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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Deep in the Heart of Texas!

We're back from our wonderful trip to TEXAS! I was so excited to finally be able to show Ryan where I grew up and still consider home. I'll ALWAYS be a Texan at heart, whether or not I can convince my husband to move there. Warning: TONS of pictures follow!
Tomball, Texas is home to the world's largest shovel. This is me and Ryan with it.

Aren't the green trees just gorgeous?!
Once again, the biggest shovel.
My parents on the River Walk in San Antonio. We stayed in the Marriott RIGHT on the river. It was awesome...thanks Christy for the hook up!

The girls on the river walk.
We took a tour boat around the river. That was my favorite part of the whole trip. SO romantic and relaxing. PLUS it was great to learn all the history.

Me and Ryan on the river walk.
Pretty view.
Our trolley ride down to Market Square.

The whole gang in front of the Alamo.


My amazing parents.
The group outside the Alamo.
Ryan and me in front of the entrance to the gardens.
The ALAMO!
Outside in front of my parents house.
Gotta love me some BLUEBELL! BEST ice cream EVER! I ate some every night. :)

I finally got to go through the Houston temple. We did a session there.

Los Cucos. THE. BEST. TEX MEX. No question about it! Ryan is a convert.

In front of the restaurant.

Getting ready to eat some yummy food! And yes, it was 89 degrees and 100% humidity when we got there. Luckily, it cooled off the rest of the time we were there so we could enjoy it.


The plane ride...don't we look excited...or more like stoned? :) Ryan just woke up.

Till next time....or until we MOVE there! :)

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Texas, Here We Come!

Ryan and I are heading out in like 5 minutes to go to Texas....I can't tell you how happy this makes me! It's been over 3 years since I've been home. Peace out for now and so long cold weather....at least for the weekend.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Another project...

My wonderful Cousin, Heather, gave me a gift card to Hobby Lobby for my birthday...honestly...the. best. gift. ever. (thanks Heather!) I saw this monogram wreath and that's what I wanted to make! I still haven't added the letter to my wreath (waiting for the paint to dry!) but I couldn't wait any longer to post this! This is my first attempt at making a wreath. I spent less than half of what I could have bought this for at Hobby Lobby even WITH their 50% sales and it only took me an hour. The only bad thing about this experience is that my kitchen table got all scratched up...I'm an airhead and didn't think to cover it before I started...oh well! I'll post another picture when I get the letter hung.

I LOVE the gold and the glitter on the leaves!

The letter that's going to hang from the middle. The color isn't as white as it appears. It's called "vintage white."
PS - I went to one of Ryan's softball games tonight...it's too dang cold! WHAT happened to fall?!