Couples Shower Crafts and Pixies!

I always call pictures pixies - not sure why but now you know!
We helped host a couples shower for some good friends last weekend. Everyone had a great time and the guests of honor received a lot of awesome gifts!

I made this cute banner, directions from Martha Stewart here.

I also made these cute drink signs for the bar area! Got the free download here and played with it until it said what I needed it to!



Dave and I made Poms for the first time, they didn't turn out nearly as cute as Lindsey's but they were still a nice decor addition.

Dave really did help! I have proof! :)

I had planned on making a few more, but ran out of time.. also why Dave had to help.

But I think they turned out pretty cute, a lot of people were asking about them so I guess that's a good sign!

Me with the Bride and Ashley (other hostess)

We played a game where the bride and groom had to answer questions.

Who is more likely to make them late to dinner?

Who's ipod is more embarrassing?

Who will mow the yard?

Who said I love you first?

It was fun! And of course they got lots of good prezzies! (pixies and prezzies, both good words)

Their cute flower girl was collecting the flowers off the PB gifts and giving them to everyone, including Ellie!

So cute!

With Dave's family, don't you love Rex's "cocktail attire" haha! He said he was going to wear his hawaiian shirt but he remembered the Yanks were playing so he had to show his support! What a silly guy!

I also gave the bride her Personal Shower gift since I can't make it.

Isn't this the cutest thing? I ordered it from Etsy here.

Secret shots in Michael's laundry room! Caught you guys!

Poor Ashley hurt her neck in a car wreck and has to wear a brace. I didn't want her to be the only one! Haha! I love how she dressed it up with a flower pin!

It was a great night! Afterwards we headed to the bar to see Hosty play the end of his show.

And posed with the giant Pumpkin, naturally.

The end. Phew! Great Success! High five!

Wordless Wednesday

Sorry babe, I had to. This is what a 1st year Dental Student looks like.

He has to wear the headphones so I can watch tv. So sweet. :)

Thinking about making some big changes around here...

Sorry for the lack of posts.. I'm thinking about making some big changes to the ole blog.
Read: New Name, New URL, New Header

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Any tips you guys have for not losing all my content would be great!

I'm Obsessed with this Child!!!

Please don't call child services on me! I totally want to kidnap Luke from Modern Family. Every thing out of his mouth is hilarious! Dave and I crack up every week watching what Luke will do. We can only hope to have a kid as laugh inducingly dumb as Luke someday.  Here's my favorite line from last night:
 
Thanks to my sister, Julia, for tweeting this line and making me laugh hard enough to call Dave just to say, "I couldn't find any straws, so you'll have to drink it like cats". Genius. Pure Genius.

And here's another one of Luke's best moments, this makes me want to live with a 10 year old boy more and more. (Get your mind out of the gutter! I want to be friends with him and have a child just like him. Duh!!!)



Look for more Luke Obsessed posts each week... love this kid.

Thank you Pioneer Woman!

I've made a few recipes from Pioneer Woman's cookbook and website lately and thought I'd share with you my faves!

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Pioneer Woman's Three Cheese Stuffed Shells w/ Meaty Tomato Sauce

This was SOOO yum! I doubled the meat though b/c what the hell am I going to do with a leftover 1/2 pound of sausage. And I think it needed the whole pound, I also only used half the garlic it called for b/c I thought 5 cloves was crazy. Hubbs gave this one 2 thumbs up. I can't wait to have the leftovers today!

We had Dave's family over for dinner a month or so ago and I made a suprise desert for everyone!

Pioneer Woman's Flat Apple Pie - the recipe is only available in her cookbook BUT I found a video demonstration here.

This was SO easy and SO yummy - here's my proof:

I served it with some BlueBell Homestyle Vanilla and it was perrrrrrrrfect! Also had some caramel on hand for those that like things sweeter than normal!

I told you it was good!

Lastly, I made Pioneer Woman's Grilled Chicken with Lemon Basil Pasta, when my Dad came through town one night. This was Yummmy too! (I know there are other adjectives for yummy, delicious, scrumptious, delectable etc. But yummy is my fave so get over it)

I had Dave grill the chicken that I marinated for 24 hours and I also threw some mushrooms on the grill with a little olive oil and herbs de provence. He cooked the mushrooms in a foil pouch just like the fish tacos.

Dave hates mushrooms, so here's a pic of my plate - the mushrooms were a great addition!

If you haven't visited the Pioneer Woman's website - you are seriously missing out. Her recipes are all super yummy and she has a picture for each step! Great for us novice cooks out there! Thank you Pioneer Woman, I love you! (And so does my husband)

Wordless Wednesday

Get your holiday shopping done early!

If you live in the Oklahoma City Area you MUST come out to the Junior League Mistletoe Market!

Seriously, they have some of THE cutest stuff there this year! You can get all your holiday shopping done in October and actually enjoy the holidays! :) Plus, I'll be there on Sunday!

Click here for more info.

Click here for a list of merchants that will be there.

I'll post back with the goodies I score! :)

Don't Be Tardy For the Party!

In case you all forgot... REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA premieres tonight!
And it looks like DRAMA!



Love that DC is over and the Real Real Housewife NeNe can be entertaining me once a week! :)