It's a New Year

Hey yall.. I had a really fun NYE.. maybe a little too good ;) haha friday afternoon ashley and I went to publix and picked out our champagne.. it was soo good by the way! and ate lunch at our favorite restaurant... ZAXBY'S! mmm! then she had to go to work.. BOO so i sat around untill 10:00 when she got off... i took some pics while waiting.. haha they're pretttyyy amazing..

then i got to ashleys were we were completely sober by the way.. but didn't quite act it ;) before we left for wes's house.. we even had a rave in her kitchen with glo sticks and Ke$ha.. yes.. she was there!

anywho about 11:23 we headed to wes's house for the big countdown.. while there we played dance revolution on the xbox kinect it was really cool.. and i destroyed the solja boy dance =) i may have drank a little to much champ but my good friend ashley stayed sober to drive me home.. where we had some delicious margaritas made by her bro!

i was.... pretty tired.

that was her brothers shot by the way i didn't drink it.. but i thought it was pretty! =)

anywho.. today ashley and I decided to begin our bucket list by going to DQ for blizzards (we're going to try every one on the menu) so tonight I got turtle pecan cluster and she got double fudge cookie dough! =)

nom nom.

and when we got home we found my kitty asleep in my bookshelf! it was... pretty cute!




Last but not least Leslie over at Life in it's Ordinary Form is doing a giveaway! Some awesome OPI nailpolish! and who doesn't love nail polish! go follow her awesome blog and enter her giveaway!

and in closing.. if you havent seen the SNL skit "the miley cyrus show" you need to go watch it.. its... pretty cool. watch it HERE! idk if yall like miley but i really loved her until her recent shenanigans so i thought this was.. pretty funny.

HELP!!

hey guys! i'm trying to put a new template on my blogger and i'm confused!! i put it on and now theres an old background still on there and i can't figure out how to get it off! can anyone help??

THANKS!!

Mere

play-doh!

When is the last time yall played with this stuff? For me, it had been forever but my little nephew Jason LOVES it so this morning when I got up, he wanted to play with it! First he asked me to make a snake..

then he wanted me to make him a man! So heres my attempt at a play-doh man!

so i asked what he wanted next and he says "CHOO CHOO!!" and i said I ACCEPT that challenge! and here it is.. best darn play-doh choo choo i've ever seen! ;)

And finally for an update on my niece.. it will be next week before she gets to come home but my sister can come home TODAY! =) Brookelynn is doing better but she still needs some time in the NICU! thank you for your prayers! keep praying!

Baby Brookelynn

Hey Yall! My new niece was born yesterday at 11:58 am and she is 7 lbs 7 oz and 19 1/2 inches long! She is absolutely beautiful! I need everyone to pray for her though because she is stuck in NICU! =( Bailey had to have an emergency C-Section and poor baby Brookelynn swallowed a lot of fluid on the way out! =( Please pray for her speedy recovery so her and my sister can come home! here are some pictures!

Picture Perfect!

I got a new camera for christmas!! =)) so i've been picture crazy! i hope everyone had a wonderful christmas! here's pictures of my wonderful weekend!

old camera pics:
Christmas Eve

New Camera Pics:

Rockin out with the paper jams!!

SNOW!!!!!!!

Messing around with the close up setting on my camera =)) and yes.. that was our DELICIOUS cinnamon roll breakfast! we eat cinnamon rolls EVERY Christmas morning!

Pecan Pies

If you need a last minute holiday treat.. you need to make this little pies! they are so cute and soooo good.. and most importantly.. SO EASY!

You need:
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup brown sugar
3 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup chopped pecans
and mini pie shells (i buy pre-made ones from the grocery)

Directions:
mix all the ingredients in a large bowl with a wisk until all mixed together. then mix in the pecans and poor into the mini pie shells! Bake at 350 for 35-45 minutes. If you want to make one normal sized pie, the directions are the same except you bake it at 375 for 30-45 minutes =)

(i should be a professional direction writer... ;))

Every year my family have a buffet-style dinner on Christmas Eve with tons of finger foods including my pies, christmas cookies, little wieners, cheese straws, shrimp tray (yuck!), and dips! =) it is my favorite part of Christmas! What are you guys doing tonight? Whatever it is, I hope it is a wonderful, blessed Christmas for everyone!

Merry Christmas!

The Park and Pep Talks

Yesterday Wes and I went out to lunch then went to the park after wards! It was the perfect temperature for the park! and sooo much fun! Wes is my best friend so its always fun when we get to walk around and talk about whatever comes to our minds at the time! We even found a cute little tree someone decorated! =)

....and a goose.

we took some pictures but I look aweful and Wes needs to shave ;) haha so i'll post some later!

Anywho, I was reading Ally's blog today and I saw that Leslie has been sending her daily pep talks and the one she sent was so funny! so i googled peptalks and i think i came across the same site she found and i found this:

Gratitude lifts you.
Pep Talk: Sometimes everything seems shitty. It’s not, but it can feel that way. Everything sucks and all you want to do is complain, but even the person you normally complain to is annoying you. Boo. No matter how bad things are, there is a bright side. It might not be blindingly bright, but there’s a glimmer somewhere. Stop thinking. Look around you. Find something that isn’t obnoxious and be grateful for it. Yeah, that thing is awesome. Now find something else. Man, that thing is good too. Dude, you’re surrounded by goodness. When you stop dwelling on the ugh/blurg of it all and focus on your gratitude, life isn’t so bad after all.
Today remind yourself: Gratitude lifts me.

and i found:

you sparkle like this.

anywho. i just the peptalk was funny.. and really true! and the picture was quite clever! ;) if you havent checked out Leslie or Ally's blogs... do it now! =))

psssssssst.
1 day till christmas eve!!