Christmas Blog Design Giveaway!

Be sure to go check out The Design Girl for your chance to win a free Christmas blog design! She has a such a cute blog and cute designs! Goodness I can't believe it is already December today!

Indianapolis & Chicago!

**WARNING** This post is in picture overload mode!!!

If you have read my blog lately you know we went out of town for the Holiday.  We had such a good trip and I wish I was still there.  We left last Wednesday for Indianapolis, spent Thanksgiving at my Uncles House, Friday we went to Chicago, Saturday we hung out in Indianapolis and shopped, Sunday we came home. 

There are so many pictures I want to share, but I can't put them all on here, so here are a few of my favorite!

My Papa and his Granddaughters! It was so nice to see him b/c he was diagnosed with lung cancer last month and we weren't sure if he would be here for Thanksgiving.

My cousin and I, we always do this pose with each other! Don't ask :)

My sister and I with our cousin!

Christian and I on Thanksgiving! Our first holiday as a married couple!

With our Grandma!

My Daddy and Me!

My sweet nephew and Jacob!

On our way to Chicogo! We rented a 15 passenger van and my cousin and I  got stuck in the last row with the little ones! We loved every minute of it!

All of stuffed into the van!

Christian and I in Chicago! I could do so much shopping here!

This spot was so pretty, I want to go back so bad!

Us and our yummy Starbucks!

I've been playing with Picasa tonight and trying to figure out how to use it...ha! Do any of you use it?

Give Aways at Jenna's Journey!

This just a short post to let you know to go check out Jenna's Jorney for a cute Christmas give away! She always has the cutest things to give away and I love her blog! I hope you all are having a great Monday back to work. It is always so hard for me to go back to work after a holiday or vacation! I will post later about our trip to Indianapolis and Chicago!

Home Sweet Home!

I just realized I haven't blogged since last Monday.  Last week was a busy week for us trying to get ready for our trip and all. We left last Wednesday for Indianapolis for Thanksgiving and just got home tonight. We had such a great time and we were sad to leave my family but it is always good to be back home.  I have so many pictures to share from Indy and Chicago, but I am exhausted tonight and we will have to post pictures tomorrow night.  I am so happy though because as soon as we got home Christian helped me unpack and do all the laundry, so tomorrow I can come home from work and relax.  I feel like I might be getting a cold or something. My nose will not stop running, can't breath, my ears hurt, and I'm just tired. We also got up at 4 in the morning to come home this morning which could be a big part of my problem. I DO NOT do mornings very well, especially before day light.  We took this little boy here with us too and he had such a good time and was so good, but I think he is exhausted too because we hasn't moved from his bed since we got home around 4 this afternoon. 

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and I can't wait to share ours tomorrow!

Our Weekend

We had a nice weekend at home and sometimes they are the BEST! I've already blogged about our Saturday. On Sunday we went to church and then came home.

We have to sit in traffic every Sunday waiting to get out of the parking lot, so I entertain myself by taking pictures! Let me tell you how much Christian loves it :)

 I did run to the mall for a few minutes yesterday and found these two cute headbands!

It was only $3.80 from Forever 21 and so was this one

I can't to wear them! I think they are too cute and Christian actually likes them.  I figured he would think, oh lord what has she found now...lol!

Today has been a long day. I was super busy at work trying to get a job finished for tomorrow, I still had to bring work home even after working late...boo. At least tomorrow is my Friday! I am very thankful for two day weeks :) We leave on Wednesday for our Thanksgiving trip to Indianapolis and Chicago and I can't wait! I've been doing laundry tonight, so tomorrow night all I have to do is put the clothes in the suitcase!

What are your plans for Thanksgiving?

Busy Saturday

We have had very busy Saturday.  We got up this morning and cleaned our house.  We both worked hard on it and fast so we could get everything done.  I always feel so much better when I have clean house, but for some reason it never stays clean.  I think part of the reason I feel like I always need to clean is b/c of my dog that sheds all the time.  After we finished cleaning, we gave Buddy a bath for our trip this week.  Today was our last pretty day before we leave, so I wanted to take advantage and go ahead and get him all clean.  Christian and I finally got ready and headed to Sams to look for Buddy a new dog bed, but no luck. We ended up finding one at Petsmart, go figure. I'm not letting him have the bed until we leave b/c I want to keep it clean to take in the car and to my uncles this week.  While we were there were looking at brushes to help Buddy's shedding issue.  And we got this little thing....

The Furminator (sorry the picture is so little)! We walked by it and saw a demonstration and it was getting so much hair off.  So of course we had to get it.  It was a little expensive for a dog brush but well worth it.  We used it tonight when we got hom and oh my goodness it got so much hair off.  We are going to start using it every other day! It might make my cleaning a little easier.

After Petsmart, we then ran into Kohls to see if Christian could find some jeans b/c I had a $10 coupon that came in the mail.  I never shop there, so I have no clue how I got that but I did find these cute PJ's!

I've been wanting some flannel pajamas for this winter and I found these on sale for $21 dollars and then I had my coupon, so I just couldn't pass them up.  I've already washed them and I'm wearing them now. They are so warm and comfy!

We also went by Lowes to pick up some filters for the house and to look at a washer and dryer. Our washer and dryer is only 4 1/2 years old but they are horrible.  The washer is really loud and ruins all my of my dark clothes.  For some reason it collects so much lint and then my clothes has huge spots of lint on them.  It makes me so mad and Christian has finally agreed to let me get a new set.  I've been wanting the Samsung front load washer and dryer.

We just haven't made up our mind yet on which one to go with.  What do you guys have and like? Do any of you have front loads and like them?

Other than a lot of running around today...we met our friends Dana and Mimi for dinner at Longhorn and then we went to Cold Stone for dessert. Now we just laying on the couch being lazy and enjoying every minute of it!

Show Us Your Life - Pets

~Buddy~

Our 108 pound black lab! We have a had Buddy for 3 1/2 years and he will be 4 in March.  Buddy was given to us for free from sister and brother-in-law.  They knew some friends that were trying to get rid of the puppies and we got Buddy when he was 6 weeks old! He has been the best thing ever and I could not imagine life without him. He is such a momma's boy and follows me all around the house!

Here is Buddy the first night we brought him home, oh how he has grown! He still thinks he is this size and is determined to sit in my lab all the time and sleep with us every night.  We usually all fall asleep in the bed but either myself or Christian will pull Buddy off and make him get on his bed.

We treat Buddy as if he were our child! He goes "bye bye" with us all the time, gets surpises, has birthday parties, and so on... Here is Buddy on Halloween a couple of years ago. It always looks like we are choking him in pictures, it is so hard to get him to sit still.

I love this picture of Buddy! I think his little face is just too cute in this picture! I actually have this one framed and sitting out. Everyone says when Christian and I have kids this will all change, but for now we are loving having Buddy has our child! It makes me so upset to even think about him not being here forever with me.

This was taken last year when we were taking our Christmas pictures! That day was so hard to get him to take any pictures. The one at the top of my page is from that day too!