Rich + Janelle

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Puma the Puppy

rich and i got a puppy! her name is puma possin. we named her after the cat, not the shoes, but who cares. she is the cutest little buddy ever. her last name is obviously after my family. she is great company--especially when rich is studying. we love having her around--even if the house training part isn't that fun. especially since we are on the fifth floor. puma is the cutest little poofy puppy ever!

the first day we got puppy

trip to chicago

Sunday, October 16, 2011

White Coat Ceremony

i am so proud of rich. he is going to be a great dentist. the white coat ceremony was pretty cool...it didn't last too long thankfully! :) i love the guys and gals in rich's program. they all seem so awesome. we are going to have a fun four years here!

the dental boys, their women, and melissa and trevor (melissa is in the PA program)

Saturday, September 17, 2011

go cubbies!

rich forced me to go to a chicago cubs game... JK. he didn't, and i actually almost got more into the game than he did, which i think surprised him because i can get attention deficit disorder when it comes to watching sports for some reason, especially baseball. it was a way sweet game though. also, there was this really cute old couple behind us that were keeping track of the game with some score card thing, and the little old lady kept singing/saying "go cubbies" and doing this little bootie shake thing. it was hilarious and super cute. so far, chicago is pretty fun, but freezing already! go cubs!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Cruisin' Together for Two Years!

sooo this last year has been pretty busy for rich and me. i was in school all the time, and rich worked two jobs, so that combination equaled us rarely seeing each other. we kept talking about doing something fun to celebrate everything, and after he got into dental school we decided we really needed to do something fun and relaxing before his school started. we were able to schedule a cruise. the cruise was the most perfect thing ever after this year. i did not think i would like it (silly huh!). for real though, i actually thought i would only like our crazy hardcore backpack all over guatemala and belize trips. i thought the cruise would be kinda boring. rich kept saying i would love it. thankfully...he was right! it was such a blast! i could have stayed on the ship for a month. after this last year, i cannot begin to explain how amazing it was to have that time together. the cool thing about going on a cruise is that you are forced to take a vacation. it was soooo amazing. we went to costa maya, roatan, belize city and cozumel. our ship departed from new orleans, so we decided to save money and drive. the drive was long (14 hrs), but we have both never been down south, so it was a crazy cool experience. loved all the states except arkansas. we went on the norwegian spirit. amazing rich somehow got us a sweet FREE upgrade to a room with a window, so every morning we woke up to the beautiful ocean. it was breath taking. we pretty much just hung out on the beach/ocean whenever we ported, but that was perfect. i loved just relaxing with my man on the beach. we went snorkeling a lot and that was fun as long as rich wasn't scaring me about sharks. we also rented a wave runner and explored the ocean. rich scared me on that too. :) i learned i'm becoming a pansy when it comes to sharks/the ocean. the entertainment on the ship was amazing. my favorite was maria and dmitri. they were an acrobatic ballet couple and they did some of the craziest stuff. we loved watching them. they met at age 19 in the russian ballet and fell in love which also added to their magic. i need to mention the food of course. the food was amazing. after eating spaghetti all year, having gourmet lobster, salmon, capers, sushi, salads, fruit, etc...was heaven. it was the most amazingest trip ever. i loved it. thanks rich! ;) xoxo

the start of our magical vacation!

rich's idea (for the pic). he is pretty artsy! ...sometimes ;)

tennessee was gorgeous

memphis was a way fun and lively place (we had dinner here)

i had no idea, but mississippi is pretty much just a giant forest! gorgeous and creepy all at once!

finally getting a little tired...we rolled into our hotel at 2400. rich drove the whole time. what a man! he just loves driving..or he just doesn't trust me driving. one of the two...?