Birthday Week and BBQ...

Last week was AMAZING! We celebrated my Birthday for 6 days straight! We ate at several of my favorite places, my mom and our friend Chandra came in town, everyone made sure my quarter of a century birthday celebration went perfectly! I could not be more grateful! 

Saturday, some of Jeff's family friends, Liz and Robert, and our mutual family friends, Mark and MaryAnne threw us a Bar-B-Q to celebrate our upcoming marriage (only 25 days away! :D but who's counting). I debated for weeks what to wear because I had a huge dilemma... the BBQ would be held on a Saturday! SATURDAY=BAMA GAME DAY! I needed to dress cute but had to wear Crimson because to not wear Crimson on game day is not really an option around our house. I was so happy when my mom found me these jeans!

It was so much fun and we had such a good turnout. Mark is an awesome cook and prepared fried fish, fried oysters, sausage, brisket, and shrimp étouffée... It was to die for and I ate many more plates full than I care to share. Not to mention Liz made a fabulous Italian Cream cake and a strawberry cake! I'm unsure who enjoyed them more...me or Georgia ha. Hayes loved being outside and LOVED playing in the dirt! One of my favorite parts of the day was how much time I got to spend with Emma. She tends to be shy when there is a lot of people around but Saturday she spent tons of time sitting in my lap and talking to my family. I was thrilled because I always tell them so much about the kids and loved having everyone in the same place! 

My Aunt Sharon, Uncle, and cousins Mason and Morgan came out and I was so glad they did! It was so nice having them there! It started at 3 and we all stayed until around 9 talking, watching Bama and the Rangers, playing washers and eating more food every time we passed the food table! We are so blessed to have such good friends and family! 

my mom and Aunt Sharon (sisters)

Happy 25th!

We all know how bad of a blogger I am BUT I could not let this day pass without telling
Miss Natalie McCarty...soon to be STEVENS... HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY!

Nat I can't believe you are halfway to 50! JK but seriously I am so lucky that you are one of my best friends. You are one of those true friends that if anything ever happened I know I could always count on you to be there. I have so many great memories with you and I cant wait to share many many many more together!

I love that this one little ginger bread house took us all night to make and we were so proud of the finished project!

I love that you are about to marry JEFFREY and yalls sweet little zoo family!

I love that you always make tees or tanks for every event...it wouldn't be a real party without one!

I love how you always are down for a party and everyone getting together when we are all intown. You definantly pull the group together and we can always count on you to arrange the plans!

I love how you are such a great big sister and there for Kaityln whenever she needs you.

I love how GWGs can always count on you to provide us with more pink things than we thought were possible....

and we ALL love it too!

I love how you are a BAMA fan and never miss a game with Jeff!

I love how obsessed you are with kids and think they are your own!

More than anything though, I love that you are on of my very best friends!

I hope you have a great 25th birthday Nat!!!

How Do You Roll...

It's no secret that Jeffrey and I love food and that's exactly what this post is about... We have a new restaurant in town. It's like a Subway for sushi... It's called How Do You roll. Fabulous idea and such a fun and different date night.

Homeowners...

Such an exciting time for several of our friends... Check out these new homeowners! 

B and Cale

Molly and Tim

Meh and Al

Ali

Since I can't make it to see each and everyone of their new homes just yet I decided to make some housewarming gift baskets. Alison recently relocated and now lives in Dallas so I thought I would send her one also! All I needed was a few baskets, mason jars, mini cookies of all sorts, popcorn, mini bottles of champagne and cake vodka... because what's a celebration without champagne and cake vodka am I right? I had so much fun putting them all together and waiting to hear from everyone as they received them! 

I got to take B and Cale theirs in person on Saturday and I'm so glad I did! Their home is BEAUTIFUL! Sad I didn't take any pictures while I was there but Im certain I will be going back to Katy to visit them very soon!

I had some extra sweets and decided to send them to the sweetest little girls I know... Emma and Georgia! I added in a few Halloween ditties, some love for Erica and Hayes, and their treat was ready to be shipped! 

Congratulations my friends! Enjoy your new homes!