2009 Pre-Engagment

2009 started out with us living in a hotel while our house was being put together. We did get to move back in after a week, but it took all of January for the contractors to complete the work on our house. Coal turned 2!! We fed him steak on his birthday and he LOVED it!!! We finished out winter and moved into Spring pretty quietly. We enjoyed having our house put back together. Coal wasn't a big fan of having furniture back in the living room.

One of my closest friends, Aimee Boggs, got married in April. When we pulled the charms from the cake I got the engagement ring charm!! (little foreshadowing for ya!)

We spent our 2 year anniversary in Baton Rouge for the NFL draft! Here are Derek and Brian enjoying the draft! Coal and Pat spend a lot of time outside playing fetch.

In the heat of the summer, we bought Coal a pool to help him cool off after long days of playing fetch!!

Pat bought his new car in June. He got a red Nissan 350Z!! I went home right after he bought it and Landen tried it on for size!!

In July we took a much needed vacation! We spent a few days in Austin, TX and then a few days in New Braunfels, TX. In Austin, we did lots of sleeping and lots of drinking! We met up with my sister and her boyfriend in San Marcos to shop before New Braunfels. We spent a whole day at Schlitterbahn and it was great!! We kept Pat coated with sunscreen and I'm happy to report he did not burn!!!