It's too quiet around here now...

Yesterday afternoon I said my farewells to Sayre's mom & dad. They had been here visiting us for a little over a week and we had such a wonderful time with them! Although I started work on their first day here, I was fortunate enough to be able to just work for half-days while they were here so that I could play with them in the afternoon :) It was perfect! I think it's safe to say, that the unanimous vote for the favorite activity of the week was our Segway tour on the beach. If you know Sayre and I fairly well, then you know how much we love technology and the joys we get from playing around with techie geek toys. We were just so happy that they enjoyed riding on the Segways as much as we did!

When they left, Sayre also took off for just a few days on his ship for some training exercises (I think... I'm never entirely certain of just exactly what they do on that ship). Things around here are just too quiet now! Who wants to visit us next? :)

Being able to spend some time with our families as they have come to visit us these past few weeks has reminded me of how truly blessed we are to have such amazing people in our lives. We are constantly surrounded by the love and support they all share with us, whether they are near or far away. Looking back on the past few years, I'm still baffled by how God brought us together, but there's no question that He did. We're just so lucky that He equipped us with such wonderful families that continue to love us and support us as we continue on this new journey of marriage.

Cookie Monster

 There seems to be an epidimic going on in my apartment. Cookies are disappearing left and right! It's a tragedy, I tell you!! But, fear not... I think I may have just gotten to the root of the problem. You see, there's someone else lurking around here. Someone who has an affinity for all things sweet. Someone who claims that I no longer bake things just for him now that we're married like I once did when we were dating. The married life can be so rough on a guy sometimes. ;)

The Gauthier Girls

This past week Sayre and I had the pleasure of hosting my mom, Aunt Debra, & Aunt Gayle here in Jacksonville. They decided to swing on over here and visit for a few days while I still had some time to play before starting my job next week :) We had a blast!

I tried to show them the sights and sounds of Jax that we've discovered so far like the Town Center, Jax Beach, the Mayport Naval Base, Talbot Island, and St. Augustine. It was so nice to just have them here to spend some time with all of them. Probably one of the best new discoveries that we made while they were here was a huge outlet mall near my new job! Oooh it's glorious :) They have so many shops and so many great prices... just the right combination for us girls. We had a great time shopping and seeing the sights. Unfortunately, Sayre had to work and didn't get to spend as much time playing around town with us as he would have liked, but in the evenings we all enjoyed dinner together and spent some time just visitng in the living room. I'm so glad they had a chance to come here before my new job starts! They left this morning, so now I'm getting some domestic-y things done before Sayre's parents come to visit us for a week starting Wednesday :)

LOSSSSSST

Just over a year ago, when Sayre and I were visiting Alaska for Christmas in 2008, we were introduced to the world of LOST. In case you've been living under a rock for the past 6 years, it's a widely popular television show about a bunch of people that crashed onto an island... but, really, it's sooooo much more than that. Anyway, during our 2 week visit that Christmas, we watched almost the entire first season. After that, we were hooked and officially became "LOSTies" allowing the show to consume us as we proceeded to watch seasons 1 through 5 within a year in order to prepare ourselves for the final 6th season, which just so happened to begin last night! To celebrate such an exciting occaison, I cooked up a delicious recipe for Cajun Pasta that I found on The Pioneer Woman's website. She made hers with chicken, but I made mine with ground beef instead. Sayre and I both loved this recipe! I also made some little cupcakes for dessert :) I was planning on something much more elaborate and LOST-related; however, since it was just the two of us and we didn't have a LOST party, I decided to just make some simple cupcakes, and then later proceeded to have a photoshoot with them :)