where has a year gone?

we haven't changed much in a year!

kyle and i have been married a year today!

i never thought a year would pass this fast!

it seems like it was just yesterday that we were at the church getting ready to get married! i remember waking up and i was exhausted but soo excited! it was pouring down rain! thank goodness, it completely stopped raining and the sun came out just a couple hours before the wedding!

it was the most amazing day! i remember trying to remember every detail, and it all went by so fast! i wouldn't trade anything about the day!

kyle, this has been a crazy year! starting in college station, you still in school, and me working. then moving to greenville, and we're both working, me nights. it has been a little hectic, but i love our life! i can't wait to see what's coming next!

i love you so much! i love living every day with you and i wouldn't trade it for anything! you make me so happy! thanks for loving me!

happy anniversary!

vacation!

i absolutely love going on vacations!! anywhere..i'm ready to go!

the coming home..not so much!!

we just got home monday after a week in fort walton, florida, with the whole jones and in laws crew! we had so much fun and it actually went very smooth for a vacation with 14 people, including 2 little kids, and a 5 week baby!

so we're back in the grind of working (lame).

when's the next vacation?

here are a couple pics, i'll post more later..

the whole crew! we took this on a timer, sitting on a lawn chair! impressive? i think so.

just us =)
happy trails!

bikers-r-us

I got off work on saturday morning, and was feeling energized so i wanted to do something fun. on my walk home, I saw that there was a garage sale just down the road, so i decided to hit it up. I tell jeffrey kyle I'm going so he won't worry. (haha..he's in a coma state at this point in the morning). and I head down to the garage sale.

Guess what is sitting right out front!?!?

Not just one bike, but TWO!!

A girl's and guy's! and in good condition! So i call kyle, which he appreciated, and asked him if he wanted me to get them..which he of course said yes. Only $10 each!! what a steal.

I had to run to the ATM to get some cash. my first time to use an ATM..haha..make fun..i know.

So I call Kyle again, which he appreciated again, and ask if he'll get up (on his sat morning) and help me get them home. he did -- he loves me.

I told him he could go back to sleep, but we wanted sweeties, then hit up a few more garage sales, went swimming, and took naps. what a great saturday!!

So back to the bikes. I have been wanting for us to have bikes. I loved bike riding as a kid and want to do it again! My dad even tried to fix up my old bike for me, but it was way past its glory days and didn't want to be fixed.

For the garage sale bikes, we just had to fix two flat tires and a little WD-40, and they're good to go!

I took it out on its first ride this morning when I got home from work, and it was great! Although exercising right before you go to bed is never a good thing. That's why it's 9 am and i'm still awake!! (and have to go back to work..bummer man).

So my bike. love it. kyle is beginning to love his. he'll catch on to the fever. and then we'll do a triathalon. this is the first step in the right direction.

On another very exciting side note...

I just work 2 more nights, then we are headed to Fort Walton BEACH!!!! the whole jones family crew is going! (minus ash, dan, and izzie =(..we'll miss yall)

So i'm off to sleep..hopefully! i'm still kinda pumped about the bike/beach combo though.

kyle's new found talent...

normally following "kyle's new found talent.." there would be some joke, or new bodily function he's discovered, but not this time. this time it's for real!

we were riding in the car one day, and kyle says "i would love to build a guitar. my dream job would be to build guitars and sell them."

so i reply, "well, why don't you just build a guitar then?"

he says, "you know, i think i will."

so the journey begins.

this just so happened to be about the same time i started working nights. so it was very convenient that kyle all of a sudden had a project to work on with his dad every night i worked.

here's the very beginning stages. pieces of black walnut and oak in the middle to start the body of the guitar.

much further down the road, we have the final shape. it just needs finishing and wiring. (and a few other details.)

the finished product...

drum roll please..

ta da!! i love it! isn't it pretty!? all hand made!

i believed in you all along, dear! but i'm not going to lie, it's much better than i even thought it would be!

so the obsession has begun, he's already on his second one!! who knows, maybe this will turn into a guitar selling blog!! haha..right..

Road Trip!

Heidi, Andrew, Dellie, and me all went on a road trip to see the newest member of our family, Isabella Kelso!

We had a lot of fun, but 9 hour drives with 2 kids 5 years and under is not something you want to do on a regular basis!
when we got there, we loved on the new baby! she is so sweet and content! just barely whines if she is upset! (hopefully it will continue like this!)
we had to have lots of activities to keep andrew and dellie entertained, so we went to the park one day, to the zoo another, on our last day there we went and looked at all the tanks on base, which andrew had been begging to do since we left the house thursday morning!

here are quite a few pictures to sum up the trip..

here they are looking all sweet and innocent in the back of a car. this is how they spent 1 of the 9 hours each way.
they dvd player is a gift from God! that is how they spent the other 8 hours of each trip!

heidi and i getting a little tired of the drive!

...in Kansas at last!

First meeting Izzie!!


the kids loved her!! especially andrew..he just wanted to keep holding her the whole time we were there! here they are reading her "pat the bunny" (my favorite children's book ever!)

andrew taking a break from loving on izzie, had to be an army man.

mom and izzie after izzie's first bath at home!

then off to the zoo..
ashleigh actually wanted to go just a few days after she delivered! the weather was beautiful (for kansas). both her and baby did great! here they are with the flamingos!

the sun was bother izzie's eyes =)

dellie pushing care bear (who was usually flipped out of the stroller and dragging the ground!) and andrew pushing izzie with much more caution than dellie.

brother and sister =)

mom is now the ammaw of three =)

the girls had matching tutus, so we of course had to take lots of picturesgirly cousins =)

dellie putting on a little show for the baby

how sweet is that face!?

dellie being calm for a split second!

THE END!

Izzie is Here!

Isabella Leigh Kelso is here!!
she was born april 27th at 3:40 pm.
7 lbs 2 oz!
and too cute =)

(this definitely warranted a post..maybe one day i'll get back to frequent blogging)

to hannah:

dear hannah.
here is the picture of our new car you have been requesting!
this is what i got for my birthday! love love love it!!