ITS HERE ITS HERE!

LOST that is! Paul and I are WAY into the TV show LOST. And as you know we are not huge TV people but this show has got us hooked. We watched the first few seasons in only a couple of weeks and have been anticipating the new season. Tonight is the season premier and I am seriously watching the clock. We are even having a little party to bring in the new season. LOL. I just hope that the entire season has been written otherwise those writers need to get back to work! Anyways. If any of you are LOST fans, enjoy tonights episode.

My first baby shower!

My great and wonderful friend Joelle is about to have twins and I had the privilege of throwing her a baby shower. It was my first time throwing one and I loved it! I think I had more fun than Joelle. Because she is having twins I went with a "2 peas in a pod" theme. It was too cute. Everything was pink and green. I even made custom made m&ms that had "Congrats Joelle, 2 peas in a pod" written on them. This is a great and easy way to personalize something. We played some silly games including who could drink a bottle the quickest, and this is harder then it looks! I thought it would take like 2 minutes for adults to drink 5 ounces and it took like 10 minutes. Least to say we had so much fun showering Joelle and can't wait to meet Presley and Lyla.

The spread

The girl of honor, Joelle

She is going to have 2 sweets peas!

The girls having a hard time sucking it down!

The Big Southreaster Storm

So all on my Thursday meeting at work have been cancelled in anticipated of a Southreaster Storm. A Southreaster is a lot like a Noreaster but without snow and temperatures never go below 30˚. So if your live in Atlanta its time to pull out your down coats and fur bootz.

-Paul

Happy New Years!

I know this is a little late but, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you all had a great time celebrating wherever you may have been. It seems like we have friends all over the world now. Paul and I brought in the new year with some good friends with a little party at our place. We even played a little beer pong for old time sake. Our friend David received an actual beer pong set for Christmas with cups, net, paddles, balls and all from I think a parent or grandparent, Crazy eh?!?! And Paul and I are not so good at this game! Least to say we had a good time hanging out and bringing in 2008. It will be great in 2008 (why does everyone keep saying this?) I have heard great in 08 about 1,000 times.



Us being the dorks we know we are!

Paul, Erin, Nicole, Ryan, Kim, Justin, Joelle, and David

Kim, Erin, Joelle (who is about to have twins, if you can't tell!) and Nicole

Thanks for the TV

Thanks to everyone who has been chipping in on my TV over the last couple months. I have been saving all of my birthday and Christmas money for a new TV or camera. So this weekend I had enough money to get the TV I wanted. Its a 42" Opus LCD by LG. It didn't look very big at the store but when I got it home and setup it looks huge. Well if you are in ATL at the end of the month we are throwing a Lost party to kick off the new season.

-Paul

Christmas with the families!

Paul and I had a great time traveling to Colorado to visit our families over Christmas. It was so relaxing and it even snowed on Christmas! Here are a few pictures.

Paul and I on Christmas morning at the Cinocco's

The sharp looking Stroup bothers in their Christmas sweaters Mark, Paul and Chris

Paul holding his precious little cousin Micah

The entire Stroup family on Christmas Eve

Paul and Erin at the Cinocco's Christmas day

Erin opening her stocking

Paul opening his stocking and really enjoying it!

The hot Stroup wives Ashley, Erin, and Amy

The cutest little nephew on the face of the planet!

Paul being festive!

Paul and Erin under the tree

The entire Cinocco family

Chicago RDC Trip

So I took my first official business trip with my new job. We went out to Chicago to tour one of new RDC (Regional Distribution Center). The building was ginormous! It was a lot of fun, long hours, and butt cold. Before I came home I was also able to visit my Grandparents (grandpa and I were wearing matching sweaters) and I also saw our friends the Sitko's.

Stroup's Trip

For Thanksgiving we had my(Pauls) Family in town. My aunt, uncle, grandpa, grandma, mom and dad got to see all of the major attractions in Atlanta.
We took them to the World of Coke Cola
Georgia Aquarium
Fernbank Museum of Natural HistoryZoo Atlanta
Inside CNN TourEveryone got to meet Riley and Bailey
The Home Depot HQ
We ate dinner at the Sun Dail on the 73rd Floor of the Westin Hotel

Atlanta History Center and High Museum of Art. Now I need to sleep for a couple days to recoup.

Our Trip to Disneyworld

A few weekends ago Paul and I enjoyed a little trip out to Disney World. Our friends had some free tickets and invited us along. So we took them up on it and had a great time. After all, it is the happiest place on earth. Here are a few pics!

Here is us after our scary ride on the Tower of Terror!

Our good friends Katey and Casey Jones!

Us hanging out with Woody (and Paul holding his hand for some reason?!?)

a shout out to a fellow entrepreneur

Our good friend Casey Jones just stated a company called Casey Jones Golf. He worked for the PGA tour for many years as a professional scoreboard artist (Don't ask me how you get that job!) He is a very talented artist and now offers professional hand drawn scorecards to the public. We think it is a terrific idea. And the holidays are coming up! You should check him out:

http://www.caseyjonesgolf.com/golf-gifts.htm

I Start My New Job Today!

So I (Paul) got a promotion at work! I am now a Senior Supply Chain Analyst of Project Implementation. Besides my sweet new title, I will enjoy moving away from programming and start project management. This is a new position for the company so who knows what I will really do but it will be an exciting adventure. Erin and I both start our new jobs today so I thought this tooth paste for dinner was appropriate. Good luck Erin you will do awesome because you are awesome!

The Cinocco's came to town!

My parents were able to make it out to Atlanta a couple weeks ago and we had a great time. We went to the beach, ate yummy seafood and just enjoyed time with one another.

A new job for Erin

As many of you know, I have been working at a Pilates Studio for the past year. And as many of you know, taking the job was the only way I could get of that horrible nightmare of a camp job I got when we first moved here. (the one with all the tears shed, ankles sprained and bites) I am now on to bigger and better things! It has taken me a while to find my way "carrer wise" in Atlanta but now feel like I may have found my niche. While doing my wedding planning business on the side for the past 9 months, I have met a ton of people. Florist, DJs, Bands, Photographers and caterers. One caterer that I worked with on a few occasions called me up and said that he loved working with me and wanted me on his staff. He said he would "work on it". Then I didn't hear from him and thought really nothing of it. I just figured I was destined to work a Pilates Studio forever. I got a call from him on Friday and he offered a full-time event planning job through his company, Badda Bing Catering! He also wants to bring my business along side with his and help me build it. Its all kind of confusing but basically, my hard work has paid of and am now going to be able to quite the studio and begin event planning full-time! Its hard to believe I have only been at event planning for 9 months and is now a full-time thing. I wanted to let you all know how excited I am and I know Paul and some news about his job to share as well. He should be posting something soon. I hope you are all well and love and miss you guys.

Erin

Nickel Creek Tickets!

I love the bluegrass band Nickel Creek and it seems like I always miss their shows. But alas, I have purchased tickets for October 12th! I am sooo excited!!!

Erin

http://nickelcreek.com/

North Georgia State Fair!

Paul and I took a little trip up to the North Georgia State Fair. It had everything a fair has to offer. Rigged overpriced games, rides that look like they are going to fall apart any second, the most awful junk food for you and some pig racing. It was a lot of fun! Here are some pictures.

Durango Trip

Erin and I made a trip out to lovely Durango. We haven't been out there in over a year so we were very excited to get out there. We tried to hit up everything that we were missing from good old DGO. Here are a few picture from our trip.




















Erin and I at our Pirate Party Arrr!
















Ashley, Mark and I at the starting line of the Imogene Pass Run
















Erin getting into character after a few pirate-mojitos!






















Erin and Sage smiling for a picture. She's so cute (Erin that is).

We have moved again!

Are you surprised?!?! You shouldn't be. It is only Paul and I's 6th move since we got married 3 years ago. We have moved into a fun neighborhood called "Berkley Park" http://www.berkeleypark.org/in which we hope to buy into next year. We are literally smack in the middle of Atlanta in the Industrial district. We love it and so do the dogs. They now have a big backyard to run around and explore and we now have more then one closet! yeah. The one down fall to this house that I discovered on Monday morning is that there is no outlet in the bathroom! Grrr. I now have to blow dry my hair in our living room. But, that is what you get when a house was built in 1920. We still have an extra bedroom and we would love for any of you to come and stay. Here is our new address in case any of you should need it:

768 Antone St. NW

Atlanta, GA 30318

Take Care,

Erin

The craziness of Michael Vick

I don't know how much everyone else is talking about Michael Vick, but here in Atlanta, that seems to be all the people are talking about. As I am sure most of you know, Michael Vick just plead guilty to raising and fighting dogs in his home. It crazy to me how much people just worship professional athletes. Many people, for some crazy reason assume that because someone is good at sports, that it makes them a good role model. Oh, what a wake up call. I just read an article that made me laugh. Angry fans, in protest to Vick, have begun to mail their Jerseys to Atlanta human societies for dogs to use as beds, toys and rags. Oh so funny. This is yet one more reason Paul and I don't watch or support and major athletic teams. If the world could take the amount of time they invest in major league sports and instead volunteered, worked, relaxed, exercised or spent some time with God, I think the world would be a better place. Yep, that is what I think. Oh, and did I mention that at the local Domestic Violence shelter in ATL, (where we sometimes volunteer) the kids room was donated by Michael Vick and so there is a huge painted portrait of him on the wall? What message is this sending to these kids? Ok. I feel better now :)

Atlanta's little Chinatown

I am sorry it has been so long since we have written. We have not been up to very much lately. Paul and I ventured out this weekend to see a part of Atlanta we had yet to visit, the little Chinese district of Atlanta. I was amazed at this little part of town. Everything was written in Chinese. The hot, humid air and smells defiantly took me back to Asia. We drove around trying to decide where to eat. We finally picked this old little strip mall with some awesome Chinese food. We even tried duck for the first time. It was a good time. And is about it for now! And I couldn't really find any pictures, so here is a picture of Miss. Chinatown Atlanta for your viewing pleasure.