road trip!

We are safe, but we have had no power since 1am Friday. And we have no fence around our backyard anymore. It's totally destroyed. The damage in town is pretty bad and our town got the clean side of the hurricane. It's sad to see the damage in Galveston compared to what we got. Because of the heat and no a.c. we deceided to pack up and go to New Braunfels. So we are on our way now as I type this. Talk to everyone later. I love road trips!!

Hurricane Ike

Well it looks like hurricane Ike is going to be coming for a visit Saturday morning. The police knocked on our door this morning letting us know of the mandatory evacuation orders for Angleton. Against the judgement of my sister, we have decided to board up our house and stay here. My sister was 3 years old and I was just a baby when hurricane Alicia came thru Angleton in 1983. Crystal called it one of her "earliest memories" because it was so "tragic" for her. She said she stayed right by my crib while I slept because she was afraid I was going to get sucked out of my crib from the wind. Hurricane Alicia blew our swingset out of the backyard over the roof of the house and it landed in the front yard. My dads shed building was ripped into pieces. All the car windows were busted out. My mom said she remembers the wind being so strong and loud that it sounded as if the house was going to fall apart any minute. Then she said the eye of the storm came right over Angleton and it got very calm and pretty outside. This will be a first for me and Brice. But we are prepared and ready. Wish us luck.

i wanna grow old with you....

I can't believe it's almost been one year since Brice and I got married. September 22 is not only our wedding anniversary, but it's also my 26 birthday. I am so looking forward to this day. I know Brice has something planned because he was on the phone the other day and was writing something down on paper when he told me to get out of the room. When I later asked him why, he said because it's something I have planned for our anniversary. He did give me a hint and said we are going out of town somewhere. I am so excited, I can't wait!!

I was thinking about our wedding first dance song today. Everyone loved it because it's so funny and not your typical mushy love song. Here are the lyrics.

I wanna make you smile whenever you're sad
Carry you around when your arthritis is bad
All I wanna do is grow old with you
Ill get your medicine when your tummy aches
Build you a fire if the furnace breaks
Oh it could be so nice, growing old with you
Ill miss you
Ill kiss you
Give you my coat when you are cold
Ill need you
Ill feed you
Even let ya hold the remote control
So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink
Put you to bed if you've had too much to drink
I could be the man who grows old with you
I wanna grow old with you

Free People

I have to show everyone this new Free People dress. I wore shorts under it because it's kind of short in the back. I also wore a black Splendid tank underneath. Yesterday we went to Goe Harley Davidson to raise money for the Toys For Tots charity. I got compliments all day how cute this dress was. It's my favorite next to my Gypsy 05 dress!
Here is my dad and me. The wind was blowing right in my face.

Which picture?

I'm going to have a lot of these in the next few weeks for you guys to vote on. I am entering our county fair photography contest in October. Which out of these three do you like best?

B&W #1

B&W #2

Color

words to live by.....for my girls....

"Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning Satan shudders and says...'Oh shit, she's awake!!"

Back from Washington, y'all!

Nathan was so excited to see me walking thru the airport towards baggage claim where they were waiting on me. He ran across the airport with his arms open yelling "meme, meme!!" I didn't expect that reaction from him. I guess he really did miss me!!
The town of DuPont that Crystal and PJ live in is absolutely beautiful. There are walking trails right by their house. We went hiking and picked wild blueberries off the trees. At the end of the trail is the ocean and it's amazingly beautiful. It's all within walking distance of their house. I loved seeing my sister again, it felt just like old times. Nathan is still the same, but he talks a lot more now in complete sentences. Washington is so much different from Texas. I got some strange looks our first time out to dinner when I asked for sweet tea and didn't know what "prawns" were. Why not just call 'em shrimp? Even more funny was something I saw on the menu called "seafood on a bun". Down here in the south we call that a Po'Boy. I gotta admit, their seafood in Washington was a bit better than what we have down here. But I really got mad when I couldn't have sliced onions on my house salad! Now who doesn't serve a salad without onions? Yeah I got another crazy look when I asked for that, hehe. (Mandi, I promise not to embarrass you if we get to meet up next time. I am a pro now with the Washington food menus, ha!)
My first day in Seattle. We even went to the Space Needle.

Me and Nathan at the arcade

Sometimes you just gotta do this in an empty alley!

Nathan trying to get to the blueberry trees

This was on one of the trails

At the park



Playing with lego's

One night we were all going out to dinner and Crystal and PJ were in the living room waiting on me to finish getting ready. I was in the bathroom doing my makeup and of course Nathan was in there helping me. When I finally got done I told Nathan to go tell mommy that I was ready. He proudly walked into the living room and announced to Crystal and PJ "Hey everybody! Meme is ready, and so am I, so come on!!!"

J.Crew

Today I went to J.Crew at the galleria. If you haven't ever shopped in there, they have cute casual and preppy type clothes. My sister loves this store as well. I think we both spent way too much money last time we were in there. Today I went back and here is what I got.
Favorite-Fit twill pants

Perfect-Fit long sleeve tee in black

And in white

I also got a cute hat for fall that I can't find a picture of on their website.

I am leaving Saturday morning for Seattle. Won't be back till next Wednesday so probably won't have any blog updates till then. xoxo

Tax free weekend

This past weekend in Texas was tax free on clothes. The state of Texas does this every year. It's mainly for back to school students, but everyone can take advantage of it. So I went shopping and here is what I got!
First stop was at Forever21. Normally I can't find anything in this store I like, but finally I got lucky.

My husband called this khaki jacket a "safari jungle jacket". Whatever.


Since I was feeling lucky, I strolled on over to the Lucky Brand Jean store. I don't care what anyone says, I don't care if these aren't considered "designer" jeans, but they are some of the most comfortable jeans I have ever worn. I have $200 True Religion and Paige jeans, and these are so much more comfortable.
Anyways, I got these trouser jeans, and they look awesome on.

And this cute cardigan (so much nicer in person!)

Now I had to stop at Macy's. I discovered a new designer brand while I was in there called Language Los Angeles. Such cute tops, but way expensive. But I had to buy just one. I couldn't resist.

I figured by this point I better stop while I am ahead because I know I am going to be spending tons of money with my sister next weekend.

It's a small world after all..

A few days ago this really gorgeous blonde sent me a friend request on myspace. I couldn't figure out who she was, but I knew it was someone I had met before. So I accepted her friend request and started looking thru her profile pictures trying to figure out how I knew her. And look who I came across in one of her albums.....
Yes, that is my dear ol' daddy

And his brother...

And more brothers, on the right...


Then it finally hits me. I do know this girl. She is the manager at my dads favorite hang out- Goe Harley Davidson. And come to find out, Natalie is cousins with Lacie, one of my best friends since middle school who was also one of my bridesmaids.
Moral of this story, pay better attention next time you are being introduced to somebody so next time you come across pictures of your dad on their myspace you won't have to think it's one of his secret girlfriends:)

Happy days are here again....

I never thought I would be so happy to get a visit from AF. Funny how she came early this morning after I got all upset yesterday. I felt like a 13 year old little girl texting all her friends who just got her period for the first time. Good thing only my family and close friends can read my blog. Most people would think I am crazy for announcing I got my period. I can not wait to start trying to get pregnant again! Brice was really excited, too. I loved seeing the look on his face when I told him. I'm going to be in Seattle in two weeks, so I really hope I don't ovulate while I am there. I knew this could happen, but I don't want to plan things around getting pregnant. And seeing my sister is very important to me. I think it should work out perfect to where I ovulate on the Friday I am coming home- if it's anything like the month when I did get pregnant. But we all know our bodies can do some weird shit. So I guess just got to wait and see, but till then I am on cloud 9 and so excited to be starting this new chapter again.

frustrated

Today has been exactly 4 weeks since my miscarriage bleeding stopped. I am still waiting for a visit from good ol' aunt flow. I was hoping she had come by now so we can put this behind us and start trying again. But it's hard to do that when I feel like I am stuck in this one spot and can't move forward. I'm trying not to think about it too much because I promised myself I wouldn't become one of those crazy women who's life revolve around getting pregnant.
I would love to hear from other girls who have had miscarriages how long it took to get your period back. I know there is a lot of you reading this who have been thru it and now have healthy babies so anything you may have to offer would really help. Just a little frustrated here. xoxo

Seattle bound

I am so excited because I just bought a plane ticket to go visit my sister and nephew for an entire week at the end of August. And the best part is that I am going by myself so we can do all the things we enjoy doing like shopping! And poor Nathan is use to this already from all the time we spent at the galleria. I hope Brice can manage without me for a week. Hopefully he can pick up after himself and remember to feed Sophia and Raven.

ewwww!!!!

Yesterday I almost had a heart-attack. Literally. No joking here. I had taken Raven with me to get coffee at Sunny Hearts. When we came home I put her down in her bed on the floor. I noticed a piece of "wire" next to her bed, probably trash from the box of the new dvd player Brice had just bought. Didn't even give it a second look when I picked it up in my hand when all of a sudden my gut instinct told me to throw it. So that's what I did, I threw it against the wall and did a heebie jeebie dance. I realized what I had just picked up. It was a creepy crawly dead snake!! I didn't dare get close enough to look at it, so when Brice came home I told him there was a dead snake in the living room. He took one look at it and said "that's a wire baby." So he picked it up to look closer, and sure enough, what did he do? He threw it against the wall, too. The poor snake had been dead for a few days at least so it was kind of fried looking. I guess Sophia or Raven killed it. It was dead right by their bed.
Here is a picture for your viewing pleasure.

Just like uncle Brice!

When Nathan and my sister were living here, Brice bought Nathan a bubble mower to keep at our house for when he came over to play. Nathan loved going outside and mowing the grass with Uncle Brice. But mainly he enjoyed mowing the sidewalk. Here is a picture from a few months ago at our house....

When Nathan and Crystal moved back to Washington, they forgot to pack Nathan's mower. So last week I decided to mail it back to Nathan. Crystal said Nathan got all excited when he opened the package. She asked him "where did that come from?" And he proudly told her "That's my mower from meme's house!" Of course he wanted to go outside right then and play with it, so Crystal snapped a picture on her blackberry and sent it to me....