4 months!

Today, Mitch and I have been married for 4 months.  That is 1/3 of a year people!  Woohoo!!!  On the day I said I do, if you would have told me I would fall more in love with Mitch, I would have told you it wasn't possible.  Well, here I am 4 months into being married and I fallen even harder.  (I'm blushing behind the computer screen.  Haha!)  I know it has only been 4 months, but I thought I would do a little reminiscing through our dating, engagement and married stages through pics.

Mitch was a great boyfriend, hands down the best one I ever had.  Now, I won't lie, that first year was tough, real tough.  But we made it through it!  Here a couple of my favorite pics when we were dating. 

This picture was taken about a week after we started dating.  Little did I know this would be the first of many more to come!  I think it was pretty obvious after this night to our friends that we had become more than, "just friends."

This picture was at our friend's, The Fischer's, annual Christmas party.  I can always count on Mitch to be down for just about any crazy outfit idea I come up with!

This is a picture taken from our friend's, The Whitson's, rehearsal dinner. 

On Thursday, August 12, 2010, we got engaged.  And Mitch went from being a great boyfriend to a wonderful fiance.  It was one of the best days of my life. 

Please excuse the red eyes and smeared makeup.  I had been crying for about 10 minutes in this pic. 

Engagement pics!

On Thursday, May 19, 2011, I married the love of my life.  He makes me laugh harder than any other person I know.  Here's one of my favorite wedding pics. 

That day we were surrounded by all the people who mean the most to us.  I couldn't have asked for a more perfect wedding.  And out of it I have got the best gift of all, a blessed marriage to a wonderful man who I can't wait to grow old with.  I found this quote a few days ago and I can't image anything truer.  "Don't marry a man unless you would be proud to have a son exactly like him."  Here's to many more days, months and years as husband and wife!

What a Weekend!

I honestly cannot remember a lazier, most relaxing and enjoyable weekend that I have had in a long time more than the one we had this past weekend.  For the next few weeks we will pretty much be on the go every single weekend.  We have some really fun weeks coming up!  So, we decided we would spend the free weekend at home in Perryton. 

Friday night after we both got home from work I started making dinner.  On the menu was the Pioneer Woman's Spaghetti and Meatballs.  OH. MY. GOODNESS.  What a way to start off the weekend!  (I keep forgetting to take pictures when I make food so, I stole this off the Internet.)

PW's Spaghetti and Meatballs

We were both in a food coma after this meal!  It was wonderful!  I HIGHLY suggest making it.  I like to think Mitch married me because of my brilliant personality and my stunning good looks, but the truth is, I think it's mainly for my cooking. :)  **I can cook with the best of them.  Well, as long as I have a recipe. 

**SIDENOTE: Cooking to me is like getting an hour long massage.  I love it!  And I think it is the best way for me to wind down after a long day.  I just need my kitchen, a glass of wine, a good recipe and about an hour (or two) and I am in the best mood.  I have been told that I am a pretty good cook.  To be honest, I just follow recipes I find that look/sound delicious!  But as soon as 1 person told me how good my food was, it was a major ego boost and that is where my love of cooking began. 

After dinner we decided to just leave the kitchen dirty, it's a sin, I know, and head to the couch.  We spent the rest of the night just enjoying each other's company, hanging out on the couch, playing catch up on the DVR and watching a movie. 

Saturday we were up and ready for an exciting OU Sooner Gameday!  Mitch was supposed to play in a golf tournament, but luckily that got cancelled so he got to stay home and hang out with me and the pup!  When we both have a Saturday or Sunday without plans, you can count on us making a HUGE breakfast.  We love breakfast and we make it so frequently that we have pretty much perfected the amounts of food, food prep time, etc.  Breakfast consisted of eggs, biscuits and gravy, bacon and sausage.  It makes me hungry just thinking about it!  It was delicious!  And I have to give it to my Hubster, I make the majority of the meals at our house, but when it comes to breakfast, he is right beside me helping the whole time.  He makes some mean sausage gravy!  Best I've ever had!  After breakfast it was back to the couch for College Gameday.  We spent the rest of the afternoon watching college football and waiting on 7pm when the game would start.  This was a huge game for our Sooners.  They are currently ranked #1 and were playing #5 Florida State in Tallahassee, FL so, Saturday was sure to be a good game.  I wish I would have caught Mitch on video jumping around before the game and not being able to sit still.  It was hilarious!  We were both so anxious for the game to start.  Well, the Sooners and the Seminoles did not disappoint, it was a great game indeed.  It was a nail-biter to the very end.  The Sooners ended up winning the game by 10 points, 23-13.  It definitely one game that we were lucky to come out on top!

Sunday was pretty much just like Saturday, very lazy!  I had made soup on Saturday afternoon and since we had so much leftover we decided we would make Sunday a soup day!  We pretended it was freezing outside and snowing so, we cranked the A/C down and cuddled up on the couch with blankets and spent pretty much all day there watching movies.  It was a perfect day!

We don't get to have free weekends very often so, this past weekend I am very grateful for.  Sometimes you need to just slow down and enjoy a slow-paced weekend inside.  I know there will come a time when we aren't able to be lazy and lay around and watch movies all day so I am thankful that I had this weekend with Mitch just to be able to enjoy each other.  It was a weekend for the record books!

Gameday Outfit

I just received my new shoes in the mail and had to share!  I am so excited about them.  They were too cute to pass up buying and since they are *Toms, buying a pair is also like giving to charity.

*SIDENOTE: If you have never bought Tom shoes, you are missing out.  And whenever you buy a pair of Toms, they give a pair of shoes to a child in need.  How awesome is that!!

Here they are people!  They are my new favorites!

And I will be sporting these shoes tomorrow with one of my OU dresses.  I will actually be wearing one that is short, but you get the idea!  And I will only be rocking it in Perryton, but I was excited so I thought I would share!

BOOMER SOONER!!!!!!!!!

 

Baby Fever

I have been debating on if I should actually post this blog or not.  Not that the entire world or even a hand full of people will see it, but either way, I don't want people's minds to start to wonder.  But I decided this blog was used to document what is happening in mine/our lives at the time and why not?!? 

First, let me start off by saying, I am NOT pregnant and we are not currently trying to get pregnant. :)  Whewww, just wanted to put that out there!

When we finished college friends of mine starting getting engaged and I remember so many people saying, "Oh, you are starting the marriage phase.  It is a cycle you go through.  Right now everyone you know will start getting married then, as soon as pretty much everyone is married, the baby phase will start."  At the time, it was one of those deals where I thought, babies?  Really, that is WAY far away.  We are way to young for people to start having babies!  So, all of the weekends for about 2 years in the spring, summer and fall were filled with wedding activities for friends.  And I am not saying this in a hateful or rude way because between all of the showers, parties and weddings, we have a ton of great memories made with friends.  And now, just as the weddings have started to die down, the baby showers have started!  Life really is just a bunch of phases in your 20's, it's crazy!

In the last year, Mitch and I have became the proud "Aunt and Uncle," of several different babies.  In our close circle of friends we now have 3 baby additions and 1 on the way!  And I swear everytime I get on Facebook these days I find out a new person it pregnant, it is crazy!  But I am so happy for each of our friends who have decided to extend their families.  And it is so awesome to see friends of ours becoming parents.  I never knew you could gain respect for people just watching how much they love their children. 

I have learned in life that everything good happens when it is meant to.  And right now isn't such a great time for Mitch and I to be adding to the family, but all these adorable kids sure do make it hard to resist wanting one of our own!  Patience is a virtue!

Happy Friday!

Well, the day everyone in the working world has been waiting for has finally arrived! Oh, Friday! It took you forever to get here this week, I swear! This morning started off a little rough for me. I woke up with this splitting headache. So, what did I decide to do to try and make it better?  Donut holes, a large Dr. Pepper, a couple of Aleves and some retail therapy. This is a secret so, please don't share with my hubster. :)

Here is the nice little shirt I decided I had to have this morning.  A friend of mine, Mrs. Sara Michael, posted this on Twitter the other day and I haven't been able to get it out of my head that I needed it!  We have a few upcoming mini trips in October and I think it will be perfect! 

Jinny Pullover-Anthropologie

 

 

Another reason to be excited today is that I believe the heat wave of 2011 is finally over!  Thank goodness!  On my way to work this morning, my car thermometer said it was in the 50's outside.  And the high today is 82.  Can we say PERFECTION?!?!  I love it!  It is a perfect night to grill and hang out on the patio. 

Have a fabulous weekend!

Home Sweet Home

Well, I am finally back in Perryton with my husband.  Although I loved being in OKC with so many people I miss dearly, it is nice to be home with Mitch.  After a fabulous weekend in Oklahoma City and Norman we are back home together.

Friday afternoon Mitch got in town.  Since we hadn't seen each other in about a week we decided to have a date night out.  We went to Buffalo Wild Wings in Moore.  Now, I know you are thinking, really, you haven't seen each other in a week and you choose to go eat wings?  But honestly when we were dating going to Buffalo Wild Wings and playing trivia was one of our favorite things to do.  It's the small things, right?  Well, after dinner we headed back to Mitch's parents and crashed for the night.  Mitch had an early golf tournament and we both wanted to get some sleep for the big Gamday! 

Saturday morning, Mitch was up and had left the house by 7 AM.  That boy and his obsession with golf.  It drives me bananas at times!  I laid in bed for a while and waited on ESPN's Gameday to start.  I love watching it every Saturday morning in the fall!  It is like a tradition!  Once Mitch was home we went over to our good friend's, The Skinner's, house and had lunch.  They were nice enough to invite us over for a birthday celebration.  After lunch and hanging out, we headed to Norman!  We spent all afternoon jumping place to place around Campus Corner in Norman.  I love getting to see old friends that I haven't seen in a while and you can always count on running into people in Norman back for game days.  As much as I love watching the football game, my actual favorite part is the pre-game ritual.  Between the band and the intro video, I always get chills and get so excited.  This year's intro video may have been the best one yet!!!!!!!  There's Only ONE Oklahoma!  My stomach started hurting so we left at halftime and headed home.  We couldn't resist stopping by NY Pizza though on our way to the car.  If you have never tried this place, you are truly missing out!  Mitch had a fantasy football draft on Sunday afternoon so that night we decided we would wake up early Sunday morning and head home for the remainder of the weekend.

Sunday, we got up early and headed on our way back to Texas.  Once we were home, we made up a menu for the week. Then, I was off to the store while Mitch played fantasy football with his friends.  I got home and made a few appetizers then enjoyed the afternoon and evening just being lazy!

Monday, I am pretty sure we had the PERFECT Labor Day.  We slept in really late, woke up and made breakfast together then took a nap.  Then, as if the day couldn't get any better, we went to the golf course to spend some time outside in the beautiful weather.  After a few holes we went back to the house and in honor of our cooler weather, we had SOUP NIGHT!!  I couldn't have asked for a better weekend with the man I love the most!!!

It's Football Time in OKLAHOMA!

We have been (im)patiently waiting for 9 months for the return of college football here in Sooner Nation and it is finally BACK!!!!  This weekend is the first weekend of college football and I can't think of anywhere I would rather be than Norman, OK.  I think Oklahoma girls are just bred a little different than most.  You see in Oklahoma, the majority of us all look forward to Saturdays in September, October and November.  Between Gameday on ESPN on Saturday mornings, tailgating, getting together with friends and going to the games, I am not sure there is a better way to spend a Saturday in the fall.  These are a few of my favorite football Saturday pics from the last few years!

Football Season 2010

Me and JJ

Best friends for as long as they can remember

"Cause we're the 5 best friends that anyone could have!"

OU vs. Texas 2010