Great-Time-Get-Away

I know I've said before, but last Monday was our 2nd wedding anniversary.  We are trying to save mucho dinero, so we decided to head east, just about 25 miles away from home to have a date night.  Although Donny & I have a date night every Thursday night, this date night was a little different. 

On Thursdays, we don't cook, its a "left over" kind of night, and we just relax & watch recorded tv shows that we've missed throughout the week.  Donny actually took it upon himself to make reservations at this super cute hotel & we spent the night!  Even though we were so close to home, it felt good to get away.  I told Donny that I felt bad leaving Lola & Chico and his response was, "Babe, we need to get away...we need a break!"  Its funny that we talk about them like they are our kiddos....

After we checked in to the hotel we headed over to the Boardwalk in Bossier.  The Boardwalk was packed!  People were everywhere.  Dinner at Saltgrass was amazing...even with the 45 minute wait at 4:30! Neither one of us had ever been to the movies down there, so we decided to check it out.  We had a great time!!

This is our official 2nd Anniversary picture.  Aren't we cute!!  Haha...

You know, it is good to go somewhere alone, even if it is only 25 miles away! 

So now, its back to the grind...I have big ideas of what this week is going to be like.  Megan, Molly and I are hitting the road hard tomorrow after work.  We are training for a 5K in March, a 10K in April ( I think) & a half marathon in October (I think..)  So we shall see how this works out! 

Happy week bloggy friends!!

This is Whats Been Up!!

Oh My Goodness...What in the world has happened to me?  If I didn't know myself, I would have thought I vanished off the face of the Earth.  Not so much...I've just been WAY, SUPER-DUPER BUSY!  I feel so bad that I haven't shared anything that has happened in my WAY, SUPER-DUPER EXCITING life lately! 

So, here we go!  I have a new nephew since my last post. Duty & Megan welcomed Easton Lee Golden on Super Bowl Sunday..maybe he'll be a football player!! He is sooo cute!  Don't you agree?

This past weekend, Megan K. & I hung out with 11 super neat 9th graders!  OMGoodness!  It was a blast!  We lead group discussions at DNow.  I LOVED the theme, "A fire burns within me" ...and our discussions focused on "Love Out Loud."  I always enjoyed DNow when I was in jr. high & high school, so I knew it would be rewarding!  I kept telling them that it wasn't a coincidence that they were there or that we were their group leaders...it was all part of the Lord's plan.  We knew that we didn't have much to offer, we just kept praying that He would give us the words that we needed to teach those sweet girls what it was they needed to learn!   It all worked out...Marvelously!...OHHH...and I showed them my awesome cheer skills that were a little rusty (its been a little over 10 years since those skills were used)...& actually, somehow, managed to do a toe touch or two!! 
  
Monday, Valentines Day, was mine & Donny's 2nd Wedding Anniversary!  Whoo hoo! We made it TWO YEARS!  Donny says, with a cute little smirk on his face.."Its been two Loooooooonnng years!" ..I know he doesn't mean it!!  ;) He was so sweet yesterday!  He made a roast with carrots & potatoes & I made him a red velvet cake.  (His favorite, which is why that was his grooms cake) It was so nice to come home to dinner, and spend it just hanging out with the most awesome guy I know!  Here's a pic of my gorgeous roses!

Oh, and I'm so excited that I get my hair did this Friday!  I love how sassy I feel when I get it cut & colored!  Hahaha...

So, that is whats been up!

*Sense of Humor*

Hello bloggy friends!  (I totally stole that word from Lysa Terkeurst)  I haven't been on here in awhile because I have been such a great host body for the wonderful flu visitor!  NOT!!  Its been horrible...to say the least.

I did learn quite a few things while being home from work all week. I'd like to start with this point...God has such a great sense of humor and I mean that in the most loving way! :) I am involved in a bible study at Church titled Navigating the Life Interrupted, by Priscilla Shirer.  Yep, I'd say that getting ready for work on Tuesday with full make up, cute hair, & ironed scrubs, then, going to the doctor before work, thinking I would be leaving with a z-pack or some free samples, and then on to work...but NOOOOO...After I got swabbed up my nose, and so far into my sinus, that she was practically knocking on the edge of my brain with that crazy flu swab, which was a positive result, I was forced to head right back to good ole EF!  What the heck man!  I had to get to work!  ...then I just giggled, and thought...Guess this is part of navigating the life interrupted!

Second, there is ab-so-lute-ly nothing on during the day! I couldn't help but notice that the only commercials on during the day are one of these: 1) denture cleansers and/or manufactures, 2) car accident attorneys that just want to "get you the money you deserve", or 3) call this number if you have ever taken this medication.  Thats it!  That is practically all that is on.  You really don't want to hear my explanation of why I think this is! 

My third point goes with the first one.  This was a great week to be sick because of the weather.  (Sorry Amy & DL) But, here in east Texas, cold weather also brings other bad things...like frozen pipes.  We were so lucky to have this happen to us.  Our pipes froze on Wednesday, then busted later that day. Donny was unable to fix them at that time, because they were still frozen, so he put lights on them all night to help with the thawing process.  That kind of worked, and he was able to fix them late Thursday.  So, here I am with the flu, unable to wash my hands, and I finally sweated out all that fever in the middle of the night..which was awesome, but I couldn't shower!  I stunk real bad on Thursday!!!  haha...i even brushed my teeth with bottled water & scoop water from the bathtub, that Donny brought in bucket by bucket from across the street, to flush the toilet!! Whew, glad that's over!

Once Donny got it fixed, I was like...I'm an awesome wife & I'm going to wash clothes.  BAD IDEA!  There was still ice in the pipe which flooded the man room/laundry room.  It was super fun...and once again I was learning how to...Navigate the Life Interrupted!!! I called my wonderful mother in law, pouting that I was about to have a nervous breakdown...and she was right over!  What would I do without Mrs. Beth?  I wouldn't have any clean clothes...I know that!!!  She's such a blessing!

Wow..amazing how much you notice something when you are involved in it!!

Well, Me, Lola & Chico enjoyed the snow today.  Donny had to work, so he didn't get to play with us too much.  I wanted to share these two pics with you.  

 This is Chico with snow on his face. He was eating it & acting crazy!  Too cute!

This is Lola & Chico playing in the snow.  She wasn't all about it, but he definitely was! I'm not real sure with an exact amount of snow, but it was alot for this Texas gal & it was super duper fluffy!  Nice..