Wednesday, November 28, 2012

ThankFULL Thanksgiving




Well I'm still full as a tick a week later from all the amazing casserole's, cakes and pies from Thanksgiving....Our first holiday together! We have now entered the life of splitting our time and holidays with both our families. This is a big deal for us because we are both so close to our families and hate to miss out on anything with them. My sweet Pete handled his first holiday away from his family just perfectly! To marry into a family full of women he fits in just fine with all us crazy girls!

Pete got the whole week off from work and we got to spend it together, another milestone for us... our longest time together consecutively, ever! YEP, you read that right! We have only known each other 6 months, been married for almost 2 of those months, and this is our first time to ever spend more than 5 days in a row together! I finally got to spend an entire week with my hunny! WoW!! I find it hard to believe myself sometimes! But I love my man and love my marriage. It's been a fairy tale journey so far and I look forward to many more weeks, months, and years together! <3

My men after Thanksgiving lunch! Love these boys!



My angel Love <3







Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Sweet Home ALA.....uh, FLorida!

We are Florida residents! Well, Pete is full time and I am on the weekends. I am still in school at Alabama so I live in Tuscaloosa during the week and then Florida on the weekends. This long distance marriage is not as easy as we thought it would be. We miss each other so much during the week and really look forward to our weekends together. Luckily I graduate in May and don't have too much longer to keep this up. I love my hubby and miss being his wife during the week. 

We found a townhouse in Ft. Walton and are now going through the process of furnishing it and making it a home. Neither one of us have furniture so we are literally starting from scratch. Pete and I thought we were going to just buy everything new and fresh, but after going to a few furniture stores and seeing just how much it would cost to furnish our home, we decided the used furniture route would be better for us. We also considered the fact that we don't know where we will be after Pete finishes his training next year so we didn't think it would be a good idea to move new furniture... if we end up moving.

After spending a lot of hours on Craigslist searching for some couches, tables, and whatever else we thought we could use I found some nice couches for our living room. I'm really happy with what we got. They are in great condition and we got them for a great price. It's the only furniture we have right now, but it's a start. I'm so excited to be a wife and I'm loving creating our home together. 

Here are the couches we got! :)






I also enjoy going to flea markets and antique shops to look for unique pieces of furniture or decor, and Pete has been so great about going with me. I have such an amazing husband! He actually found a really cool desk for our garage that we are making into our office at a flea market. Our next purchase we are on the hunt for is a dining room table. Hopefully we can get that soon. And then start the fun process of painting and decorating. :)

Love,
The Rigg's



Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Our Story

On October 6, 2012 two amazing families joined together as a real life fairy tale came true. Five months ago my Prince Charming came into my life and changed it for the better. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I'm married, but I love it! So, now that I'm married it's only fitting I start a blog with my hubby to share our happy life with all our friends and family! Now I'll go ahead and admit that I'm probably not going to be consistent in posting, but I will try my best. Maybe the days I don't have time to post the hubbs will fill in! :)

For our first post, I thought I would share the story of how we met. That is the most common question we get from everyone, especially since we've only known each other 5 months. So here is our story....  My cousin David, who is in the Air Force, was stationed at Canon AFB in New Mexico. About 3 years ago at a church dinner his wife Jeni sat at the table with the one and only Pete Rigg. She immediately got a good feeling about Pete and felt he would be a part of our family one day, she wasn't sure how but just had this feeling. Over the next few years Jeni & David had Pete in their home and developed a great relationship with him. So on May 9 I received a message on facebook from Jeni asking me if I was dating anyone. As soon as I read that I was like "oh boy, why does she want to know if I'm dating... I do not want to be set up". As I kept reading she began to tell me there is this guy I really need to meet and tells me about Pete. He sounded like an awesome guy from what Jeni was saying, but I'm still thinking there's no way I'm going to like this guy more than a friend b/c set ups never work... no one is ever as good as they sound. But the fact that he was in the Air Force and going to Combat Control School attracted me to be his friend. After losing my best friend Mark Forester, who was a Combat Controller, two year ago I have developed a huge love for the Combat Control family. So I messaged her back and told her I would be his friend. Every controller I've met has been such a great guy, so I had a feeling he was probably a good guy too. There was also the fact that he was the same religion as me. This was a huge bonus to me because it's hard to find single guys around my age in my religion. So, I said why not and messaged her back that she could give Pete my information and have him contact me. 

The next day I got a message on facebook from Pete. It was short and sweet, just a friendly hello with his phone number. At this time in my life things were kind of crazy for me. I had just finished up school, was preparing to move for the summer to start an internship, helping with the race in Haleyville we started in memory of Mark, and was a bridesmaid in my friend Stephanie's wedding. So I just didn't have the time to get to know someone. I would send a quick text here or there, but nothing consistent that showed him much interest. I felt bad I had told Jeni I would be his friend and yet I was doing a terrible job of being a friend and getting to know him. 

In June I finally made it to Maui for my internship and had a LOT of time to myself. I was actually really lonely there, as hard as that is for some of you to imagine. I only knew one person on the entire Island, didn't have a car, was working a lot, and just wasn't happy there. But I now see how this was a blessing for me and how it was meant for me to be alone and away from my family. Soon after I got settled in Maui I contacted Pete. He had never left my mind and I finally had time to call him... so I did. And well as the saying goes, the rest is history!  We talked for hours almost every day while I was in Maui. It was the perfect way to get to know each other. Talking to Pete soon became my happiness. I loved talking to him, sharing our pasts, and getting to know one another. This was the best thing for our relationship and now marriage. We realized we had so much in common, it was crazy just how similar we and our pasts were. 

It had now been 2 months that Pete and I had been getting to know each other on the phone. I was starting to feel like I had feelings for him, but just couldn't accept it because we had never met. Pete was at Combat Control School in North Carolina and I was thousands of miles away. We soon found ourselves talking about meeting and wanting to see if this amazing relationship we were developing was real. I just couldn't believe that I could like someone I'd never met, but yet here I am completely giddy about this guy. When I finished up my internships for the summer I decided it was time to make the trip to North Carolina and confirm these feelings. I was so scared and nervous. I wanted this to be real! I wanted this guy I was falling for to be everything I was feeling when we met. So on August 4 in Fayetville, NC the man of my dreams knocked on my hotel door and made my fairy tale come true. The feelings we had developed over the past few months for each other were confirmed that weekend and we haven't slowed down since. 

Five blissful months later here I am with a ring on my finger and a new last name, Leah Rigg... still takes some getting used to after being a Tinker my whole life. Some days I still question is this for real my life!? I can only say from this experience that 1. God listens and provides you with your hearts desires and 2. Never reject being set up because you never know if it will be your future spouse. Sometimes God's timing doesn't make sense to us, but He knows what He is doing and what's best for us. Pete and I both agree that all of the years we have waited for each other were worth it. We know without a doubt that we were meant for each other. And it was because we were living our lives for our Lord and Savior that we were blessed with each other. We had given up our selfish/worldly desires and were building our relationship with our Savior and living our lives for Him. I know that this is why I felt right about marrying Pete. I have never doubted his love and sincerity for me. We have kept Christ as the center of our relationship and because of that we have a beautiful marriage together. I couldn't have prayed for a more perfect companion to spend the eternities with. I am so completely happy and in love with my Sweet Petey Pie. 

And now y'all know our story... at least my side of it, haha! I am so excited to start this journey of marriage with Pete and to share it with our friends and family. It's gonna be a "blasty blast!" (a saying that Pete and I discovered we both say). The picture below is from the night we met! As you can see, another thing we have in common... our love for sunglasses, neon ones to be exact! We aren't afraid to rock the neons! Meant to be!

Love,
The Rigg's