I can't believe we are wrapping up April everyone!  In less than 1 month Russell and I will be celebrating our 1st wedding anniversary.  What a whirlwind of a year it has been.

Out here on the home front we are starting to FINALLY see consistantly warmer weather.  The pollen bombing is starting to dwindle to the point where we are finally being able to enjoy our little "patio oasis" that we set up without hacking up a lung and sneezing your nose off.  See!  Super cozy :)

It is so nice to sit out there until death by mosquitos happen.  Yes friends, it is mosquito season and if you thought VA had some large mosquitos then its like alien vs. predator here.  They are gy-normous and like to sneak in your house at night and go on the attack and eat you alive in your sleep.  Our neighbors probably think we run a martial arts training camp in our living room at night with the amount of sweet Chuck Norris moves we do to try and catch these suckers.  True story.  The only difference is improvise with fly swatters and non nunchucks.

Nothing made me happier though, this past weekend, than grilling out on our patio with wine in my hand and relaxing with Russell before our insect visitors came for the evening.  Well almost nothing... there was the previous weekend of enjoying a nice cold margarita at Chiwawa's in mid-town Memphis during the Crawfish Festival... now that made me quite happy too.  The only thing that will make that better is being able to enjoy Chiwawa's tequila sno-cones everyone raves about.  Think about it, if kids can enjoy sno-cones why can't adults have a "spruced up" one??  Genius.

Starting May 11th we almost 6 weekends in a row with visitors which Russell and I are so thrilled about.  Russell's BFF Joe is coming home from a 1-year deployment in Korea and he is taking a pit stop to visit us.  For those of you who don't remember...Joe was supposed to be a groomsman in our wedding but had to deploy just a few weeks before the wedding.  So naturally, we have lots of celebrating to do when he comes in town.

The very next weekend 2 of my BFF's come visit.  Kendall (bridesmaid in wedding) and Heath (my brother from another mother) are coming in town to experience BBQ Fest with us.  With the three of us together there are always laughs beyond laughs.  It will be like a mini wedding reunion as they will be here the weekend of our anniversary :)

Following that, Dad Schwartz comes in to visit during Memorial Weekend, Dad Edwards visits June 7-8th and potentially we have both Mom's trying to schedule visits. 

All of this makes for a fun-filled busy late Spring/early Summer.  Sidenote- I don't even think we had a Spring...it went from 40's to HOT as HADES in no time.

Tata everyone :)

XOXO, Sherri

I've just been pollen bombed...

Since our move to Memphis I have been taking quick mental notes on the comparison of VA Beach to Memphis.  Of course there is the obvious ocean and BBQ but I have discovered the 1st and foremost difference....its called being "pollen bombed."

Have you ever had that moment where you get out of your car in a beautiful 80 degree weather day, walk past a tree/bush/flower or whatever and IMMEDIATELY have to walk through a thick, voluptuous cloud of pollen?  THAT my friend is called being "pollen bombed."

In the last few days we have had hot and gorgeous weather and all of the greenery has been holding in so much pollen from our late Spring start that we are having bombings everywhere.  I thought VA Beach was bad and was always in red alert air quality but Memphis has them beat.  Parking lots look like pollen snow and cars are no longer the factory paint color T-minus 10 minutes after pulling out of your garage.  I have also heard that this is not even the worst of it...HA!

So, if you see a picture of me on Facebook or sent to you and you like my green or yellow dress/shirt, pants I am wearing...please keep in mind that they started out as the color black that morning before I had been "pollen bombed."

On other notes it does seem like the warm weather is here to stay and that = one happy wife :)  Farmers Markets, Crawfish Festivals, and Grizzlies in the playoffs mean there is tons to do and we can't wait.  Also adding to the list coming up in about a month is our 1-year Anniversary!  Can you believe it??? 

Until next time my friends!...I am gonna go make some pollen angels in the parking lot :)

XOXOX, Sherri

Sunshine and Happiness!

Hi everyone!

I hope all is well and everyone is looking forward to some warm weather in our near future (hopefully!).  By the end of the week we get to see temps in the 70's and start experiencing this Memphis culture.  This weekend the farmers market opens up and the first games of the Minor League Memphis Redbirds.  The Schwartz family will be participating in BOTH.

I have been so eager for the warmer temps so I can finally get out of hibernation.  As soon as we moved in before Thanksgiving it immediately got cold so we felt we couldn't really "experience" Memphis.  As soon as we got 1 warm day a few weeks ago, I ran out to my favorite little shop and had these made... BRING ON SPRING!

I probably jinxed myself as soon as these were made for me and then purchased because then for the next 2 weeks we had rain and clouds... No Bueno.

I was excited to stumble upon a blog called I Love Memphis and the writer has a calendar every  month of EVERYTHING you can think of going on in Memphis.  If you are thinking of coming and visiting PLEASE check this blog out and click the calendar tab to see what is going on :)  http://ilovememphisblog.com/

We finally got the see the sneak peeks of the rest of our pictures from our family photo session.  Once we pick the pictures out we want (by the end of the week) I can share them with everyone soon.  Lets just say Buddy is super photogenic.

I hope everyone has a grrrreat week/weekend ahead!

XOXOX, Sherri