Our Year 2010~

Top Ten of 2010
1. Moving back to Tennessee
2. Buying my first car
3. Making new friends in Jackson
4. Watching our house be built
5. Moving into our new house (Brett lost the keys five times)
6. Full year of our big girl/ big boy jobs
7. Traveling to Savannah,Vegas, Gatlinburg
8. Weddings
9. Alyse and Rusty got engaged!
10.Steeplechase, Sips N Strokes, 1 year anniversary, and my mom finally got facebook!

Thank you God for all of the blessings and lessons learned in 2010! I pray that 2011 can only get better!

Happy 2011

I am so excited about starting a new year! I love the feeling of a fresh beginning. We drove (imagine that, us driving somewhere!) to Chattanooga Thursday night, picked up Bree and Jimmy Friday morning, then drove down to Jessica and Jeremy's house in Atlanta. I was really surprised at how short the drive was from Chatt to Atl. We went to a placed called Seasons 52 for dinner. It was so delicious. I had the salmon and veggies, yum! Then we went to Lenox Grille to hang out until midnight. It was so nice to catch up with my friends. I am so thankful for all of the wonderful friends I made in college and for the fact that no matter how many miles apart we are, we still find ways to see each other every now and then!

Here are some pictures from our last night out in 2010! Thanks to Jessica and Jeremy for having us! We had so much fun!

Merry Christmas from every direction in Tennessee~

After the holiday I decided to change the name of our blog to "Life in the Smalley Lane." I did this because we are ALWAYS traveling! Since 2007 we have driven all over Tennessee to spend Christmas with our families. Our dog, Teddy is even an expert traveler now! Consider yourselves very lucky if much travel is not included in your holiday season! I love it, but it's really starting to wear me out!

This year we started out in Chattanooga then came back to Jackson and from Jackson we went to South Fulton.

Here are a few pictures!

Christmas Cards

Can you believe it is almost time to start sending out Christmas cards?! I love Christmas cards and really want to send one out that is very unique! Last year we used one with our wedding picture, which I LOVED! This year I think we will take one in front of our new house! Shutterfly is offering this amazing deal for bloggers regarding Christmas cards! If you do a write up and promo for Shutterfly you will receive 50 FREE yes FREE holiday cards!You all should check out Shutterfly for Christmas cards! They have some of the cutest ones that I've seen and they always do a great job!

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Labor Day

Just a few pictures from today! My mom made an AMAZING carrot cake that I ate way too much of, and Brett grilled! We LOVE our new grill that his mom bought as a housewarming gift! I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day!

We are looking forward to......

1. In October we are going to Gatlinburg with Jessica and Jeremy, Bree and Jimmy! I can't wait to have a relaxing weekend with great friends!

2. In December we are going to VEGAS with Russell and Haley and a few others! Brett is extremely excited about this trip! I am too!

3. Finally, in January we are going on our honeymoon! It will also be our year and a half anniversary. We're taking a cruise to Cozumel. Can't wait!

~Fall Fun~

I absolutely love fall! I am so happy we will get to enjoy the Tennessee weather this year instead of Minnesota :)Here are some fall fun pictures from 2007-2009.Brett and I have made it a tradition to carve pumpkins together every October. I really want to go to a pumpkin patch this year!