Long Weekends :)

I could really get used to these three-day weekends. Ours started with a basketball game Friday night, followed by dinner at Casa Grande (both accompanied by the Nelsons). Saturday, we spent more time with the Nelsons: I was scrapbooking all day with Erica, then a little hanging out at their house afterwards. Sunday, we went to church (the Nelsons were there)...and then lunch...and then more scrapbooking...and then more hanging out at their house. Pretty much a solid 48 hours (minus sleeping hours) with the Nelsons. Love it!

Today, Drew has basketball practice...and then a lacrosse meeting. I'm thinking I'm going to organize a bit...but who knows! I've been inspired lately while reading random blogs. There are some really crafty, organized women out there! I just wish I had more space to organize!!!

I'm going to start by organizing all of these recipes that I've cut out of my Southern Living magazines...now, where did I put those sheet protectors?!?

Happy New Year!

Well, 2009 ended and we brought 2010 in with a bang. It feels like we've been going non-stop since it started. Lucky for you, one of my resolutions was to keep up with this blog on a more regular basis. (We'll see how long that one lasts!)

Let's see...so much to say, and so little time. The biggest excitement currently: our puppy, Bella. She is 5 months old today! The above picture was taken shortly after we got her. Now, she's

almost 30 pounds!

She's quite spoiled, obviously. Who could resist that sweet face?!?

We hosted our second annual Tacky Christmas Sweater Party the weekend before Christmas. Fun, fun, fun.

Unfortunately, you cannot see the front of my sweater. It had a skiier on it. Lovely. Drew wore a hand-knitted poinsettia print women's sweater. He definitely had a winner! While mine was not nearly as "tacky" --- it was just downright UGLY.

We spent the holidays here at home. We had the Nelsons over for Christmas Eve dinner and spent Christmas morning at our house. Then, we went to the Nelsons for Christmas dinner. It was the beginning of great traditions to come! We, once again, spoiled each other and had a wonderful day. Two days after Christmas, we left to go to Maryland. It was another whirl-wind trip, but we enjoyed seeing all of our family and spending time with good friends.

So, here we are at the start of a new year... what does this year have in store for the Suari? Let's see:

3 weddings (so far)

a cross-country road trip (if we can be diligent about saving our money!)

lots of babies born to close friends (that we get to love on and help spoil)

the inaugural lacrosse team at A.L. Brown that Drew will be coaching (go wonders!)

our quarter-century birthdays (yikes!)

our second anniversary...2 years? It feels like it's been 5! in a good way ;)

And, I'm sure there will be much more as the year goes on. We're looking forward to it and can't wait to see what comes our way!

SNOW DAY!

The groundhog saw his shadow this year...and returned to his hole. 6 more weeks of winter. BOO. (Or so I thought...until I found snow on the 2nd of March!)

Really, Drew and I are just two big kids. I could hardly contain myself when I found more than a "dusting" of snow on the ground Monday morning! So, after making a delicious breakfast casserole and popping it in the oven, I suited up and headed out to play in the snow.

Here's the extent of our snow day:

Our house...covered in snow!

Big Foot? I think not! Just my tiny foot prints in the snow...

I'm really good at snow angels!

We even made a snowman. He had a carrot nose, two rocks for eyes...and bottle tops for buttons!

Meet Sergio --- our snowman. :)

I don't know that I've ever seen this much snow in my 23 years of life. (and this was only a whopping 4 inches!) I even learned how to make a snowman - thanks to Drew!

Who would've thought that they'd be calling for 70-degree weather just 4 days later?!? Gotta love North Carolina...

GO BOBCATS!

Lucky me --- I won two tickets to the Charlotte Bobcats game on Tuesday night. I knew they were good tickets, but I had NO IDEA what was in store for us!

We get to the game and realize that our seats are on the club level...not just the club level...but they're the first row. So, we pretty much sat on the court. (WOW!) And, along with these fabulous seats, came FABULOUS perks - such as "Back Court" passes... which entitled us to get complimentary food and beverages and we even got to see the team come out of the locker room. Pretty sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, huh? (Drew definitely took advantage of the unlimited Bud Light!)

We were so close - I felt like we could spit on the players. It was A-MAY-ZING!

Speaking of amazing, I also got the see this pretty amazing, former Tarheel, Sean May:

He didn't play...but that was to my benefit! On his way out of the locker room after halftime, I stopped him to take a picture. (Maybe I should rephrase that...I pretty much mauled the girl in front of me to try to get a picture!) I hand the camera to a nice gentleman at the program stand and ask him to please take our picture. And...well, he pressed the power button instead of the shutter button. Needless to say, before I could realize that I didn't have a picture - Sean was gone. However, I can say that I got to touch him --- and he put his arm around me! :) *dreamy*

This guy spent the whole game right here in this same spot --- doing this exact thing. While I am glad to see that he FINALLY cut his hair...Adam Morrison is not all he's cracked up to be. OBVIOUSLY.

I'm pretty sure I could smell Raymond Felton's Right Guard at this point. Do you think I even cared? :)

Oh, and we also saw this couple get engaged on the court! The girl was blind-folded and she was told that she had to listen to the crowd to find her boyfriend in a chair with 2 tickets to the next game and an autographed ball from the team. Well, when she finally found him - he was on one knee with a ring in his hand... really cool!

Drew thought I was silly for taking a picture of the Lady Cats --- but they were pretty entertaining. Drew pointed out that the one on the left didn't look like she worked out enough because her butt jiggled the most. Hahahaha...

Final Score: 80 to 72 Bobcats! I think even if they had lost, it would've been the experience of a lifetime. WOO HOO for great tickets and a great game!

It's better in a sweater!

Drew and I hosted our first annual "Tacky Christmas Sweater Party" this past Saturday. Here are a few pictures of our tacky attire. :) What a fun night with great friends!
**Please notice the geese on the front of my sweater vest. I thought I had it in the bag to win our competition. Until this guy showed up...

Steve and Nikki - dressed to impress!

Steve won the "trophy" for the tackiest sweater - and I think you can see why. I guess we're all going to have to up the stakes for next year.

Note to self: Never leave these two alone.

Christmas with the Suari

After spending Thanksgiving in Texas, we finally got our Christmas tree up a few weekends ago. We had planned to drive to Ashe County to find our very own special tree, but never were able to find the time. Luckily, we inherited an artificial tree (my PaPa is frowning, I know) from my parents and were able to get it up and decorated.

Little did we know that about the time we had all the ornaments and lights on it, with the bow on top --- it would fall over!

Drew spent a lot of time under the tree (with the cats, of course!) trying to rig the stand. We had hoped to be able to level out the tree with a stack of books, but that proved to be a bad idea.

Monday afternoon, I came home to this:

That's when we decided to just go buy a new tree stand. (Why didn't we think of this earlier?) So, when it was all said and done - we had invested $7 in a new tree stand, lost 4 ornaments (which were broken in the falling), and almost taken the holiday cheer out of our holidays. Key word: almost.

Now, our tree is up and decorated, the stockings are hung, we have a fire burning...all we need is Christmas break!

Wedding Video!

We just got our wedding video. I think I've watched it about 8 times in a row. The day still brings tears to my eyes --- it was truly beautiful, absolutely wonderful, and I could not have possibly been happier. It was the BEST day of my life, without a doubt!

Here's the link to the video: http://www.blog.lifestagevideography.com/

Hope you enjoy watching as much as we do. :)