Low Key Living

I was doing pretty well on the blog for awhile there. Got up a few new posts in my week off and then as soon as I headed back to work, the blogger in me died. I don't know why. It isn't as if we do much out here. Most days consist of waking up at 6:30am, heading to work, work all day, work out, eat, watch TV and sleep. Then we get up and do it all over again. Pretty lame for us since we are use to exploring new places and hitting the hottest dining place in town. I haven't even taken one single picture with my Rebel yet! A highlight of our trip was Ashley hanging out with us for a couple of nights and hiking the White Tank after a rain. We saw a gorgeous waterfall that I would have loved to have shared with you but again, no camera.

A big reason why we are not going out at night is that we are both on diets....hello wedding! We decided that eating out is too tempting and it is better to eat healthy, delicious (???) meals at home. Is it fun to eat in night after night? NO. Is it fun to have to buy new pants b/c all of the ones I brought are too big? YES!

11 days until we come home. We are both sad to leave our little apartment. We just love it so much out here. Every morning we are greeted with a beautiful sunrise over the mountains and in the evening, the sun sets so pretty. At night, you can see millions of twinkling stars...something we can't see in DFW! It is such a nice break from all the pavement in DFW too.

I am going to make it a point to take some pictures during my last week here so that I can share with you all what we have been doing, where we stay, etc. No promises though....

Guilty Pleasure

I like spending time with Kelly, exploring new places, cooking show, reality television, reading, cooking, playing with my nieces and nephews and E! That is right, my guilty pleasure is watching all the Kardashian drama, gossip shows (The Soup and E! News), and just the pure craziness on E!. One of my most favorite shows is Chelsea Lately. Now before you freak out, I am nothing like her. Vodka is not my best friend, I am not a fan of little people (she likes to call them nuggets) and do not curse like a sailor. However, I find her extremely funny. So funny that I bought her book and devoured it in 24 hours. She is just so ridiculous and witty. My mom hates the show and wishes I would not watch it. My brother, John, and I were watching it at Christmas and she got up and left the room. Sorry mom! Kelly even indulges me and lets me watch Chelsea Lately on occasion. It is just a good break from all the evils in the world. I do think that after watching E! for too long of a period, that it will reduce your IQ a few points. I, however, am ok with that.

Side note: My next book is Lucky by Alice Sebold. She is the author of Lovely Bones and it is a really deep, dark book about a brutal act of rape. I just wanted to share this so you don't think I am a total moron.

New Digs

Welcome to sunny Arizona. Kelly arrived on Feb. 6th and I arrived in this gorgeous sunny state on Wednesday...just a few hours before the big snow storm of 2010 hit DFW. Every year I have the same weather problem at the airport. Winter must know when I am about to leave and wants to delay me any way it can. This year, I decided to get a flight out the day before and I am sure lucky that I did that. I would not be here enjoying the blue skies and sunshine! Plus, Kelly has a lot of extra time right now so we get to spend more time together exploring the great state of Arizona.


The above picture is where we will call home for the next 7 weeks. This place is even closer to the ballpark that our last place was if that is even possible. Last year we were 4 minutes away and this year we are 2 minutes. This definately beats driving 45 minutes from Scottsdale to get to work. We really are pleased with our apartment this year. Bigger than last year and it has a laundry room that is big! It is the little things that please us in life.

Our building is right next to the pool so we won't have long to walk when we want to get some pure Arizona sunshine or soak in the hot tub after a long days work. The pool isn't as fabulous as last year but it does have a cool water feature that you can hear from our patio. Speaking of our patio, it faces the mountains. Nothing beats a sunset with the mountains in the background. In fact, I sat out on the patio 30 minutes yesterday reading and enjoying the view. I just love that fact that you see mountains every day. It is such a nice break from just seeing concrete and highways back in DFW.

I just love Arizona and am so excited to be back here.

My First Shower

Before I was to head west for the mountains of Arizona, I was treated to a Valetine's Tea in honor of me! My boss Taunee, coworker Ashleigh and former coworker Candiss, gave me the sweetest and most girlie shower. They had everything from heart shaped sandwiches to pink champagne to a pink candy bar. It was so sweet and so pretty. They all took off work to decorate all day!

My sweet candy bar with lots of tasty treats!


Look how pretty! Everyone just loved the desserts!


For those of you feeling like a little bubbly, they had pink champagne!


The pretty table. They had all of my favorite foods there. So yummy!

Look at this gorgeous gift wrapping and it was in my colors!

Hanging out with good friends at the shower. Rose took pics all night for me and Dubbs...she just made me laugh.


Yea for bathroom items! I got such wonderful presents. Kelly is going to love it when he sees all of them!


The hostesses: Ashleigh, Taunee and Candiss


Me with all of the moms and of course, Hot Moma Duck

My mom had a great time! She was just as excited as I was.
Thanks to everyone for coming out and being so generous. I felt so special and am so lucky to have such wonderful friends!

My Ever Growing To Do List

Getting ready for a wedding and leaving for Arizona is a lot to handle. Combine that with our Winter Caravan craziness and that makes for a very stressful January. I have marked off several wedding to do's but have put off getting my dress. I had most weekends booked and something was always coming up. So D Day finally arrived. My mom came up and we blocked out a day totally for the wedding. I found my dress and have even started alterations. Whew...that was a really big worry for me especially since stores kept telling me that it would take 3-5 months to get a dress in. I was almost freaking out. I had lots of people praying for me to find a dress! I bought off the rack (gasp!) because I could get alterations moving faster. I was so relieved and finally felt like a bride instead of a chicken running around with her head cut off. We also ordered rehearsal dinner invitations and the programs at Paper Planet in Fort Worth. I love that place! If you ever want anything custom made, visit that place. There is even a cake store connected to it so you can sample cake while picking out your paper supplies. So so fun!

Here I am in the dress! You only get a peek!

Here is the back of the dress getting altered for the bustle. During the ceremony it will have a train and a long bow.

Here we are! Mom was so so so happy to be there!

The next day, Meme and I took Kellissa to find her dress. Her she is in her dress and they even had it in purple. I loved it and so did she. Her dress is being ordered....they come in faster! It was a very productive weekend wedding wise. Now off to Arizona!!!

2009 Recap

After much prodding from my future sister-in-law, I am going to catch my blogging friends up on what has been happening in my life. I turned 30, went to Nascar, met Kelly's grandpa, registered for gifts, ate way too much at Thanksgiving, attended numerous Christmas shindigs, celebrated New Years with the kids, and watched the Cowboys roll over the Eagles to win their division. My faithful sidekick, Kelly, has been a good sport and attended everything with me. We were definately worn out by Christmas break.
Caution: You are about to see a lot of photos. A break may be needed upon viewing.

Celebrating my 30th in Shreveport with my parents and grandma.

On the way to my surprise party planned by Kelly.

My dear friends celebrating my birthday with me.

My sweet niece got to come to Joe T's. She had a great time!

My awesome work friends celebrated with me too! Even Uncle G came!

Meme had a great time with all of us!

My sweet sweet man. He gave me the best 30th birthday ever!

Celebrating with my fam at 4 Day Weekend. We laughed so hard. It was great!

My gift from Kelly. Now I can know what time it is!


Gentlemen, start your engines! We love Nascar and our friends, Carla and Andy.


If you look close, you can see the tire rubber all over us.


Kelly's grandpa came to town and I finally got to meet him. He is so sweet and funny!


We registered for gifts for our wedding. I think we were scanner happy.


Registering at Dillards. We love our selections!

I took Kelly to the Redskins game for his father's day present. Cowboys won. Great day!


Uncle John hanging out with Caden and Sterling. We all gave thanks for John being home with us. Caden really missed his Uncle John Martin.


Emery's first Thanksgiving. I think she was sad that she couldn't eat the great food!


Annual Thanksgiving pyramid at Granny Voe's. We all love our Thanksgiving on the farm.


Bebe and Paw-Paw met us at Ol'South Pancake House for a tasty brunch.


All of the kiddos celebrating Christmas Aggie style at the Clark's.

The Aggie girls. Heather ALWAYS has to be in the middle.


Our men and their boys....plus Caroline!!!


My man. I am so proud!


At the Rangers Holiday party in the Stockyards.


Celebrating Christmas at the Terrell's with their close friends the Gibson's. You can see my stocking over Kelly's shoulder.


Kelly and Whitney spreading the Christmas cheer.

We love Christmas!


Me with my future brother-in-laws, Kevin and Kasey. Kasey is taken but Kevin is single!!!

Kevin, Kasey and Kelly. This group is trouble!


The Gibson and Terrell Gang 2010


Our white Christmas in Waco. Ashton and I braved the blizzard to get a few pics.


Every year we attend the FUMC Candlelight Service. Ashton was a performer in the show this year. She was the best angel! Hudson even brought her flowers. So sweet!

Celebrating Christmas at the Merry Marable's.



Kelly getting some Christmas morning lovin' from the Ducks. Don't they look cute in their red?


A few of my Christmas presents from Kelly. Tom's shoes, scarf, and my Canon Rebel.

My sweet boyfriend also had a bib made for me. I am somewhat messy when I eat and he thought this was necessary.

Kelly got a pan. Not just any pan but a copper pan from Williams Sonoma. These are the very best pans that you can cook with and I want to start his collection.

All of my goodies from my personal Santa.


Kelly's goodies from his Santa. Lots of cooking supplies. Looks like Kelly will be doing all of the cooking in 2010.


We took Kelly's parents to their first game at Cowboys Stadium. We were there so early that the stadium wasn't even open yet. You can see that Kelly is wearing his new jersey that I had made for him for Christmas.


Family picture inside of our suite. Looks like some rowdy fans to me!


Walking the tunnel of the stadium. Their tunnel is a little nicer than ours.

Hanging out in our suite before the game. We were the first people in the suite so we took the front row.

We must be good luck because the Cowboys won the game. Nobody predicted that they would win. It was so fun to be apart of it.

As you can tell, we have been a little busy. I still have one more Christmas to put on here and will try to do it soon. Hope you all have a wonderful 2010.