We Interrupt this marriage to bring you...football season!

It's the time of the year we love around our house... Football! Last weekend we hosted a coaches & family fish fry at our house. Of course we had great food  & fun! Here are some of my decor pics...

For my dish, I was inspired by the pioneer woman herself.  She always posts the BEST tutorials on cooking so that even the worst people out there about following directions (like mysef) can make great food! I attempted to make cake ball footballs.

WELL...

They didn't quite turn out like I had hoped presentation-wise, but they were very yummy! Here is her link on how to make this deliciousness.

Here is how I made mine-

Cake pop sticks (or small wooden sticks), almond bard, Butter cake mix, squeezy icing, & cream cheese cake icing.

For my base, I used two foam floral blocks I found at the dollar tree, glued them together & then added green crinkle cut they also have at walmart & the dollar tree.

Glue with hot glue gun in sections...

Ta Da!!!

Dessert Table & Panther Ice Cream Bar

I forgot to get more dessert pics, I know shame on me! But here are the ones I made & if you haven't made a cake ball before, you should!

Weekend of fun...

This weekend was fantastic! I kicked if off by going to Little Rock to visit some of my sorority sisters from college. We went to dinner and had the best time catching up!

Ashley even made us a towell elephant like they make on cruise ships. Isn't this too cute? I think I need the book on how to make these.

I also got to catch up with my wonderful aunt & cousin Bailey to shop for shoes and have lunch. She also just started a new blog, in which Tricia Nae designed for her. If you are interested in starting a blog, you must use Tricia for your design. She is fantastic to work with and does a great job!

Check out my aunt's cute new blog: http://ritwhit.blogspot.com/

Since football season is fast approaching, my friend Hillary & I got together & made Panther wreaths for our houses.  Here are the finished products:

Next week, football yard signs!

Stay Tuned.....

On Sunday,  Jason & I spent the day painting our laundry room. Bye bye lime green! I still have a lot to do, but I will try to post pics of the progress as I go.

Overall, it's been a busy few days but definitely the BEST weekend I've had in a very long time.

Our new Home...

I've had tons of requests to post pics and I am a little bit behind. The last few weeks have been crazy for us! I am posting "empty house" pics and once I get everything settled, hopefully in the next few weeks, I will post pics with furniture in it and about all the changes we plan to make and things to add.

Overall, we LOVE our new house, neighborhood, & community. We were so blessed to find such a great house.

Here are BEFORE pics...

Front of the house....

Side view of our neighborhood...

Large front yard! Our grass feels like carpet.

Back yard & patio

Perfect for a pool right?!

Picket Fence! Home sweet home....

Another backyard shot...

Patio

Here's my favorite thing about the house...the KITCHEN!!!!

Now I have no excuse not to cook all the time.

Laundry room. This room WILL be painted. It's on my "to-do" list for the weekend. Bye Bye Lime green!

Walk in pantry & half bath. -This too will be painted!

Close up of my Kitchen. I just had to get another pic because I love it so much!

Dining area

Huge living room! Now all we need is lots of new furniture to fill it up. 

Half bath off of laundry that is also another painting project.

Entry Hall-I painted this last week. No more Green!

Another view of the living room

Guest bath-double sinks!

Guest Room-

Future baby's room.

Hopefully we will be decorating this at some point in the future, but for now, it is a catch-all.

Hallway

Master bath. I love my marble counters! Also, Jason has his very own closet in here! That way I have another walk-in dedicated to all of my clothes, shoes, & purses!

View of the master (you can see my closet door on the left)! haha

Overall, this is a great home & we can't wait to start our family here.  I have always dreamed of living in a "Leave it to Beaver" neighborhood with my family and that is exactly what we have. Fabulous neighbors & great friends close by.  Even though my commute to work is longer, Jason is still less than 2 minutes away from the school.

I will be posting pictures of projects I am working on and new items that we add along the way.  I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

4th of July Weekend...

This has been a wild weekend!  I have been every where from Hot Springs to Dallas in the last three days. 

Friday, I started out by going to see my cousin Bailey dance in the Miss Arkansas Outstanding Teen Pageant.  Her dance group from Little Rock were invited to entertain during the preliminaries and for the final night and I must say they were amazing as always! As soon as we got there, we found out Bailey had been sick and wasn't feeling well, but she battled through it and put on a great show.

Also, our family friend Jill sang as part of the entertainment and did great too! I hate we missed the big finale Saturday night.

Here's a pic of Bailey & Jill backstage at the Pageant that Ceil posted on Facebook.  Aren't they gorgeous! We love them and I was proud to be there to support them!

I had the honor of fixing Bailey's hair for the show (with a little coaching from my Aunt!) I think it turned out great for my first time with "dancing hair"! lol

My Aunt Rita putting the finishing touches on Bailey's do! (Okay I'm not quite a professional yet....) & working on her makeup & eye dazzle!

Here's the final product!!! My gorgeous cousin has transformed from sick dancer to..... gorgeous sick dancer!

Mom & Bailey

Me & Bailey stopped for a picture at the Hotel. 

Then it was on to Dallas for a family trip to the Ball game.  Rangers vs. Marlins! Needless to say they lost :(  But we had a great time!  Me & J just had to get a picture before the game started. And yes....we were just as hott as we looked!

Pre-game fun!

We had GREAT seats.  4th row, lower level, 3rd baseline.

I told you they were awesome! This is with no zoom!

Overall, it was a fantastic weekend! I was even able to squeeze in a little bit of shopping at Ikea, Francescas, Tj Maxx-Homegoods, Sam Moon, & Charming Charlie. Also we ate at In-&-Out Burger...so good!  So I was happy!

Today Jason started his new job at Magnolia.  We move in 2 1/2 weeks and my house is a wreck.  I'm not stressed....I'm just busy! Words cannot express how ready I am for July 22nd!---Moving day!!!