Our Engagement Party!

After meeting with our photographer/videographer, my mom and I got to work on getting her house ready for the party. We got a lot done on Friday night, so we just had to add the finishing touches, and be around for the food and margarita machine delivery.

   People started arriving around 6, and the food and drinks started flowing. 

We had a photo booth area set up and everyone loved it!

Me, Whitney (ex-roommate), Sam (college bestie) and Karina (ex-roommate)

Luke (Chance's childhood best friend), Chance, Jeff and Spencer (Chance's childhood best friend)

 Chance, Ronnie, Matt, Nate and Jason

 Chance and Matt (Chance's college best friend and our current roommate)

 Chance and his mom

 Ashley and Eddie

 Ashley, Eddie and Me

 Chance and I, Philip and Whitney, Cory and Karina (just got engaged in Italy over the summer)

Taylor Grandparents (Bob and Inge), Chance and Me

 Chase, me, Mike, Sheri and my mom

Chance had also made life-size Jenga out of 2x4s!

We are so appreciative of the family and friends we have been blessed with, and thank everyone for coming. We love you all!

Matt rocking the sombrero

Stacey (sister), Mycah (best friend of 28 years), me and Mandy (sister)

 This group of people all lived together in DeSoto when I was younger.
Kari (married to Tommy), Randy and Nannette Crow, my mom and dad, Tommy (married to Kari), & Sheri and Mike Allred.

Nannette and Tommy

 
 Uncle Mike, Dad, Mike, and Chance's dad Jeff

We also had karaoke set up...and it was the hit of the party!

 Chance and I serenading our guests...I'm sure they loved every minute of it! ;)

4am...we finally all called it a night.

A big thanks to my mom and dad for hosting this party. You guys do more for us than we could ever imagine, and we are incredibly grateful. Love you both so much!

-Chance and Lindsey

Garth Brooks!

Garth Brooks came to town after 17 years!

My local digital partner invited me and a co-worker to their suite, and we jumped on the opportunity to see Garth live. I appreciate everything this vendor does for us, and I had the best time!

Trisha Yearwood came out for a bit and sang 3 songs (She's in Love with the Boy, X's and O's, and How Do I Live?)

 

Exploring Fort Worth!

I can't believe we are coming up on our one year anniversary of living here, but we still haven't explored that much of Fort Worth.

I've been down to the Stockyards, but Chance wasn't with me, and he still has never been.
I've been to Sundance Square and West 7th, but that's about it.

Friday night, Chance and I headed out to this Mexican food restaurant called Mama's Texican, out in Lake Worth, and it was really good! They had a live band and we really enjoyed our time out on the patio singing to old classics.

My sister and Jax came to spend the long holiday Labor Day weekend with me, and we did so many fun things.

Saturday night, we were off to the Stockyards to watch the rodeo. Jax was a little apprehensive at first, because one horse that was tied to a trailer was not happy, but once we got inside he was totally fine.

  Sunday morning, we woke up and had breakfast at the lake, it was really peaceful and nice.

 I told Jax I wanted a pic and he got distracted so fast, it made me laugh.

After breakfast, we headed downtown to Trinity Trails. While down there, we rented a canoe and canoed around for a bit.

We had such a fun time and I can't wait to do it again...once it cools down a bit though, and with Chance so he can do all the rowing ;)

Later that night, we went to Coyote Drive-In Theater. Stacey, Jax and I have never been to a drive in theater, so we were so excited and weren't sure what to expect. We arrived pretty early, parked the car just right, folded the seats down and made a pallet with comforters and pillows. We locked the car up and headed over to the patio. They had a live band, food trucks, concession stand, bar and kid play area. Jax played a bit while Stace grabbed us some food. We had so much fun in the car all hanging out together. We saw Straight Outta Compton, and since Jax wasn't allowed to watch it, he had to watch Netflix on my phone.