Exciting News for Our Little Family!

Lets just get right to it...in the beginning of July sometime there's going to be a new little member of the Malloy crew! Chris and I are so excited to tell everyone that doesn't already know! We'll be updating the blog with pics and such so make sure you stay tuned if you're interested! :)

Predictions...BOY OR GIRL?

1 Year Anniversary!!

Well, we made it through our first year as husband and wife and its been amazing! I can't believe its already been a year! To celebrate, we spent the weekend in Abilene for McMurry's homecoming. It was great to see my old town, school, and friends. We both took Friday off and left for the 3 hour drive into west Texas. I noticed though, driving WITH somebody for the drive isn't near as bad as driving it alone as I did for the 4 years I went there.

We arrived and ate at Rosa's...tradition, I suppose. Then we went to the musical and bonfire. It was fun, but just wasn't the same. I know you're saying, "I told you it'd never be the same"...I just never wanted to believe it. First of all, it made me feel real old! Second of all, I wish some more of my friends had gone so it'd be a little more like old times. But all in all, I enjoyed walking around tipi village with the bonfire going. We just didn't stay near as long as we used to :)

Saturday we went to lunch with some of Chris' friends that were in town. I never realized how much of Abilene I DIDN'T see when I was there. They wanted to eat at a restaurant on the north side of town...McMurry was on the south side. That drive wasn't so good as we got lost at least 3 times. But, we found it, AND I learned some new things about the north side. I guess its better late than never. After lunch, I took Chris to campus and we walked around a bit so we could see the new additions they've worked on. I went to the football game to watch McMurry STOMP TLU 63 to 14. If you know anything about McMurry football, you know this was awesome for 2 reasons. 1- we actually won homecoming! 2- we beat a team that bad. When I was there, we were the ones getting slammed and losing by 40 points. Way to go McMurry! After the game, it was back to the hotel to get ready for our date night. We exchanged anniversary gifts too. I got Chris an engraved clock with a picture frame for his desk. He got me diamonds!!! Diamond earrings to be exact and they are beautiful! We went to Albany to the Beehive, which is a famous steakhouse out there. Chris' friend, Stepon, and his family own the place. The steak was AMAZING...like crazy good, eat-till-you-are-sick steak! Chris even had arranged for them to get me flowers at dinner! I'm so lucky to have such a thoughtful husband! After the Beehive, we went to Guitars, of course, to go dancing. We danced and had a great time!

Sunday we got up, after a late night it was hard to do! Went to HEB to get some jelly you can only get there, and then drove home. We made it home is 2hrs and 45mins which is amazing time. Overall it was an awesome weekend! Here's a few pics of the weekend!

Back to Work, Back to Life...

Its that time of year again...back to reality for us. School, well, at least our staff development, has started. Next week we'll get the kids. So far the year has started off great! Only thing to complain about is getting up super early again! I don't really know if I will ever get used to it though, I'm not a morning person! :)

During one of my meetings this week I got to meet Coach Nancy Lieberman!! ANNND I got a picture with her. Awesomeness! I'll post that soon!

We got to end our summer with a few trips to the lake (thanks David) and going out this weekend for Greg's birthday. Also, Jenn came into town to hang out with me which was fun! I miss seeing my McM friends!! Mom had surgery last Wednesday. That wasn't too fun, but all is good now with her. Life is great right now, can't complain!

Dog Sitting

Last week was a first for our little family! We had a visitor spend the week with us...my mom's Chihuahua, Zoe. We dog sat for my parents while they went on vacation to Ruidoso, NM. For those of you who don't know, we have a sweet Pit Bull named Gunter. Zoe has visited on occasion with my mom and tends to bark only at our house...AT Gunter. We didn't know how they'd get along for an extended period of time, but after getting used to each other...they settled down and became friends. It was fun! She's a sweet puppy and we miss her!

YEAH!!! It is FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We finally finished the storage shed. All there is left to do is secure it. We haven't decided whether to use a latch/lock or a handle with lock. Anyway, our neighbor, Neal, came over to help Chris paint it. It's finally done and now we can move stuff into it. Here is the finished product.

The shed is caulked and painted!

Here is the shed painted and caulked before the accent color is added.

Almost Done!

All there is left to do is trim the shingles and paint it and we'll be done. Our neighbor is a professional painter and has volunteered to paint it for us :) Here is a picture of it as of right now.

Stephanie

To all of you who know my sis...she's in Ethiopia right now for the next week and a half on a mission trip with The Village Church. Please pray for her and her team as they travel and put on a sports camp to minister to the people over there. I can't believe its been 2 years since I went to Africa! Definitely a life changing experience for me- and something I'll never forget. A little reminiscing never hurt anybody :)

3 weeks of freedom...

Only 3 weeks (since I'm already counting this week as finished) until school starts. Ugh...where has the summer gone? I feel like its actually been a while since we got out in June, but I'm just not ready for the summer to be over yet. This week is Chris' last week of summer school so we'll have 3 weeks off together! We are trying to plan a little getaway...maybe to a secluded cabin for some fishing, or maybe just to the Gaylord for a relaxing night out. Not sure which yet, but either way, I'm excited for a little vaca.

Another storage shed update: The shingles are up, the doors are on. Many thanks to Thomas for helping. Now all thats left is putting the trim on to make it pretty and painting it.



The roof all finished (minus some trimming of the shingles)


We finally got smart and borrowed my mom's pop-up tent. Life-saver!


Progress up to tonight: Notice, there's no hole there anymore because the doors are on now. Excuse the bad picture, too much stuff in the way! I'm ready for all that to be put INSIDE the shed :)

Storage Shed Update

Chris and Thomas worked on the shed today for a little bit and Chris wanted me to post a picture of what they accomplished. They mainly worked on the metal drip edge of the roof, fascia, and some trim so that it will be ready to shingle tomorrow. Yipee!

New Additions

We have a few new additions. The first and most exciting is Chris got a new truck! He sold his Lightning and got a bigger, newer truck...and he loves it! Its an '08 Dodge Ram with a Hemi! It even has step bars for me so I can get in it! Perfect for us! :)





Next, while Chris has been out working on our storage shed, I've been in the front trying to fix up our flower beds. Our next new addition is landscaping lights! And I installed them all by myself. I also put out new mulch, and added planters with flowers next to the front door. Here's a few pics to enjoy! :)

Storage Shed- part II

So the storage shed is moving along. On Tuesday night, we watched the news and it said its supposed to rain all week so Chris decided he needed to get the roof up before the rain came. Thomas thankfully came over to help and they got the plywood up over the trusses and the tar paper on, which evidently makes it pretty waterproof. They finished around 2:30am! I am uber surprised they didn't get called in for a noise complaint! Chris was using an air nailer to nail everything which sounded more like a shotgun and at 2:30 in the morning...yikes! I still can't believe the police never came. The rain the next few days is going to put a pause on the progress which is good for me so Chris can come in and help with the cleaning of the closets. YAY! :)


Here's the shed with the roof. There's a tarp hanging where the door will be to keep the rain out.

Our First Post

Our first post! I have to get used to using this and get the design the exact way I want and then we'll be all set! Right now the main drama in our lives is Chris is building us a storage shed in the backyard. We really need the extra space! We have a 2 car garage and we have 2 cars in there, so that equals no space for anything else! Also, I have decided to clean out all our closets over the past few weeks and now the house is filled with things that I've taken out but there's no where to put them...so...hence the storage shed. Its been great having help from our family and friends...Chris C., Rick, Jarrod, Dad...thank you! However, when there's no one here to help and Chris wants to work on it, guess who gets to help? ME! No bueno! We've got the walls up finally, that took all day yesterday. Next is the roof. I can't wait till its done. Here's a few pics of the progress!