Party like it's 1980

Last weekend our good friend turned 30, and to celebrate we did it up 80's style. Good times were had by all!

The life group couples...

Drew and I

The Cooks

 The Jarke's

 The Endres'

 The Gallegos'

The Coughlin's

The Coulter's

The birthday girl and her hubby

The Steele's

The Williams'

Photo booth time...girls gone crazy!

 As the night went on, it got a little crazy

Dance party karaoke



The newest member of our family

4 weeks ago we brought home sweet little Lily. She has added so much joy to our life along with sleepless nights. It has been an adjustment for us all especially for big sister Buttercup. I think there were mixed emotions about the pup. They are becoming great friends as Lily gets older and is able to keep up.

Here are some pictures we have taken of our sweet little girl.

Lily the day we brought her home and today (October 13, 2012)

It's Fall Y'all

September 22, fall is here...whoop!

With fall comes cooler weather, Fight'n Texas Aggie Football, pumpkin spice lattes, leaves changing color, Oktoberfest, honey crisp apples, cider, Thanksgiving and my personal favorite PUMPKINS. Y'all I'm obsessed it is a problem and each year I just add more to the collection. Today I plan on getting the house ready for fall. I'm looking forward to baking with apples and pumpkins, carving pumpkins and trying some new yummy soups and comfort food for those cool autum days. What do you love about fall?

Girls night out

I am back from my long blogging hiatus, and I have so much to post about. First day pictures, classroom, girls night and so much more. Which I will all get to eventually.

Last night one of my friends from work invited me out on a little girls date night while her hubby was out of town and mine went to a football game.

After our little work social, we headed out to Downtown McKinney to Wild Brush Studio where we painted, enjoyed some great red wine and being all aroung chatty. It was a great night that ended at square burger...yum! Here are our pictures from the night.

Mediterranean Cooking Round 2

I have not given up on Mediterranean cooking, in fact, I thought I would give it another go. Not Paella of course or Spanish food, but I moved on to Italian, and man was it a hit! I'm not a newbie to making Italian food, but I thought I would try something new that was not in my repertoire and I think I will be making it again.  I made Giada De Laurentis' Pork Chop with Fennel and Caper Sauce.

Girls Weekend Away

A couple of weeks ago my mom and I headed out to have a girls weekend. We traveled on down to the hill country, to the small town of Marble Falls and we loved it. We had such a great time. We stayed at a little B&B on the main downtown square, shopped, tasted wine, went to a brewery and hung out at the piano bar across from our room.

We also went zip lining...so fun!

And rappelling

After getting super hot zip lining, we headed out to Krause Springs to cool off. And boy did we ever, that water was chilly!

We finished the trip with some wine tasting at Flat Creek Estates, their wine was absolutely wonderful. We also bought a case of raspberry sparkling wine for my sisters wedding. I will definitely go back.

And...FLOP!

Last night I tried making Paella (a Spanish dish) for the first and last time ever. Needless to say it was a big flop, and I will be leaving it to the pros for the making. Unfortunately I got busy talking with my good friend Jenn who came over for dinner and I wasn't paying attention and the bottom turned completely black! I burned dinner and this is not common practice for me and I was filled with disappointment. To top it off, the rice was not finished cooking and no one likes crunchy rice. Everyone politely ate the dinner, but the leftovers were thrown out, which was a shame that it was not so good, because the flavor was delish. If you are brave and decide to try it out, or Mediterranean cooking is your forte then be my guest. The recipe was from Tyler Florence, his Ultimate Paella!