Happy Holidays.

It's been a stressful end of the year with all our house problems but we were still able to find the time to put up our Christmas tree. We want to wish you all a Happy Holiday season!

The negative to homeownership.

Tyler Shinney and I finally were able to qualify for our own home purchase and moved into our first home in the middle of September. We have since had nothing put issues. Our sewer backed up causing damage to each room in the basement. Luckily our insurance company is covering the damage from our sewer backing up. We had a sewer repair company come out and check our sewer line which was confirmed to have collapsed and our insurance will not cover this damage. We were able to get a loan through our city but now the sewer company is moving like mollasses. We hoped to be back in our home before Christmas, but we are starting to lose hope on that one.

Well there is our update.

Surprise!

So we finally did it! We bought our first home! It's cute and we are having a blast making it our own! I plan to do before and afters of our renovations and decorating as we go on this blog so stay tuned!

1.

We learned I didnt know how to count and that I'm too darn busy so we skipped some days in the countdown. Who's excited? Make your guesses and predictions of the changes instore for us.

We.

The years we met,
When we were oh so young,
We became best friends,
And always had fun.

Things were different
Between us two
The day we had our kindergarten kiss
Deep down the love we knew.

I moved away.
You moved on
But we always wondered about each other.
And what was going on.

Years had passed,
We reunited by FB chance,
Instantly met up at Red Mango,
Love at first sight had us entranced.

And as we look back,
at all that took place,
Dating, our engagement,
Our wedding day.

Over three years later,
We love each other more than before.
We're excited for upcoming changes.
We're excited for what's instore.

2.

Dressed up together.

3.

Bentley Bender and Isy Busy getting along.

4.

Beautiful sunsets from our front porch.

5.

Bentley Bender & Mr. Gabs

6.

Our cute room we returned to after our honeymoon.

7.

They proposed!

8.

They had a secret.

9.

Tyler's first sorta sleep over. With a Bentley baby.

10. (The delayed 8/11/14 post.)

Time for a countdown. Gold star for the correct guesser of the upcoming news (or cupcakes if you're local).

This was our first picture together.

3 years down.

Figured I had time to make a little post while my sweet husband's is still asleep. I can't believe we're finally at our 3 year anniversary. It seems like just yesterday we were saying our I do's. It's amazing what we've been through together and what is in our future. All I know is there is no other man I'd rather share this life with.

Please take a gander at this little slide show I threw together last night to celebrate today.

The Shinneys ❤ est. July 1st 2011 flipagram made with @flipagram Music: Happy by NeverShoutNever!  #flipagram http://flipagram.com/f/Ed67iG329b

Stay tuned...

So much has gone on lately. We are coming up on our 3 year anniversary, more in love than ever. We have major changes coming our way and can't wait to update you. So for now I shall leave you some lyrics from "The Warmth" by Incubus:

"So do you think I should adhere
To that pressing new frontier
And leave in my wake, a trail of fear
Should I hold my head up high
And throw a wrench and spokes by
I'm leaving the air behind me clear."

I hope we keep you around for our updates. I promise they are worth following along.

So long...

It's been so long since we've updated here. Not much has changed in our lives but we certainly have many stories to tell. I would like to try to get this back to a daily or at least weekly blog. You should start seeing some major changes soon.

Love you all!
Megan Lee