Belated Birthday for my Mom

We had given my mom a spa day for her birthday back on December 10th, but she was in London right after, and Christmas, and NYE...and we all were just so busy!

So we finally all got together on a Saturday morning and started our spa day.

First stop: Body massages!

Next Stop: Mani Pedi's!

I was having issues all day. At the massage place I found a pair of panties hanging out the bottom of my jean leg. I felt something but couldn't figure out what it was. Good thing I was wearing my boots tucked into my jeans!

Then when we got to the nail salon, I was wearing skinny's and couldn't pull my jeans up so the salon offered me a towel skirt.

At least we all got a good laugh about it! Happy birthday mom and I hope you had a great time!

Marvel Fun!

Because Dr Pepper also has a deal with Marvel, we get access to a lot of really cool Marvel assets.

I was able to get tickets to the North American Marvel Experience...the boys really enjoyed it!

They competed in all of the games!

Stacy and Luke's Wedding!

Chance and I took off work on Friday and headed up to Eureka Springs, AR. The drive wasn't bad at all (except for how slow you have to drive through OK), but other than that it was actually quite beautiful!

Somehow I lost all these pics as well. I'm the queen of taking pictures, and I don't typically erase pictures without blogging first, but I guess this was a learning experience for me...I won't wait so long to blog!

The first night we arrived, we checked into our cabin on Beaver Lake, got unpacked, then had to get ready so we could meet everyone out for dinner.

The next morning we woke up the most beautiful view. The entire wall of the cabin was windows, so the picture below was taken from our bed.
We started off the morning by enjoying our coffee and breakfast out on the porch.

After breakfast we had two masseuses come to our room, they set up beds and we got a couples massage. It was very relaxing and wonderful!

After that, we got ready and headed to the wedding. They got married in Thorncrown Chapel - it was absolutely stunning!

 Afterwards we attended the dinner and celebrated with everyone! Chance even caught the garder!

Congrats you guys. Chance and I wish you all the happiness in the world.

The next morning (Sunday) we were supposed to leave, but we were having such a nice relaxing weekend, that we decided to take advantage of being off work the next day for MLK Day. Unfortunately, our cabin wasn't available so we had to move hotels. I wanted to make the best of the situation, since packing up from one hotel to go to another for just the night is never enjoyable, so I booked us a tree house cabin. I thought that would be interesting! Here is a pic of our place.

After moving to our new place we met up with the newlyweds and had brunch. If you have never been to Eureka Springs, there aren't a bunch of fine dining options. So we pull up to this place that has only motorcycles parked up front, we walk in, it's all motorcycle guys and gals in their leather and they are all staring like we are lost. We figure what the heck, lets just stay, so we did...and the food was.....AWESOME! I would seriously go back every morning if I lived here!

The newlyweds:

After that we headed out to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, and it was really cool!

After that, we headed to the Christ of Ozarks, which was also really neat. They even have an actual piece of the Berlin wall.

Lastly, we went to St Elizabeth Catholic Church:

Ohio State vs Oregon 2015

Because Dr Pepper is a sponsor for the National Championship, I was able to get tickets for Chance and I to go watch!

The only reason I was excited Ohio won, was because I placed a really cool congratulatory digital billboard on the side of a hotel near the Columbus, OH airport!

Valerie's Wedding!

Congrats Val and Jason!

Your wedding was beautiful and you looked stunning!

NYE '14-'15

This NYE we decided to stay in town and bring in the new year with our friends. This is the first time since Chance and I have been together, for us to bring in the new year in Dallas!

Ashley and Eddie hosted a great party! Thanks for everything guys.

Somehow I deleted the photos I took on accident, so all I have are the ones posted to FB :(

Another House Update!

I will list update by room:

Starting with the study:
For Christmas Santa brought us a new desk, so Chance put it together for us...he spent hours and hours building this. I hope he is proud, because I love it!  Thanks Santa ;)

A few things to note:

1. I still need to decorate the shelves, that is just stuff we had laying around and I wanted to get it off the floor. So the shelves are built, but the decor is by no means complete
2. The back wall has been a little tough. I didn't realize I had bought an oil based primer, and a water based paint. We used all of the primer in the Study, so when we did the same treatment in the Master I had to go buy more and that time I happened to grab the water base, so we didn't have this issue in the Master. The water base paint bubbled up really bad and looked bad so I just stopped....so more to come on the completed wall later!
3. We would like to get wood floors, so this rug will look a lot better under the desk than it does on the carpet. I hate that they are such similar colors. 

Ok, onto the Living Room:

Things to note in this room:

1. Again, we would like wood floors. I hate carpet in general, and then you add a 80 lb lab who sheds constantly in the mix, who is an indoor dog, and it's just gross! Not to mention the couch and carpet are the same color...ugh!
2. I need to decorate the cool wooden table Stace gave me!
3. We want to purchase an armoire for the TV
4. The picture collage on the back wall will continue to grow...possibly. Haven't decided what I want to do with it.
5. Eventually we will purchase a new coffee and end table!
6. We will also be buying curtains, and moving the mirror.
7. In the meantime, Rylee is really enjoying her fireplace :) 

Moving on to the guest side of the house:

Things to note in the hall closet/guest bathroom:

1. I would like to buy cute wooden baskets for the linens
2. I painted this bathroom one night after work, and couldn't reach the area above the shower, so Chance got in there a few days ago and finished it up for me :) Thanks babe!
3. I also painted the grey hall way but only as far as I could reach, so he finished the top half of that as well!

We have SO much to do in these two guest rooms:

1. For now we just have the beds in there and I threw linens on them. 
2. We ordered the nightstand and dresser for the master, and when it arrived the dresser had a little damage on the top right corner. Not enough to not be usable, most people don't even see it, but it was enough for us to care about because they were not cheap. The dresser didn't have the handles pre-attached so we attached them ourselves and one of the handles would not allow a screw to go in, so I emailed the vendor and let them know about the dresser damage and asked for a new handle....they apologized for the inconvenience and sent us another nightstand and dresser! So now the Queen guest room has furniture!

Moving on the full room - since the rooms only have beds in them, we named them after the size of the beds. For now this room is our storage room. One day it will be a cute guest room and I will do my arts and crafts in here. 

 

Moving on to the master:

1. Again, we want wood floors in here.
2. We will decorate the TV wall, might possibly mount the TV on the wall
3. We will get a reading chair and lamp for the corner to the right of the TV

This table was actually a desk at my mom's office. I want to paint this one with chalk paint and put in a game room one day for the kids to play on.

Rylee is loving her back yard!