Diary by Uley

Hi everyone!

Mom & Dad were really mean for me for a long time. First they moved out all of my stuff and took it away, then they made me sit in the car for FOREVER - literally!!
When we finally got out of the car I had 3 new playmates and it was awesome! I had a big house to run around and dogs to play with and big couches to snuggle on, it was the best.
THEN they put me in the car AGAIN FOR LONGER THAN FOREVER! It was torture, I almost called  SPCA

but then the most amazing thing happened, they brought me here and there is squirrels and ducks and birds and bugs and GRASS! I LOVE IT HERE! I'm never leaving here ever, I don't care what they say!

Mom and dad have been doing some sneaky business and talking a lot about stuff that sounds important like....


SQUIRREL!
BYE!

Gotta get them bugs!

Whatttt??? I wasn't doing anything!

Happiness

With the wonderful changes that have been happening, it's hard to limit what makes me happy these days, but here's my top 10...

1. The beautiful ring on my finger that signifies I will some day soon marry Jay!

2. The green that surrounds us in our new home

3. Seeing Uley chase all the new squirrels (even if he pulls my arm off doing so)

4. The smell of rain inside and hearing it all afternoon (a rarity in AZ)

5. Being called a "future in-law"

6. All of the ripe fruit that's hitting the stands

7. Pictures of Uley and his best buddy at my mom's house

8. Driving around Raleigh, trying to be a local

9. The beautiful sunrise

10. Seeing all the baby ducks, geese, and turtles swimming in the lake

xoxo

It's been a long couple of weeks. Since Jay proposed to me we've been preparing and actually moving across the country for the summer! It's been a long 3 weeks of packing, graduation, putting all of our stuff in storage, driving 3 days to Raleigh, North Carolina, and making this new place our temporary summer home!

We had a great time having both of our moms and my grandma come visit us for Jay's graduation and helping us move into storage. We love being able to see them all that we can and hope one day we'll all be close to each other! We didn't do much because we were ultimately busy, but it's nice being able to see and talk to family again and have them right there with us.

There's almost nothing we don't love about it NC! It's beautiful and cool and relaxing and I know it's going to be difficult to get us to all head back to Arizona for another year. Even Uley loves it! He gets to roll in the grass, chase squirrels, and it's nowhere NEAR as hot as AZ.

Our apartment is right on Lake Lynn and so far we think we're in a really good spot! Its easy access to everything we need and Jay's internship, lots of trails near us, a local dog park, we've even scoped out the houses and they're REALLY NICE! Like I said - WE LOVE IT HERE!

Jay on his first day of his internship!!

In other news we've started Insanity (again) and it's only day 2 and I'm exhausted. It'll pay off all in all though and I've noticed it's so much easier this time around now that I'm more in shape (although it's NEVER easy - don't let me fool you).

We've also (sorta) decided on a wedding date time! We're hoping for a 2013 winter wedding! It'll be about a 20 month engagement, which gives us plenty of time for everything considering we'll be graduating, moving across the country for good, and starting jobs and graduate school (Jay and I respectively). We've also got family graduations to attend, places to visit in AZ before we leave for good, a big birthday(!!), and all the routine events of wedding planning and etc. I'm so excited for the rest of the year and upcoming year.