So to begin with where I fully left off:
1) Andrew graduated from NC STATE in May. This was such an exciting day for us both although extremely long! He graduated with a Agricultural Business degree with plans to work at the family business: Strickland Bros in Spring Hope, NC as a "project manager." He is so excited and I am just excited for him.. My family and I threw him a graduation party and you could tell he greatly appreciated it. We had between 30-40 people there and Andrew and I's Sunday school teacher made there appearance which we were excited to see due to the fact we did not know they were coming! My dad told him if he could graduate that he (my dad) would buy him the glock/pistol of his choice, and he did. I will post a few pictures for each subject, so enjoy!
2) We recently had our 2 year anniversary on June 8, 2010. He was so sweet to send flowers to my work which he does often.. :)
3) Uhmn, I believe next was Andrews parents decided they wanted a beach house and it happens to be right down from my families! We sure have enjoyed ourself and the times well spent, sitting with my family on the swing or porch, enjoying the beautiful sunsets, riding on my families kiacks (or however you spell it!) Everytime we go to the beach he makes it a point at SOME TIME during the weekend to carry me to Baskin Robins in Morehead, MY FAVORITE! He is so good to me, and Lord I am so thankful. We are very good at weighting the scale for each other to make sure each of our needs are met. If this means I have to ride on the tractor with him in the garden to plow because he wants me to.. I will. Or if I need him to stay home from 1 church softball game for a "quality time" night together from doing produce all week together with no time to sit and appreciate each other, he will! So with that aspect of our relationship I could not be any more pleased with Andrew. We work so well together.
4) We went to Key West, FL. Man, did we have a great time! We had a time share down there from Saturday June 19th through the 26th right next to some of my families time share! So we decided we would leave out Friday June 18th and fly to Orlando then to Ft. Laurderdale. My uncle is a police for the Orlando airport do he was there to meet us as soon as we arrived off of the plane! From there we flew to Ft. Laurderdale, rented a vehicle and stayed the night with my great aunt. The next morning we woke up and made our way to the Florida Keys! What a beautiful ride and the most amazing color water! In some of these pictures you will see our place we stayed, family, my down syndrome cousin that came for 2 days to visit and boy did she L-O-V-E Andrew, deep sea fishing pictures, family dinners, Bi-Plane ride pictures, Key West/ key west roosters: they run around anywhere and every where down there.. and whatever else I decide to post!
To be continued later.. Have to run!
5) So, After we got back from Key West, FL Andrew and I had a little down time to look a truck.. Yep, and he found one! So no more little white F150 now- :( He bought a F250 4-Door green with a tan bottom. Yep, those NNHS colors!! :) He always knew what was best for him! So for the past week or so we sure have been enjoying that nice new, H-U-G-E truck!
6) After this was said and done I was scheduled to have a tonsillectomy July 6th at 8:00 AM. So I was to be there at 6 AM that morning for pre-op procedures. Whew! Has it been a tough one- beginning to get better! Andrew has been so sweet even though I have been so ill due to the pain. He was so precious the other night when he brought me some beautiful flowers, his face was priceless. Nothing like being knocked out on Lortab, nauseated from pain medicine because you have NOTHING on your stomach from not being able to down anything and then throwing-up from 12 noon until 5 PM from over dosing on WATER for goodness sake! Lucky enough I was able to buy me a new LCD for my room before surgery.. So nothing like laying in bed and watching Discovery Health!
Along with this, my best friend: Adriann Gray called me soon after I was out of surgery and told me her father was killed in a car accident the night before. So after being sick all day yesterday, I made the attemt to get myself together and be there for her during her fathers wake. RIP "GRIP", you will be missed! The good times will never be forgotten.
So with all of this said, enjoy until next time. I am going to try and make it to Parkwoods softball game tonight. Stay in touch.
