My hubby

Ok, so after last night's post, my wonderful father-in-law made sure I got hold of this keepsake. So here's a picture I'm sure Brandon will kill me for posting, but I just can't help it!!!

Is he not just the cutest thing you've ever seen?!!?

Dallas STARS!

Tonight we got tickets from Brandon's work in their box at the American Airline's Center. The Stars are one of Brandon's favorite teams, second only to the Cowboys of course. We've gotten to go to several games this year, but the game tonight was really great. Ott got a "hat trick" (or he did a hat trick?) which means he scored 3 goals tonight = big deal, and everyone throws their hats on the ice which is fun but kinda stupid to me because how are they going to get those back??? Brandon always tries to teach me all the rules and random hockey stuff, most of which I never understand. But I'm actually enjoying watching the games a lot. Tonight they won by a good bit (notice I'm not telling the score because I'm not reeealy sure what it was). But we had a good night. I just wish I had a picture of Brandon from when he played hockey to post on here because he was just so cute. But the picture of us tonight will have to suffice.


Go STARS!!!

Happy Birthday!

Today is Brandon's dad's birthday,
so we just wanted to wish him a very
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

I like this picture- taken when he was fishing with Brandon on some trip last summer. He's a great father-in-law, and he's taught Brandon much of what it means to be a Christian man and how to be a hard worker. I am so thankful to have such sweet inlaws- I just wish we didn't live like 14+ hours away from them. Sorry we can't be there to celebrate with a yummy cake from Casa Linda. We'll try to make it up to you. Hope you have a good one!

Landscaping

We've finally come to a stopping point for all the landscaping we've done over the past few weeks. And, again, I love the before and after pics to show the difference. I'll take pictures of the front soon, so here are the ones of the back yard...

BEFORE:








AFTER:











I'm gonna try some roses this year- we'll see how they do:)



We still have a few things we want to do, but that's it for now. Thankfully, we had a gorgeous weekend. Hope everyone had a good one!!!

Madness

Ok ok. I'll update my blog finally...March really has been madness. So busy, but (thankfully) not because of college basketball. I'm blogging today because we can't work in the yard as it's covered in SNOW. Yep, 5 more inches of snow in Dallas. Good thing I put off planting my tomato plants a little longer. I can't believe the Texas weather this year- I've never seen anything like it. It's been so pretty the past couple weeks. Friday night we were sitting on the back patio with friends eating ice cream, and then Saturday it was snowing! And they say tomorrow it's supposed to be 65 and sunny. What in the WORLD?!?! But today's been kinda nice. Brandon and I needed a day to just do nothing and relax, and catch up the blog of course. Here's a couple pictures taken earlier today.





Last weekend my parents were in town for several days. It was so nice. The weather was absolutely gorgeous. We went to 6th Floor Museum, did a little shopping, and Mom and I went to see Phantom of the Opera while Dad and Brandon did some home improvements. But mostly, we had a relaxing weekend with good food and some good movies. It's so hard being so far away from them, but it was such a treat that they took off work and came just to spend a few days with us.





I'm so glad they came to visit. Something about spending time with family just rejuvenates me and keeps me going. I feel so blessed to be living in Dallas and surrounded with such great friends, but I just need to spend time with my family every so often. Brandon's getting over feeling sick and I'm doing my best not to let all his germs get to me. We hung out with all Brandon's cousins on Thursday night to celebrate a bunch of the birthdays. Then yesterday we got tickets to the Stars game again from Brandon's work, so that's becoming a favorite thing to do. Other than that, we've spent a lot of our time outside getting some landscaping done and getting ready to plant a little veggie garden. But we'll wait to post pictures of all that when it's not covered in snow. Hope everyone has had a good weekend! If you are considering going to see The Bounty Hunter with Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler, I would highly recommend it. Meagan and I saw it last night as the snow covered our cars. Oh and also, I would highly recommend anyone to start watching Parenthood with Lauren Graham. It's on Tuesday nights and I just love it, kinda reminds me of Brothers and Sisters. That's all for now- I'll try to update again soon!

Olympics

For the first time ever, Brandon has kinda been obsessed with the Olympics, so they've been on a lot at our house. I am just constantly amazed at some of the sports these athletes commit their lives to. Like curling, for example. So weird! Brandon swears that its awesome and there's so much strategy to it, but come on. How silly would you feel if you were one of those sweepers?!?! And, by the way, I seriously think it would more appropriately be named hurling, not curling- after all hurling does describe the action more accurately- they're hurling that ball thing down the ice. Anywho, we've been enjoying the winter sports. And I respect these winter athletes all the more because I go back to the time I attempted to go snow skiing in highschool. It was brutal.

We've had a pretty lazy weekend so far. Last night Brandon and I had a nice little date night out, and today we've just kinda bummed around. Thank goodness for a dog who is as lazy as we are:) Tonight we're going over to Jared and Kristi's and I'm excited to get to see Colt. We haven't seen them in far too long so we're excited to get to see em. Tonight my parents are watching Allie's Step Sing show in Birmingham. She did all vocal directing for her club's show, so she's pretty nervous. Good luck Allie, wish we could be there!!!

Happy Birthday Daddio

Today is my dad's birthday, and I just wanted to wish him a wonderful long distance birthday from Texas. My dad is the best ever. He's really one of my best friends in the world, and I am so blessed to have grown up with him being the person I look to for guidance. He has always been there for me, but he has also taught me to do and think for myself. I only hope to be as good a parent to my kids someday. My dad is one of the reasons it is sometimes so difficult to be living in Texas, but at least we get to talk a lot. And luckily he has finally learned to text message:) I wish I were there to bake a cake and sing happy birthday you, dad, but we'll see you soon.


Happy Birthday Dad!!! Love you so much!

Snowwwwwwww

As everyone knows by now, it snowed in Dallas. A LOT. Like a record-breaking 12.5 inches- and we loved every inch. Brandon was off work and we had a great time in the snow, but Bailey had an absolute blast. Here's a few pictures and a video we took. After 24 hours of snow, this is what our house and street looked like...

Well now all the snow is melted and now life goes back to normal. But at least we had a few beautiful days to make the cold a little more acceptable. I had really fun girls night with Ashley, Meagan, and Miranda Lambert then Brandon played paint ball in the snow with guys from church. We had a great weekend and a very relaxing Valentine's day. Hope everyone had a good weekend!

January

It's been forever since I last posted. The only explanation I can offer- we're hibernating! Literally, it is so so cold here that we are just trying to manage not freezing. January is already depressing enough, but the bitter cold is just too much to handle. After winding down after the holidays and sadly packing up all the Christmas decor, we were so very hopeful for the Cowboys. They really did great until Brett Favre got the better of us. That was a very sad day in our home. Since then, Brandon's been pretty busy with work and I've taken to reading by the fire most evenings. Other than that, all of our shows are back in full swing. That's the only redeeming quality about the month of January. Thank heavens for The Bachelor, 24, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, and Brothers & Sisters. Oh and Lost, which starts back this Tuesday!!! And now that we're adjusting to the schedule of all our wonderful shows, I am determined to be a better blogger. Until then, adios!!!

Tender Tennessee Christmas

We went to Nashville after Christmas to spend a few days with my family. We had a great time. We celebrated my Granny's 81st birthday, hung out with my cousins, saw Avatar which is amazing by the way, did some shopping, saw some good friends, and just hung out with the fam. It was a perfect few days. I always wish we could have just a few more days to see people, but we had a really good visit. I can't complain. Here are a few pictures I took...


With my sisters at the Opryland Hotel


The whole fam


My beautiful sisters


Some of the cousins


With my Uncle Allen and Aunt Nancy- we both have the same anniversary...they've just got a couple of years on us. 36 years and 2 years:)


Happy birthday Granny, love you so much!


My mother dearest


Brandon loves cutesy pictures like this...cheese!


Stylin the 3D glasses- miss yall already!