Long Over Due is an Understatement.

I am really, I mean really bad at this blog thing.....I am going to try to be better. I have a lot for you to read and see though.
We went on several adventures this summer and here are the pictures to prove it.



Kristin and Baby Finley's shower. This was such a fun time! Kristin and Finley got some great gifts.


Including these awesome finger puppets modeled by Traci.



Then we went to the lake with some friends from our small group.


















The whole gang....



NEW YORK!!!
This was such a fun trip and we shared the fun with our good friends The Duty's.





Magnolia Bakery!!












































This was a cool exhibit in the MOMA that we were able to participate in. The artist would measure you and write you name on the wall.













Central park + 74 degrees = a perfect afternoon!!





Jay's birthday dinner








Fireworks on the Fourth of July!


Jay and his cool new hat from H&M


Bryant Park





And I saved the best for last....



I know it's not much of a picture but you get the idea:) Baby Booker will be making it's way into the work around April 12th. We are both so excited and can't wait to start this new adventure!!

Chicago!!

What a amazing city! I want to say that first. This was such a fun trip and if you haven't been to Chicago book you a ticket now! We had a blast and as you will notice...ate some really yummy food. Chicago is everything that NYC isn't, Clean & Friendly.











We did the museum thing....6 museums in 3 days. We are nerdy like that:)

This was the Field museum. It has the largest T-Rex in the world. I'm not going to lie, I LOVE dinosaurs. Ever since Jurassic Park in the 7th grade I've had a hidden obsession. The museum was really neat.


It had an "Underground" exhibit with bugs and stuff. We took it up a notch and made our own fun.







I Heart Dinos!


Jason enjoying a delicious Chicago style Hot Dog.








This was such a yummy stop!


My Boss is from Chicago and recommended that we eat here. This was our Anniversary dinner and it definitely did not disappoint!



The Chocolate cake was ginormous!


This next pic was probably the highlight of the trip. This breakfast stop was recommended by some friends of ours and this was the best advice we took the whole trip! I would consider myself a cinnamon roll expert, and I think I found my number one choice. Words CANNOT describe how crazy delicious these were. Just trust me on this one.





Art Institute


Millennium Park








Top of the John Hancock building




Science and Industry Museum









Our last meal before we came home...Giordano's pizza. This was probably my favorite out of the 3 pizza places we went to.
We were pretty sad our trip had come to an end:(





We had such a great trip celebrating 3 years of marriage! Chicago was good to us and we plan on going back many more times...

Happy 3 years of wedded bliss......

and we are off to Chicago to celebrate!

I have no good excuse.

It's true, I am probably the worst blogger out there. Life has been pretty busy and I know that isn't a good excuse but it's what has kept me from sitting down and blogging. Blah, blah blah...
Here are some pictures of what you have been missing out on in my life lately. Not sure it's even that exciting but it will get some of you off my back about being such a bad blogger:) This should buy me at least 4 months...



First day of work. Oh what a day. Jason was so proud of his 3-month unemployed wife getting a job!



Baby Luke and Mama Jamie's shower. This was a great shower with a fun group of girlies:)





Jason and I at the Arboretum petting the fishes.








Baby Jenna and Mama Amber's shower...this was also a fun time. Jenna sure is a cutie!



Girls from Church / small group



My Sasster's birthday party!






Jason's cuz JuliAnne and her new hubby Heath. This was a really neat wedding...the bride was be-a-utiful!


My cuz-in-law Amy...Love her!



My sweet hubby...doesn't he look sharp in that tie?!



Jay Duty performed in a "Dancing with the Stars" event in Denton and kicked some butt. Unfortunately he didn't have very wealthy fans and lost to a Methodist preacher who did.



The theme was Mardi Gras and us girls rocked our masks. Don't worry...the beads came with no effort.





He really did an awesome job dancing!




My Sasster and I threw my mom a surprise 50th b-day party...and boy did we surprise her! It was a fun party and we had a good turn out.





Long Lost twins...seriously.



The g-parents...their awesome and I'm so glad they came!




HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASON & BOB!!!!
We celebrated with my family at Texas de Brazil and ate ourselves silly....literally. But it was so worth it.














If you have made it this far, thank you for not giving up on me and loving me even when I don't blog.

See you in a few....days (I promise to try).

What's been going on in October. (Watch out, this is a long one.)

I have been out of the blogging world for a bit but I'm back! Here are some pictures of what's been going on this October....this post is really for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy.

10 year Cooper High School Reunion
This was a fun time and Thompson did a great job hosting the pre-party at her house.






This is a great friend of mine I hadn't seen since graduation....it was like no time had passed between us:) It was so good seeing you Kristi!!




The WHOLE group! (thanks Hubby!)





We had a marriage retreat in Granbury with our small group from church. We had a Great time!





















The next weekend I hosted (with Laura & Andrea's sis Jenny) Andrea's baby shower!!! It was such a good time and she got some really cute things for her new baby girl:)




We got to meet our new friend Callie Mock. She is precious! Her big brother is pretty cute too:)








Halloween!
We kept it laid back and made sure all the kids in our neighborhood had plenty of candy.



My Saster (sister + sassy = Saster) made this deliciouse spider cake.


One of the spiders got loose.....watch out!







Thanks for hanging in there with the post. I will try harder in November to keep up.

P.S.
Here are some important updates.....
1. Back door has been repaired and we have added some extra security.
2. One of the "bad guys" who tried to break in, was caught and is in jail!!!
3. I might have a new job tomorrow! Yea!!!

STRANGER DANGER!!!

I know these pictures may be a little weird but they represent the scariest/most exciting day of my life.

So yesterday mid-morning I was hanging out at home like any good unemployed house wife does. When someone knocked on the door and rang the door bell. I typically act like I'm not home and mute the TV hoping that they will go away. Well, this person kept knocking and kept ringing the doorbell. It started to scare me a bit but I really thought they might have the wrong house. About 10 minutes later, they left. Whew, I was so glad they were gone. So then I walked into the kitchen to see that same truck was now driving through the alley. Yikes!! Why would they do that? So I call Jason to tell him what is going on. He tells me to call the police, but in the back of my mind I didn't think it was a big deal and I didn't want to bother the police (I know, I'm stupid). So I hang up with Jason and start walking to the living room when they start knocking and ringing the doorbell AGAIN!! Now I start freaking out and I call Jason again. He has already gotten in the car and was heading my way. He told me NOT to answer the door and call the police. As he was saying this I saw them leave the front porch and head to the back gate! So I ran to the back bedroom and still did not call the cops because I couldn't find my phone.
Then all of a sudden I heard a several big bangs and a crunch...THEY WERE KICKING DOWN MY BACK DOOR! I don't know what fueled me but all I know is that I was not happy that they were getting in the house and breaking down the door. So I ran down the hall and through the kitchen and started yelling "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!?!". The guy was standing in the kitchen and he looked up at me and wide eyed said, "Umm...we have the wrong house." Then they ran away. I rushed to the front of the house to look at their car and try to get the plate numbers...but wasn't able to:(
For about 2 seconds I really thought they had the wrong house. I found my phone and immediately (and finally) called 911. When the dispatcher started asking me questions I realized that they were trying to break into the house. That's when I kind of lost it. Jason got there about 5 minutes after they had left and the cops showed up 20 minutes after that. My mom came over and stayed with me the rest of the day. I was VERY thankful she has a job that lets her leave when she needs to.
So that is the story in a nut shell and I know it might seem weird that is was also the most exciting day but it was. I had cops calling me all day to identify the car and the suspect. Then the CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) came by to fingerprint me and the place. A detective came over today to do a line up and I successfully picked out the guy that they believe to be the one who has been caught in other crimes. Detective Logan said "I hope we are able to put this guy away for a long time.". It was such a movie line but it was exciting to help find the guy.
All in all is was a very scary experience and I wouldn't want to go through it again. But if there can be a lesson to learn through all of this, it would be to ALWAYS call the cops if someone you don't know is knocking on your door for 10 minutes. Maybe even for 5 minutes.
Praise God they didn't have a gun.


They had to print me.



This is the door after the whole day was done. NO ONE is getting in the back door.

"The Fair Comes in October" - Terry Booker

That's right folks, it's October and that means the Texas State Fair is in town. Now I grew up in Abilene as most of you know and the fair there is just a little different than the one here:) They are both fun and scary in their own way. The Abilene West Texas Fair brought the scary people to work it and the State Fair is just in one of the scariest parts of town. But that's part of the experience. The West Texas fair has it's own yummy food like their Aggie Fries. Delicious! But I will say that the State Fair has many more yummy treats. My absolute favorite would have to be the fried Marshmallows. Watch Out! It's the most wonderful treat you will ever eat. See the pictures below as I check to make sure they were still yummy. Jason and I made a game plan before we hit the fair and we decided to split all we ate and then eat Salty, then a Sweet. We started with their famous must have Corn dogs. Then we hit the fried Smores...unbelievable! The graham cracker was still crunchy! I can't keep writing about what we ate because I am getting hungry:) Let the pictures do the talking....

Jason checking out the car show.

Now this is the Official food winner of the fair. I was not too excited about trying it but it was very tasty.

The Fried Marshmallow.

Free Ice Cream in the Food Market.

Fried Grilled Cheese. This was very very good!

Jason insisted that we go to the dog show.

The Borden Milk Cow. Thanks for the ice cream Elsie!

See you next week! That's right, we are going back for more.

I would also like to give a shout out to my Blog designer Mrs. Ashley Wilson! Thanks for the awesome Blog!!!