MY Valentine's Gift :)

here is old charlie! she loves sleeping on our down comforter. she paces around it until it's all balled up like a big bed then she plops right in the middle. she's so cute. and yes, she has a boy name. her full name is charlie murphy :)

well, heidi got engaged

stacy has her kid named valentine...

but Jeff gave me a kitty for valentines!!!

he's cute, he is black and white. he's about 7 months old and he's crazy and cuddly. he just got declawed yesterday so he's more mellow than normal so i snapped a couple pictures. he looks big, but he's really half the size of charlie (our other cat). this new guy likes to box, so we named him rocky (or bob did for that matter). here are some pictures of both the kits!

these are the boxing gloves we made for him....just kidding. those are his little bandages for his surgery :(

i cut my hair!

well, i did something a little crazy. i cut 10 inches of my hair off.....i'm not sure if i like it yet, i've got to get used to it. my family has been asking for a pic so heres one :)

nice pic

jeff and i have been trying to figure out what pictures to put around our house....we picked this one. i like it a lot, and i think jeff likes it even more. it's a picture taken right after katrina. the second pic is from katrina too...but we decided we liked the first one better. who knows....maybe we'll end up with both somewhere :)

bad day

i had a really crappy day. not gonna go into it, but too many awful outcomes with moms and babies at work this week.  pray that i'll lift my chin up and press on to continue to so the job that i love so much. 

thanks

alyse

pei wei

I just got off work and am having dinner by myself...something I do rarely. I love to people watch though it is sorta fun. Oops...short blog sorry, my food just got here;) bye for now

FINLEY VALENTINE RITCHIE!!!!

i am so excited to be an auntie, and jeff is so excited to be an unclie :) it's funny....right after i wrote my last blog i called stacy to check our blog and make sure it posted since i was traveling....she told me "i'm starting to see spots and floaters...." then all the events started unraveling to bring the most beautiful little mix of stacy and taylor into this world. i'll let her tell you the story :) i must say i'm so sad that i couldn't be there right away, but jeff and i are working on getting there as soon as we can. i put finley as the background on my computer so i can see her frequently! 

jeff pointed out to me that her initials are F V R ....fever. she's gonna cause a ruckus in this world, and i can't wait to be a part of it :) 

anywho, we're so excited if you can't tell. 

peace out :)

once again on the road...

So I guess riding in a car is the only time I have to update the blog. We are in good old mississippi on our way to mobile, alabama! I will say that I have never seen more hitchhikers or abandon cars on the side of the road than I have through louisiana and mississippi. It is so nice seeing big trees again, they line the highways so beautifully. I feel like austin just has tiny trees.

Jeff has been busy with work, getting back in the groove after the busy holidays. He has definitely taken advantage of all his golf stuff for christmas...he and bob went golfing on christmas eve the weather was so nice. He went again yesterday because it was in the 70's and he couldn't resist. After playing 18 holes he called me and said he was going to play disc/frisbee golf....the weather was too nice to not be outside. NOT FOR ME!!! I went to the gym the other day and worked with a trainer, he killed me. Two days later I can barely walk! Sitting down to pee is a task from all the squats and hip abducters and adducters. OUCH. So while jeff enjoyed the weather I waddled around my house trying to stand up straight. I do suggest disc golf though, it's a blast.

I am now working days for those of you that don't know, which has made my life a little more normal. I work three days a week 12 hour shifts. Long days, but I love the babies I work with so its all good:) Our next couple months are BUSY. We are in alabama this weekend, dallas in a couple weekends, bahamas after that for a trip jeff one with primerica (whoohoo), then back to dallas for a wedding, then.....(Drum roll please)...my favorite trip to minnesota to meet baby ritchie!!!! We cannot wait to be an auntie and unclie. And yes, I am going to make baby call jeff unclie, and bob papoo or bobfart (like popart).

Ok, we are stopping to take a pee break...wish me luck on the squat;)

Love alyse and jeff

on the road again

Hello friends...this won't be long because I am typing on my phone. Jeff just got me a blackberry, so unfortunately I am joining the world of phone obsessed folks. I am not sure what I think about it yet. I got the blackberry curve, it is pink and cute:) maybe I will update more and take pics on the go since I can attach all the pics from my phone, this might end up being sorta cool! I am riding shotgun right now as jeff is driving. We are on our way to jackson mississippi yeeeehaw. That city is still torn up from katrina, it is sad. So my friends that's all, my thumbs hurt;) love yall

i don't even know

i don't even know...i think these pictures describe how we feel :

 i don't know what to say. nothing is new, life is busier than ever, and i can't wait for my bday present from stacy. she gave me a sneak preview of what it is:

the king and i

my fair lady

the princess bride

fiddler on the roof

i am so excited, and for all those lindsay's out there...don't "the king and i" and 'fiddler on the roof' remind you so much of granny and pa's place? good memories. 

so friends, i encourage yall to go back and watch some of these somewhat older movies and reminisce about the good old days :)

jp's 1st stab at blogging

yo, Jeff here- After all the angry comments and death threats about my lack of blogging, I thought that I should begin my 1st blog adventure by telling a funny story that happened to me a few weeks ago.

So a friend of mine & I went to see a movie...meanwhile his wife and some of her friends carpooled with us to go see a chick flick together.  When our movie was over, we went outside & waited for the ladies to come out.  After 10 minutes, we decided to go up to the ticket booth to find out when the movie was scheduled to get out.  We asked, "what time does the 9:00 sex in the city get out?"  Her response, "The 9:00 showing or the 9:01?"(yes, her hair was blonde)  I instantly pointed at the employee through that thick glass and my laughing echoed through the speaker.  It was not my best moment but my friend and I had a pretty good laugh the rest of the night.

  Life is very busy right now with work and all.  This weekend we were lucky to have the one & only Bobby G stay with us for a day.  We took him to church this morning & then went to Uncle Billy's Brew & Que for lunch (Andrew-I miss you brother).  Work & married life have been going great.  Im so proud of Alyse and all she is learning at work.  The whole night thing took a bit of getting used to but I think we have it down now.  My work is going great.  I am having my best month in 2 years at PFS and I really enjoy what I do.  Everyday I really reflect on how thankful and happy I am that I found something i'm passionate about & put a rest to the landscaping & construction biz.(especially when it breaks over 100 degrees; also, it's pretty tough to get poison ivy 10 times in a summer helping people with their finances!!!)  We miss everyone a lot and are very thankful that we got to see most of you at the wedding.  If you're ever in Austin & need a place to stay, please give us a shout.

until next time,

JP

ya di da di da di daaaa

man, life is moving really fast right now. i see the complaints about jeffrey not blogging...i apologize for him :) we were up at bill and carol's lake house this weekend where we were very active. we went boating watching andrew learning to wake board (which was awesome and looked very exhausting), jeffrey went golfing with the men, jeffrey played tennis with the men, and i went hiking with my mama. obviously...jeff was a little more active than me. the weather couldn't have been more beautiful, hot and clear with a wonderful breeze. it was so nice i can't believe i only took like 2 pictures and it was of mary and kathy :) 

so we're back from the lake house and plugging back in to real life. i'm working, and loving it. nights are weird to adjust to, but it has been good so far. i only have to work 3 days a week...which are usually in a row so 3 days on 4 days off, etc, etc, etc. the hospital is building a new women's facility which will be great...all our units are expanding. babies and so cute and i can't wait to have a little niece or nephew come the end of january :) jeff and i are super excited that we already sent stuff to them ( i know a little premature, but what can i say...i can't wait!!!!). 

alright...hopefully this update will suffice for a little bit until more exciting things happen in our lives :)

peace out friends

Alyse Paull RN

I passed my test!!! whooo hooooo i can officially call myself a nurse! it feels really great :) thanks for all the support and prayers, i love it! i'll write more later, jp and i are going out to celebrate with dinner at the lake! yuuummmmm

yikes!

okay, i realize there has been a delay in blogging...here is why:

I STARTED MY NEW JOB!!! lots happened, i was supposed to be a NICU nurse, but last minute i was offered a position as a post partum nurse. so i'll be taking care of mom and baby right after delivery!!!!! sooooo fun!!!

i also have been crazy studying for my boards. i'm working as a "GN" which is a graduate nurse, so now i have to take my exams to be an RN.  so thursday is the big day. i feel as thought i haven't studied enough. i had this big schedule i was going to follow...but since i started my job i haven't kept up with it. so now it's cram time. 

regardless...please be in prayer for me thursday at 8:00 am - 2:00 pm. you can also pray the night before that i'll actually get sleep...and before 8:00am on thursday morning that i don't get sick because my nerves have taken over :)

i'll update soon. i should find out results on saturday or sunday (who knows if that's true  because it's a weekend...so it might be as late as monday). 

thanks loves :)

i get scared easily.

so i live with this guy, my husband, of whom i should feel very safe and secure with. i thought i'd post now because my heart is still beating fast and i wanted to capture my reaction to this scary event. 

it's 10:30 pm, i'm picking up the house, and i know jeff is on his way home. the dishwasher and washing machine are both going, so the house is sort of noisy. anyhoo, i walk out of my room in my undies, and see a man standing by the front door. i scream so loud that i still 

have a headache 15 minutes later. but yeah, you guessed it - it's jeff at the door, not some robber or raper. 

this is not the first time a situation has happened like this. i get so freaked out. jeff i think is annoyed of it by this point...but what can ya do?? so i tried to capture my faces post-attack.

this is me trying to scream again...gosh my head hurts from shreaking so loud. 

here is my face ever since towards jeff because he doesn't understand how and why i get scared so easily, so he makes fun of me :(

i know this blog sucks, i just knew i needed to post something cause it had been awhile :) peace 

charlie

okay, so i thought posting pictures was fun, so here are some of our cat charlie (a girl). we're not obsessed with her or anything but give us a break, we don't have a kid :) so here they go:

this is when jeff and i went to my parents house to pick charlie up from her mamoo and baboo's house after they babysat her for 6 months.

charlie's security blanket at my parents house. she would stay up on those little steps and on top of the cabinets to stand clear of the dogs :)
here is charlie hanging out with her uncles, al on the left, butch on the right. they're oooold men now. 
here is charlie after she got declawed. she would hold one of her feet up like that like she was always holding a cane. it was really cute :)

more honeymoon...

okay, so i realized i didn't put pictures of jeff and i actually there...so here we go, blogger let me do it :)

here is jeff and sapo. this is significant because we used to call his old roommate sapo, it means frog or toad or something like that :)
another night in town square before the nightly shows they did-they were a blast!!! a professional dance crew came in and had choreographed dances for the soundtrack of "grease"....i totally got my hand jive on baby.
town square once again...this is the day before we left...it was haaaard to leave!
and lastly, our love charlie when we got home. she's so cute!

honeymoon cont'd.

okay...pictures are sort of working again.....

this picture is a little hole in the rocks where the sea of cortex and the pacific ocean meet (so one body of water on each side)....it was cool

this is the very famous arch....beautiful! jeff and i took a little boat tour, that is how we got all these cool pictures close up and stuff.
here's another picture of the arch. our captain said that once a year the water is low enough for people to actually walk under it....cool huh?
so apparently cabo is known for all the pirates they used to have....this is one of their caves/ hideouts :)
this is me and my husband rudy...man his sunburn was baaaaad. he was a water polo and water volleyball pro-he was outside alllll day :)

okay, blogger is "down" and wont let me post the rest of my pics...i'll do it soon :)

honeymoon!!!

okay, here are some pictures from our trip to cabo :) it was so, so, so fun and BEAUTIFUL!!!! enjoy!!

here is how we left our cat, charlie :) jeff's mom was nice enough to take care of her for us-i just thought i'd post a picture of how weird she is! 

this is part of the marina...there was a big marlin fishing competition so it was buuuusy with lots of big expensive boats!
this is the view from our balcony...it faced inside the resort to one of the fun pools.
here is the view from the beach at our hotel...the beach you see is called "lovers beach" and at night the ocean apparently covers up the beach so each day when the beach presents itself, it is really nice, smooth sand (supposedly that happens, we never went and hung out there just because the water was choppy, so it was hard to hop off the boat safely)
haha, okay this is funny. after this beautiful dinner that jeff and i had we were taking this nice walk on the beach. the water in cabo is really unpredictable :) the waves were barely hitting our toes, then jeff yells "watch out, this one looks like a tsunami!!!" and we started running up towards the beach, but the water still got us good! we didn't take a picture of me, but i was wet up to my waist :(

pictures

here are some links from our photographer from the wedding. if you're bored, take a look...but beware-there are like 750 or something :)

enjoy!!!

one link is for a slideshow which are the pictures for our book, and the others are all the pictures that were taken :)

www.jennavincent.com/blog/

www.senttoprint.net     PW 080412jv

www.studio563.com/austin/album/080412jvw/