One Year Anniversary

I can't believe one whole year has gone by since we got married!! It's gone by really fast. We've had many ups and downs and many fights (nothing too major, thank goodness!), but I'm eager to see how the 2nd year of marriage goes. I've always heard the 1st year is the hardest and worst, and then something just "clicks" during the 2nd year and things get much better. So I'm trying to patiently wait for things to "click"! Overall it wasn't bad and we both have learned a lot. I know there will be a lot more learning to do, but it will be good. We haven't eaten our cake yet, and we're not really looking forward to it because we've heard how gross it is! Who ever thought to waste, I mean save :), a whole layer of cake??? I'll upload pictures from our trip to Puerto Vallarta next week. My summer class started this week and it is a lot of busy work, so I really need to get on that! Here's a couple of pictures though....

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!!! We didn't do a whole lot. Went to church, then to eat lunch with Alan's family, then to my mom's for dinner. Had a good family day. Oh, and I FINALLY got to have chocolate! I stayed up till midnight (which I would have been up anyway) and only had 2 little pieces. I didn't want to eat a lot right before bed. It tastes better now than it ever has before! I can't believe I was able to go the whole time (and NO I did NOT eat it on Sundays) without it! It's weird how you can say no to something because you made a promise to God, yet if we make a promise to ourselves or anyone else, it's easier to break it. I know the girls at work will be thrilled they don't have to hear me complain anymore! They got all of us Easter baskets with candy and goodies in it, and I got the bonus HUGE chocolate bunny for having to endure those long weeks without it!

I got this dress for Easter and it doesn't look very good in the picture! I hate that! It looks much better in person and it was the most comfortable thing I've ever worn!! Banana Republic dresses are my new favorite!! Better than scrubs!

Hope everyone had a blessed and fun Easter!

A challenge for Lent

Lent starts today. I've always observed Lent, but I've never actually given anything up. No, I'm not Catholic, I'm Lutheran which is similar. And actually, we don't even go to a Lutheran church, we go to a Nazarene church. They usually don't give up anything for Lent either. This year Alan and I decided to try it out and see how much of a challenge this will be for us! I chose to give up chocolate, which is something I eat almost every day! I know it's bad, but I almost can't help it!! I love love love chocolate!!! I was going to try and do all sweets, but I honestly don' think I can go that far! I'm not big on candy, so that wouldn't be something to give up since I really don't eat it. Although, since I can't have chocolate, I may have to use candy as my last resort!! Today's the first day of Lent, and I already want some chocolate. Probably because I know I can't have it! I will be doing a ton of praying for the next 40 days! Lent ends on Easter Sunday, and I will be enjoying that Easter candy more then, than any other Easter!


Alan decided to give up cookies for Lent. He eats cookies and milk almost every day too. I know, we are awful!!! That is really the only sweet he eats, besides Reece's. I have a feeling he will slip and forget that he isn't suppose to have the cookies!

What are you giving up for Lent???????

Birthdays and more winter weather!!

The pictures uploaded backwards but oh well! We've been so busy with birthdays...3 in the last 3 weeks! First was Alan's, then his moms 50th!, then my step-dads. So here's some pictures...

This cake was so good. Oh my goodness. Got it at Johnnie's Bakery and it was fabulous!!!!

Donna's surprise 50th party. Gina and I had so much fun planning it and Donna had no idea. Poor girl, thought we were going to Cheesecake Factory!

Surprise!!!!

Some of us got her "old people" items....like Geritol, a cane, fluid control pads, inflatable Donut cushion, etc....We stayed away from the Over the Hill theme, but we had to get some gag gifts!

Alan's Birthday.......

And more snow and ice!! I am so ready for spring and summer!!! I hate this! It's pretty, but really slows everything down! Alan has been off school since Thursday, and I am more than ready for him to go back! No man should be off work for more than 3 days in a row!! 5 is pushing my limits haha!

Merry Christmas

Here's some Christmas pictures. Alan and I just did stockings (well we actually got a 50 inch plasma for our living room instead of actual presents this year) with some small stuff. We opened them Christmas Eve because we were snowed in, and bored out of our minds! I can only watch so much TV and I was done!! I got him some Under Armour stuff and a fishing related ornament (which I do every year) and he got me some socks (that I wanted lol), a gift certificate for a massage, and some perfume. We ended up spending more than what we should have since we did buy the TV but oh well...it's Christmas!!




Here are some pictures after the blizzard was done...yes that's right...a blizzard in Oklahoma! We got over a foot of snow and had tons of snow drifts. And like always there was ice! Which makes for perfect driving conditions :)

Christmas with Alan's family....

The kids got a new Rock Band game (country Rock Band) so here they are testing it out.

Alan's cousin lives pretty much out in the country so here we are driving back home (with the grandparents :) As you can see, we don't have many plows and they certainly didn't do the back roads!

My poor parents lost their electricity on Christmas Eve morning....thank goodness for wood burning fire places! Seriously, they would have froze! They were without power for about 36 hours or so, and we started Christmas that evening in the dark, by the candlelight. We passed out the presents and we each had opened one present and the lights came on!!!! Thank God!!! It's hard to open your presents in the dark and actually see what you got. So that explains why they're all in their sweats, robes, and jackets!

Cole, Stevie, Alan, and Adam

Hope everyone had a blessed and very Merry Christmas!!!!!