Our Weekend...

We had a pretty relaxing weekend. Friday we went out to eat with Andrea and Emilio. Saturday, hubby played in a golf tournament and his team won 2nd place!!! Woo, hoo for them! While he was there, I had to go to our end of the year convocation for school, oh so much fun! (Not really, except for the fact that that meant that we are now officially DONE WITH SCHOOL!!!! Yaaaahoooo!!!) After I got finished with that, I met my friends and former roomies, Kerri and Lori for lunch and a little shopping! I hadn't seen Kerri in forever, so it was so much fun to catch up with the two of them...I am kicking myself now for not getting a picture of us together to post with this!!! Really, what was I thinking?! Today, hubby and I just relaxed by the pool, gave Buddy a bath and then we went for a walk down to the river. Good Times.....

Memorial Day Weekend Fun!

We had a pretty busy Memorial Day Weekend. Friday night started with a trip the the grocery store, while there we got a call from our neighbor. They had found a snake in their garage and wanted hubby's help getting it out....ugggg!!!! It ended up being a pretty good sized snake, about 3 feet or so!

Saturday, we went to Mallory's Baptism. She looked so sweet in her gown and adorable little white shoes! We then went home to clean and then went over to Andrea and Emilio's that evening.

Sunday, we had shrimp boil at our house! So much fun! Nothing better than hanging out with good friends and eating yummy food! Here are some pics from our shrimp boil....!!!!

The Carter Family

Ty (almost 3 months)

Emilio, Mallory and Andrea

Luke and Taylor

Mallory wasn't too sure about the water at first, but once she got kickin' she loved it!

YYYYUUUMMMM!!!!!!

Candice, Chrissy and Lindsay

The boys...

The girls...

Ty hangin' out with his daddy!

Me and my hubby!!!

I will have to post a few of the recipes from this weekend later! I tried a few new ones that I think everyone really liked....guess that's what it means when there are no left overs for those things!!! Hmmm, now when can we plan the next one.....

Have a great week...it's the LAST week of school here....YYYAAAHOOO!!!!!

A Friend's Blog...

I wanted to share a friend's blog with you. She went to my high school and is now in the process of adopting a little girl. Her blog shares her and her family's story of their adoption process and it is just too heart warming not to share! Hopefully all will go well with the final steps of the adoption process and their new baby girl will be with them soon!

We hope you are having a great week...it's almost Friday and that means a LONG weekend is just around the corner!!!!

Congratulations Chrissy!!!!

Hubby's little sister Chrissy graduated from TSU on Friday. After graduation, we went to her house and had a fajita dinner...mmmm....Congratulations Chrissy, we are proud of you!!!

Hubby's mom and dad

The family...

Hubby's Grandma...

Us with hubby's two sisters...Candice and Chrissy

Show Us Where You Live Friday!!!

Welcome to this week's edition of "Show Us Where You Live Friday!" TGIF and happy Friday everyone! This week's room is...the living room! Our living room is fairly small, but to us, it's "homey" feeling. This is what you see when you walk in our front door...

This is the view from the hall/kitchen eating area. I haven't been able to find a coffee table and end table set that I just love yet to match our entertainment center so, we're making do with what we have!

Our entertainment center...


This is probably my favorite wedding gifts, it sits on the top shelf in our entertainment center. One of my students made it for us!!! How special, we absolutely love it!



These signs hang on the wall that leads to our hallway...not too much else to see around this wall, but I LOVE these signs!

Well, that is our living room! I hope you have a wonderful weekend and a happy mother's day to all of you moms!!!!

Lunch With the Girls

Today is now our last day of "vacation." We go back tomorrow, yes they bumped our start back day up from Monday to Thursday. (After we have just readjusted our plans etc. to start back fresh on Monday!) Anyway, I thought it would be fun to have my team from school over for lunch. I totally love the team that I am on, we really enjoy working together and we work well together... and we're still able to have fun with it all at the same time! Wow! It's SO nice to have coworkers like I do, I wouldn't trade these girls for anything!!!

The girls: Kristi, me, Karyna and Andrea (and her sweet baby girl, Mallory)...Elsa is taking this picture!
Don't you just love those sweet cheeks and that precious smile??!!!

Karyna and Elsa! This pic turned out darker than I thought...

My team!!!

Grilled Chicken Pasta Salad

This is what we had for lunch today....so yummy! Here is the recipe, if you'd like to try it! I got it from a friend who hosted a kitchen shower for me, when we got married.

6oz cooked corkscrew pasta, drained

2c cooked chicken (I used Tyson's Fully Cooked Grilled Chicken Strips)

1/2c Italian Dressing

Blend the following:

1/2c mayo

3T Lemon Juice

1 T mustard

(Pour on top of pasta, chicken and dressing and then add the following)

3/4 c cucumbers, diced

3/4 c black olives- sliced

3/4 c celery

1 tomato diced

2T salad seasoning

Combine all ingredients and chill for 2 or more hours. So yummy!

Dinner With Friends

Since I've had quite some time off, I spent most of the day on Monday with my good friend Valerie. We went shopping in the afternoon and that evening, we made dinner for our hubbies...can't you tell we had oh so much fun?!!

Us girls hard at work! You want one of Valerie's "tool belts," right?! (It is really a new blet thing that she got for a fishing trip!) She makes anyone who she is with laugh!

Valerie and Brandon

We made oven fried pork chops, ranch mac and cheese, a spinach salad and then Brandon decided he needed to get in on the cooking fun...he made the squash! We also made a yummy chocolate/cherry cake....yummmmmo!!!

Valarie is all about having a good time and she can blow really big bubbles!!! I am currently trying to get her, along with some of my other friends to get into the blog world, I know they'd have oh so much fun!!!!

Welcome to My Kitchen!

Since I am home now...until at least May 11th and I've cleaned just about every surface of my house and I've already been to the grocery store (at 6:30 AM...that is, by the way the best time to grocery shop, so I found out this morning while trying to get there before a bunch of other swine flu germs made it into the store!!!). I thought I'd participate in the home tour over at Kelly's Korner. My hubby did our countertops and backsplash about two years ago...I really like the way they turned out! My Kitchen is my favorite room in our house, I spend a lot of time here...

My favorite cookbook stays by the stove!!! Southern Living's: Our Best Easy Weeknight Favorites

I love these canisters!!!! I have a lot of roosters in my kitchen, so their tops are perfect! The middle jar is currently empty, but it is normally used for...what else...COOKIES!!! Maybe I'll bake some today!


This is where I do most of my prep work!(The baggie in the background has some fresh carrot-oatmeal muffins that I baked yesterday...mmmm!!)

Our kitchen table, we actually sit here to eat every night!

This is one of my favorite, goofy, pictures from our wedding..."We Love Our Sweet Potato Fries!"

I love this sign above our fridge!

It's your turn!!! Share your kitchens, if you haven't already!!!!