Paul And Erin Stroup's Blog

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Our Trip to Chicago

So if I (Paul) don't done write blogs the Stroup Brother Legacy will be left to facebook updates. So here is a little picture update of a trip Chris and I took to Rockford to visit our Grandparents a couple of weekend ago and also did a quick run into Chicago to explore the city. It was a great trip because we got to see our grandparents and eat some extra buttery Chicago style pizza.

Picture of Grandpa Palm

Chris and I hitting up Chicago (at Grant Park)

Picture of myself looking at the "Magic" bean (its really called the Cloud Gate)

Chris infront of the bean

View of Chicago

The bean @ Millennium Park

The Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Friday, June 19, 2009

I never write about my business!

So I was just thinking to myself that I never write my business on our blog! I just finished a a big wedding of mine and wanted to share pics with you! The wedding went great and the images are georgeous! Here is a link to the photographer's blog:

http://staceybode.blogspot.com/2009/06/sarah-dan.html

Erin

Monday, June 15, 2009

The before pictures of our new house!

Here is our new house! It is so exciting its finally ours. (Actually, we won't own it for 30 years, but we are working on that Dave Ramsey!) Below are some before pics for Paul and I and for you all to see the progression of the house. Right now our contractor is on vaca, so unfortunately, not much will happen in the next week :( Enjoy thinking to yourself "what did they get in to?" Because that is what I am thinking right about now!

The Front of the house

The Front Door

One of the many tresures we found :)

The Front Porch

Front Porch

The Living Room

The Dining Room

Bedroom #1

Jack and Jill bathroom

Jack and Jill Bathroom

The Jack and Jill Bathroom (if only walls could talk! What is up with the murals everywhere?)

Bedroom #2

Kitchen #1

The Pantry

The Laundry Room

Kitchen #2 (this is will become a hallway, laundry room, closet and a master bedroom)

The Master Bath

The back porch which we want to turn into a Sun Room/Greenhouse

The future Sun Room

The back of the house YIKES!

The Back Yard

The Side of the House which will become a dog run

All the trash we collected, including an awesome grocery cart. I may keep this :)

Our 5th Anniversary!

Paul and I were able to take a little trip to Charleston, SC for our 5th anniversary. It rained a lot, but we tried to get outside anytime the rain let up. Charleston has so much history and such cool houses! Paul and I got so many ideas for our new home. The hotel we stayed in gave us cruisers which were so much fun to just ride around the city. And talk about some amazing southern cooking! I got shrimp and grits at one little place that were to die for! It was a good thing we had those bikes to ride because all we did was eat while we were there! There are so many things Paul and I have grown to love in south including the amazing food, the amount of history, and the all that southern charm!

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

A weekend trip with some great friends!

Over the past weekend, Paul and I were able to spend a few days at the beach with some great friends that we lead in a small group at Buckhead Church. We had a great time just hanging out with some of the people we love and got some well needed R&R as well as got some sunshine and ate lots of yummy seafood! It was a pretty dang good weekend :) That is, except for Paul's deep sea fishing escapade. He went out with the other guys and had a pretty miserable 4 hours of throwing up over the side of the boat! Poor guy, I felt so bad! I knew he got some motion sickness from time to time but now I know we need to drug him up before hitting the sea! He recovered after about a 3 hour nap.