Another One!

Look at this great skincare giveaway at Bergdorf Blondes! I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
Also this great big giveaway over at Making Lemonade, so exciting I would LOVE the cupcake book!!

Look what I found!

I'm so excited; it's a giveaway at: Sweet Tea Diaries! I love the stationery that has been picked for this one!

Happy Spring Break and Hoppy Easter

The past two weeks have been so great; Brandon and I got to visit with his Uncle Keith and Nancy in Breckinridge, Colorado, then I went to visit my grandmother in Naples, Florida, Brandon's dad came to Birmingham to help construct a fence for our precious puppies, and my family then came down for the Easter weekend. Skiing/snowboarding was excellent, we had fresh powder many days and it was just a little windy at the top on some days. Here are some highlights:

Thi is before snow mode:

This is after we got the camera working right:

We had a ton of fun! A big thanks to Keith and Nancy for letting us visit. Then, like I said I went to Naples to visit with my grandmother and David...here are some highlights

Dinner at Trulucks:

At the piano bar in Trulucks:

These two are so much FUN! I can't tell you I enjoyed myself to no end! David and Mamaw-thank you for letting me visit!

So, you ask, what did that handsome husband of mine do while I was off in Naples?? He began a HUGE project here in Birmingham that included landscaping and fence building! YEAH!! There is now grass growing and fence posts in place! I love my husband!! He rocks!

And that's all for now...have a great day!

We have a new spring friend...

It's our bird! With a few eggs in the nest, Brandon couldn't bear to take it down; therefore we have a bird for a little while. Usually when I take the dogs out the front door it vanishes, but not this time...it stuck around long enough for me to go back inside and get the camera to snap a picture. Happy Spring!

Yes, it's been awhile...

and for that I apologize, but in my defense, we've been busy. I now have five days left of my last rotation for pharmacy school. After those five days, my requirements for graduation, not including my 616 research project, are complete. Fortunately, I am off for my research project in April and to work, for moola! On the weekends, we have a few places to be...Breckenridge, Colorado; Naples, Florida; Birmingham, Alabama; Nashville, Tennessee; Rogers, Arkansas; Pensacola, Florida; GRADUATION; Oneida, Tennessee. This is our schedule for the next few weekends; most weekends are weddings, but we also will be skiing/snowboarding, hosting/dying eggs, and GRADUATING! Happy weddings to those who are getting married! I will have to give a few shout outs-Mary Keown, Amanda Lewis, Mandi Stanley, Quinn Swanquist, Casey Adkins, and Matthew Price, Brandon and I are excited to be a part of your big day!

SO, what have we been doing in the meantime? Brandon has scrubbed in on surgeries, completed lots of requirements and I have had several great rotations with some of the nicest preceptors of the year. We aren't all work though- this weekend- we went to the North Alabama Whitewater Festival in Hayden, AL. Here are a few highlights from the new camera.

Us on the way up I-65, ready for a break

Camping!

Watching the competition...

Playing pranks...

And kayaking.... we.re absolutely loving life.

Fa La La La La

It is that time of year again, Christmas! We have our home decorated with our traditional non-traditional Krinkle tree. There is a story behind this wonderful creation of a tree. My mother and I started collecting Patience Bruster's Dept 56 Krinkles several years ago. They were sold at Macy's and other department stores, but were somewhat hard to find. One day my grandmother, in Nashville, ran into Macy's to look for some of the ornaments. Instead, she walked out with the Krinkles display tree. She wrapped it up and gave it to me that Christmas three years ago and thus, our non-traditional masterpiece, with a high heel base, graces our living room every year. It is so fun, I love it! While we do have pretty simple stockings hung now, we are currently collecting the very scare Krinkles stockings. They will be hung next year in their full glory; I can't wait!

Last year we spent the holiday with the Bovines in Dayton and thus, this year we are headed to the Stanleys in Colombus, GA. I can't wait to experience the traditons of my husband's family. It will also be Buckley's first Christmas! My little precious baby will get to chew open his own rawhide and cute t-shirt. So fun, I love Christmas!

Giving Thanks

Today is "cyber Monday". I actually didn't know that until the Today's show revealed this little known fact. It is characterized by online bargain shopping the Monday after Black Friday. That also means that Thanksgiving has come to a complete close. It was a terrific holiday. Brandon and I traveled to Dayton and Nashville to spend some well overdue time with the Bovines. I realized I hadn't seen anyone at all since our wedding, which has now been over a year. We kissed over pumpkins, but that's not all...

We cooked, ate, drank, played and ended the night with the new Indiana Jones movie.
Worst movie, ever. It was pretty terrible; we should have turned it off after the first 5 minutes. We did however, have fun. My grandmother has re-done her house and it is beautiful. My second cousins, Emi-Lee, Jack and Lilly, are precious and so grown up. My cousins are wonderful except they seemed to have left the Kentucky cold down here after the mild Thanksgiving day we had. Mom, Mamaw and I went shopping the day after Turkey day; they wore me flat out. It was great! After we came home from shopping on Friday, Brandon, Dad and Nate went for a quail hunt Saturday morning.

They loaded up in the dark in the truck and off they went..
This is what the many hours in the field produced: 23 dead quail

When Tucker got home we had to get another picture:

My mother and I experimented in the kitchen while they were gone with goat cheese and almond stuffed dates wrapped in bacon, sausage balls and Harry and David chip dip. Everything turned out wonderfully. Those boys were hungry when they got back. Everything was eaten even the birds.

We have a lot to be thankful for. Thanks Mom and Dad for having us all (even Nate's laundry) come to Dayton for all festivities, we had a great time. Thanks Mamaw for letting us stay the night with you and to Uncle Robert and Aunt Barbara for the great food.