Hudson the actress!

Hudson is Matt's super talented cousin who lives in New York and does all kinds of fun stuff in the movie industry. She has a website called the New York Fakery in which she makes props for shows and movies. You can view it here. But now, she is trying to land a role on the show Madmen. I have never seen the show but it is a period drama set in the 1960's and she has the chance to win a walk on role. But she needs all of our help so if you have time between now and August 11th, go here and vote for her. You just click on the 5th star to give her a 5 star vote. to increase her ratings. You can vote once a day until the deadline. Thanks for helping!!

Is this gramatically correct?

Well the other day, Matt and I were walking home from Nate and Chellie's house and I looked up and noticed this sign:

This is the street that we live on apparently, only shouldn't it be 52nd street? Plus, how do you even pronounce this? I have walked down this street hundreds of times since we lived here and never noticed this before. Chellie, you should tell you neighbor that she should be calling the city on embarrasing incorrect signage rather than spending her time bothering you all That would be classified as a big typo in my book!!

Funny Lucy video

The other day I decided to do a little vacuuming because it was just too dirty to go on. Normally, Lucy doesnt care one bit about the vacuum but today she did not want it to clean the ottomans as seen in the video. And Charlie was helping Lucy combat the traitor as well with her fierce bark.

And here is a pic of Lucy cuddling with Matt. Too cute to pass up a picture opportunity!

Harry Potter Cupcakes

I made these cute cupcakes for my mom's late birthday festivities this weekend in honor of our family movie outing to see none other than the new Harry Potter movie. Shay had sent me a pic last week of some similar cupcakes so I thought it would fun to make them.

Brown scraggly hair, blue eyes, black round glasses, and a lightning bolt scar of course!!

Its finally finished!!!

And on its way. Bopha, I finally finished Madden's baby blanket! I am sorry it took so long but I am pretty pleased with how it turned out. In fact, after I give my fingers a rest, I am going to make one for my house, but with different colors. Thank you for letting me make your baby blanket and I hope it works out well for you.

This week three years ago....

Matt and I were in beautiful Belize on our honeymoon.

We just celebrated our 3 year anniversary on July 15th! "I cant Belize" we have been married that long already! (thats what it said on our car that night when we drove off)

(Three really pretty roses for three years!)

(Matt wanted to hold the beans up for some weird reason that I forgot)

We have had such a great marriage so far and feel that God has blessed us in so many ways. Matt is almost finished with his school, I just got a great job quickly after being laid off a couple of weeks ago, we have a great family and church family, and the list goes on. Matt definately has joined the super elite "best husband ever club." Anyway, since I didnt have a blog back in the day when we got married, here are some pics from that wondrous occasion:The proposal

These were the shirts that Matt made for us to wear rehearsal night. Hence the meaning of the blog name in case you ever wondered where that came from.


The bridesmaids bouquets. I made all of them, including mine and the boutonnieres. I love flower arranging!!
Matt's first look at me in my dress. We had a private "first look" so we could see each other before the ceremony and take pictures of everyone as much as possible too.They had to wait outside the auditorium and look in at first. Then they came inside to take pics.The wedding crew, minus me and Matt I guess :)I think this was taken during a prayer by Matt's dad in the ceremony.Matt's THREE grooms cakes! They were pretty awesome!

Rob and the chocolate fountain get in a duel.

Cutting the cake.

Brennon made us official...I was so glad he did the ceremony but sad because this is like 1 of about 3 pics we have of him from that night :(

Leaving for an awesome honeymoon.


It was the best day EVER!! I love you Matt!!

Almost finished...

I am 3/4 of the way finished and I am going to try and get it done this weekend so Shay can take it back to you Bopha!

It was the "bomb.com" shower

At least thats what Derek called it! And I think Katie and Ryan had a good time too. If you havent already read Katie's post, I am going to recap the shower as well. Well for me, it all started on Friday night when I was attempting to decide what cupcakes I was going to make for Katie and our fellow church friends. After many failed attempts to pipe the design of her baby room fabric, I decided that I was going to make an army of babies (cupcakes that is). I had already planned to make 24 but then when the other plan failed, I went ahead and decided to make 60 little babies!

So in the midst of finding a lost dog, returning it, getting my haircut, and helping with a wedding on Saturday, the cupcakes were made (with the help of my crafty partner in crime, Joanne Steward).

And here they are:

Babies Everywhere!!!

The crybabies,

the babies with pacifiers and bibs, and the babies with bottles.

Here is a closeup of some and below is a picture of the cute doll bunkbeds and other vintage decor that the ladies picked out.Some other girls got crafty too and made these cute arrangements of clothes, diapers, and who know what else stuffed inside.

Doesnt Ryan looked thrilled about the shower AND to become a father!!!

This was one of the biggest showers in a while. There were at lease 50 people there. Katie is sooooo popular!

But anyway, it was a fun time and I was glad to be able to make something special (no pun intented) for her shower. Thanks for always being a great friend to me Katie and congratulations on your new baby to come. Its too bad I wont be able to watch her :(

Shannon To The Rescue!!

I got up early since I couldnt go back to sleep and decided to take Lucy on a walk before it got too hot. About half way through a man in a car pulled up beside me and said he lost his dog wanting to know if I had seen him, I hadnt but decided to myself I would try and look later after we finished our walk. He told me what the dog looked like, his name and where he lived in case I found him. However, when we were about two blocks from home, I saw a dog matching that description sprint across the road from our house so I ran home with Lucy, threw her outside, and got in the car to catch the dog. About 5 minutes later, I found him and took him home to his family. Apparently the toddler son had let him outside when the gate was open and he escaped. He was at least a half a mile away from home. But anyway, I was so happy he could be reunited with his family because I would be so sad if I lost Lucy or Jack forever because they ran away...or worse, get hit by a car again!!!

Here is a video about a dog that was found far far away from home....I think he was 1800 miles away from home. A testament about getting your animals chipped. It really does work!!

Winner - Winner - 100 calorie grilled piece of chicken with 2 lbs of brocolli and a turkey ball - Dinner!!

Well last night was a real fun time for me. I went with my mom to surprise my sister in Tulsa. Shay has been a part of Biggest Loser (like the show) but through her church for the past three months. She was picked to be on a team of 5 competing against another team of 5 to see who could do the best to improve their life through weight loss. The church paid for a 3 month membership at a gym with a personal trainer that they each met with regularly to provide them with a plan that would help them suceed and to help be accoutable to them. She could only eat 900 calories/day! That might not seem like alot because it doesnt to me, but Shay said she actually ate a lot of food, she just had to make wiser choices about what she ate. Anyway, her trainer was awesome and helped all the ladies on her team lose weight and feel great! And guess what?? SHAY WON!! Not only did her team win, but she won the overall contest by being the biggest loser! I dont know if she would want me to tell everyone how much weight she lost on the world wide web, so I wont, but she looks wonderful. I am so proud of her and look up to her for accomplishing a great feat. She is an inspiration to me and so many people. So anyway, I just wanted to brag on my sis and let everyone know how great a job she did these past few months and will continue to do I am sure. I did a poor job of taking pictures last night at the presentation so I dont have many to share but I have a couple.

Here is Shay on stage with her team telling about the process and how they made it through and succeeded.

And here is a picture of their team and trainer last night after a celebratory dinner at Los Cabos mexican restaurant. (Shay is the 3rd from the left)

Update for Bopha #2

Well, here is what it looks like now:

Only half way to go!

H-Town 4th of July trip

Matt and I went to Houston this weekend. We always try to take advantage of paid holidays that make for a long weekend to go to Houston since it takes so long to drive there and back. It makes the trip more worth while and seem longer. Anyway, this time, unlike most times, we didnt have anything special planned but good ole' relaxing and hanging out. We took Lucy to our friends house to go swimming. I think I was more excited than she was but we all had fun, including Lucy. She was just a little aprehensive when she had to swim where she couldnt touch.

Doesn't she look like she loves it (not).

We also made homemade Milky Way ice cream, cooked steaks, enjoyed the fireworks from our prime time seats on I-45 highway with friends, did a little shopping, went to church, watched a few movies (including Judge Dredd and Comando - which arent very good and Valkyrie - which was good), ate at Dairy Queen, Jack-In-The-Box, Chuy's and tried some jalapeno cheetos (which were delicious by the way) and I caught up on some knitting. It was a good weekend!

Here are some silly pics of Lucy with Matt:

Family + Fro + Lick = Family Frolic!!!

The annual family gathering for my work friends and family was a couple weeks ago. And in case you dont get the title of this blog, the picture of the back of the shirt should explain:

This year, Beth planned a super fun time at the bowling alley. Of course not everyone comes to events like these, but we had over half of the employees of PPHHC there and their family members. My mom, Beth, Matt and I all played on the same lane and of course Matt schooled us all but some games were pretty close. I think I got over 100 for 2 of 3 games so it was a success in my book.

Here are some pics from the day:

Mom, Matt and me

Keona and Kim

Jesse and his crew

Beth, my mom, and Starr

And what family/friend gathering would be complete without a group photo. Sadly this will likely be my last family frolic because I was laid off on Wednesday. So, if you know of a pharmacy tech job or another fun job you would like to suggest, let me know. I am awaiting the results of an interview I already had last week but am still looking at other options as well.