Wedding weekend is over # 31

Let me start out by saying there will be no pictures with the weekend post. My camera and my shoes were stolen at the wedding reception. How low is that. I was just really surprised but oh well I guess I just think too highly of people.

With all that off my chest the weekend was great. On Thursday night everyone started to come into town. Most of their family is from Michigan but there are a few is Atlanta and the cousins that stayed with us are living in Virgina right now. We cooked at our house and we had different waves of family coming through as they were getting into town. We ended up staying up until about one in the morning.

On Friday Trevor took off work so we could spend time with everyone. We all got together at Trevor's parents house at lunch for pizza then we went bowling with the kids and cousins from Michigan. After bowling Trevor and I made a airport run to pick up one of the groomsmen then got ready for the rehearsal. We went to the rehearsal then to Jim and Nicks for dinner. Those biscuits are sooo good. After dinner we went to Papa Saias and hung out for a little while and once again didn't get in bed until around one. On Saturday morning Trevor and I woke up and went to the gym for about an hour then we went to lunch with the groomsmen and his dad before they headed to the chapel.

The wedding was at six at American Village. The reception was right after the ceremony in the new ballroom. It was only the second event that has taken place in the ballroom at the American Village since it opened. It was beautiful. I am so glad that my parents were there too. After the wedding and reception most of the cousins went to Devin's house to hang out we got in bed about one in the morning, does anyone else see a pattern here. Trevor and I usually go to bed at like ten even on the weekends so this was a lot for us.

Sunday for brunch the entire family went to Trevor's parents house. They did the same brunch last year for our wedding but of course we were in flight to Jamaica. After telling everyone by and returning the tux we went strait home and took a long nap.

Alissa did text me this picture of her in the airport at 6:30 Sunday morning on the way to Mexico. It is a picture of her with the bag that I gave her for Christmas with her new married initials on it.

They are staying in Playa Mujeres, Mexico at the all inclusive Excellence Resort. This is two pictures of the room that they are staying in. How jealous does this make everyone? It makes me want to go on another honeymoon really bad.

Hopefully after the photographer puts their pictures up I will put some up. The photographer had a photo booth there that guests could go and take whatever pictures that they wanted. It was an awesome idea and we took some really crazy ones. I know other people took pictures too so as soon as I get them I will put them up.

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.

The wedding festivities begin

Chad and Alissa's wedding is this weekend so we have family coming to stay with us. Their cousin Joe and his wife Jess are staying at our house they will be here tonight. We are planning to cook out at our house if it is not storming because most of the Michigan family will be here tonight. Most of them are staying in hotels and so they are all coming to our house tonight to hang out and eat. A few of them from Atlanta will not be coming in until Saturday. I am excited to see everyone because I haven't seen them since last year for our wedding. I didn't really get to hang out with them much because I was so busy. We are trying to figure out something to do tomorrow with some of them before we have to go to the rehearsal. We were thinking about going to Oak Mountain but we will not if it rains much more today. I hope everyone is having a good week. I am sure I will have many pictures to put up after the weekend. I wish it was our wedding all over again. I miss all the functions and excitement, especially the honeymoon. Maybe one day we will go on another one. I am ready to go out of the country again!

Wow I checked off a lot this weekend

# 10
I had Madison and Maci, my nieces spend the night with Trevor and I on Friday night. We had fun but it is hard having children four years apart because they are going in two totally different directions all the time. Maci is about to turn 2 in April and Madison is 6. We went to Chuck E Cheese on Friday night both of the girls enjoyed that but I could never take them by myself. Maci just wanted to run around and slide so I played with her and Madison wanted to play all the games so Trevor was with her. We ate Pizza and hung out there for about two hours.

This was Madison and Maci waiting for Trevor to get out of the shower so we could leave and knocking on the door saying are you almost ready yet!!












After we got home we got the girls ready for bed and we got in the bed to watch cartoons while Trevor went to sleep on the couch. He didn't sleep so well but we slept great. After Maci got tired I put her in the pack 'n play and we all went to sleep. The next morning we went to the petting zoo at Oak Mountain. The girls had fun with this. Madison was a little scared of the animals but Maci was running towards them and petting them.









After we left there we went to Chick-fil-A and took it to Joe Tucker Park to eat. After we ate I let them play at the park for a little while before I took them home. The girls had such a good time.



#30

Me, Trevor, his parents, and his little brother Justin hosted a Tool and Gadget shower for Chad (Trevor's brother) and his fiance Alissa . Trevor's mom put me in charge of the cake and decorations. I used all of my moms stuff and I thought it turned out pretty good. They got some nice gifts. Here are a few pictures of my decorations.




I thought this was a really cute idea. I don't know if you can tell but the centerpiece has a beta fish swimming in it! It is at the top and blue! My mom is so creative.









#13

On Saturday it was such a nice day. We went to hike at Oak Mountain with Justin and Marcie. We hiked about 8 miles I am guessing, with both of the dogs. Stanford was so tired after we got done. I was pretty proud of myself. I do have to admit that when we went up one of the last hills I held Stanford's leash and he pulled me a little. It was funny because as he was pulling me he kept looking back like seriously come on I am tired of pulling you. We came up on a pretty waterfall.



I was surprised how nice it was to just be Oak Mountain.











After we got finished with our hike we all went home took showers and went to Sumo. It was delicious because we were so hungry. After dinner we met Allison, Chase, and Rob to bowl for an hour. I was pretty tired after that. So we were kind of lazy for the rest of the night and on Sunday.

St. Patricks Day!!

So.... Trevor and I had never been out to celebrate St. Patricks Day before so I told him I wanted to go drink a green beer. And apparently I forgot until I ordered one that I still don't really like beer, so I only drank about half of it out of thirst. We had a fun time though just visiting with friends. And of course I did not bring my camera again. I know I always say this but I really need to start taking that thing places. Here are a few of the pics from the night.

Morris, as you can tell from the photo, along with all the other guys had on a blinking shamrock that they would randomly turn on. Pretty annoying! I know.

101 in 1001

Why 1001 Days? Many people have created lists in the past – frequently simple goals such as New Year’s resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks you would like to do. Here is a list of the things that I would like to do, it is a condensed version of the original 101 in 1001. There are many other things that I would like to do in life but some I know are not realist in this time frame. I am going to try my best to complete all of these. Maybe this will motivate me to make some of the things that I want to do a reality. I will let yall know along the way what I have done. Thanks Marcie for the idea.

Top 71 in 1001

1) Watch my hubby run the Triathlon (Xtera)
2) Go out of the country again whether it is Sandals or not.
3) Get into RN school
4) Graduate from RN school
5) Get into Nurse Practitioner School
6) Become a licensed CRNP
7) Get Pregnant
8) Have a healthy baby
9) Buy a bigger house
10) Have both nieces spend the night with Trevor and I
11) Help deliver Lindsey and Jason’s third baby
12) Do three classes at the gym in one week
13) Go to Oak Mountain for the day
14) Run a whole 5k without stopping
15) Be a bridesmaid in Ashley’s wedding
16) Build a porch on our house.
17) Go back to Gatlinburg and climb the mountain again that we did with Justin and Marcie without getting so tired.
18) Get my wedding album done
19) Read a whole book all the way through
20) Go camping even though I am not much for sleeping outdoors I have just always wanted to do it.
21) Cut my hair off, probably Trevor’s favorite thing on the list
22) Go ice skating (which we have talked about for a while now)
23) Go to the beach with friends
24) Get pictures made with Trevor by a photographer just for fun
25) Go to a winery
26) Ride a train somewhere
27) Get my passport updated with my married name.
28) Plant my spring flowers
29) Get a new computer
30) Throw a party with someone
31) Watch Trevor walk down the aisle again in a tux for Chad and Alissa’s wedding
32) Try a new recipe at least every once a weeks for a month
33) Go fishing with Trevor at his parents lake property, since they have had it for a couple of years now just never been
34) Make the extra bedroom into an office
35) Eat our wedding cake for our one year anniversary
36) Try a Zumba class
37) Go to a play or musical at the Alabama Theater or BJCC
38) Get a drawing of our first home and eventually every house that we ever live in to hang all together.
39) Clean out my closet and get rid of all the things I don’t wear anymore
40) Go to a drive in theater
41) Surprise Trevor with something
42) Get my wedding rings sautered together
43) Go to some of Madison’s soccer games, this is her first time to play any sport
44) Go to another college football, game have only been once since 2007
45) Have a big party during football season next year with our dog not running away
46) Do something for charity
47) Visit a state that I have never been to before
48) Go to another crawfish boil (not the one downtown)
49) Don’t eat any desserts for a whole week
50) Go visit Justin in Auburn, he is about to start his senior year and we have never been to his house.
51) Do a scrapbook of me and Trevor’s first year of marriage
52) Go to Sips N Strokes on a night that I will actually use the painting
53) Watch the Sunrise and Sunset in the same day
54) Go on a picnic
55) Go to the spa with my mom
56) Try Yoga
57) Learn how to make Sticky Rice with the sauce that Trevor and I like so much of Christy and Paul’s
58) Go skiing again
59) Start a retirement plan
60) Make a homemade apple pie
61) Donate hair to locks of love
62) Buy or make a bookcase for all of my nursing books in the bottom of the closet
63) Learn how to sew on a sewing machine
64) Carve our names in a tree
65) Go back to six flags
66) Go to the zoo
67) Stanford not to run away for six months straight starting today (our dog is very smart but very stubborn)
68) Buy something without looking at the price (really don’t think this is possible because I am so cheap but would love to try)
69) Go to Trevor’s class reunion if he will go
70) Cook a meal for Trevor’s parents and my parents to all eat together
71) Have a game night

Blah!!

So this is Spring Break week and I really miss doing something for Spring Break. This is the second year I have been a grown up and worked the whole week. At least last year I had something to look forward to we got married a month later and went to Jamaica. But this year not so much. I am excited for the beach trip at the end of April though for Bonnie and Andrew. I am also pretty pumped because I just ordered two new bathing suites from Victoria Secret. The doctor that I work for always takes off for Spring Break because of her kids. They usually go on a trip. So I am not doing much at work except holding down the fort. So... after looking at Marcie's blog this morning I decided to do one of these myself to look back in five years and see what has changed in my life. I am planning on doing a 101 in 1001 but a condensed version sometime this week. So here are a few things about me......

Age: 25, will be 26 in August
Bed size: Queen, looking into getting a King but just don’t want to buy all new bedding since it is only a year old
Chore I hate: scrubbing the bathrooms
Dog's name: Stanford
Essential to start my day: Diet Mountain Dew and one of my husband’s awesome smoothies
Favorite color: Purple and Green together
Gold or silver: Silver
Height: 5'4"
I am: loving my hubby
Job: LPN, just applied to RN school waiting to hear if I get in. I will find out in May
Kids: talking about it but not sure when for sure we are going to start
Living arrangements: Me, Trevor, and Stan
Mom's name: Kathy
Nickname: TiTi, Tittany (both by children if you were wondering) Tiff by friends and Chicken Little by my husband
Overnight hospital stay: All my all nighters I pulled while working in the ER but never stayed in hospital as a patient that I know of
Pet peeve: stuff of on the floor in the house and the toilet paper not being put over, I hate when the roll is under
Quote from a movie: “Hello... how bout that ride in? I guess that's why they call it Sin City haha. You guys might not know this but I consider myself a bit of a loner. I tend to think of myself as a one man wolf pack. But when my sister
brought Doug home, I knew he was one of my own. And my wolf pack, it grew by one. So there... there was two of us in the wolf pack. I was alone first in the pack and Doug joined in later. And a few months ago, when Doug introduced me to you guys I thought "wait a second, could it be?" And now I know for sure, I just added two more guys to my wolf pack. Four of us wolves, running around the desert together in Las Vegas, looking for strippers and cocaine”~ The Hangover
“No one puts baby in the corner”~ Dirty Dancing
Siblings: 1 sister
Time I wake up: 5:45 Monday through Thursday
Unique thing about my car: I have an angel clip on my visor my mom gave me when I was 16 that says daughter please drive safe that I have used in all three of the cars I have owned
Vegetable I hate: Brussels sprouts
Reasons I run late: I never run late (knock on wood)
X-rays I've had: Teeth, knee, neck, ankle, and chest
Yummy food I make: I can make anything as long as I have a recipe
Zoo favorite: bears and elephants (even though the elephants stink up the place) because they are just such large animals to be that close to.

My weekend

First off let me start off by saying I have the best husband in the world. This past week I had a small case of the flu. Don't ask me why I had the flu since I had the swine flu as well in November. I am not a sickly person so I am really not sure what my body has been doing lately. The swine flu was so much worse then the regular flu. I never ran a fever or anything, I was just achy and had a headache for a few days. Anyways back to my point about the husband. I was laying on the couch on Wednesday night not feeling that well so Trevor decides he is going to get up and clean the whole house. I kept telling him you don't have to do this but he insisted he even did all the laundry. How awesome is he?

Friday I went to get my nails done and went to lunch with my mom. I love being off on Fridays. Friday night we went to eat with Chase, Allison, and Brantley. After dinner we went bowling with them plus Ashley, Jeremy, and Kearstyn. Oh my goodness did Kiki have a good time. She was so hyper and jumping around everywhere. Trevor is going to be such a good dad, I love seeing him play with children. She was attached to his hip the entire night. She is at a good age to repeat stuff that people say. The funniest thing was when Trevor told her, after I threw a gutter ball, to tell me, "do you need some french cries with that wamburger" and she turned to me and yelled do you want some french fries and a hamburger. I laughed so hard. The baby just slept most of the time even though it was so loud in there.

Saturday Trevor and I went to his church then to Devin's house to cook out. When we were leaving our house to go to over there our dog decided to run away which isn't really out of the ordinary he just hasn't done it in a while. So we chased him around the neighborhood for an hour and a half before making it to Devin's. I really do need to start taking my camera with me so I can actually take good pictures instead of always using my phone and they are always blurry.

Weekend Recap

My life has been pretty low key in the past week. Trevor left on Friday to go to New Orleans for his brother Chad's bachelor party. They had a really good time maybe too much fun. It was nice because so many of his friends were able to go with them being all spread out. Some had to fly in and some had to drive separately from different towns. I was jealous because I love New Orleans food. Not for the whole party until two in the morning part though. Here is the only picture that was taken the whole trip. You can definitely tell it was a guys trip. If it was a bunch of girls there would have been a hundred taken.

Trevor and I have not really been away from each other much since we have been married. Both of the weekends that we have been apart have been for bachelor and bachelorette parties. I had Marcie's just a couple of months after we got married in Atlanta where we went to Six Flags, which was a blast. It really is true that absence makes the heart grow fonder because I was so excited to see him when he came home. I am ready for Bonnie and Andrews combined bachelor/bachelorette weekend next month. Hopefully it will be warm then.

While he was gone I went with my mom to Cottontails at the BJCC. If I was pregnant or had a baby we would be broke after that trip, but luckily I am not right now. They had so many cute things. I think kids clothes are more expensive then my clothes, it is crazy because they grow out of them so fast. Marcie and I went to the movies on Sunday afternoon and saw The Book of Eli. I thought it was pretty good.

I find out in a few months if I got into my next nursing school, which will be night classes at Lawson and lots of late nights. With me taking night classes I will have clinicals two nights a week until 1130 then have to get up at 545 the next morning to start my work day. I can't even imagine how hard that is going to be.

That is about it for now. Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!!