Christmas is coming.... :)

Guys, it's already December!!!! I LOVE December (granted who doesn't?!?!). November was crazy for us, there was so much going on, and since I was horrible at blogging I thought I'd do a quick recap! :) 

First off I have a new favorite, it's called The Dick Van Dyke show (seriously so funny!!!!), with a nice cup of hot chocolate, all while sitting by a warm fire!! It's heaven! 

Second, Tyler decided he needed to rescue an armadillo. We've lived in Texas for almost 6 months and this was the first time I've ever seen one of these, poor thing got clipped by a car, and Tyler dutifully found a place that would kindly euthanize the poor little guy!

Third, I learned how to make yummy homemade pizza... enough said!! 

and finally, we just spent the last week in Utah for Thanksgiving! It was so much fun!! We had a family filled Thanksgiving with Tyler's family! We laughed, we ate, we laughed some more, and then ate pie! Our whole weekend was like that! Lots of family, lots of laughs, lots of yummy food, the absolute perfect way to spend the holiday weekend!!! It was hard to say goodbye :( I was the worst picture taker this weekend, so there wasn't much documented... oops! 

We are so grateful for our family and the love and support they have for us!!! 

EEEKKKK life is so good!!! 

Happy November!!

I love November! Cooler weather, everyone gets into a better mood, Thanksgiving, happiness, yummy soups, yummy pies, I just love it!!! I can't believe it's already almost the 2nd week of November.... Time is flying by way to fast!!! I mean before we even know it, it will be Thanksgiving, then Christmas, then New Years.....eeeekkkkk!!! Best time of the year!! 
We've been happily living life, working, trying new things, meeting new people, and working some more! We are definitely excited for the Holidays, to see family and friends!!! Guys life is soooo good!!! 

Dear Husband,

Dear Husband, 

Thank you for you amazing patience with me, 
Thank you for always being willing to do the dishes, 
Thank you for helping with the laundry, 
Thank you for cleaning the bathrooms, 
Thank you for diligently looking for that scary bug that mysteriously disappeared, 
Thank you for humoring me, 
Thank you for always looking out for me, 
Thank you for your many, sincere, kind compliments, 
Thank you for your comforting hugs, and sweet kisses, 
Thank you for making me laugh, 
Thank you for snuggling me, 
Thank you for holding me when I cry, 
Thank you for working so hard for our little family, 
Thank you for striving always to do and be your best, 
Thank you for reminding me it's okay to fail,
Thank you for encouraging me to keep trying, 
Thank you for listening, 
Thank you for talking, 
Thank you for your smiles, 
Thank you for your excitement, 
Thank you for walking with me, 
Thank you for dreaming with me, 
Thank you for hoping with me, 
Thank you for your creativity, 
Thank you for laughing at my goofiness (or craziness), 
Thank you for pushing me to be better,
Thank you for accepting me as I am, 
Thank you for being you, 
Thank you Thank you Thank you for your love! 

xoxo

New projects and sweet nothings

So for a while now Tyler has wanted to start a garden. In our last house we didn't exactly have time and we really didn't feel like we were going to be there long enough to be able to reap the benefits of it so we didn't do it.... okay honestly who am I kidding... I do NOT have a green thumb! In fact, I was that kid in school who killed the plant they sent home in the styrofoam cup, and I honestly (as terrible as it is) don't really have a desire to garden.... BUT my handsome husband does! So since we moved to Texas he has been trying to figure out a way to garden. We have been diligently keeping our milk jugs for the last month (yeah we drink a LOT of milk!!) 

There is actually 7 milk jugs but the 7th one
got cut up as a demo (you'll see it later!)

and Tyler has been thinking, and plotting, and planning, and today I came home from work to him asking the best place to get dirt and if it was stealing to go take some dirt from the big construction site down the street (is it stealing, I don't know, but he didn't end up getting dirt [or soil, I guess] from there, so we are good!!!) He went and bought seeds and he has been dutifully trying to figure out the best way to plant, and germinate (I don't even know what that word means), and grow our new little vegetables! Wish us {him} luck!!! 

That is the 7th milk jug! (like I said, we drink
a lot of milk!! We've only been saving them for
a month!) 

Isn't he handsome?? Speaking of handsome, this guy left me a note this week I couldn't pass up sharing! Not only was it super sweet, I giggled about it allllllll morning long!! Thanks for trying babe! :) 

Isn't he sweet!! :) I love this husband of mine!!! 

xoxo

Labor Day Fun

Tyler has an aunt and uncle (Laurie and Karl) who live in Houston. For as long as I have known him, he has always talked about their Houston Ranch, and his love of it, and desire to go back. Welllll, we got to go this weekend and let me just tell you... GORGEOUS!! I was literally in awe when we drove up the drive to their ranch. Beautiful brick home (and I'm not even a huge fan of brick), a hand-built (by Karl and some of his sons-in-law) guest house, a barn, and 8+ acres of clear land. Absolutely amazing! Sadly, they are selling it, so this was probably one of the last times we'll get to go, but we made sure to make it a fun weekend! 

This is the guest house, but the main house has matches!

Saturday we drove to Galveston and went to the beach... It was a lot of fun. They aren't the best beaches in the world, but we had a blast! Tyler found lots of hermit crabs so we laughed a lot playing with those!! 

We rode a ferry over to the beach! So Fun! 

There was a lot of seaweed on the beach but it didn't stop us! 

Only 3 of the many crabs Ty found!
PC: Chad

Sunday we went to church and had a yummy yummy BBQ! Monday morning it was up early for Tyler to finally live out a dream I think he has had since the womb!! He got to drive Karl's big tractor, mow the lawn (well 8 acres of it), rake it in, bale and buck hay! It took ALL day, the girls went shopping for a little bit, but then we hopped in the truck and giggled while the boys worked!! Tyler came home a very happy man, full of excitement and definitely slept pretty well last night!! 

Their property goes all the way back to the trees and then
makes an 'L' shape! 

They started mowing Friday night! In the dark!! (Crazies!)

Tyler on the big tractor, Karl on the riding mower. 

This is the big scary rake!! 

My handsome handsome farmer!! :) 

Seriously look at all that land!! 

Karl did the baling and Tyler did the bucking!
That machine literally poops out the bails! :) 

He loaded upwards of 60 bails!! Each weighing approx. 70lbs! 

My tired, but hard working man! He amazes me!! 

Hard workers! 

guesstimated 60 bales!! 

This is Karl saying "I'm done with pictures!!" hehe 

To Laurie and Karl, thank you so much for having us!! You home is gorgeous, we had a blast spending the weekend with you and hope to do it again before it gets sold!! 

We {finally} went to the Zoo!!

So since we moved to Dallas I have been wanting to go to the Zoo. The fact that it is only like 20 minutes away, only made me want to go more. Needless to say, it took us about 2 months (we finally went last weekend!) to get there.... but my parents were here to go with us so that made it even more fun!!! I love it when my parents are in town!! 

So these elephants were just bought by the Zoo from the Circus. They were pretty much in heaven playing in the water!! It was a lot of fun to watch! 

Peek-a-boo!

I've never seen a porcupine before!! 

I didn't get a picture of the 4 of us together once that weekend (LAME!!) But we had a blast so I guess it's okay!! 

We also went and explored the Fort Worth Stockyards! A lot more fun than I thought it was going to be!!! We enjoyed a cowboy town complete with a mechanical bull, a stagecoach ride, a shoot-out, a cattle run, and a yummy steak dinner!! 

Tyler was adamant we ride in this stagecoach.. a lifelong dream for him!! 

Thanks for coming to play with us mom and dad!!! We love having visitors and getting to explore Dallas!!! Come back soon!!! 

Slacking

So I have been a slacker, and for that I apologize! I want this blog to be a place where my kids can come later and read about all the fun their mom and dad have ;) Speaking of kids..... 

how funny is this?

y'all thought I was gonna say I was pregnant, didn't you? haha nope not yet! :) 

So here is my resolution to be better! 
The last 7 weeks here in Texas have been crazy, and eye-opening, and exciting!! haha I still don't have a job (and I'm becoming more and more okay with that, and I think T is too!!!) but our home is {usually} always clean, T gets a homemade treat a least once a week (last week he got homemade bread!! yummy!! and a whole lot easier than I thought, it just took a lot of time), plus we get to go to the pool pretty much everyday!!! 

My sweet Elder Wilson hit his year mark last week!! I seriously can't believe we are closing to him coming home than we are to him leaving!! EEEEEKKKKKKK!! To say the Wilson family is excited is an understatement! I may or may not have already looked at flights to AZ for the festivities! hehe. 

This is his year celebration! 

Funny story, our apartment backs up to a pretty little man-made pond thing, and since we moved here there have been six, I repeat SIX of these pesky little guys hanging out there. 

Well, every night at about 9:30 they all like to start their mating-call-croaking-find-me-a-lover-song. Which sounds something like this....... Now keep in mine there are SIX of these guys out there singing. 

My sweet patient husband finally got tired of them (after six weeks of semi-restless sleep) So he went out back with a flashlight, a plastic bag, and my small latex gloves (which barely fit his hands), and removed them. 2 days later they were back...hehe...much to his dismay and so the adventure started again. This time he took them far far away! and we haven't heard from them since! Sorry there are no pictures, use your imagination! Its quite comical!! hehe I love you honey!! 

xoxo