.brighten your day.

so its been raining for the last couple of days. i found these little signs online and i thought they were cute so i thought i would bpost them and hopefully brighten up your rainy day:]

Spring Break in Chicago

Brett and I had such a great time in Chicago during our break. It was nice to have some time off and be able to spend time with each other. Here are a few pictures from our trip...

Millennium Park with the giant bean 

Our last night in Chicago

Brett with Mr. Bucky Fuller. This exhibit at the Contemporary Art Museum was his favorite thing he did while we were there!

Brett and I just after his not-so-pleasant hair cut

Looking at some furniture at the Art Institute

Waiting for the subway

Just one of the many delicious meals we had during our trip. (The little balls on top of the leaf were octopus eggs, and although I was a little nervous to try them, they were pretty good!)

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Sunday Afternoon!

Brett & Kelsey met us after church today before they headed back to Greensboro & Auburn. We also got to see Lisa & Kaitlyn (which was a nice surprise)!

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me and sarah on the way to hang out at the beach with some friends tonight

As Brooke would say . . . another "Happy Lappy" user

I've had FINALLY joined the ranks of an official Mac user~~ WooHoo!  My sweet husband was going to get it for me for Valentine's Day but Brett did not have everything loaded on it yet.  Since Brett got to come home this weekend he brought it and was able to complete it before he left.  Thank you my love for my Mac and thank you Brett for getting it all ready for me and teaching me shortcuts and how to do all kind of amazing things.  Annnnnndd, thank you Bethany in advance because I am sure I will be asking you all kinds of questions that I don't know the answers to - YET!

And after all that snow...

I took this photo outside my house this afternoon in a warm, sunny 75 degrees. I love spring!

snow & crepes

this past weekend i went to greensboro to visit brett & kelsey. friday night i cooked dinner & then we went to the pinkPARTY. it was alot of fun. Saturday morning we woke up and went to eat at Mustang Oil. It was good, even without the doughnuts:[ After we finished eating we went to Lions Park to look at Brett's thesis project. It was really neat, he is doing a really good job. After we left there we drove to Tuscaloosa to visit Grant & Brooke. We all played scrabble and ate delicious banana pudding.[thanks g&b for entertaining us]  That night we drove home and cooked pork fried rice. Then, sunday morning we woke up to a winter wonderland. it was beautiful. We got up and enjoyed the snow a little and then we made crepes. They were so good. Thanks B&K for such a great weekend.

.the house next door to Brett.

.a pretty tree.

.kelsey's car covered in snow.

.brett sautéing bananas & strawberries and kelsey making crepes.

.the banana & strawberries we put inside the crepes.

.our workplace.

.perfect crepe.

.our cream cheese mixture.

(made from cream cheese, confectioner's sugar and milk)

.the finished product.

.splendid.

Snow Day '09

Make a Smilebox photobook

G.D.O.

Girls Day Out! We went to Sips-n-Strokes and then we went to Carraba's (yum!).

Here are our masterpieces~~~~

GROUP

Robbie & Christy

Christy


Robbie

Cathi, Terri, Debbie

Debbie

Terri

Me!

We had a great time!!!!

fierce little diva

i saw this picture last night. i though it was cute.

Valentine's Day

For Valentine's Day, Kelsey and I centered our day around cooking. For Saturday night dinner, we cooked fresh salmon that we bought at the new Publix in Tuscaloosa. It was so good.

For the rest of the meal, we cooked new potatoes, asparagus, and a strawberry, pecan salad. 

 

Dessert was bananas foster crepes. They were delicious. The crepes were difficult to make in the beginning, but we got a lot better as we went along.

Sunday morning, we had a huge brunch, including strawberry banana crepes and some homemade bread from my bread machine. Bread recipes, with the ingredients, was my present from Kelsey. Great present! Thank you so much Kelsey.

G.I.R.L.S. N.I.G.H.T. O.U.T

so last week we had our annual girls night out. it was a great time to spend together and catch up with our "family". we ate at p.f. chang's. they had a great deal going on - we got an appetizer, 2 main dishes, & 2 desserts for only $40. it was so good and best of all me & mom got the chance to share our deal with 2 lovely ladies:] we had an amazing time with each other & can't wait to do it again. we love you all.

the lovely ladies that sat across from us & shared our meal

me & mommy with our little desserts

1st generation of best friends forever

2nd generation of best friends forever(we missed you sommer)

mommy & me fun

so me and mommy made valentine's day cookies tonight. it was nice that we finally got some time to bond with both of our busy schedules. it was fun and the cookies were very easy to make. they were cute & chocolatey. i hope all you love birds have a splendid valentine's day.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL

I was very excited about our candy:]

hear ye. hear ye.

so as we all know..in 170days i turn "21".. okay, ya'll probably dont know but  now you do. just thought i'd give yall a little heads up on the cake i would like for my birthday. it is only around $2100. not a price right..ha:) ya'll just ponder it.

Birthday Date with Brett!

Last night Brett took me on the most wonderful bday date. First we went to dinner in Montgomery at one of my fav. restaurants, El Rey.

Brett's meal looked quite exotic and delicious! (he didn't really know what half of the things were on his plate, but still said they tasted great)

After dinner we went bowling...

Brett was probably about to get a strike here.

Who can't stop by and get some Hot Now doughnuts when you are in Montgomery?!

It was really fun. Thanks so much Brett for my birthday date!

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