A party fit for a Princess!

This weekend Shane and I headed to Coppell for one special little girl's 3rd birthday. Who might that little girl be? My niece, Princess Kennedy Kate of course! My sister is probably one of the best party planners in the world. Seriously, she needs to start a business! She is so creative and always makes the most special parties and this one was no different. This year Kate has been particularly smitten with Princesses and everything that goes along with them. So it was very fitting to have a Princess Party!

And when I said Kate is smitten with Princesses that might be an understatement. I really have never seen a child that loves princesses and fairytales so much. This worried my sister Marci a little at first, but she decided she would let Kate continue loving princesses but just direct it more to Christ and how she is a princess of God. I love this post my sister wrote about it all... you can read it here. 

And of course Cinderella and Belle were there! How could you have a princess party without them?

My precious nephew Joshua

We love you Princess Kate! Happy birthday!

Love for Bachelorette(s)

Okay, it is no secret that I am a huge fan of Television. I love it. I know I know, it isn't good to watch lots of TV, but it is definately my guilty pleasure. Shane makes fun of me for all the shows I DVR and watch, but there is no show that he makes fun of me more for watching than The Bachelor and Bachelorette. I cannot tell you how much flack I get for loving the show. But that's okay...he has a right to his own opinion and I have the right to mine :) And mine is that I am hooked and love it. I think it is because I am a hopeless romantic and really like to think it is real. Thought I know it not always is. I still have hope. I mean who doesn't like to watch someone fall in love. Okay, well enough about why I love to watch. Here is what I thought of last nights episode.....

TERRIBLE EPISODE...But really it was. I thought all the dates, with the exception of one, were horrible. I do not know what they were thinking when they planned those, but I thought they were down right awful. Flash mob date..cheesy and I couldn't keep up with how fast Ben C. talked. "Roasting" date...ridiculous. How can you even call this a date? Who wants to get roasted on a date? Not me. Thankfully the episode ended with JP's date. I enjoyed this date mainly because he is one of my favorites and because it seemed like the most real date they have ever done. And for Bentley...I don't even have words. Thank goodness he is gone. Hopefully next weeks episode in THAILAND (how cool is that?) won't dissapoint like this week did.  So I know it is cheesy..but here are my favs.



Love Love JP



William was my favorite from last week, but he really dissapointed me this week. Come on, use your brain! BUT, I still think he is a sweet guy and I'm glad Ashley is giving him another chance.



And last but not least, Ryan P.



Enough about the Bachelorette.....haha well actually...

This past weekend was one of my bestie's Bachelorette party in Dallas. I loved it for so many reasons. One because I was so excited to celebrate for Erin. Her wedding is less than two weeks away and I literally cannot wait!  But also because I loved being with all of my best friends. We aren't all in Abilene anymore so I am very thankful for anytime we get to spend all together.



All of us..I have some pretty friends I must say!



Loveeeeee her

The soon-to-be Mrs. Freytag!



Typhlops, just as disgusting as it sounds

Last night I was greeted by this little creature on my bathroom floor as I was about to start getting ready for bed. Yes, you heard me right. ON MY BATHROOM FLOOR. I do not know why this disturbs me so much. Maybe because a bathroom is where you are suppose to feel safe and clean all the time. Yeah, maybe thats why. Or maybe that this means this little creature traveled all through our house to get to the bathroom. That bothers me too. Either way, it's scary and gross! I almost stepped on it and screamed very loudly. Shane was very confused and quite frankly I don't think he believed me when I said there was a large worm/snake in our bathroom. But, yes there it was! Shane being scared of snakes and things of that sort didn't want to pick it up. So he grabbed a hanger nearby and picked it up with that and flushed it down the toilet. We were still very confused on what exactly it was because it resembled a worm..no head, skinny.....but it was much longer than any worm I have ever seen. About 10 inches long! And the way it moved around was much like a snake. SO, Shane googled worm snakes this morning and look what he found...the culprit!

The Typhlops, also know in as the blindsnake. They are said to be found in Europe, Africa, Asia and Central and South America. So why were you in my bathroom? Hm, good question. Okay, I know I am a bit dramatic. BUT would you like to find one of these things in your bathroom? Yeah, I didn't think so! Yuck



Summer laziness

Summer is just wonderful. After graduation I took a week off to just be lazy at home. And man was it nice. I had time too clean, do laundry, cook dinner, watch all my favorite TV shows, and even work out. It has been the life. Though after a week of laziness I decided I probably needed to be working some, so I returned to work. I also started a bootcamp work out class at a local park nearby with my mother-in-law Jackie. I am really loving that. I do enjoy working out, I am just not very consistent with it. This class keeps me consistent and I really enjoy that it is outside! This past weekend I got to go home to San Antonio to help my parents watch my niece Kate and my nephew Joshua who they had for a weekend. I was so happy that I was able to go down and help and get some quality times with the kids and my parents. I really love being an aunt, but being around the kids makes me very sure that I am not ready for my own! I have so much respects for mothers! It is not an easy job!!

Today I am off to Dallas for Erin's Bachelorette. I CANNOT WAIT to be with all my friends!

Home Sweet Home

Whenever I first came into Shane's house (my soon to be house) I will admitt I was a bit worried. At the time it wasn't the cleaniest place. It was a bachelor pad afterall. And there were many things in the house that needed some updating. Like the kitchen. It even had the same mustard yellow appliances from when it was first built back in the day. But luckily I have one of the handiest husbands ever. He and his family put in new tile. Yes, you heard me right. SHANE put in the tile. He is amazing. I told you he was handy! He also painted, put in new countertops and new appliances in the kitchen.We did hire someone to redo the cabinets. With a little updating, cleaning and decorating our little house had been transformed! I just wish I had some before pictures so you can see the difference! But here it is....our humble abode.

Dining Room

New and improved kitchen! Probably my favorite room of the house!

 The living room

Master Bedroom

Spare Bedroom #1

 Those curtains cover the closet

Spare bedroom #2 ... This room is still somewhat bare. But it is better than nothing!

 Our cute little porch! I love this!



I love our house for many reasons. One because I feel that is it very "homie." But the thing that I love the most about it, is that it is OUR home.

I love my life.

I'm BACK!!

So it dawned on me today....I HAVE A BLOG.

Kidding, I didn't forget my precious blog. Well, maybe I sorta did. The truth is I have be so consumed with my wonderful life I have not found the time to update this thing. I guess that is a pretty good excuse right? The more time that passed the more I realized how long of a post this is going to have to be cover everything that has been going on and that gave me anxiety so I have been putting it off....till now! So here is my life update of the last 4 months.

January and February were filled with lots of Sing Song practices and wedding shower extravaganzas. My roommate, Rachel was the director of our club act for Sing Song and two of my other roommates, Kylah and Amy did the costumes. So you can just imagine how crazy our house was. But it was well worth it. We were popcorn and let me just tell you....our show just really "popped" :) Pun intended. Seriously though. It was amazing. Rachel couldn't have done a better job and did I mention we WON? Yeah, that was pretty sweet too.

and if you would like to see the video of our act...here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntsgpCehevk&feature=related

My wonderful shower in San Antonio.

February was an especially good month for my roomie Rachel. She and Bailey got engaged!!

My wedding shower in Abilene!

My Lingerie shower that my sweet friends threw for me!

My sister Marci threw my Bachelorette weekend in Dallas!

And On March 13, 2011 I became the happiest girl in the world when I married my best friend. Our wedding day could not of been more perfect. The weather was beautiful, the plantation house was beautiful and we were surrounded by wonderful people. I couldn't have asked for a more amazing day!

Then we were off to our Honeymoon in the fabulous St. Lucia! It was absolutely amazing! Every time I think about it I just want to be back there! Hopefully someday we can go back :)

Shortly after we returned to the real world in Abilene, I ran my first 5k. Okay, I know for most runners this seems like nothing, but for someone who is just getting into the running thing, it was a BIG deal! I loved running the 5k and hope to run more soon, and maybe... MAYBE someday I will run a half-marathon? We'll see....

I hosted my very first shower, Erin's Lingerie shower! This made me feel like a grown up! haha

For Easter we went camping with the Haught family. Such a fun and relaxing weekend!

At the end of April, one of my other roomies Amy got engaged! Love has just been in the air :)

And just this past weekend, I graduated from ACU! Wow, never thought I'd see the day! But really, I think it is finally starting to hit me that I am done with school..forever. It's very surreal.

Wow, so it has been a crazy and incredible last 4 months. No wonder I have not been able to keep up with this. Now, on to the next part of my life! This past week I recieved a call that offered me the position of being the Nutrionist for the bean at ACU.  I am so excited for this! Not only is it a REAL job, but it is a job in my field! I am not sure when I will be starting, we are still working out the logistics. But I feel so blessed to be given this opportunity.

Hopefully now I will have more time to keep up with this!

until next time, xoxoxo