Currently

Reading: before we went on our honeymoon I bought Folly Beach by Dorothea Benton Frank on my ipad. This is the first book I have bought for my iPad and I am kind of liking it but I also love having my big bookcase full of the books that I have read and not taking up memory space on my iPad but it is also kind of nice to have it with me at all times to just pull out and start reading and not have to worry about losing my spot. Anyways you would think since I have it with me all the time I would have already finished this book by now but I am still only half way through it. I don't know if it is because I am so busy with house stuff or busy trying to figure out this whole wifey thing but I just cannot finish it! I am hoping to be done with it by Sunday so I can get started on a different one.

Loving: my new painted hallway! before the bottom half had a grayish white wood paneling type thing going on (you know straight out of the 90's?!) and the top was just a plain white wall with lots of nail holes, black marks (idk what from) and dirty hand prints (hey I did not live here before, we are just renting it!) Anyhow I ended up buying a quart of teal and a quart of green a couple months ago when Jesie and I were painting the bathroom and I still hadn't gotten around to doing it and I finally did last week. I was originally going to paint the ceiling the green color but Anthony talked me out of it since we are not going to be living here for a long time. So I will just settle with the teal. When I wake up in the mornings this wall is the first thing I see and it quickly reminds me of a beach house!!! I would love all the walls in our house to be bright colors just like this!

Wearing: maxi dresses!!! I didn't think I would like them originally but after I wore the one on our honeymoon I was swooning over every single one I saw at the store so when we got home I made a little trip to TJ Maxx and Gabe's and snagged up a couple and I have been wearing them ever since!!! They are so cute and flowy which is perfect for the office because most of the time it is a little stuffy here.
here is the one that got me started on this little infatuation!!!

Looking forward to: the weekend! hey who isn't? but really this weekend it is supposed to be nice and not raining. Which if it doesn't rain it will be the first weekend we have had since we got married that it hasn't rained. So since Anthony is going to be working I am going to Spiker's pool and will be laying out there and getting my shine on the for the weekend! (I mean that in more ways than one!)

Cooking/Baking: Not much really! lol on Saturday I made these little cheesecakes mine didn't turn out as cute looking but I am trying to remind myself that not everything is going to look as presentable as it does on Pinterest. Every night we have been invited to someone's house for dinner and I haven't had to cook, I might not be complaining one bit.

I did end up at Mom and Dad's last night.

Originally I was planning on making my first ever homemade lasagna but when she had ribs and corn on the cob I couldn't turn that down and Anthony and JK were working on the truck til late. 

So this was in my belly!

Singing To: my Aunt Lori & Uncle Matt a little Happy Birthday tune!!! how cool is that they are husband and wife and they share the same birthday, they are just awesome like that. A big Happy Birthday goes out to Uncle Matt though because he is turning the big 4-0 today!!! 

Missing: all of the wedding planning I had been doing! When we rented movies on Thursday I kept pulling movies that had something to do with Weddings and Anthony realized I still have Wedding Brain going on. On top of the planning I was getting to see all my girls like every week or so and we haven't gotten together since the wedding and I am really missing all of them. I hope I am able to squeeze some pool time in with them this weekend or next!!! 

Planning: my birthday weekend! I am turning 23 and it really doesn't seem like a real big deal and Anthony actually has to work 7-3 so we can't really do anything extravagant but I am thinking about spending my morning and afternoon either soaking up some rays at the pool and then Saturday night we might finally be going to the Drive-In movies. I have been wanting to for the last couple of Summers and we live closer now so why not!?! And does this not look like the perfect way to spend an evening cuddled up with your main squeeze?!! I think so!!! 

Overusing: the Rhonna Designs App!! I had been eyeing all the awesome pictures a select few bloggers were  posting on IG for a while now and I couldn't get it downloaded enough on Wednesday when I heard it was finally launched! I am telling you ladies this is the best $1.99 you will ever spend on an app....it truly is amazing!!!!! Here are some of the edits I have done so far with the app...

I am also thinking about using this app to create our wedding thank-you cards. I loved all the paper products I designed for our wedding and all the festivities leading up to the big day and received many compliments on them from our family and friends so I know I want to create something just as awesome as all the other stuff I did with everything else. I know it will involve mason jars since that was our ongoing theme throughout the whole process and I obviously want to include some of the pictures we had taken by the photographer. So when we get those back I know I will start fully putting these together. But here are a couple I have done with what I have already:

Has anyone else downloaded this app yet? It really is awesome and I cannot wait to see what else I can create with it!!!

Weekends Are Never Long Enough!!!

and where is Summer going to?!

How was everyone's 4th of July?
Ours was okay other than Mother Nature rained on my holiday which was no fun
We went to watch some fireworks Wednesday night with Aubrey, Mark and Luke at the race track
Since it was raining we just parked along the road instead of going to watch the races because they probably weren't really all that great if they even ended up finishing due to the rain.

Thursday: Anthony had to work til 3:00 and when he got home we were originally going to head to his Uncle John and Aunt Kelly's in Burton Ohio (close to Cleveland) but the cookout had started at noon and we wouldn't have made it til 5 or so and everyone probably would have already headed out. So we decided we will just make a weekend of it sometime and go up there to stay with them. Once again it was raining so we decided to go to Family Video to rent some movies then go home and cuddle on the couch. We ended up renting The Bachelorette and Jack Reacher. I thought The Bachelorette was going to be really funny but it was pretty lame and surprisingly I really liked Jack Reacher.

Friday: neither one of us had to work so we ended up sleeping in and then had to make a trip to get some mulch for our flower beds and decided to get a couple more flowers to go around the flower bed we just made that is by a bird feeder that we relocated in our front yard. By the way I married a bird watcher so we have bird feeders all over the place and he is never found without his trusty binoculars ready to tell me whatever type of chirping might be making that noise. Ladies they all sound the same to me but really I just have to go along with him and learn something new.

Saturday: Anthony had to work and I have been wanting to hit up our farmers market because we live closer to it now but I was extremely disappointed. I am hoping it will be better in the fall! I cannot wait to decorate our front porch with pumpkins and and all of that fun stuff! Leaving the market empty handed was a big disappointment and I still needed some fruit for my smoothies I cannot go a day without so I decided to check out a different grocery store that is close to our house. It is a newly remodeled Pik-N-Save and it was so much nicer than the one we go to in downtown Zanesville...much much cleaner and less trashy people walking around there. Speaking of walking around, I have been finding myself just wandering the aisles at the grocery store aimlessly looking for something to cook! I have no clue what I am doing and it makes me slightly depressed. I thought when we got married the whole cooking abilities just came with the wedding ring and new last name, I was WRONG!! I really need to perfect my cooking skills or Anthony might loose a couple pounds in the next couple weeks.

Around 2:00 I got a phone call from my brother. Him and one of our friends Austin were taking a bike ride for the day and Austin ended up wrecking his bike and the tire came off the rim and wouldn't hold air so they called me to come pick him up. After a 45 minute drive both ways we got Austin back to his house safely and he ended up having us over for dinner because I was already smoking pork and a brisket and I wasn't going to turn down this offer, especially when it involved sitting on their back porch soaking in this view

topped off with a rainbow and I really wasn't ready to leave!!

Sunday: Anthony had to work again but we still only have the truck and bike and it was raining so I told him I would take him to work. Actually he probably would have taken the truck and I would have just had no transportation so I really had no other option. After I dropped him off I had some stuff to return to Kohl's and needed to get birthday gifts for Aunt Lori and Uncle Matt because they were having a pool party later. I ended up exchanging a single coffee cup maker for a mini blender and a small lasagna dish and got Aunt Lori and Uncle Matt beach towels since they have their pool now. I hurried home because I spent more time than planned, wrapped their gifts (to all my bridesmaids that told me that I was ridiculous for saving tissue paper from my showers, well I was well equipped with gift bags and tissue paper and my gifts looked amazing and didn't cost me a penny! hah!) The pool party was great and a perfect way to end the rainy 4th of July weekend but of course the holiday weekend ended too soon and the work week started up again! Just back to counting the days til Thursday.

This weekend is supposed to be the first no rain (fingers crossed this doesn't change) weekend and since I have a 3 day weekend you can bet I will be soaking it up at Aunt Lori and Uncle Matt's at their pool.

Summer is going way too fast and I don't like it so I am about ready to toss all house work out the door until winter and focus solely on spending time outside! 

Happy 4th of July Eve!!

the 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays!

I love celebrating the freedom that we have here in America and thanking everyone for allowing us to live here the way we do mixed with Summer time there is not much of a better combination!!!

We have been super busy getting back into the swing of work, being married and trying to get everything arranged in our house that I have not had much of a chance to decorate for this holiday. Monday I decided I wanted to try to get a little something put up and after a quick trip to Odd Lots I had a couple things to work with. I will post more of my front porch once I get some more pictures taken tonight.

Today I get off at 4:00 and I officially begin my 4 day weekend!

We are planning on going out of town to visit Anthony's family in Burton, OH and their new house. 

It should be a lot of fun and I have been looking forward to it for a couple months now. 

Anthony has to work tomorrow but gets off around 1:00 and has Friday off so we will be heading out as soon as he gets off work and be back in town Saturday. 

As for the rest of the weekend, I am planning on just relaxing and hopefully hanging out somewhere near water, either it be a lake, river or pool I will be chillaxin most likely with a cold adult beverage in my hand!

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday and be careful on the roads!! 

my patriotic outfit on today!

(blazer - Maurices, dress - Gabriel Brothers, bracelet & sandals - Kohl's 4 years ago)

Tank 1.1

Hey Nana!
Mom is helping me with my most current project, are you ready for? wait for it...weekly blog posts from Tank! Since I moved away from Vroom Road and now am living down here on Dillon Road I miss you very much and know you probably feel the same way too so what better way than to keep you updated through Mom's blog. It is much quieter down here but I am starting to like my new home. Oh hey Mom & Dad said I also got a new last name, Fry. I thought they were talking about the food but I guess not. Mom has been giving me more freedom and letting me out of the fenced in backyard as long as I stick by her side. I have really been enjoying laying on the front porch watching them plant flowers. Every time I try to help dig the holes for them I get yelled at so I have been trying to just be lazy and watch, it's not too hard to do. Diesel is doing pretty good, king of the same old man he was before the move. The other night he did play tug with me so that was fun while it lasted. He told me he thinks we are just visiting this house but I keep telling him that Mom said it is our new home. I like it here because I don't have to share my bones with anyone and Mom & Dad let us clean their plates after supper every night. You are more than welcome to come visit us anytime just call to make sure Mom & Dad are home.

Love you and talk to you soon,
TANK

I am married woman!!!

Last weekend we finally tied the knot in front of all our closest family and friends!

We are now Mr. & Mrs. Fry.

It is kind of hard getting used to my new last name but it has been a long time coming

7.8 years today to be exact.

I thought all along that the day was never going to come and in the whole month before our wedding the days were literally flying by. At one point I just want to push the slow motion button so I could take everything in and enjoy it, but I couldn't.

Yesterday was my first day back to work after our honeymoon so after getting caught up I am finally finding a little time to get back into blogging. 

We currently do not have internet set up at our house yet so my blogging is going to be kind of sketchy but I am definitely back to blogging like I used to and God knows I have more to blog about now with getting married, moving into our first home, and just everyday occurrences of being Mrs. Fry!

Here is a little sneak peak at some of our amazing wedding pictures that Ty, our photographer, posted on facebook last week. I love them so much and cannot wait to see the rest. 

we did have a first look and we both were so happy that we did! 

We aren't ones to be superstitious and with us there is no such thing as good luck.

Every once in a while we are blessed but none of it can be chucked up to luck, just doesn't happen.

That morning I was so nervous about the whole day and when I finally got to see Anthony for the first time all those butterflies in my belly just fluttered away. We both were so much more calm after seeing each other.

I definitely recommend a first look to anyone getting married!

My bridal party!

L-R Shalene, Blaire, Maddy (maid of honor), Avery, 

Molly (flowergirl), Aubrey (matron of honor), Joni & Jesie

Our whole wedding party

Avery, Jesie, Joni, Shalene, Blaire, Maddy, Aubrey, Molly

Evan, KW, Travis, Trevor, JK, Mark, Jory, Vincent

Officially Mr. & Mrs. Fry!!!

our get-a-way tractor!!!

leaving the church for our stroll around downtown Zanesville

Love this!!!

We decided to surprise everyone by being escorted into the reception by our furbaby, Tank!!!

He was so good and loved all the attention.

 It was extremely humid that day but thankfully the only rain we had was once we were in the reception hall.

 So far my favorite picture!!!

We should be getting the rest of our pictures in the next month so of course I will be posting some more of them on here and I am planning on going into much more detail about the nitty grittys of our wedding and reception and everything leading up to it.

Becoming Mr and Mrs Fry || my bridal shower

On April 20th my maid of honor, Aubrey, all my other bridesmaids, my Mom and Aubrey's Mother-in-Law threw me my bridal shower! It turned out amazing and so many people came and showered us with so many gifts!! Anthony and I were beyond blessed by so many people and I had so much fun spending time with everyone.

 

My bridesmaid, Shalene, made my cupcake cake!

 

 We had shredded chicken sandwiches, sloppy joes, little chicken salad sandwiches, vegetables, and my favorite part was the fruit pizza bar!

 Aunt Lori made all the heart shaped sugar cookies, Aubrey made her famous cherry fluff recipe and my Mom brought all the fruit.

 lots of presents...so much love!

 artwork for us to hang in our house

 My Maid (Matron) of honor! 

 My bridal party!!

 

All my girls!! Julie and Lauren are our invitation attendants.

Not really sure what they would be called.

I already had too many bridesmaids but I still wanted them to be involved!

 

 

Everything was perfect and my girls did a great job throwing me an amazing shower!!

We also have everything unpacked and put in its proper place at our house.

Now we just need to get married and moved in so we can use everything.

17 more days ladies! 17 more days.....eeeee I cannot wait