Hello everyone, I know its been a really long time since I have updated this site. Life has been a little hectic the past couple of months for the Perrys...wonderful, but busy. We all know how the holidays pull us in a million directions at once, and the same goes for us. This was our first Christmas as a married couple and it was great, but brought challenges as well. We are still trying to figure out how to blend our families and how to accommodate all our families in a short period of time. Luckily, Trevecca gives me an almost two week paid vacation around the holidays so it allowed Daniel and I to travel. This year was even more blessed because Daniel is in school and still gets paid the GI Bill even during the Christmas break so we didnt lose any money during our travels. We really enjoyed trying to figure out and implement new family traditions for our family now that we are a family in our own right. We decorated our mantle and bought each other stockings to hang by the fire place (even though its covered up by a couch). Even though we started some of our own traditions this year, it was still difficult to be away from our home for almost two weeks, living out of suitcases and driving over 1200 miles. We love our families so much and really enjoyed spending quality time with them. We all make sacrifices for those we love. Maybe next year we can have Christmas at our own home, and we will really be able to start our own Christmas traditions (Although I doubt my family will like that idea).
Well, after all the holiday travels were over, we left to go to Kansas for my best friend Sara's wedding. The week of the wedding they had 12 inches of snow on the ground and were expecting 3-5 inches more to fall on the day we were scheduled to arrive. I have never seen so much snow at one time! It was definitely an adventure. We drove through the blizzard on Wednesday night and spent the weekend in Kansas City for the wedding and then a business conference. Some people ask us why we travel so much and they remark with such statements as "You guys are going to burn out soon, you go way too much", or "you never stay home, you are always doing something." I try not to let these kind of remarks bother me because I realize that the way Daniel and I live is not like most of our friends and family. A lot of people dont understand why we do the things we do. To them we seem odd and thats ok!!! I like being odd! And I love spending quality time with my best friend and husband. We have traveled so many thousands of miles together in the past two years and every journey has been an adventure. I only wish that all my friends and family could experience life like we do.
Anyways, after the Kansas trip we came home and began searching for a new place to live. Our lease runs out in March and we are looking to move to Smyrna, TN. Its a cute little country suburb of Nashville that is half-way between Daniel's school and Nashville. Its a growing town but still has the small town charm. We have been so extremely blessed by God, because He led us straight to the perfect place for us! We signed the lease today and will be getting our keys the first week of February! We are so excited and cant wait to invite all our friends over for a dinner party.
My birthday is coming up next week...I will be 27 on the 27th! I was joking with Daniel earlier this month because I always used to say "27 on the 27th is going to be a big birthday for me! Its so far away and by then I am sure to be an adult." Well guys...its here and I guess I'm an adult, although most of the time I still dont feel like it. We still have a few more adventures in the works for the next couple of months. We are going to Indiana at the end of January and the Virginia a couple weeks after that. And lets not forget about the big cruise coming up the first week of March!! Be sure to check out all of our pictures from the past couple of months on our Facebook accounts. Until next time...keep on living the dream!!
