better ones that we have been on. They really took you through the process of how the wine is made.
December 24th: Christmas Eve
He indulged me in my family's Christmas Eve traditions so we all opened one Christmas gift and drove around looking at Christmas lights.
December 25th: Double Duty
Not only is Christmas my absolute favorite holiday but now it is double duty because it is Brandon's birthday. So we made sure to have some birthday gifts for him here and instead of doing our normal pies for dessert I made him a cheesecake. Sadly with most everything being closed we aren't able to do too much on the day. But it was his first birthday together, the first of many
December 27th: Hornets and Whiskey
His main Christmas gift from me was tickets to the Hornets game, I think it was our first day when he said since they went back to the hornets he would want to see them play. So for his birthday dinner we went to Whiskey River in Charlotte who happened to be doing a game day special. The Hornets ended up losing but it was our first major league basketball game together (and mine ever).
December 31st: New Year's Eve
We really didn't end up doing much. a friend a future bridesmaid had a little part at her house, we stayed for a couple hours then came home to sleep. As you can tell we are a partying bunch. But wouldn't you know it..when we woke up it was the new year after all!
January 3rd: Belmont
We had a mini date day which was great. We went to the Belmont Soda shop and wandered around looking in the shops downtown. The Soda shop was absolutely adorable with the feel of an old soda jerk shop and great food, it couldn't be beat and a place we definitely plan to visit again.
January 4th: Hockey
First Christmas his dad got the guys and their s/o tickets to the Bruins vs the Hurricanes out in Raleigh so we spent the day out there. We grabbed lunch before hand because we were not about spending a ton of money out there. But we stopped at somewhere he doesn't get to go often, Denny's. It was a nice way to break up the drive.
January 15th-18th: East-bound and down
We spent the weekend in one of my favorite states Tennessee. We went out for the Hunting Party Tour to see our second Linkin Park concert. This time they played with Mice & Men and Rise Against. The trip wasn't off to a great start as I ended up getting food poisoning but it still ended just fine. I could not be more appreciative for how attentive and caring he was the whole time! The oncert was pretty good I think Carnivores Tour was a little better though! We also made several stops at the Donut Den, Castrillo's Pizza and The WKND for mas amounts of food; and we learned to travel in style with Uber Black. Nothing like getting dropped off in a Chrysler 300 with black out windows to make people wonder who the hell you are.
