So, over the weekend we headed down to my Dad’s house. When we walked in, my grandparents were sitting in the living room. They came in from California and surprised us! I love my grandparents!!! It’s so great to have grandparents who make the effort to come visit with us, and it sucks living 3,000 [...]
Posted on April 30th, 2009 by Hollie
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Yeah, still here. I just find myself so tired when I’m not working that I’d rather do other stuff. I do want to maintain our blog though. So, what have we been up to lately, you may ask?
Well, I took a part-time job at a local grocery store (Food Lion) to help us pay the [...]
Posted on April 17th, 2009 by Hollie
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On Saturday, Johnny, Roxie and I took a 7 mile round trip hike along the Appalachian Trail in Botetourt County just north of Roanoke. We chose it from a list of local hikes on roanoke.com. It was called the AT Baby Hike (as in it was just a small chunk of the entire 2,100 mile [...]
Posted on March 24th, 2009 by Hollie
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Well, I haven’t quite lost 100 pounds, but as of today I have officially lost 25 pounds since September! Woo-hoo! I’d say most of that probably comes from the few months before the holidays I spent focusing on healthy eating, then from the beginning of February up until now. It’s so exciting because not only [...]
Posted on March 23rd, 2009 by Hollie
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Posted on March 20th, 2009 by Hollie
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On St. Patrick’s Day, Johnny and I had the opportunity to babysit our beautiful niece Maya. I just wanted to share some pictures of our georgeous niece!
Posted on March 20th, 2009 by Johnny
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I’ve been tackling some of my goals, some on purpose and some as just a matter of coincidence. One of the bigger accomplishments I’ve made has been #6 of my 101 goals in 1,001 days - complete three rigorous hikes. A few weeks ago, along with our best friends Melissa, Jason and their son Skyler, [...]
Posted on March 20th, 2009 by Johnny
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Here’s a little laugh for your day…
We’ve never seen her make that face before. I quickly grabbed the camera and snapped a few photos. I think she knew we were laughing at her.
By the way, if you have any free time, stop by The Health Nut for a chance to win a Nalgene Water Bottle. [...]
Posted on March 4th, 2009 by Hollie
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Icicle, that is! Take a look at this sucker hanging off of our house!
And take a look at the view from our back porch. Beautiful!
Posted on March 3rd, 2009 by Hollie
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Yesterday, we woke up to a glorious world of white. Snow blanketed everything in sight, and it was so beautiful! So, I thought I would share with you our snowy morning in pictures!
Before Johnny went to work, I made us a nice hot breakfast of whole wheat yogurt pancakes, turkey sausage and bananas, complete with [...]
Posted on March 3rd, 2009 by Hollie
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