Grown Up Prom {thegoldenglobes}

{to get in the mood of this post...you may need to play song while you view, haha!}
So, here's my loves and hates. Not all of them. But some of them. Some were so nasty it was hard for me to physically click and save. HAHA!

Love it.

Hate it.

Love it. Want it.

Love the style. Hate the color.

Love it. Google Olivia Wilde to see the best part about her dress - the shoes! It wouldn't let me copy that photo.

Love her, so Love the dress - wish it were brighter!

Love it.

Hate isn't a strong enough word.

mixed feelings. a little like, a little hate.

maybe we can give her a break since she's going through the big D. shoowee.

Nasty.

Love it. Love her. Do you watch her reality show on the Style Network? You should.

Hate it. So she showed some goodies. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

love it.

love it.

So, do you agree or disagree with me? I want to know! :)

Weekend Wrap-Up!

We had a typical weekend with an extra kick! It was Colby's 2nd Birthday this weekend!

Friday we went to yummy Puccini's and watched football games the rest of the night...

Saturday we went over to my sister's for Colby's birthday party! It was a Construction Theme party complete with dump trucks and construction hats! Colby was sooo good as usual, waiting on guests to arrive, telling everyone where to place his presents (ha!), eating patiently before opening gifts, and letting his friend, Lily Kate, help open gifts!

Uncle B, Colby, and Auntie MayMay

Colby was very patient waiting on guests to arrive. He was showing me the order he would open presents while we waited!

Some guests were a little late...so I was trying to keep his mind off the gifts! We were looking at his fabulous cake his Mommy made and all the other cute details on the food table.

So excited he's 2!

Each of the kids got a construction hat with their names (thank you Cricut!) and had stickers to decorate with while the adults were finishing up eating.

We got Colby a truck you can put together and take apart with this motorized tool and... a pillow pet! haha! I think those things are so dumb, but when he opened it he gave the monkey a nose kiss ~ so I guess it was a hit!
Saturday night ended with us hanging out with our friends Nick & Jordan.  We watched football and basketball games for hours! {thank goodness B has Nick and I have Jordan! whew!} We ended up going to what I thought was a hole-in-the-wall bar, but they've revamped the place making it nicer, cleaner, and including Goodfella's Pizza inside! I wish I had a picture of the pizza...it's amazing...it's so big it's served across 2 plates! The place wasn't bad at all - actually a really fun sports bar! I see more visits there in our future, Jordan! :) Our friend Alison also met us there for a bit, but I didn't get a pic with her!

Sunday has been typical, too! Church, lunch with my parents, and more football. :) I didn't realize how much B loves football until we married....sly dog! haha
Best part is....the weekend isn't over yet! We both have tomorrow off! YAY! Aren't Sundays so much better when you know you don't have to work the next day?!
Hope your weekend was great!

We Are Family!

So last night B and I started our new study at church, After The Alter.  I'm pretty excited about it because it's for all stages of married couples - newlyweds, parents, empty nesters.  We went with some of our friends and then saw 2 other couples we've been wanting to start doing more with, too!

Yesterday was the usual 'intro' lesson where we basically get out all the outcomes and sorts.  For the next 5 weeks (I guess 4 now) we'll learn about a few major tops and get some biblical perspective on how to deal and have your marriage survive through it. 

Last night was on pain and we had some good discussions; but I actually took something different away from last night. At the end of each lesson there will be a parenting application. Although we don't need that just yet, it never hurts to store up good information!
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Genesis 1 - There are no children in the Garden of Eden. The woman completes the man and the man completes the woman.
The way that Jen (the wife leader) described this was so refreshing... "We are complete when we get married. Children do not 'complete' our family. They expand it. Your marriage is the most important human relationship you have on earth. Remind yourself of this daily as it is easy to forget when you are raising kids [or wanting kids].
I know lots of people waiting and praying for kids. I know lots of pregnant couples.  I know lots of couples with kids. And it's nice to hear that you are ok and you are still a family - with and without kids.
And on the other hand, I know lots of people who aren't married.  I don't think this verse was meaning you aren't complete single {as I would have been upset taking it a couple years ago}, but the emphasis is on the word family and when you become a family with your spouse you are complete. {just my take:)}

Mexican Chicken Casserole

Here's a new yummy recipe to try! Today is my first time making it.  This recipe comes from my MIL who fixed it for us over our Christmas Break trip!  I'm taking dinner over to my sister, Kelli, and her new little family of 4.  Bringing food is hard to do for them as she lives on cheeseburgers, pizza, and fries! :) So...here's hoping she'll eat this yummy dish! :)

Mexican Chicken Casserole {makes a large casserole}*
What you need:
4-5 chicken breast, cooked and diced *
jalepeno peppers, chopped
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cheddar cheese soup
1 pkg. Doritos
What you do:
Crush approx. 1/2-3/4 bag of Doritos in a ziplock bag and set aside.  Mix chicken soup with 1/2 can water.  Layer crushed Doritos, chicken, peppers, and chicken soup. On top of this, spread the can of cheddar cheese soup. Sprinkle with a few of the crushed Doritos.
Bake at 325 degrees  until bubbly (15-20 minutes)
*I only used 2 chicken breasts and it was enough with left-overs from 3 adults eating. I also added Frank's Red Hot Sauce to the top and shredded cheddar cheese on top before baking!
AND it was actually a hit for Kelli and Eric! WOW! haha! Of course, I only put the jalepenos on half of the casserole because I knew they wouldn't eat that part! Colby cracked up we were eating a meal with 'chips' in the chicken! :)

Doesn't this kind of remind you of B's favorite meal - Dorito Chip Chicken?! :)
Also...look at what my cute Cricut did!

LoopDee font, pink vinyl

Lovin' my pantry a little too much to keep spending time on it! ha!
Enjoy! :)

Sixty!

Happy Birthday Dad! I love you!

GG, G-Daddy, Cameron and Colby

Yes, the husbands were here...but that's our rule tradition ~ we sit on the couch with dad {or mom when it's her turn} and everyone else doesn't! haha!

We celebrated on Sunday at Malone's after church {yes, twice in 2 days!} and back at Mom and Dad's. Colby helped open every gift...but was very disapointed with all the clothes, ties, and belt Dad received.  We were joking saying Colby will throw his gifts down next weekend for his birthday if they are clothes! ha!

Can't believe my Dad is 60! :)

Wall Stencils > Wallpaper

I am a girl who loves mixing colors/textures/patterns.  However, you may not be able to tell that from looking at my house! It takes a lot of money and time to be able to get your home exactly how you want it...and although I've got the time, I don't have that kind of money! I do have many inspirations boards of couches, curtains, paint colors, etc. Slowly but surely I will someday!
I've been wanting to add a few different 'layers' along the back wall that our bookcase is on and in our hall half bath.  I feel like I can't commit to a certain paint color all over our first floor since it would have to be in our hallway/staircase/family room/kitchen area due to our open floor plan.  So... I decided I wanted to stencil!

Now, don't start thinking of elementary stencils with letters and animals and colored pencils! I mean wall stencils. I've been wanting to do this for some time now, but I've finally convinced the hubby of how good it will look!

Just the inset of the wall

So... I want the wall above and the hall bath {I can't get a good picture to show that room - you know it's like a long rectangle shape.} done. Maybe the same design, maybe not.

I went searching for good stencils and found a great website here.  Too bad they are like $40 a piece! I even found a great inspiration stencil for a nursery...although that's a ways off!! But I am a big fan of these: 

I'm thinking maybe a faint yellow would look OK next to the Macadamia Nut color by Sherwin Williams we already have our entire house painted. However; I do know my favorite store carries them and I guess I can make a trip there to look at them. :)

Also, while I was searching for wall stencils, I found a super cute new blog to read! {Kat - that's for you!}
In her pantry, she used this vinyl for the same effect.  I wonder if my cricut is large enough to make some of these items? I don't think it'd be able to make a whole wall of vinyl though! Yea...and I thought my pantry was organized and clean! ha!

So...wall stencils> wall paper is what I've decided! It's just paint and can be changed immediately!
Have you ever used wall stencils?

Today...

I'd rather be here....

 Drinking these...

My first week back to work was loooong! 4th grade isn't like it used to be.  Really. It's filled with SO much more pressure you'd think the next step was an Ivy League school instead of 5th grade. 

Now, don't get me wrong, I am all for excelling and pushing my kids; but some days, I'd like to play a game without having the students write what core content number it correlates to with the state standards on their desk.  Or maybe even let the kids illustrate a picture after free-choice a portfolio piece writing.

But, that's not what happens, at least in my county, so we spent the first 5 days back from Christmas Holiday break testing ALL day EVERY day. Yea, that's right. I think that is definitely worse than college! ha! Can't wait for some normalcy next week!

However, tonight I get a date night to Malone's and get to eat steak and enjoy vino thanks to a gift card. Love!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Back at It!

Well...2011 is seemingly similar to 2010! Ha! Went back to work, went to the gym, and made dinner for us!

Actually, I made 2 new recipes tonight...chicken enchiladas and sweet potato fries! YUM! :) Have you ever tried http://www.allrecipes.com/? It's pretty easy to search for recipes and it has a calculator where you can plug in your serving size. Too bad I always have to enter in '4' instead of '2' for us because we're hungry bears.

Here's a few bunch of pics from our NYE on Friday night! Yummy Asuka!

Happy Moan-day!

Give-Away Winner!!

I used the Random Generator online and here is the result...

YAY commenter #2! However, I don't know who you are! ha!
The comment post was left anonymous, so if this is you...

Anonymous said...

love this!! hope I win!
December 29, 2010 9:08
Check back the this post to see if it's you!
Please email me at megek4@yahoo.com to let me know which background you would like, your address, etc! Congrats!
Thanks for playing all!  If you didn't win but you'd like to purchase one, check out The Craft Store!
...And Happy 2011! Check here for my Year-In-Review or here for my Resolutions!

Resolutions: 2011

As stated in my last year's {2010's} Resolutions, I don't really do resolutons. I set goals and hope to acheive them.  Look HERE to see the ones I made and didn't make... oops :).

In RED are whether I made these goals or not at the end of 2011 (12/31/11)
2011's Resolutions {Goals}:
1. Be a good wife proverbs31:30 - I tried. I guess Brian can be the judge of that!
2. letting the small things go, especially at work ephesians4:1-3 - Although I'm not totally over it, I think I've gotten SO much better!
3. private :) - YES! We got pregnant AND had our baby!
4. spending more time in His word with my hubby {this is also related to my #5} - I did this more, but not as much as I would have liked. I'd like to keep working on this.
5. taking at least one week per month off from Facebook - I did this until Baby came. Then, it was too hard to not look during those middle of the night feedings and posting pics! ha!
6. being content~trying hard to show no jealousy towards others james1:17; ecclesiastes6:9 - WOW, if you remember my POST, I certainly have been working towards being much better at this than ever before.
7. continue paying mortgage and other bills on time 2corinthians9:8 - YES! and we are saving more each paycheck as well!
8. continue tithing at least 10% from both paychecks every pay period leviticus27:30 - Yes!
9. choose a volunteer position and stick with it the entire year proverbs11:24 - no :( I didn't do this AT ALL.
10. take golf lessons - No :(
11. continue blogging; but use my blog to serve more of a purpose for others instead of a FYI {of course, for my family, I will have to keep writing what we're up to!} -I'm not really sure if this held a purpose or not, but over this past year, I've received several emails from friends or bloggy friends about thanking me for opening up about certain subjects, etc. So maybe? Or maybe the friends I've made through this blog served more of a purpose to me. :)

*I tried this year to relate all my goals around messages from the Bible. I want to really become a whole-hearted Christian this year and in doing so keep my mind tied to certain verses. So for some of my goals I've included the verse it correlates to!



*Check back today for the Winner of the Second Give-Away! :)

Year in Review: 2010

I started out with each month and each great thing that had happened and that was overwhelming!! Between weddings, engagements, babies, birthdays, vacations, friends, etc., I've been so blessed this year with friends and family.  So, I'm just going to include a few pictures to tell of the extra-special memories from 2010!

My wonderful husband and I took a bunch of trips {our favorite!!} to Louisville, Savannah, Hilton Head Island {twice!}, Asheville, Cincinnati, and of course our amazing honeymoon to St. Lucia!

{I totally put this pic up to motivate me to find that weight soon...yikes!}
Each of the girls in my Life Group got married this year as well!

We also welcomed 2 new nephews this year~ Cooper and Cameron!

My family and B's family stayed healthy this year ~ PTL!

Started my tiny but fun little Craft Store website. {and totally needing a better name...any suggestions?!}

and...Of course my absolute favorite moment from 2010 is our Wedding Day!!

I've SO enjoyed reading back through old posts and seeing pictures of what all we've done and reading about the silly things I post about! Thanks for reading {and hopefully} it's been slightly entertaining to you!
I've loved year 2010...so...2011 you've got a lot to live up to!

Here's to ringing in 2011! :)

*Check back tomorrow for my Resolutions for 2011...
*Don't forget to play in my Give-Away! Drawings will be held tomorrow afternoon!!!! :)