more snow pictures + new look + bachelor recap + cake balls!

Okay, I was using the owl background until I got this one up. Cute huh!? I like ;]

Yesterday we went over to my parents to play in the snow with Hanna, it was fun but COLD. We only stayed for about an hour so we could get home in time to make dinner and watch the bachelor.



How cute are those!? My dad and Hanna made the snowman before we got there, in case you can't see the leaves on his head, he was a "Caeser Snowman" ha!

Yesterday, since we were snowed in all day, we decided to make cake balls! It was my first time, and I didn't go by any recipe, I just went with what sounded good.

1. Get cake mix (I used the super moist betty crocker chocolate)
2. Mix as the box says
3. Stir in 1 bag of crushed andes mints
4. Bake according to directions
5. Set cake in the freezer for faster cooling
6. Crumble up the cake
7. Shape into balls
8. Poor White chocolate over it (I used hersheys morsels)
9. Sprinkles!

WAH-LA!



Now, on to more IMPORTANT things ;)

BACHELORBACHELORBACHELORBACHELOR!

I have fully decided I am NOT loving Michelle. See is just too much for me. As of now, I don't have any other favorites, but I'm still stuck on Emily and Ashley S. Emily is too adorable for words. She is DEFINITELY the Tenley of this season, and Tenley was my girl last season!

Happy Tuesday :)

Snow Day!

Happy Monday over this way!

All week long we were expecting 4-8 inches of snow which is a LOT of snow in Florence, Alabama! SO Everyone raided all the grocery stores and EVERYTHING was gone. It was an insane mad house! Of course, what uusually happens when people do that, is the entire county shuts down and then NOTHING happens. Well, not this time.. we got ONE FOOT of snow and some places got FOURTEEN INCHES! Needless to say, we just don't know what to do with ourselves! ;)

So, everything is closed, no one has to go to work, and we are "SNOWED IN" :) This is our biggest snow since 1963 when we got 17 INCHES of snow. :]

Enjoy our pictures! :)

This is how it started of last night around 9:00..




This is what it looked like when we woke up this morning..

Can you tell we had fun? :)

Project 365: Day 4

Michael loves to play music, and even more so he loves to play for me! I couldn't decide which one I liked better. I thought I loved the one of him playing, until I saw the one of those precious blue eyes. It was tough, so I chose two. Those eyes were definitely the highlight of my day.

Bachelor 2011: Top Picks

I love the bachelor, so if you don't you may not want to read :)

Did you watch it?
I LOVE THE BACHELOR.

This year is BRAD WOMACK.. again. He's a doll, but sure got some crap last time. Poor Brad, he got NAILED from these ladies! But he [kind've] deserved it. :/

My top picks for this season are my absolute favorites- IN ORDER :)

Emily from Charlotte, NCShe is an event planner for a Children's Hospital and she is SO southern and cute. She also has a little girl. I adore her. She met and fell in love when she was 15 and got engaged at 19. Her fiance was a racecar driver and she happened to stay home one weekend and he died in a plane crash. She said she wished she died in it with him so she didn't have to live without him until she found out a few weeks later she was pregnant with their daughter, who she named after him. Adorable. (She was also in the first few batch of girls to get a rose!)

Ashley S. from Ellerbe, NCShe is a nanny! She is so sweet and adorable and she got the first impression rose :) she is the one who told Brad that she was there to be his friend first and foremost and that the past is the past and she doesn't hold the first season against him. He said "that's what i'm looking for in a wife.. a friend." love it.

Michelle from Salt Lake City, UTShe's a hairstylist! She also has a 5 year old daughter and is super adorable. She was also the first person to get a rose (besides the first impression rose) i'm not 100% how much I like her yet, but I think I like her!

Did you watch? Who are your top picks and what do you think about Brad getting a second chance?

Project 365: Day 1, 2, and 3

I'm just now starting my project 365 and I'm already behind :P
If you haven't heard of Project 365.. now you are! And I think you should do it with me :) It's for everyone! All you do is take a picture each day until the end of the year and post it and tell what it is and the meaning behind it (What is it, where were you, something along those lines!) and at the end of the year you can look back and see your days in pictures. Sounds too fun to me :] ..You can tell by my pictures what I love, obviously ;)

Also, if you're a photographer you can see how much you have grown throughout the year. I'm not a photographer, so don't count on seeing perfect pictures ;)

Day 1: My sweet little Zekey
Zekey likes to nap with me! He was laying with me while everyone else was playing. I guess all the new years festivities and long weekend with company was wearing him out!

Day 2: My big fat CAPO
This is how I found him sleeping in bed. Glad he isn't afraid to get a little comfortable ;)

Day 3: Pookie
Pookie is my parents dog. He's a big 80lb dog who thinks he's 8lbs. He likes to lay under my desk and when I looked down this morning those big brown eyes were staring at me!

Join in on Project 365 and let me know if you do so I can read your posts. :)

2011 DECLARATIONS :)

-I will keep a journal
-I will work more on LISTENING to Him and letting Him have his way with my life
-I will continue to work on my patience level with everyone/everything
-I will reach my goal weight and continue to work out and be healthy
-I will make new friends and no longer be sad that the old are gone. He took them out of my life for a reason.

:) I declare every one of you will have a blessed year and a year full of good surprises, change, and a break out in your area of what God wants you to be a part of. YOU be the change. The time is here!

"Heaven is here now.. He's all around us.."

2010 Recap

2010 was full of SO many things. From what I've read, 2010 wasn't the best year for lots of people. I don't think it was my BEST year, but I do think there was lot's of good things that happened, too.

Pro's of 2010...
-I started singing again
-We welcomed Capo and sweet Sophie into our home!
-I met my good friend Krissy Leigh
-I met my new Aunt & Uncle (michael's) who live in Florida
-I met Demi Lovato
-I touched the Jonas Brothers ;)
-We kept the church nursery a LOT and feel so in love with all the kids
-We grew closer to Michael's family
-We grew even MORE close to my family, if that's possible!
-We both bought our dream cars
-I lost 23 pounds
-We watched MANY MANY MANY friends get engaged, married, and/or pregnant
-I found MANY animals homes!
-And much more!

Con's of 2010...
-I lost my Papa
-I "lost" my older sister
-For a few months our financial stability wasn't so stable
-I rescued a cat that had been hit and it died in my lap
-I lost a good friend
-I'm sure there is more but I can't think of any!

I'm glad to see that it was SO easy to think of all the good and so hard to think of all the bad. That really makes me realize how blessed I was this year and how thankful for all of the good things that happened!

What was YOUR favorite 'PRO' of 2010?