Wow--It's Been Awhile!

How in the world did I let so much time go by without blogging? Oh, I know. Life has been crazy. The last couple months have thrown some wrenches at us from all sorts of angles. From events in the lives of our friends, from health stuff in our lives and in our families lives, to trips, buying new motorcycles and just cramming as much fun stuff in as we can! As the year comes to an end I find that we are both looking forward to a new year hopefully filled with tons of great memories!

The most exciting thing in my life the last two weeks has been getting my motorcycle license and my first motorcycle! I know you're probably wondering what in this world sparked this interest...well, I had been riding as a passenger on John's bike and like most things--I'd rather be in control of the situation (come to find it's also much safer). I took a two day safety class and discovered in those two days that I do love riding and that I wanted to get on the road as soon as I could. So I finished the safety class with my  motorcycle license on Sunday and bought my bike on a Tuesday and I LOVE it. I've been practicing alot on side streets and in general traffic just hoping to improve my skills and comfort--all in due time :) Let me just say that John is pretty excited that his wife has a bike! 

MEEEEOOOW!

 I've really decided that in the next year of our lives we need to do as much fun stuff as possible. Why do I say this? Oh because so many people tell me that they lost their life when they had kids--so with that, I'm going to cram in as much fun stuff possible in the next year. I hope to hit the slopes as much as possible this winter, ride my motorcycle as much as I can without having to worry about being the mother to a child, and hopefully we can go on some fun long weekends to see all the great parts of Colorado we have yet to see. We've also put a deposit down to go back to Jamaica in April---we are THRILLED about this!! 

This is the resort we'll be going to in Negril :)

My Mom and Diddy will be here for Christmas in just a little over a month--now THIS, is very exciting!!! It's hard being away from all our family in New England--but moments when family/friends are here is always so special to us. We love sharing our lives with those that love us! Speaking of Christmas--it's been nearly 70 degree's out still but I've been itching to decorate for Christmas--it's too early, I know. I've just been finding such adorable decorations!

In addition to family--we have some friends with some pretty exciting stuff going on! Our great friends Matt and Amy got ENGAGED which is AMAZING news! It warms my heart so much to see people we love so happy--does it get any better? I have some other friends heading down the marriage road and it's so exciting! I was telling John last night that I never thought I'd be the first person of  my friends to be married and now watching everyone else go through the process. But, I  must say it's pretty fun! I'm pretty partial to how we did our wedding but it's fun to see everyone else's perfect wedding! I just realized that I never posted about my best friend Hally's wedding--it clearly deserves some mentioning! Hally and Scott got married October 5th and it was the most beautiful/perfect wedding for such an amazing couple. The style of the wedding fit these two to a T! Hally and Scott--we are SO happy for you two and for the future you guys will have together!

Mostly my reflections lately have been on how truly lucky I am to have this life I live. I know everyone is doing the "the thirty days of what i'm grateful for" which I kind of think is silly because we really should reflect everyday on things we're grateful for not just for 30 days in November. Waking up everyday is  blessing and to have everything and everyone I have in my life is so incredibly amazing. I've worked hard for the things I have in my life but no amount of work could surround me with better people than I already have in my life. 

On that note--I hope everyone is doing well:) As we go into the holiday season I hope we can leave that stress that comes with holidays and focus more on spending time with those we love!