Weekend Update!

Nathan & I got to go tubing with friends this weekend! It was a blast! It's nice to be able to relax with friends and enjoy the sunny days before they are long gone. My mom & dad are still in VA enjoying their last few days with Holden, Rachel, Riah & Cliff before returning to NE! Nathan has been hard at work fixing up his 1999 Toyota Tacoma which he hopes to sell soon. I just finished up doing some coupon-ing online and we are now headed to Walmart for groceries! Next Monday I am hosting a Thirty-One purse party! Check out their online catalog and if you would like to order something, let me know!

Estes Park Adventure

Nathan and I recently spent a weekend getaway in Estes Park, Colorado to celebrate our 1st year of marriage :) YAY! We made it! It was such a fun weekend! We stayed at a Bed & Breakfast called Dripping Springs when was perfect: we had two awesome homemade breakfasts, a sleep by number bed, and a HOT TUB (boy was that awesome after our 5 hour hike on Saturday)! We had never been to Estes before so it was fun to explore. We had Italian one night (Nathan's pick) and sushi the other (Amanda's pick)! We saw lots of wildlife......

This little guy was my favorite...just eatin his pine cone like a little corn cob! 

Nathan was very excited to see some very large Elk on the side of the road! 

This is a marmot and this picture was taken right before I (Amanda) ran away because it was definitely ready to attack (Nathan on the other hand was seeing how close he could get to the thing with the video camera) 

We had so much fun hiking and just walking around the different shops in Estes Park! If you would like to see all of our pictures from our weekend check out our Picasa Picture sight by clicking HERE! Hope everyone has an awesome, safe 4th of July weekend! We will be spending time with Nathan's family as my parents are spending the weekend with Eric and his fiance in St. Louis!

Watch for a post about our Estes Park Adventure...

Hello! Just wanted to let you know that I am working on a post about our recent anniversary trip to Estes Park, Colorado this weekend! It was so much fun!!! Post and pics should be up by the end of the week!

Nathan & Amanda Fries

Summer here we come...

Nathan....

• is really enjoying his job designing conveying systems! He has about a 40 minute drive to and from work each day but enjoys it!
• was able to spend a "man" weekend with his uncles & cousins over Memorial Day weekend fishing, turkey hunting, and golfing
• plays softball for our church’s men’s softball team on Tuesday nights this summer
• subs for the Dannebrog men’s town team softball with his dad, brother, cousins, and uncles (pretty much half the team has the last name Fries)

Amanda....

• is LOVING her job at Collage Center (this is the new name for the pregnancy center she is working for)
• ran the Lincoln, NE Half Marathon at the end of April in 2 hrs 30 minutes!!!

• just got back from a week at Royal Family Kids Camp last week! Her heart was touched to see the God move in the hearts of Nebraska foster children
• is trying to line up her final two college classes so that she can officially get her diploma
• flew out to California with bestie Chelsea to see bestie Dani 

Nathan & Amanda....

• took our nephews to see How to Train Your Dragon
• finally feel settled into our two bedroom apartment as we recently scored a couch & love seat combo for $100 :)
• are having interesting conversations about whether our next laptop should be APPLE (Amanda) or DELL (Nathan)
• LOVE THEIR NEW 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY!!!!!
• Sub for a coed softball team on Thursday nights every couple of weeks
• Enjoy pasta and fellowship with other couples from our church on Thursday nights for life group
• Both lead life groups for the high school guys & gals for the youth group at our church

We are really enjoying summer! We have some great travel opportunities coming up soon:

• June 25-27: Driving to a Bed & Breakfast in Estes Park, CO for our 1 YEAR!
• July 4th Weekend: Possbily heading down to Wichita, KS to visit family!
• July 10th Weekend: Heading to Michigan for Nathan’s Uncle Doug’s wedding!
• Another weekend in July: Driving up to Scottsbluff, NE to visit Levi (Nathan’s best man) and his wife as they recently had a beautiful baby girl named Jovee!
• July 30th Weekend: Youth Group Leadership weekend Retreat

We have a very busy summer coming up but we are so excited to see how God will continue to grow us closer together as we reach one year of marriage already! What a great year it has been! We are blessed to have our dream jobs at such a young age! I will try to stay more on top of our blog and update about our travels throughout this summer ☺

Here are some pictures from a wedding we recently went to at the end of May:

It was a beautiful outdoor wedding that happened to fall on the first day of 100% humidity in Nebraska...

This happened after I said, "Babe, let's take a picture..."

"Okay, a nice one this time...." haha

Finally!!!!

Camping Weekend!

Last weekend we went camping at a Nebraska State Park south of Lincoln with two other couples! It was the first time using our tent and we had a so much fun! Nate goes hunting with his dad, uncles and cousins at this park in November so he had fun scouting out some good spots for treestands. We did a few hikes and the weather was beautiful! Here are a few pictures...

Nathan & I and Matt & Cami

Nathan and I by the Missouri River

The second week of classes are going well. We are headed to the State Fair tonight if the rain holds off to see Randy Travis and walk around the Fair! Until next time...