The past 10 years...

Warning... LONG post, but full of lots of pictures!

2000...
Aaron and I rung in the new year as a couple for the first time.
We had been dating for 4 months.
Here's a picture of us at our first prom :)


2001...
Aaron and I went to our 2nd prom.
He graduated that June and went on to study Mechanical Engineering at Purdue.


I went to my first concert in true style... :)
Don't judge us for our awesomeness!
And yes, I still know every word to every song on the No Strings Attached CD.


2002...
Our final prom together.
I graduated in June and decided Purdue seemed like a nice school.
I also went on a road trip with Aaron and his parents. We headed to Amarillo, TX to visit some of his family. That was my first trip to the giant state, and I definitely didn't leave thinking I could live there one day!
At Purdue, I majored in Elementary Education and was very much looking forward to having my boyfriend and best friend in the same town!





At the Big Texas Restaurant.

2003...
Aaron and I came back to LaPorte for the summer and spent a lot of time at the beach!



I moved into my first apartment with a great group of girls.
Had many, many naps on the coma couch.


2004...
Typical college life... Both of us moved into new apartments once again.
That summer, Aaron tried to do a lot of water skiing.
He stopped when shortly after this picture was taken we ended up in the emergency room, and Aaron left with 4 bright and shiny staples in his head!



2005...
Big year!
Got engaged.


Got married!



Funny story... Aaron and I worked really, really hard to paint that background on the church wall so that we could have a true winter themed wedding.
Or, the church decided a few weeks before the wedding to do a "Chronicles of Narnia" theme.
You can imagine my excitement when I saw it for the first time!
The running joke was that there would be a mechanical lion that would pop out when we said "I do."

And of course, went on our honeymoon! We went to San Jose del Cabo...


2006...
We were very thankful we each only had 1 semester left of college.
Aaron was now going to graduate in Civil Engineering.
I was student teaching in the most adorable Kindergarten class.

We decided to grow our little family a little bit...


We graduated on a very cold Saturday in May.
Loaded all our newlywed belongings into a Uhaul and headed to Austin that Monday.
We then became "Texans".

We visited the Alamo to learn some Texas history.

We had our awesome group of friends come visit us in our new place.


We had been going to the Austin Stone Community Church and were loving it.
That fall we took a class for "newly/nearly" wed couples.
We didn't realize God was using this class to grow our marriage, as well as give us an awesome group of friends!

2007...
We bought our first house!


Aaron quickly started fixing it up


Now that we had a yard, we decided Molly needed a friend.

Meet Cooper P. Williams Scott Jr. III

2008...
Biggest thing of the year was our trip to Italy.


2009...
Started the year off by visiting Peter out in California.

Traveled to the Texas coast for a sand castle competition

And then I pretty much started blogging, so you know the rest!

Wow, lots of pictures I know.
But looking at the past 10 years in photos is the best way to remember it.

Stay tuned for the next years of fun!

Not to brag or anything...

But you are looking at Stone Oak subdivision's 2009 Christmas light winners!

Way to go husband!

(since I had absolutely nothing to with putting them up... other then making sure he didn't fall down!)

The other day, Aaron was getting out of his truck and he had a nice conversation with another woman in our neighborhood:

Woman-Do you live here?

Aaron-Yes.

Woman-I just love your Christmas lights!

Aaron-Thank you.

Woman-I just think they are so beautiful. It makes my day seeing them when I drive past your house. It almost makes me want to cry thinking they'll be coming down soon.

Aaron-It makes me want to cry too!

What sweet neighbors we have :)

New Years Visitor

Yes, yes... I'm actually blogging within a week of my last post.
I'm off work for 1 more day, and figured I'd better try and do this now!

Aaron's college roommate Will came in from Atlanta to spend New Years with us.
We hadn't seen him since quick lunch in Indiana this past summer.
But you see, Will is very lucky.
He works for Delta.
He makes me question why I don't work for an airline.
He's able to travel cheaply all the time, which leave Aaron and I very jealous.

We'd been trying to get him here for quite some time, and it finally worked out!
He got in New Years Eve, but we began an early celebration with the Allisons.
Brad, Rachael, Aaron and I enjoyed our last meal of 2009 the way everyone should....
stuffing ourselves FULL of Chuy's *free* nachos.
Yes. Free.
How have we lived in Austin for almost 4 years, eaten at Chuy's 1000 time, and never knew that happy hour meant self-serve nachos?!
We knew about the chips and salsa at the bar, but not everything else they have to offer.

So, after our amazing waitress gave us a free chicken quesadilla, we decided our actual table wasn't needed, and we would just order a la carte at our bar table.
Cheapest meal ever.
Did I feel fabulous afterwards?
Not so much.... But it was enjoyable in the moment.

Then, Will go in so Aaron and Brad picked him up.
Rach and I started watching 17 Again but haven't gotten to finish it yet.
We all rung in the New Year just talking and hanging out.

New Years day we took Will downtown and around The Domain (outdoor shopping area).
The real highlight was dinner at Salt Lick.
Will said he was bringing people with him next time to try the famous bbq.
We worked off all the wonderful food by playing Rock Band.

Today, we just hung out, which was nice.
We did try out the 620 Cafe, which was full of deep-fried goodness.
Don't think less of us by what we eat...
This post seems to be full of the healthiest of food choices.
Pictures to follow!
Maybe this is why I feel the need to join a gym this year...

Pictures!

Aaron and Will

I have been wanting to take this picture for a long time :)

The before dinner shot

Photo taken with smokey goodness!

Chicken Fried.... bacon. It might have been delicious.

Can I just say that as I type this, my techy husband is turning lights in our off and on by using the computer!? His electrical knowledge astounds me!