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It's been a while since my last post, about 3 months. And since that last post lots of things have changed around the Young household. Some things have not. I'm still cooking & baking lots! We still love food!

Goat Cheese in Paprika & Dill Appetizer

Charcuterie Plate 

First of all, we live in our new condo now and LOVE it. It was slow to get everything put away and start functioning normally.
Moving day was rainy and cold for September, but the movers were super nice and helpful. Nothing was damaged or lost, so my inventory was not needed for that. My box numbering system did come in quite handy with those miscellaneous boxes.

Copycat Chick-fil-A nuggets

For instance, Adam would ask me something like, "where is my red cardinals hat" and I would remember that it was in the office on the day before moving so it must be in boxes 48-56 and at least it was partially narrowed down :)

In October, we went down to Kansas City for the wedding of our lovely friends, Audrey & Glenn.
They had a beautiful wedding & we were really taken with KC, especially the barbeque & the Boulevard.

In November, we celebrated our one year anniversary. So I guess this blog should be titled just Living Youngs... or something. We went to Madison where we enjoyed the symphony and then on to Milwaukee where we enjoyed great food and a little gambling at the casino.

At the Madison Symphony Orchestra

Later in November, we adopted two new additions: Bella & Daisy. They are a supposed mother-daughter pair of cocker spaniels we rescued from PAWS. It went a little like this: 

[Beth sees Bella & Daisy]
Adam: No. We absolutely are not getting two dogs. And especially not a puppy.
Beth: Okay. [Burst into tears and Greek Woman wailing]. Can't we just meet them?
Adam: Okay. We can just meet them.
[About 2 hours later, we were loading them into our car.]

Bella, Daisy & Jasmine napping the first week they lived with us (Pre-haircuts)

Dad enjoying time with his new grand-dogs. They of course loved him!

Fiances!

For Thanksgiving we had a host of company and it was a great time! My dad, mom, brother, sister, & soon-to-be brother-in-law came up from GA. There was feasting, parading, and an engagement. What a weekend!
















For Christmas we went down to Springfield and spent the weekend with Adam's family. There were plenty of games & good food.

For New Years we enjoyed a tasty dinner with good friends at our special restaurant, El Nuevo Mexicano. Since we went there on our first date and for our engagement, it is Adam's go-to restaurant for any special occasion.

And here we are in January. The busiest January I can remember. So I wanted to blog about how we're keeping up with this busy schedule and how I'm staying organized. That will have to wait until tomorrow. The pups are barking & dinner is warming, gotta run!