Roses, roses everywhere...and a strawberry too!

Who would have thought that I would be little Miss Domestic?! Yep, that's right, I am giving myself that title after successfully keeping my flowers alive!

When we came to look at our house before we actually bought it I fell in love with the rose bushes in the backyard. I knew that I would never see them again because I figured that I would kill them within the first glimpse of summer...but oh no, they are here and in full bloom!

Yes, we also have strawberries growing in our yard...we haven't actually eaten any yet!

Look at those roses!

These ones are my favorites - they are a cream color with pink edges!

I honestly don't know what to do with all of them. Part of me wants to cut them all off and put them in vases all over our house but then I will be so sad when they are gone. What is a girl to do with her roses?!

Matchmaker's!

Yes, you read that correctly...Matchmaker's. Bobby and I should open our own business to set up singles! Before Bobby and I moved to CO we had said for months that we had to get our friends Katie (my co-worker) and Jon (Bobby's co-worker) to meet. I talked about Jon to Katie and I made sure to mention Katie to Jon but nothing ever came of it...until our going away party! We finally introduced the two love-birds the day before we left DC which was not the best timing on our part. We never got to hang out as a group and Jon was moving away from DC a few weeks later too! I kept telling them that Bobby and I started out long-distance and look at us now!!

Anyways, the two of them hit it off and are now attached at the hip (even though they live in different cities...for now). The best part of the story is that Katie's twin sister and her husband (Eileen and Kyle) live here in Colorado! So Jon and Katie made a trip out here to visit everyone which was so much fun. Here are a few pictures from a night out at a down and dirty country bar...

Meg and Bobby

Jon and Katie on the left, Kyle and Eileen on the right

The love birds that we put together!

Married, Engaged and dating

Me and the twins (Eileen and Katie)

On another note. Kyle and Eileen are both in the military and Kyle is currently serving a one year tour in Afghanistan. Please keep Kyle in your prayers!

Jeepin' to Colorado!

Who knew that the jeep would be able to trek across the country with no problem at all?! I sure didn't! Bobby's jeep was left behind in Pittsburgh a few months ago and it just so happens that my in-laws love a good road trip! The two of them hopped in the jeep and drove from the 'burg to Colorado in a 72 hour trip! Here are a few picture from their trip here in Colorado.

They re the tiny little dots in the middle of the picture. This is on the stage at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

Here they are a little closer up

This was somewhere in Rampart Range which is about an hour from our house...I don't remember exactly how we got there now that I think about it.

This was on our trip up to the top of Pike's Peak

The men on Pike's Peak (Bobby cannot handle sunlight...)

The family (minus Kristin)

Where do I even begin...

Wow, it really has been a long time...and so much has changed. I don't feel like I need to go into detail as you all know what happened. All I need to say is, I love you Timmy!

Here are a few pictures of the adorable animals that all stayed together in one house while we were all at my parents!

CJ (Parent's dog), Monty (Brother's dog), and my little man Porter

Benny and Bug-Z. The two cutest cats on the face of the planet.

How adorable is this picture?! Porter's family!

Me and my momma and the pup's

Coming back...

Just a random picture of the mountains!

I swear I am going to update this blog soon!! I have so much to talk about and sooooo many picture to show off.

I hope to have something new up this week so check back!

Our first born....Porter.

I spent countless hours on the Dumb Friends League Shelter website. Days, weeks, months went by looking for the prefect dog. We went to the shelter's on a weekly basis and it was getting a little out of hand. Bobby's first question when he got home would be, "did you check the website?" Of course I checked the website.

We became dog obsessed. One Saturday morning, Bobby looked to see what new dogs were up for adoption. He noticed a cute little 10 week old English Pointer mix (Charlie) and his brother (Leo). He said we should run to the shelter and see if one of them could be our dog. We hopped in the car and headed to the shelter. About an hour later...we were the proud parents of a 10 week old little boy (Leo) that we later named Porter.

Isn't he adorable??

Drivin' cross country!

We said our goodbye’s in Pittsburgh and we were on the move. Literally. We were moving halfway across the country and we couldn't wait to get there. We packed up the bunny (the nickname I gave my car many years ago) and hit the road.

The trip was going to be 5 days of Bobby and Meghan time…in the car…for 5 days…oh my. The directions were very simple. Get on 70 until you get into Colorado, then ,make our way to Castle Rock. Our new home sweet home. That is exactly what we did, with a few stops along the way.

Here we are crossing the border into WV from Pennsylvania. Wild and Wonderful.


We had to make our fist meal at Cracker Barrel. Lots of fried food and gravy. Yummy!

I forget to get the sign going into Ohio but I got the sign when we left. Bye OHIO, and your welcome.

On to Indiana. We passed right through Indianapolis - Boo Colts.

Our first hotel room was in a tiny town and it wasn't the nicest place we have ever stayed. I went to Walgreen's to get some Clorox wipes. I just had to.

We passed through Illinois but I forgot to take pictures. I think I was tired at that point.

Next was Missouri. We stopped in a little town called Clayton and I fell in love with that place. It was the cutest little town about 15 minutes outside of St. Louis with old charm but it had some newer things too. We stopped to see a friend that lives in St. Louis and he just happened to be going to a wedding that afternoon. He still made time to come and say hi for 10 minutes. It was a lot of fun and so random!

St. Louis was great. We went all the way to the top of the arch and we made it back down, thankfully. It was REALLY high up there and the ride up was the worst part. You have to sit in this little pod with 5 other people and it take about 5 minutes to get there. That was the scariest 5 minutes of my life. In the end, I am glad that we made the scary pod ride.

Me, kicking up my heels. Doing a little dance in St. Louis!

This angle is never flattering. Triple chin is never a good thing. Bobby was quite the photographer on this trip!

We made a quick side trip to Overland Park, KS to visit our friends Karyn and Steve. Unfortunately, Karyn was out of town but it was still great to see Steve!

Downtown Kansas City.

Our last hotel stop somewhere right outside of Colorado. Parking lot photo shoot.

This is what we saw for 2 days through Kansas and Colorado. It was beautiful for the first hour and then it got pretty boring. Bobby swears that he saw a coyote run across the road several times. Do you think I ever saw the coyote? Nope. I still think he was making it up to keep himself entertained!

COLORADO!! They actually have a little parking lot on the side of the highway so that you can take pictures with the sing. This people in Colorado are so smart!

We made it to Castle Rock! Can you believe that we now live at 6200 feet above sea level?? I still can't believe it!

We drove straight to our new house just to make sure it was still there. It was a surreal moment. We had been driving for 5 days and we arrived at our new house...our house that we owned (well, we would own in 24 hours). The closing was the next morning and we were so excited! No more throwing money away to our landlord!

This trip was amazing. We saw so many places that we may have never see in our lives. We spent so much time together in a tiny little car and I enjoyed every minute of it. I would love to do it again someday from here to California.

We are loving life in Colorado and I hope that you all can come and visit us soon! Make sure you give us a heads up because I like the house to be spotless. I have become a bit of a neat freak in my new house. I guess things could be worse?!