Days Off = <3!

I had the day off yesterday (and Eric always has Monday's off) so we had such a fun day together. Ran some errands and went to eat lunch at Jason's Deli. One of Eric's favorite (even though I wanted Olive Garden soup SOOO bad- I told him I was trying to be mature about it, ha)

My chicken pot pie soup (so good!) and turkey sandwich
The beefeater

we always tease eric because "he eats like a bird" so he had eaten about 1/2 of the sandwich and said I could eat 2 of these. When he got down to the last bites, he said... well not in a row. I mean I could eat one today and another tomorrow.

hahaha, i knew it. all talk. :)

we have a "nature preservatory:" next door to us and some woods so we took the dogs for a walk. it's going to be SO PRETTY in the spring!!!

<3.

kind ob obscene, but i love when chuy climbs under sam's legs.

haha

sam always has to be FIRST.

Then Eric had the boys over for a poker night, they are definately loving the insulated 2 car garage as their man cave!

It was so hard to get up this morning and go to work but it turned out to be such a pretty day (60 degrees!) Sam has another (UGH) ear infection so I have to call tomorrow and make another vet appt. and only 3 more days til the weekend! yayayay :)

Morgan's Baby Shower

Last night was my sweet friend Morgan's baby shower. Our friend Jesse hosted it (and did such a good job!) I had promised Jesse that I would come over early and help her set up... of course I got up late that morning AND procrastinated on the gift so I barely made it over 30 minutes early to help. (And thankfully my sweet mom came through with the CUTEST picture frame and burp cloth that she made. Lifesaver! I'm so sad that I forgot to take a picture)

Food Table!

The hostesses:) Jessie and her sweet baby Lydia. Funny story, Lydia's bday is Jan. 22nd so Jessie said that she saw all the presents and cake and thought it was her birthday!! haha, so cute!

Food table again

Is this not the cutest cake? Baby Jax's room will be decorated in monkeys and Jess made this cake by herself! She stacked two 9" cakes and made the ears out of brownies. The mouth is licorice with a little gumdrop. So adorable!

sweet Lydia...is it time for cake YEEEET? haha
cute little julie, love her!

she got some of the sweetest outfits
some of the attendees

here's the momma- she got THREE bathtubs! haha!
and daddy Shawn with the cutest Converse shoes :)

They are so cute! She is 8 1/2 months along and said she is SO ready for baby Jax to be here! haha.

little letters

dear old navy,
thanks for the cute floral headband and scarf.

dear spring,
hurry up so i can wear my new headband and scarf.

dear Red Lobster,
you're sucking my soul dry. 10 hours in one day? REALLY?

dear new camera,
when i wake up in the morning, you need to have a memory card in you. got it?
dear mom,
thanks for bringing me lunch everyday. ;)

dear chuy,
please stop running straight from the back door and into the doggy door connected to the garage.

dear chicken cordon bleu appetizers,
i love you.

Kiddos

it's silly how much we love these dogs...

It's a (new!) Family Tradition

Every week on Wednesday, we will take turns going to someone's (me, my older sister, or my parents) house for dinner. The persons house you are going to does the cooking (ah!) and LAST NIGHT was my turn.


(I hardly cook at all, but when I do it's just for the two of us and suddenly there's going to be 6..7.. 8 people over!??!!! I was so nervous!We had a mexican chicken casserole and I got the recipe from Kelly's Korner recipe blog (then TRIPLED it!!!)

Dad in charge of the remote... whats new!

Mom and Kappy, playing dress up games online! (Kap is seriously ADDICTED to those games... she will play them from the time she gets here until she has to leave if I let her!)
Brian and Chance playing video games

My sister and diggy... I'm loving her new reading glasses:) SO CUTE!Getting the ingredients prepped.. instead of using tortillas I just got a bag of corn Doritos and crushed them up on the bottom :) Then mix the cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, rotel and broiled chicken.. pour over the top and cover with cheese:
oh the CHEESE!! best part of the whole dish! cook for about 30 minutes and voila! delicious!

And don't forget the cookies that Kap made for dessert! She decorated them all by herself, and did a fabulous job!

After that I was so into eating that I completely forgot to take any more pictures, haha! We just sat around, ate, talked and watched some t.v. I'm so happy to spend time with my family (and that they braved the weather when it was supposed to be getting down in the single digits here in NWA!) This is a tradition I hope sticks!

Plus my sister is supposed to be making enchiladas next week, so I really hope it sticks!

Freebie Alert

Go to get a free carmel apple sample

here

Go here to get a free dog sleeping bag. (I already ordered you one, Mom! haha)

WE MOVED!!!

We have been kind of half-heartedly looking for a new house closer to my work for the past couple of months since our lease was about to end. Nothing going... too small, too much carpet, too much rent, no pets, no garage (that was Eric's big thing..haha)

I just about gave up hope and figure we would just sign a new lease when I got an email about this 2 bedroom house with ALL hardwood floors ( I DIE!). So, that was Monday. By Friday night, we had just unloaded the last box into this new house and are getting settled.

4 days people. We packed Tues- Thurs and then Friday morning (with the GREAT help of my parents- we seriously could not have done it without ya'll!!!) loaded everything up and got moved into the new place!

Now: PICTURES!!!

Living Room, looking from extra bedroom

Living Room

Living Room looking from couch, into kitchen

Kitchen

Kitchen Part 2, the door leads to:
The dining room, which leads to the backyard. Here is a picture that our landlord sent us of the backyard when in the spring. It has a fence now, and he left all the patio furniture so we had that, the picnic table and two dog houses!


One side of our room... the closet (small :() has mirrors for doors and our dresser is on the other side where I was standing.

We have a two car garage now which the boys love. They are still working on getting it cleaned and organized so I didn't take many pictures of it. Also the door leads to the backyard and has a doggy door in it! LOVE!

This is in the garage as well, and has its own seperate little room. I'm not so sure about coming out into the freezing cold garage to put clothes in the dryer... but eh, what can you do?!

I love the new house and I'm imagining many fun times and great memories made here!