Hubby's Bday!

So much has been going on in my life lately! I haven't been able to update my blog! I wanted to give a recap of the beginning of my favorite time of the year! 

Last weekend was Ricky's birthday as well as the beginning of football season.   It started out on Tuesday.  I decided I wanted to make Ricky's favorite cookies, which is a special recipe from one of his mothers cookbooks.  So we went over there to make them.  Here I am with my two helpers.

My helpers, one is stirring and the other is eating the batter.

Then on Ricky's actual bday he wanted to do dinner and bowling with friends.

The birthday boy and me.  He's the big 2-8!!

He got a Turkey!!! It's tradition for him to take a pic like this  :)

Saturday was Cowboy football!!! We have split season  tickets (he's OU, I'm OSU).  But notice he's wearing an OSU shirt? This should show you how much he loves me :) 

What's a tailgate without shotgunning a beer......

My girls :)

Ricky's bday cake!!! 

What else do men do at a tailgate? Grill!!!

The Walk!

More girls! 

Meredith is notorious for drinking the bottle of choice for the day....today it was water....Soooo hot!

Me and my man :)

Sunday we headed to Ricky's parents for another bday celebration.  Ellie and I had fun with the camera.

Birthday cake #2.....I'm about done with cake

More candles! 

It was a great weekend and I'm so glad he is home now to celebrate! Hopefully lots of birthdays to come!

Ellie Kate's 4th Birthday!

Ellie Kate's Birthday is the day after Christmas so I headed back to Tulsa so I could celebrate with her (and do a semi-late Christmas with Ricky's parents).  She LOVES princesses so of course her small party we had at the house was decked out in Princesses.

I got her a princess tent/castle for Christmas and then a princess sleeping bag for her birthday (which she immediately put into the tent).  And my mom got her a small fleece Princess blanket (which also went into the tent).  So she was set on princess gifts haha.

Her parents got her a Princess Jeep! Which she loved and we took it outside to test drive immediately.

The princess tent

Ellie in her Birthday outfit in front of the Christmas Tree

Sitting in her Princess Jeep already talking on the phone haha

The birthday girl and I. She was really excited!

Christmas 2011

I know I'm a little behind, but since I had today off work, I thought I would finally catch up on my blogging.

Christmas this year was....a little different.  I LOVE Christmas, and everything about it, the lights, the trees, the music, the chilly air, the family, the love.  However, this year I just wasn't feeling any of it.  I didn't even have the desire to put my little tree up in my apartment.  Not that I wasn't thankful for everything I did have at Christmas, it just isn't the same when the one person you want to spend it with, you can't.  But enough whining about it, I got to spend 3 days with my amazing parents and sister and her family.

I headed down to Hobart on Friday morning and spend the day with my mom doing wedding stuff (top secret stuff you know, ha).  My sister and her husband and 9 year old (can't believe Jake is 9!) got into town about noon and really I'm not sure what we did for the next 2 days.  It was a nice and relaxing Christmas (compared to last years for sure) and was really just what I needed this year.

Jake's giant chocolate kiss

Wedding project

Christmas tree 

My crazy parents.  Dad got two OSU hats and who knows what my mom is doing in the background

My sister and I showing off our aprons

My new kindle!!!

I'm not really sad the holidays are over for this year.  But now just looking toward the future.

Quality time with Ellie Kate

Since Ricky has been gone, I have been spending a lot of time with his family and his little sister.  Last weekend Cindi and Ricky both had to work so she asked me if i wanted to sleep over and watch Ellie Saturday.  Of course I said yes, who doesn't like slumber parties haha. So I went over Friday night and Cindi made some delicious food (of course) and we spent some time in the pool.

Some of the delicious food

Burgers and tilapia and grilled veggies!

 Saturday morning I got up and the entire day we played all kinds of things.  I have never watched so many cartoons in my life haha.  But it was a  lot of fun.

Good morning! Having some toast and chocolate milk for breakfast

I asked for some food and this is what I got.  This is too much for my wedding diet haha

Then I had a spot of tea

Last night we were able to have fun again.  My parents came to town this weekend (so me and my mom could go dress shopping, but more on that in the next post) But Ricky's dad had an extra ticket to the TU/OSU football game here in Tulsa so he and my dad were going to the game.  Before the game we met up with them for dinner and then a girls party in my parent's hotel room.  The football game didn't start till 9:00 so we had some time to kill and were trying to entertain a 3 year old.  So we had dance parties, had a nail salon (Nails by Judy), and ate way too many Oreos haha.  We also braved out the thunderstorm that delayed the football game 3 hours.

All of our nails that were done by "Judy". The nail polish was Hannah Montana of course.

Judy doing her magic on Megan's nails.

Judy's wonderful manicure :) 

It was a really fun night, it's always fun to spend time with family and friends.

Labor Day 2011

Holidays are a little rough for me since Ricky can't be here to celebrate, regardless of the holiday.  For Labor Day Cindi (Ricky's mother) invited me over for some pool time and relaxation.  It's so nice to be able to spend time with his family and his little sister :)  It's so exciting that in less than 9 months I'll have a precious 4 year old sister-in-law.

This precious puppy that I really wanted to take home with me!

Ellie playing with the puppies

Margarita, pool, sunshine.....ahhhhh

You know if Cindi makes it, it's going to be all fixed up :)

Memorial Day 2011

This past weekend I decided to make a trip to the big 'ole town of Hobart, Oklahoma.  For those of you that don't already know, my parents moved to this tiny town about 2 years ago when my dad got a new job.  It's a quaint little town.  All the people are really friendly, and everybody knows everybody.  Much more so than in Kingfisher (where I grew up).

Well Memorial Day is a huge deal in Hobart.  They have a big celebration called "Celebration of Freedom".  For an extended list of activities you can click RIGHT HERE.  But a few highlights are the craft vendors, food booths, parade, fundraisers, concert, and dances.  Since my parents are those super active people, they were helping with several aspects of the weekend and since I was in town, guess who got to help....this girl right here. But it was fun, I helped my mom sell t-shirts two different times, relaxed while my dad sold dippin-dots, bought some new jewelry at the craft fair, and got a little sun.

Overall, it was a nice and relaxing weekend.  Sometimes you just need to get away.  Here are some amazing pictures from the weekend.

Back to the future car!

What's a parade without a mini horse attached to a buggy!

Got a little emotional seeing this.  Love a man in uniform :)

Aaron Tippin concert

Also, If you are reading this blog post on June 2, you will notice at the top of my page it says 1 YEAR UNTIL THE WEDDING!  Yep, we have hit the one year mark, I suppose that means I'm on the downhill slope.  Can't wait!!

Also 8 days till I get to go see Ricky!

Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy Mother's Day to all the amazing mothers out there!  I hope to be a mother someday, but until that day comes, this day is for all you other amazing women out there!  Here is a special montage of my wonderful, amazing, caring, giving, and always supportive mother!

I love you mommy!  Thanks for being so amazing my entire life and shaping me into the woman I am today :)

I'm the little one in the bottom left

My mom and I at a friend's wedding

Me and my parent at the Space Needle in Seattle

At my graduation from OSU

Vacation to Boston

After I complete the OKC Half Marathon in 2010