We Give Up!

Ok, so after years of silently judging someone every time they have said the word "Blog", we have given in to the new millennium, and started our own blog-dom.  Welcome to our world, buckle up.

Long story short, we got married 83 days ago, after over 6.25 years of dating (yeah, it took forever).  We love married life! The ups, the downs, the waaaayyy downs, and the way ups. We love it!  So we wanted to make a place where everyone could love it. So, you're welcome. Oh yeah, and for family to keep up with us.

We're going to try to blog often, with a promise to blog once a week updates at bare minimum.

So what's our life like right now? Well, to break it down simply - here's what we've done over the last 83 days:

• Spent too much time at work (story of my life).
• Taught a 3rd grade Sunday school class after only 1 hour of sleep.
• Seen the best movie ever: Inception
• Adopted a son, his name is Wes Tate.
• Discovered that Sam's club sells Sam Adams in bulk
• Eaten way too much Jimmy John's
• Discovered that Chris is actually quite the grill master when it comes to chicken
• Understood the value of Netflix
• Procrastinated writing our Thank You notes
• Purchased my little brother a Mexican Wrestling Mask (You're Welcome. I expect you to wear it in your concerts during at least 1 song.)

• Knocked a hole in the wall
• Learned why our parents keep the A/C at 78 degrees in the summertime
• Stopped buying snack foods
• Invested in lots of fruit (cherries, apples, grapefruit, limes)
• Chris has perfected his ability to grill white corn still in the husk (mainly b/c he loves that its buy 50/$1)
• Have made the bed 75 out of those 83 days
• LearnING to turn our phones off on Sundays.
• Grieved over the loss of my Fattie (still brings a tear).

• Turned our upstairs guest-bed into Wes & Jared's Room.
• Registered to receive coupons
• Complained about how expensive texts books are
• Concluded that Chris has 5xs the amount of clothes that Meagan does (no, but for real).
• Watched the entire series of LOST in 4 weeks (minus the 6th season...they took it off Hulu. Lame.)
• Gone thru 2 bottles of Drain-o
• Invented a special place for our plunger
• Eaten a TON of Hungry Howie's (the owner lives across from us).
• Hosted 2 FIFA World Cup viewing parties
• Decorated our apartment for the 4th of July/USA vs. England. 

Basically, its been a fanTASTIC first 83 days. We'll keep you posted.
Much love & God bless,
The Ryans