First blog!

We have finally joined the blogging world!  It’s been a long time coming.  I’ve seriously wanted to start a blog for months now, but we just couldn’t decide on a good name.  Finally, we’ve got it up and running and I’m so excited!

We really wanted to start this blog for two reasons. We want to keep all of our friends and family afloat on the happenings in our life; it’s difficult to make sure everyone is in the loop—so hopefully this will help! But not only that, my memory is horrible. I want to have something I can look back on.  So, if for nothing else, these ramblings will be a good reminder for me of our journey together. 

I should have started a blog right after we got married…but I didn’t get it together so I thought I would give you all a succinct look back on our almost complete first year of marriage. (I can’t believe it’s almost been a year!) I’ll sprinkle some pictures throughout so it won’t be so boring!

We got married on July 29, 2011.  It was hands down the best day of our life, to date! Not only did I get to marry my best friend, but all of our family and friends were together in one place, it was such a good day!

The day after the wedding we had a brunch at my in-laws house.  It was really good to get to visit with all of his family from out of state. After the brunch we headed to Houston to stay the night before driving to Galveston the next day and leaving for our seven day cruise.  Neither one of us had ever been on a cruise before; it was a lot of fun! We stopped in Montego Bay, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. Our favorite place was Grand Cayman; we would love to go back there one day.  We had so much fun relaxing, scuba diving with turtles, shopping, swimming, going to the beach, and eating a ton of food!  

When we got back from the cruise we had all of our wedding presents waiting to be unpacked at our new apartment.  That was such a fun time getting to set up our first home together.  We started school a little less than a month after we returned from the honeymoon. 

The fall semester was spent attending every Aggie home game…with a little studying on the side :)  I got my Aggie Ring on September 16!

Our first Thanksgiving was a little difficult.  I wasn’t able to make it to Lewisville because I had class the day before but Nathan was able to go home to see his family for a couple of days.  He met me in Lufkin on Thanksgiving day and we had lunch at Mawmaw and Pawpaw’s house.  They live 2 hours away from College Station so after we ate we boogied it back to town for the last A&M vs. t.u. football game.  The outcome wasn’t in our favor but it was still an awesome experience. 

Nathan's first Thanksgiving with the Loggins clan (I don't know where the rest of the group was!)

Nathan turned 22 on December 20.  We celebrated with a bunch of our friends in Lewisville.

Our first Christmas was interesting.  It’s hard going between families, but we’ll get the hang of it! We spent a few days at his parents before Christmas and then Christmas Eve morning we drove to Lufkin.  Christmas is my favorite time of year and I love getting to have more family to share it with now!

Family Christmas Picture! 

On New Year’s Eve we celebrated being together for five years!  We went to dinner and then rang in the New Year at home. 

My boys before we went to dinner

It’s a long story but when we were deciding on where to go for our honeymoon we originally chose Puerto Rico.  We changed our mind but forgot to cancel our plane tickets so we had to use the tickets to take a trip somewhere. What a shame! Lol Nathan tricked me into thinking we were going to Chicago but on Christmas he surprised me by telling me that we were going to Disney World! It was a quick trip but we had a really good time! It was great to see some of his family while we were there too. 

Reppin the Rangers in Orlando!

On our first Valentine’s Day as a married couple I came home to find our kitchen sink full of chocolate water. Nathan had tried to make chocolate covered strawberries.  He messed up the first batch of chocolate and poured it into the sink…where it hardened in the drain! Lol it’s the thought that counts :) 

On March 30, Nathan got his Aggie Ring! His family came in town to see him receive his ring and then that night he dunked it with two of his best friends, Heath and Whitney.

The whole family

Dunking their rings! 

Nathan graduated on May 11 with a degree in RPTS (recreation, parks, and tourism.) He began working as a Petroleum Landman in College Station…completely unrelated to his field but sometimes God opens doors in strange places. We’re beyond thankful for His provision in our marriage.

A week after Nathan graduated we moved from our apartment to a house.  We were sad to leave our first home together but we desperately needed space.  Tucker is full of energy…not to mention the fact that he’s almost 90 pounds. Now we have a backyard for him and he loves it!

Our last dinner at #1604

Last week I turned 22! We celebrated with friends at Chuy’s, one of my favorite Mexican food restaurants and then headed to Northgate to shoot some pool and hang out with friends. 

Syd came to visit all the way from Arkansas!

Wednesday was July 4th. We spent the day relaxing and enjoying the day off.  We saw "Moonrise Kingdom"...highly recommend! Then we celebrated America's birthday the best way we know how, watching fireworks!  

If you took the time to read all of that you’re a saint! That was our married life in a nutshell.  I PROMISE it won't be a novel next time!


Much love!


Allison