remember when ...

With some of the proceeds from my amazon selling, I bought this beauty. And so begins the monumental task of scanning in all of our old pictures so we can get rid of the hard copies. Here are just a few of the gems I've found so far:

seriously?

Um, have you ever heard of freezing fog? Me neither. But that's what we had this morning. Freezing fog and black ice. I'm still at home while I wait for the 200 accidents the Fort Worth police department is dealing with to clear up. I took these pictures from my front and back porches. Doesn't it look toasty?

Snowflake days

{circa 1986, from what Megan and I can tell}

more house!

Matt was at our new house last night to meet with the inspector and he took a few pictures of what it looks like now. {Based on the previous picture, my dad asked me why our grass was dead.} Things are moving right along with the financing and insurance and everything. We should be right on schedule to close on August 22. I can't wait!

Before/After

Can you tell which is which?

Weekend Roundup: OKC

So, it's been a long time since I've had a real post. Don't fear. I'm back. Without further ado:

This weekend was a lot of fun. Matt and I headed up to Oklahoma City after work on Friday. I have wanted to visit the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial for a long time and convinced Matt to make a quick trip with me. Friday night was just spent driving. Oh, and watching a terrible, cheesy movie on MTV after Matt fell asleep.

Saturday was a beautiful day. I don't know if you've heard, but we've had 3 weeks of straight rain here in Texas and I was getting sick of the overcast skies and daily downpours. Saturday was a clear, warm day. Awesome. Matt and I headed over to the Memorial and Museum as soon as it opened. We spent almost 3 hours wandering around. If you ever have the chance, you really need to go. I was amazed at how well-done the museum was. You start out with background on the Federal building and with what was happening that morning. Then you actually hear an audio tape of when the bomb went off. After that, it takes you through the aftermath -- immediately following the bomb, the search and recovery, all the way through the investigation and trials. They also do a great job of honoring the victims. I can't do it justice here in this small blog, but I'll still heartily recommend it. After the museum, Matt and I went to Bricktown (where the Sonic HQ is!), then stopped in Norman on our way home to eat at The Mont. Awesome queso. Oh, we also had to drive by the OU stadium for Matt.

Sunday was another normal day, although I did seem to cook a whole lot. We started off with breakfast -- Belgian waffles with fresh blueberries and whipped cream. I intermittently watched the Wimbledon final (go Federer!) and finished preparing my YW lesson. After a lunch of leftover homemade pizza from Saturday night, we headed off to church. After church, I made this yummy dish and cooked some of the best corn on the cob I've ever had to go with it. For dessert, we had sugar-free frozen yogurt with fresh blueberries, peaches and crema fresha. Yum. Then I made yummy whole wheat zucchini bread for Monday's breakfast. How was your weekend?

Sometimes ...

being away from them makes my heart hurt ...



{editor's note: I didn't really take any pictures of CJ's family or Willie or they'd be on here along with all the others I miss!}

Prada Marfa

Matt went to glamorous El Paso earlier this week for work. While taking a border tour, they stumbled upon this. I read about it a few months ago on the Domino Blog and was intrigued. Two artists basically took a Prada store and plopped it down in the middle of the desert in Valentine, Texas, near Marfa. It's a permanent art exhibit done with Prada's permission and the store contains actual Prada merchandise from their Fall 2005 collection.

I was so impressed that Matt and his coworkers knew that they needed to stop and take a few pics for me. Sadly, as I will most likely never venture to Marfa, I'll never get to see it in person. I'll just have to be content with the pictures Matt brought back for me!

The Shower

The shower went well on Saturday morning. It was a small group, but we had lots of fun eating and laughing and wishing Natalie well.

Weekend Roundup

Friday night was pretty low-key. Matt and I had a romantic dinner in the temple cafeteria, followed by a session and then a customary McDonald's run.

Saturday morning we ran a few errands and then headed out to Ennis (or the city of Enoch as Matt called it a few times) to check out the Bluebonnet Trails. Before we left town, we drove by the tornado damage from last week and took a few pictures. It's crazy what wind can do ... While we were driving to Ennis, Matt called bluebonnets 'weeds' and seemed pretty unenthusiastic about the trip we were making. After a disappointing stop at A&W in Waxahachie, we made it to Ennis and the first stop on the Trail. There was a huge field (probably 3+ acres) of solid bluebonnets. The man who owned the property was riding around on his yellow four-wheeler greeting his visitors and sharing his bluebonnet knowledge. Matt retracted his previous statement about bluebonnets. We spent a little while taking pictures of the bluebonnets (and Flat Tanner) before heading out. The drive to Ennis and the first field took longer than we expected, so we sadly had to head back home before seeing any of the other Trail stops. I think the drive was worth it. Matt agreed.

When we got back to our grand apartment, my cute husband took my car to the car wash and brought it back all sparkly and shiny. {thanks, babe!} We headed over to Babe's for dinner with friends. Neither of them had ever been before, but they're fans. One of our friends, Cagan, apparently doesn't mess around when it comes to food. His eyes got huge when he saw his meal and he got excited when he saw my method of piling all the sides on top of the chicken-fried steak and quickly went to work. I love that place. After dinner, we went back to their apartment to watch UFC. I have never watched it before and I have to say, it's a little brutal. It's crazy that the only rules are no eye-gouging, no crotch hits, and no punching/kicking the top of the head. One guy was literally rendered unconscious by a sleeper hold and another guy was knocked out by a kick to the head before he crumpled to the ground. I'm not sure if I'll tune in to The Octagon again ...

Sunday was a lazy day. I woke up not feeling well and ended up staying home from church. I mostly slept (interrupted by a phone call that released me from my current calling and gave me a new one -- a first for me) and watched movies. Matt did a great job of taking care of me -- he made his famous beef dip sandwiches for dinner and followed it up with my favorite, a homemade strawberry smoothie. We rounded out the day watching Invincible and The Apprentice. I'm glad Stefani won.

How was your weekend?

Where's Waldo?

Notice anyone familiar in this brochure? Apparently this was mailed out to hundreds (or dozens) of people advertising Cowgirl U for the National Cowgirl Museum that Matt's cousin, Ali, works for. We're totally famous.

more Macee

I just wanted to post a few more pics of my cutest new niece:

She's beauty and she's grace ...

My friend, Lori, and I had fun trying on another friend's crown from her days in the Miss America series of pageants. Why oh why didn't I enter beauty pageants back in the day?