Time not flying

so since deciding to revamp this as more of an actual blog ive only done one post. my goal is to keep this more up to date to keep it entertaining and well, up to date for my 4 readers ;)

HOWEVER, sadly my last few weeks have be consumed with an activity i would much rather do without.......



yep thats all ive been doing other than work, working out, and the occasional netflicks tv program. and i can say with almost full confidence after all the studying so far this is how i feel....



thats right, i may be a cute puppy but i am overwhelmed and not optomistic...... lets all pray for me.....2 weeks to go!

a new look to the blog

So i have made an executive decision. Due to the recent changes in photo uploading and the larger viewing of facebook, i have decided to discontinue the Project 365 from the blog and instead use the blog as it was more intended.....to blog about fun outing, random thoughts, quotes i like, shout outs, etc. etc. therefore, I think its appropriate to start out with a fun weekend outing:

Brent and I just recently celebrated our 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. Yes, December 20, 2008 Brent and I tied the knot and this year has FLOWN by. It has been an amazing year and i cannot wait to see what else the future has in store for us.

anyway, back to the story of the anniversary. Because it is so close to Christmas it makes it rather difficult to "get away" for the weekend near the anniversary due to lack of time, money, etc. So, we elected to take a trip for our anniversary at a later date (which as of the moment will be snowboarding in Washington) and just spend the weekend in one of our favorite Texas cities with some of our favorite people... my sister Kristen and Brother-in-Law Justin.

lets stick with pics now as i take you through the day..........

1. we made a nice stop at the World Famous Round Rock donuts. I honestly didn't know this place existed until i was watching Man vs Food a few months back but it looked so tempting we had to check it out. and let me assure you it did NOT disappoint :)




2. Next we scuttled across town to one of our fav. Austin places Trudy's...the reason we like Trudys so much is 1. the food is tasty, 2. they serve breakfast, mexican, and american food so everyones happy 3. its a nice setting.


3. We stopped in at The Parkers to hang out with Kristen and Tigger for a little while before deciding our next move. Sadly Justin was called out to work early Sat. morning so he wasnt able to join us just yet. After chatting for a bit we landed on a tour of the Capital. I've lived in Texas my entire life, visited Austin many many time and yet i'd never been.









4. After playing in and outside the capital we headed down the street towards campus. ironically, we ended up taking a tour of Kristen and Justins engagment session settings.

5. We caught up with Justin and headed out to Rounders Pizza for dinner. Pizza was great but Parker did have a little incident with the ENORMOUS water jugs they called glasses


6. another local eatery i have discovered i like is Amy's Ice Cream. I actually discovered it in the airport but nonetheless the Mexican Vanilla is delish.


7. After stuffing our face over and over for the day we decided to conclude with a Festive Christmas Firework show at the Domain. We are all unsure why they were having Fireworks really but it was an event and it was exciting.





On Sunday our actual anniversary, we just hung around the house, watched our wedding video, looked at pictures, ate what was suprisingly tasty year old wedding cake, and just enjoyed the day. it was a great weekend all around!

im so proud of my last 2 smaller updates ;)

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Sunday brent and i decided to give our cars the TLC they so desperately deserved..first a nice scrub at home and then a field trip to the car wash to make em shine. the scrub brush was an odd contraption so i took a little shot of it and i really like the way it turned out..and the pink halo it has around the brush. lol


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Brent and i wanted to enjoy every ounce of daylight we could on the weekend so we did the fun fall thing- threw a football around in the park and watched the ducks.lol the camera was not hurt during the making of this shot, however i did get hit a few times :) no worries its a nice shot


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Friday night i went over to Alisas for a jewelry party! I had an amazing time chatting with some wonderful ladies and trying on tons of wonderful jewelry


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they have a light up moose at Target. i need this to complete my christmas....granted, im working on finding a spot for the christmas tree at this point but in my opinion, theres always room for anther moose in my place :)


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as i was walking through the halls on wed towards my office i saw smoke on the lawn. turns out i found out the S&W's lawn is the graveyard for random dry ice...who knew

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Erin made us a delicious spinach dip and chicken and dumplings dinner for our date night! i helped by stiring things and eating crackers :)

look at me doing a resonable update

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playing with brents new wide angle lens while he plays a little halo


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when hanging with the inlaws its important to stretch before any outting


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we hung out for a little bit at Erins on Sat. night. we wanted to take a ladies pic but we wanted to include all the ladies in the house :)


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taking Brents new baby on its first outting. downtown Bryan for First Friday- downtown Bryan has some great photo opts

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For the first day this week i actually saw the sun when i left work....it was a wonderful, joy-inducing sight

massive update for the folks at home

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i can just heat the convo now...
T-rex "whhhhyy are my arms soo tiny"
ghetto Little Foot "dude i dont know, but that looks messed up."


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Brent finally got his new super nice fancy digital SLR all working today. i just had to get a shot of him playing with his new toy...hes very happy


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such a sad sight when you walk out of work 2 hours after everyone else and you and rick are the lone cars in the parking lot :( as you can see, monday was quite a day (understatement)


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man it feels good to be a gangsta


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For Rachaels 24th bday party morgan and patrick decided to throw her a birthday/haloween party in Henderson. It was an absolute blast. morgan did a great job getting everything together and coordinated.... there was dancing, plenty to drink, blow up twister, friends, and BBQ...how could you not have fun! heres me with the party planner herself :)


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halloween eve fell on a friday this year so what better way to ring in the holiday than with snack time friday at the office. (we love any occasion to party really) Vicky made these super cute spider blankets to start the morning off right


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i can just imagine the conversation going on in his head right now
"see, this things not sharp at all....our future son is totally needing this"


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since non of us got to watch biggest loser on our usual date night, brent and i hosted biggest loser night at our house for erin.. unfort. they hadnt posted the show yet so we just ate our tasty dinner and watched psych


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i was sooo ready for the work day to be over b/c i couldnt wait for cat and jessie to get here! they drove all the way from Temple to hang out with brent and i for a few hours. we all had a blast. i miss these ladies sooo much!!! i just had to document the girls first experience with the fritella


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fence fun from the Farm patch.. i do love alliteration


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Robyn invited me and some of my work friends over for a "day of beauty" we tried on jewelry, got mary kay facials, and ate tasty food thanks to Robyns husband. i just love the looks i got in this one as i told everyone to "look natural"


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spent Saturaday watching the awesome Aggie hockey team whip up on the horns. it was a great game: good company, made random friends along the way, and had front row seats for most of the scoring


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after a long long week for everyone, me erin courtney and brent were quite content to take erin up on her offer for chill movie night! it was great!



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officially today my work has finally changed my name.!!



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i had forgotten about my ceramic howdy pumpkin this year so i dug it out of the storage bin so it could spend at least a few days in full glory for the halloween season



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For Biggest Loser date night at Erins she whipped us up this tasty casserole dish....it was wonderful, prob not the bes pre-run dinner but we made it work ;)



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we searched far and wide the city for this elusive item...thats right...the desk fan. you'd think in Texas this particular peice would be readily available however if as its a nice 85 at nigt in Oct, apparently we were informed these were out of season in order to make way for those handy heaters.....but alas, we have prevailed champions.....thank you Target

updating fun

sorry im being so behind but on a positive note, its a lot of new pics to look at :)

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sunday i got to see jess too!!! and she suprised me with some awesome TOUNGE-TOOS for us to enjoy...see as she, cat , and i model. I also got to see my wonderful friend Alayna and her adorable son Jaydyn today too....sorry i forgot to take pics at the new house :(

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i finally got to see my ADORABLE nephew Hayden this weekend along with my wonderful UMHB friends. i havent seen them since hayden was born so it was soo great to talk to everybody and get to play with such a cutie all day long. this ones not the cutest pic perse but this face is priceless.... what i imagine hayden thinking at this exact moment is..... ."PUMPkin?"


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so i know i already posted one today but i wanted to post one of my beautiful friend responsible for making the adorable little one you see above (plus its my lbog and i can do that) so my beautiful friend kate had to make an appearance as well (if you go back a few months youll see her baby shower shot on here too)


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after work, brent and i went in search for pumpkins! i know the big guys are appealing but i like my petit little gourd


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oooooh the strain for the reeses puff....


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we decided to get festive for the holiday! :) i have a nice mixture of cute and ghetto-crafts :) i think its a bewitching as you can really go in the Dr.s office without disturbing too many pts. ;P


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so i leave work and its nice and sunny. i come home, eat a snack, and literally 5 minutes later, the bottom fell out.... i had no idea it was even going to rain


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Today is the first day of  my eating healthier time.... I wanted to eat healthy foods but also try some new, unusual healthy treats as well...... so... here you have the jicama (pronounced "hicama") i attacked this root with a furry....this root was very hardy!!! has a taste between apple and turnip, and the texture of a water chesnut...who knew :)


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sadly, the last day of girls weekend, on sat night (which im going to classify as early sunday for the sake of my shots :) ) we headed to uptown for dinner and dessert. we had a blast, were stuffed with food, and got checked out by a very "buzzed" japaneese man. :) great night!!


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We had a great girls weekend out on the town, starting with a nice 4 mile walk in the morning, football game on tv and craft bizzare in oak cliff (yes, oak cliff) to wrap up the day. it was such a fun day and i was in love with everything at the fair!!! a nice shopper took this one for us:)


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Jennifer being our wonderful happy host, and yes, it actually was cool enough for a fire finally!!! it was wonderful! and funny side note, if you look on the mantle you can see the burned pine cone.....apparently her parents thought it was a log


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A nice view of some of the Dallas Skyline, what i saw coming in to stay with Jennifer for the start of our girls weekend :) i miss this city


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a cool night view of one of our campus fountains....i like water features


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heres us looking "normal"- like the perfect little angels that we are, as we watch tv, waiting to meet new people


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another long monday, nothing too exciting but a little kiddo dropped this in the parking lot and it made for a cool shot