Monday, June 1, 2009

Summer Time Fun!


Oh we LOVE summer! We have spent a lot of time by the pool
this weekend. We are so lucky to live in the same neighborhood as family. Mike's parents and his brother, sister-in-law and 2 nephews live a few blocks away from us. I foresee us spending many hours together soaking up the sun!!!
Last year our nephew Jeremy now (6 yrs.) wasn't to comfortable with water in his face but this year ....WOW..... he is like a fish!! His brother
Jax (2 yrs.) has always loved the water it doesn't bother him a bit! He is jumping off the diving board.... don't worry he has arm floaties on and quickly paddles along. It is the cutest thing!!! Check out the video below of Jax... please ignore my voice! HA
If you are wondering I am using a Flip Video to record.... They are SO cool and I love mine!


Jeremy below in motion!

Jax stopping for the paparazzi to take pictures before he jumps!
Hope ya'll enjoyed the pictures! I will definitely be scrapbooking them!

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Enjoying Good Company


Mike and I went to PF Chang's last night with some friends of ours. We had a great time visiting and eating YUMMY food! I like to say that we went to kick off my summer break!!
We don't have a whole lot planned this weekend. Mike is mowing the yard as we speak and I am about to get ready to make a Hobby Lobby run. Tonight we are going to watch the movie "Taken" on Apple T.V. We have heard it's a good one.
Tomorrow Mike is going on an afternoon canoe trip. He loves to canoe! I suppose I will continue cleaning house while he's out floating.

I hope ya'll have a good weekend!

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Summer's Here!!

My summer break has begun!! WOO HOO! I don't go back until August 10th. If you know me at all, you know that I am a planner. I will probably be in and out of my classroom before that date.. HA!! Now onto summer plans!!!
My summer plans are as follows:

*Celebrate Mike's birthday!
*Spend lots of time by the pool!
*Sleep in
*Travel back and forth to Dr.'s appointments in Conway
*Hopefully announce GOOD news!!!
*Decorate Mike's office
*Take Jet on a daily walk
* Vacation to Disney World in July (still wish we were going on our annual Bahama Trip!)
* Scrapbook!!!!!!
* Have a cookout and break in the new patio furniture!
*Relax and enjoy life!
How are ya'll going to spend your summer?

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Wedding, Graduation, Etc!

What a weekend! Mike and I were very busy with his youngest brother getting married and my brother graduating from High School!! I left Friday morning for Little Rock with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law. We went to my soon to be sister-in-laws bridal luncheon at Capers. I highly recommend going there to eat! We had a yummy lunch and then headed to Embassy Suites to get ready for rehearsal. Matt & Morgan got married in Scott, AR at Marlsgate Mansion. It is a beautiful plantation home..... perfect for a southern wedding!! The rain held off and they had their perfect day!

Saturday after the wedding and reception Mike's parents invited us to eat at the restaurant 1620. It is a GREAT restaurant. Since we ate so late we decided to stay 1 more night in the hotel...... WRONG decision! We went to bed at 10:00 and at 11:45 the fire alarm in the hotel started going off and we had to evacuate!!!! WOW.... I was hurrying around like a mad women trying to get my jewelry, shoes, purse, etc. on to get out! Three minutes later they had 5 fire trucks there. Crazy I know. So we came back in after the "all clear" and went back to bed. Well around 1:30a.m the ALARM when off AGAIN!!! We evacuate once again. This time we were NOT happy! Mike and I decided to go ahead and pack our things up and go ahead and drive home. While waiting for Mike to pull the car around and I half asleep in the lobby I over heard a man chewing the front desk workers out because the fire alarm had gone off during his Med School Graduation that was held their earlier that day! We arrived home around 3:30a.m and slept comfortably in our own bed undisturbed.
Okay, now onto my brothers graduation. My brother and I are 5 years apart. It is so hard to believe that he is out of high school now. He will attend Arkansas Tech University in the Fall. We are so proud of him!
I hope you all have a great week! I have 7 days of work left!! I can hardly wait til I can sleep in and lounge by the in-laws pool! Life is GOOD!

Monday, May 11, 2009

The new things in life

Mike and I stayed in Conway last night with his brother and our soon to be sister-in-law, due to my appointment being so early the next morning. We went out to eat at PF Chang's and boy was it YUMMY!!! We enjoyed visiting with them. We never can go to Conway without stopping at Target! Because of that trip we are now the owners of ShamWOW! Mike and Matt couldn't resist and just had to have it. It truly works. I couldn't believe it!

The other day I was out hunting for Mother's Day gifts and came across a cute Maxi Dress. They are so popular right now and I just had to have one! They are so cute with a pair of flats and I can wear mine to work when I put a cardigan over it!

I am so blessed with caring friends. I was surprised with flowers tonight by Ryan & Amy!!! How sweet is that?

Amy is 32 weeks pregnant here and is so adorable. Ryan her husband(one on the left) and my husband Mike were being silly and thought it would be cute to "look" like Amy... HA! I am a little concerned about Mike.... he looks like he really is with child!!! HA
I hope everyone has a fabulous week!

Friday, May 8, 2009

Show Us Where You Live: LIVING ROOM



Welcome to our living room!
I love dark wood, so every piece of furniture I have is dark and our floors are dark wood as well. When you see my pictures below you will notice that my favorite color is brown! HA...
Almost all of our furniture came from National Home Center. We have a tray ceiling in the living room which I love!
I plan on having some custom curtains made this summer.


The last two pictures tell you a little bit about my husband Mike. He loves to hunt! He killed this pheasant in South Dakota on a hunting trip in 2007. It's a beautiful bird and he loves it so we compromised and I let him put ONE animal in the house... HA. Oh and can't forget about the Ducks Unlimited print above the fireplace. We are hoping it will be replaced with a family picture soon!!!
Well thats all. I hope you join in all the fun and blog about your living room! Check out Kelly's blog and attach your link!

I hope all you Mothers out there have a wonderful Mother's Day weekend!! And for those who want so badly to be a Mother but are having trouble conceiving , I pray that God will open our wombs and bless us with a precious gift... a child!



Sunday, May 3, 2009

Show Us Where You Live



Show Us Where You live: Kitchen Edition
So this is why I am blogging about my kitchen! Kelly over at "Kelly's Korner" is hosting show us where you live Friday. This past Friday was kitchen edition. I was too busy to blog then but I am ready to share my kitchen now. I hope you join the fun. Each Friday we will show a different room in the house... Stay tuned for next Friday's living room edition!


My husband and I built our house last year. My kitchen is not big by all means but it gets the job done. I LOVE my cabinets and countertops.

I hope you all have a GREAT week!