One Year!!

Yesterday was our One Year Anniversary!!! We just can't believe it has been one whole year already!! I guess it's true what they say......time flys when you're having fun!!

We had a fantastic day filled with family and friends in Denver.  We were able to do some shopping, visit Uncle Kent at his final resting spot, and had a lovely dinner.  We came home and had an evening of quality time together doing some of our favorite things.....bringing the spare bedroom mattress out and watching movies while drinking wine. We also did the ceremonial cut of our top tier of our cake.  And I must say I was nervous to eat it thinking it would be all gross from sitting in the freezer for an entire year, but it was actually pretty good!! haha :)

Our gift to each other as a couple got delivered a couple days ago and we love the new TV and treadmill.  :)  We agreed to not get each other any other gifts, BUT of course neither of us followed that rule.  One of my favorite gifts that I got from Bruce was a beautifully written letter on beautiful paper that also happen to smell of Bruce, one of my favorite smell in the entire world! :) It was a gift of paper for our first anniversary.  I absolutely LOVE it and will cherish if FOREVER!  It beats out all the diamonds, flowers, and treadmills in the world of other gifts! It's the small things that Bruce does that AMAZES me! I am one lucky lady to be able to call myself Mrs. Paul Brown!!

We also have AMAZING friends and family, but you all know that hehehe ;)  THANK YOU SO SO SO much for the wonderful gifts and beautiful words.  We are truly blessed to have you in our lives!

Anyways, this week will be full of packing and getting organized for our big move! I have this week off so I plan to accomplish as much as humanly possible in the short time! Wish me luck!! Other than that, nothing to new to report.  Just spending lots of time with family that is here visiting, which has been so amazing! We don't want them to leave.......

We hope all is well!! And we miss and love you all tons!
Love,
Nichole, Bruce, and Pudge xoxoxo

Cutting the top tier of our cake! 

One year ago I became Mrs. Brown, the luckiest lady in the WORLD! 

96 The Traveling :)

I'M BACK!!!!!

I am officially done traveling until November!!! As much as I absolutely adore being home with friends and family, the amount of traveling back to the Soo I have done this summer has been a bit extreme for me........so I am one happy camper to be home and not be living out of a suitcase.

EXCEPT........for how long we will be calling this home "home" is up in the air!!!  Bruce officially got hired into a Sgts. position with the State!!!!!! CONGRATS BRUCE!!!!!!! I'm so glad that other people see what I see, just how amazing he is! :)  Anyways, the job is back near Denver so we will be officially moving back to Denver as soon as they give us the go ahead.  So the craziness of packing up our life will start again! Except this time is going to be much much much worse, as I have seem to accumulate an entire three bedroom, two bath, two car garage, and storage shed worth of stuff......YIKES!! I will admit that I am beyond anxious and nervous, but extremely excited and so so so proud of him!

This move, although the timing is a little off, is a perfect fit for our future.  We will most likely sign a six month lease through our old landlords and begin the process of finally buying a home.  We are SO SO excited about this!! We are so happy that the "perfect" house didn't come a long in Florence and are now able to finally settle down with a secure plan and future ahead of us.  And we are giving ourselves ample time, which allows us to really look for that perfect fit for our first home.  :))) So keep your toes and fingers crossed extra tight for us!!

This past trip was quick, I got in late Friday night and left Tuesday afternoon.  Quick, yes.....but TONS OF FUN!!! In Detroit I saw two amazing friends at the airport, which definitely made my layover fly by.  I loved it!!  On Saturday I had the wedding to go to.  And although it was extremely cold and wet, it was beautiful and we all had a great time.  I saw a lot of people that I haven't seen in years and it was so awesome to catch up.  My friends and I had Sunday Funday and it was a blast!!! I experienced my first fishing extravaganza in the weeee hours of Monday morning, SUCH FUN! And Monday we relaxed and had a pizza movie night!! PERFECTION!!!

This week my Dad, Aunt Gayle, and cousins are all in CO to visit.  I am soooo excited to spend some much needed family time with the Donaghe side.  YAY!!!

Well since I am home and back to routine I plan on getting back to my weekly blogging.  I am promising NOTHING until we hear when our official move date is though, but I do promise to make a better effort!! And for those of you I didn't have time to catch up with, I am so sorry and hope we get to soon! Or we can always have a Skype date!!! ;)

We hope all is well!!
Love and miss you tons,
Nichole, Bruce, and Pudge xoxo

Traveling Queen

We are BACK! :)

It has definitely been a VERY busy month!!  I had an absolute BLAST at home for Naomi & Mike's wedding.  It was beautiful and so much fun with a ton of my closets friends!! Naomi couldn't have been more gorgeous, and the entire weekend turned out to be AMAZING!

This past trip was an 11 day trip, but it felt like it flew by! I was so busy seeing as many people as I could and of course busy getting ready for their big day!! I was also able to spend a little more time at the beach, which was GREAT! And I was also able to see a few of you "downstaters."  It was just an incredible time.  It would have definitely been better to have Bruce with me, but it was still a blast.

Bruce is doing so well.  He has a interview this Thursday for a Sgts. position, so please send some good vibes his way! :)  He is just so amazing, already up for a Sgts. position, I am just so proud of him. Pudge is wonderful too, still enjoying the weather ;)

I am doing well.  I have missed a month of WW and have had vacation food, so I am looking forward to getting back on track and to start losing again.  I actually miss the meetings, if you can believe it!  I am flying out again friday to travel home for my cousins wedding on the 18th! I am definitely looking forward to being with family and friends again!

 In other Brown Family news, we splurged a little and bought ourselves an early one year wedding anniversary gift.  We have been wanting a treadmill for a while to be able to run inside on cold, rainy, and way too hott to run outside days.  We finally decided that the celebration of one amazing year of marriage was a good enough excuse to splurge on ourselves a little.  So we ordered a great treadmill AND a smaller flat screen TV to set up with the treadmill to watch while we run.  We are officially spoiled with the TV, but to be honest we rarely splurge and it'll be a nice encouragement device. ;) So we will move the desk and B's computer to the spare bedroom and turn the office to a workout room.  We are very excited.  I'll be sure to post pictures as soon as we get it all set up.  It's all suppose to be delivered by August 20th.

Well we hope you all are doing well!! We miss you all terribly.

Love,
Nichole, Bruce, and Pudge

Wedding Party!! :) 

 FaceTime date with my boys! 

 Delicious Bruschetta made with our home grown tomatoes

Beautiful sunset :) 

 Welcome home flowers from the hubby! xo

 My first homemade chicken pot pie! Turned out so delicious!