Football Season is Here!!

Now normally this wouldn't be something to get me excited, but things have changed. Don't get me wrong, I have cheered on a football team before...but that was high school and I actually knew the boys playing. Since then I haven't cared much about the sport. But here is what has changed...it seems as though I have married a football FANATIC. Justin is playing in 3 fantasy football leagues and seems to know every statistic for every player who has ever played the game. I have really made an effort to learn the rules of football and Justin is being very patient teaching me. The more I learn, the more I enjoy watching :)

We have definitely taken advantage of the fact that we are just a short drive from downtown Cleveland. We have been to both of the pre-season games at Brown's Stadium--and have witnessed two wins!!--Pretty awesome for the Brown's, I hear! :) Who knows, maybe we are good luck! So, now there are two football fans in the Evoy household!! GO BROWNS and COLTS!!

Quick Trip

In honor of Justin's birthday(and b/c we both had a couple of days off), we wanted to take a spontaneous trip somewhere not too far away. We decided to head to Kelley's Island and Put in Bay. The trip took under two hours and was so much fun! We took a ferry to Kelley's Island first. There we rented a golf cart and drove around the island until we found a nice little beach area. One of Justin's favorite things to do is lay in the sun-so, while he did just that, I read a book in the shade :) After spending four or so hours there, we caught a ferry to Put in Bay. We got some dinner there and enjoyed some nightlife atmosphere before heading back home that evening. We were gone only a day and a half but it was just so nice to have that mini-vacation time together :) We'd love to vacation here every year!

Justin's Birthday Weekend

My wonderful husband turned 28 last week...yes, he's a little younger than I :) Some of our family from Sheridan (on his mom's side) came to Cleveland to celebrate and to checkout our new house. We had an awesome time together!

A housewarming gift from Uncle Mike and Aunt Lisa--love it!

Taking a break from our rainy day driving tour to enjoy some lunch at Paninis

The weather finally cleared up and we spent the rest of the day on our deck

Twins--Justin and his dad in matching t-shirts

Uncle Mike and Dad--ready to play our new favorite game: Wits and Wagers

Justin and Aunt Lisa Justin is becoming a pro with the grill
Mom serving oreo ice cream cake to the birthday boy

After our family left we headed to the beach--the temperature was in the 90's and perfect for a swim in the big lake! I felt like a little kid, holding onto Justin as we jumped in the waves--loved every minute of it! Here is Justin as we left the beach--happy birthday, honey!

Weekend Fun

We have had an awesome weekend! My parents came to visit on Friday and we've been busy ever since. Justin has been working an unbelievable amount, but is still in good spirits wanting to hang out when he gets home. On Friday, as soon as Justin got home from work, we headed downtown to catch an Indians/Tigers baseball game. We love going to games and it was fun seeing the Tigers and Indians play against eachother. Justin and I were wearing our Indians shirts and my parents were cheering for the Tigers--the Indians pulled off the win after 13 innings!--we didn't stay for the whole game, we watched the end at home :)Saturday we got to work on the yard while Justin went back to work. My parents were a HUGE help...mowing, trimming trees and helping me decifer between weeds and flowers!

This morning we went to our chuch, Velocity (www.velocitycleveland.com). Our pastor is doing a series on questions that people in our church have about God or the Bible, it was very interesting today! We are making some really great friends at Velocity and we are so thankful for having Christian friends in our new city. As I type, Dad and Justin are finishing putting our new patio furniture together--thanks guys! We'll be glad we have it next weekend--we have our family from Indianapolis coming to visit to see the house and to celebrate Justin's birthday...can't wait :)