Anniversary, Engagement, Birthday, Wedding, and then a Storm! :)

Hello Everyone!  I cannot believe that June is almost over!  My half year resolution is to become better about blogging and keeping everyone up to date on The Rindones!  Since I last blogged several fun things have happened:

We had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend celebrating our ONE YEAR anniversary.  We went to the Animal Kingdom Villas and enjoyed lots of good meals, animal watching, EPCOT, and some pool time, thanks to Bonnie and Richard!  It was a nice weekend away for us. Mom was nice enough to ship down the top of our wedding cake from NC, and so on our actual anniversary (Monday) we opened up a nice bottle of champagne and enjoyed eating what was still surprisingly good cake!! Shout out to Delicious Bakery in Greensboro! YUMMY after even a year and lots of traveling to get to us! June has proven to be an exciting wedding month too.... We have made so many wonderful friends and couple friends since moving to Tampa and we feel so blessed to be able to share in some of their exciting times.  Two weeks ago my friend Mary and her then boyfriend Chris got engaged, and Ryan and I got to go out with them that evening and celebrate! We then had the pleasure that next weekend of watching two of our great friends, Britt and Tye, get married.  Ryan was a groomsman in their wedding and we enjoyed all of the weekend festivities at The Vinoy and the Museum of Art in St. Pete.  In addition to all of that excitement, Momma Gwen came to Tampa to visit for her birthday, and we enjoyed treating her to Berns for her birthday! She of course loved it!  Ryan was in Texas this past week for work, so I enjoyed taking mom around to the beach and showing her more about Tampa.  We had fun bonding over girl time.  Morgan Dog was so sad to see his grandma leave, but it was a great visit! 

So that is what we have been up to recently. Hurricane Season has now started with this beautiful tropical storm here in Tampa, so Ryan, Morgan Dog, and I are staying in and enjoying some family time.  I am really hoping we do not have a hurricane.  We are doing fine right now, but not to worry, Ryan has stocked up on rice and some other yummy things along with matches and some sort of light that is "neat" and will help if we lose power.  Leave it to my manly husband to think of all of these great things.

Look forward to filling you all in again soon.... It really will be soon!! :)

We're Back!

I know, I have not updated our blog in quite a while, BUT I promise to be better about it now that I am done with Relays for the year. I ended with a great event in Lutz this past weekend! I am still trying to recover from lack of sleep, but naps are helping!  Ryan has been working hard recently too.  He has been given some additional responsibilities at work that are keeping him very busy, but he is still enjoying what he is doing. In eight short days we will be celebrating our One Year Anniversary!  I cannot believe it has been a year.  We feel so blessed to be married and starting our lives together and every day gets better and better.  Ryan has planned a special long weekend trip for Memorial Day Weekend to celebrate our one year, so look for some details and pictures soon. :) In other news, we are enjoying our house and Morgan Dog is a happy puppy, making friends with the squirrels and lizards outside and running around the yard.  I was also recently appointed to the Junior League Fundraising Committee, so I am super excited about starting that up soon.  It is going to be a relaxing and wonderful summer and I cannot wait to see what is in store for The Rindones! Wedding Season has started and I cannot wait to see some of our close family and friends get married! Bye for now! :)

It's Almost April!

I cannot believe that it is almost April.  Time just keeps flying by for The Rindone's here in Tampa!  Ryan is getting back today from having been in Raleigh for the past three days on business.  To say I am a little jealous is an understatement.  He has enjoyed staying with and seeing a lot of our friends and frequented some of our favorite spots (Porters for shrimp and grits, Cafe Caturra, 42nd St Oyster Bar, and Flying Saucer) just to name a few.  We are both so excited to go back to NC this summer for some great weddings of our family and friends! I am gearing up for Relay Season with my first two relay's in 2 weeks! Oh goodness!! Luckily, I have a wonderful husband to be by my side! I am so excited that my parents are coming to visit in one short week! YAY!  I have missed them so much and it will be awesome to be able to spend time with them and also for them to visit with Ryan's Florida Family, which has become an extension of The Varsamis Family over the last year or so....! The house is coming along.... I think it'll be after Relay before it's 99% complete, but it's a work in progress! Morgan Dog is doing well.  He is excited to see Grandma and Grandpa, and he will enjoy his walks with them by the water.  He has been nursing his Mommy back to health this week while Dad has been gone.  I have had terrible allergies, and I can attribute that to my first spring here in our beautiful city of Tampa. Hopefully my body will become immune before next year!  Well, those are all the updates for now, but I promise to post more soon! :)

Crazy Beautiful Life

I am still trying to get better about updating everyone, but we have just been so busy. We are settling into our new house nicely and slowly but surely getting everything set up.  I am looking forward to having a party in June after all of my Relays are done and I have some time to get things finished! We have enjoyed being out boating and at the beach enjoying all of this nice weather. We enjoyed having Morgan and Andrew come visit us in Tampa.  We miss all of our close friends back in NC, so we always welcome house guests!  I have also enjoyed being closer to my Tampa girlfriends, and being able to see them more regularly. Most recently, we have been enjoying the NCAA tournament! GO PACK!! We are so excited to watch our boys in the Sweet Sixteen!!  Morgan Dog is loving his new domain, and he enjoys chasing little critters outside and parking on the deck to "guard" mom and dad from the squirrels. Our little family of 2.5 is doing really well, and we are so excited to see both sides of our family soon and also for some fun weddings this summer that will bring us home to NC a couple of times! More updates soon! :)

Welcome to South Tampa

We moved into our very first house together on Monday! This is so exciting for us, but it is taking some time to get everything sorted and put in the right place..... It's a work in progress! We love our neighborhood.  We see the kids walking to and from the elementary school down the street every morning and afternoon, our mail man knows us by name, and Morgan Dog has even met a friend next door.... We are living the suburban life a couple of blocks away from the Tampa Bay.  We are loving it!  This was also our first married Valentine's Day, and it was a special one in our new home.  Ryan got me 26 roses for "all of the years I have been wonderful", and took me to one of our favorite places Berns!  It was a great time. I am excited to have the long weekend to do some house unpacking and decorating, so stay tuned for more updates!

Catching up with the Rindones

Oh wow! January has flown by..... Between working hard, packing up to move, and socializing Ryan and I have barely stopped!! I will get better about updates once we move!  Which brings me to my next piece of exciting news: WE ARE MOVING TO SOUTH TAMPA! As of February we will be living in our first house in Palma Ceia (South Tampa) within walking distance to the Tampa Bay.  We feel so fortunate and we are so excited to get down to South Tampa and be close to all of our friends here and all of the fun places we frequent. I will update you all on more details soon with regard to the house! We are also prepping for our first Gasparilla here in Tampa.  I am so excited to go to some great parties in some beautiful homes on the Bay and watch the pirates invade Tampa! I will take pictures and share the fun with you all!  Tonight we are getting ready for the BIG game, GO PACK!! Nothing more to report, except almost 8 months of marriage and loving everyday together!! Catch you all up again soon! :)

Merry Christmas and Happy 2012!

Hi y'all! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year! The Rindones certainly did! For Christmas I got Ryan tons of stuff for his wardrobe and he surprised me with an iPad (which I'm using to write this blog) and the accessories for it! My husband is the best, and I'm so thankful he knows me so well. I was surprised to say the least, and I've been loving getting to know my iPad and learning how to use it! I hope to master my iPad and iPhone soon. I also got Tory Burch flats and a Michael Kors watch and several other things, so Santa was good this year! But the best present of all was getting to come home to North Carolina! We started off in Shelby with Ryan's family, and it was nice to be there with them and also get to see my best friend Heather and her husband Jimmy! We then made our way to Greensboro on Christmas Eve. I got to see all of my Greek aunts and enjoyed getting to visit with them! Then, we headed to Kenansville, where I got to meet the newest addition to our family, Andrew Bond Wilson and visit with my family. Finally our last stop was Wilmington to see all of the Bellamys! It was an awesome holiday for us and Ryan and I loved being with everyone. It was just too short! Once we arrived back in Tampa, Ryan and I regrouped with a fun date night at PF Changs and saw New Years Eve. It was a cute movie and it really got me in the spirit of things! Ryan and I felt so blessed to be able to spend New Years with our Tampa friends this year, and we had a great time ringing in 2012! This year is going to be a great one for us, and we start out by moving into our first house in just 1 week! We are both so excited! Look for more updates soon!