Autumn!

Well... almost. I can't wait anymore. I'm very tempted to decorate my bakers rack with fall stuff early just because I love it so much. With the bigger house - I need more decorations!! : ) I know Cody probably married me thinking that I would be totally different than his mother who decorates for every season. Well, the more time I spent over at the Beans' house, the more I loved all the pretty decorations. And it's their fault for taking me to Old Town Spring! I can't wait to get my Christmas yard sign from Metals and Petals! I love fall and Christmas. It's all so pretty... if only it would hurry up and come a little quicker!

Yeah, this was a boring post, but I have nothing interesting going on...

She's The Cutest!

Katelyn is finally here! I already love being an aunt. She's just so cute and tiny! She has the cutest cheeks and toes. I could just hold her forever, but I do have to share : ) I just love her!

New Posts!!

There are three new posts below.. check them out! I haven't had the time to just sit around and write about stuff... but nothing that fun has been happening either. I've been busy with Mother's Day Out, VBS, and looking for a job! The job hunt is still going on. I really wish that I'd get a job soon because school starts in less than a month! I'd love to have something - and the sooner the better as far as planning goes! I had an interview yesterday and 2 on Monday. So - hopefully one of those works out! And if not, I'll just keep on looking. Wish me luck!!!

My First Overnight House Guest - Aimee

Tuesday night, Aimee came to stay with us. Casey and Stephanie were working the next morning, so she stayed with me! That night, I planned for us to make some cookies. I saw one of my friends make S'more Cookies, so I got the recipe to make with Aimee.

Aimee did pretty much everything to make these cookies! She measured, mixed, cracked eggs, and formed the dough balls - she's a great baker!

The final product - I made the dough balls too big, but they were still good!

Aimee and my cat became friends really fast. I dug out a toy my dad made for her and Aimee and Bella played for a long time. Bella was enjoying Aimee holding her until I got my camera out and she freaked!The next day, we met Michelle and Carrie and ate lunch! We took Aimee to see the big fire hydrant downtown. She didn't know what one was.. so I looked up a picture on google and this is what I found...Anyway - I think she enjoyed it and was surprised with how big it was!
Mother and daughter...aww! Katelyn's coming soon!!

Quelf!

For my birthday, Cody got me a game called Quelf. It's a lot of fun and makes you do lots of crazy stuff. I saw these pictures on my computer and thought I'd share them! One of my game cards told me to act like a photographer and take pictures of people and say dumb stuff that a photographer would say while at a shoot. And I got to double my next roll if I used a real camera.. so here's what I got!

One of Matthew's cards told him to find an item that wasn't jewelry, and he had to wear it as jewelry...

I don't know what that is...

Goodbye Apartment, Hello House!

Today was our last day to have the apartment. Not that we have even been there recently, but we had to pay for the entire month of July. A while back, I decided to take pictures of the apartment, so if you never saw it - here are a few pictures!

The living room

The kitchen

Our bathroom

We are all moved into our house. We have been for quite a while. The first day we got to go in, both toilets started leaking. It ruined the carpet in our master bathroom, so until we tile it, it's just ugly cement. Recently, the garage door broke - so was another expense to have it repaired. I'm not crazy about being a homeowner since you have to fix everything yourself! But.. it is nice to have a bigger place!

The first thing that HAD to be changed was this wallpaper in the kitchen. As you can see below it was awful. I started to peel some off and started realizing it was 3 layers of wallpaper thick. We got 1 1/2 layers off, put Kilz over it, then textured it! Well... I say we, but I really mean Cody's mom. She was AWESOME, and did it all for us. We helped peel wallpaper, but she did the other stuff. I found a nice shade of green, and we painted! It looks so much better. I love my kitchen. We still have to paint the cabinets though. And that does not sound fun because my kitchen will be a mess again. Oh well, it's worth it to have a beautiful kitchen!

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Our One Year Anniversary

Cody and I just celebrated our one year anniversary! I've had the time of my life with Cody this past year. Married life is the best... I wouldn't trade it for anything!! I'm so glad Cody chose me as his wife, and I'm so glad I get to spend every day with him forever. I love him! : )

I wish I had pictures from our wedding day that were on a cd or something, but I don't. I'll have to scan some. This is about the best picture I have of us from our wedding on the computer and, you can't see our faces! Oh well.... So this is where our married life started - at our church on May 31, 2008.
A year later, we celebrated by eating the top layer of our wedding cake for breakfast! I maybe ate two bites, and Cody ate the icing. It wasn't the best cake ever after a year, but it was fun to follow the tradition!
After lunch, we headed out to Kemah for an evening of fun! We walked around the boardwalk, watched the sailboats, and enjoyed spending time with each other. We had a fabulous meal at Saltgrass. I've never had a better meal from that place - maybe they knew the food needed to be extra special for us! After dinner, I made Cody ride the ferris wheel with me. He's such a great husband : ) I left my camera at home so all I had was my crappy camera on my phone to take pictures of our evening. Here's a picture of us on the ferris wheel at the top.
For our anniversary, I got a charm for my pandora bracelet that I've been wanting ever since I started looking into getting a bracelet. I knew I wanted it for my anniversary gift, so I've been patiently waiting. Now, I finally have my cute little wedding cake charm! I absolutely love it! Thanks, Cody - you are the best husband ever!