I didn't forget about you

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. As soon as I got this thing started I got knocked out for a couple of weeks with Bronchitis. WOW, I can't remember the last time I was that sick. Drew had it too and we were a mess. We are much better now, thank the Lord!

Drew and I have been very blessed with visits from friends. It has been great to have people we love to share the city with. Drew's folks drove up with us when we moved and helped us get settled. They also got to spend Drew's 30th with us and we took in a show, "39 Steps". It was great to have them here.

A couple of weeks later brought us a surprise visit from Maggie and Robert. Maggie is one of my closest friends from college(she is also expecting their first baby, a girl, June 4th) and they came to surprise me for my 30th birthday (Drew's too). It was so wonderful to have them here and Drew did a great job of keeping it under wraps. We had some great adventures with them. I think my favorite was when we left Drew and Robert at a bar watching a UGA game and Mags and I went exploring. Well, to make a long story short we had no clue where we were going and had an interesting adventure walking all over South Manhattan.

This is Maggie and I on our adventure



After they left Amy and Jerry, another close friend from college and her husband, stayed with us to also celebrate our 30th Birthdays. Jerry had never been to NYC so it was a lot of taking in some of the touristy spots with them. One of my favorite outings with them was when we went to the Build a Muppet workshop at FAO Schwartz. They made a muppet for their son Grayson for Christmas. It was so COOL and fun to see them create Grayson's very own muppet! It was awesome and a huge blessing to have friends to visit us for our b-days. I didn't take turning 30 hard but being away from family and friends on the day was hard. Our schedules and lives get so crazy these days and sometime's its hard to see everyone and keep in touch like you want etc. Thanks guys for blessing me with your friendship!

Amy and Jerry with the Statue of Liberty somewhere in the murky background



My Mom got to visit us for Thanksgiving. That was fun to get to share Sunnyside and other fun things with her. We joined forces with our friends Leah and Jeremy (will share more about them soon) to make Thanksgiving dinner. It was a great group with the two couples, Mom and our dear friend Irene from Korea. Irene got to experience her first Thanksgiving ever with some good ole southern casseroles ;). A fun outing with Mom was the City of NYC museum. It was a really cool experience and I love history, as does Mom.

January brought us some great friends from Atlanta, Gabriel and Jessie Dean. We met them in ATL doing shows and then Gabriel became our realtor and helped us find our AWESOME house. We were so happy to have them here but we felt awful b/c that was right smack in the middle of us being sick. They were very understanding!

Feb brought our friends Anne and Dom from MN. They were our first couple friends when we got married. We all lived in Macon/Warner Robins area and met doing theatre. Two very different couples from very different backgrounds who formed an amazing friendship. We started an Oscars couple rivalry with each other to see who guess the most Oscar wins each year. They moved to LA in June 2003 and we moved to Charleston, SC. We kept the competition up every year. We tried to get visits in here and there and they never worked out. Between all of our jobs and all of our moving it never worked out. Well, they decided to come see us for the Oscars this year. 5 1/2 years later we reunited and had a great weekend!

It's been awesome to have visitors here. This transition has been hard at times and it's always nice to have friends here to bring some joy!

I have rambled enough for today. I will try to get back on here more often and post and update you. Have a good weekend! It's supposed to get into the 60's here! whooo hoo!