Cozy Fall Weekend

This weekend started out great!  I just finished up all of my Fall conferences with parents and was also recovering from a bad cold I fought all last week.  What a better way to celebrate than going out with great friends!  We had such a great time with our good friends as we ate at The Fish (a sushi restaurant) in Midtown. After dinner we walked around town a bit and then had delicious crepes for dessert!

By the end of the night my sweet hubby started to feel a bit under the weather.  The next day he woke up with the same cold I was just getting over.  By the way, he never gets sick!  So our Saturday was spent in pj's watching movies, while I caught up on laundry.  I know it sounds boring, but we love days like that ~ except the being sick part.  

So today, with a hubby still sick in bed, I decided to head out to the store to get some goodies to bring to our block party tonight ~ which I may very well be attending alone.  :-(  I also got all the ingredients for our Halloween night dinner with my parents tomorrow.  More to come on that in a later post!

~ Vanilla cupcakes with Fall colored sprinkles ~

~Corn Dip with Fritos Scoops~

3 cans Mexicorn (11oz drained)

1 can green chiles (4oz)

1 bag mexican cheese

1 cup mayo

1 cup sour cream

1 bundle green onions

1/4 cup jalapenos diced (less if too spicy)

1 tbs. garlic powder

Mmmm Mmmm Good!  

Random

Here are a few random things that I wanted to share with you!  I have been super swamped at school with parent/teacher conferences so I'm sitting down to "blog" and just relax.

1.  I got an i-phone.  Yes, I can't believe it either.  Ok, maybe I'm being just a bit dramatic, but if you know me well, you would know how opposed I have always been to anything "i".  After several dead batteries and failed internet connections I finally kissed my blackberry goodbye.  I'm SO GLAD I DID!!  My life hasn't changed this much since I came to know Jesus!  Ha!! 

2.  I park in the parking spots designated for "Parent with Child" at HEB.  Yep!  You heard me right.  I park there any chance I get.  What gives me the joy to park in this priviledged spot is that this is a courtesey, not a law.  I would never break the law.  Ever. 
 However, I do choose to park here for these reasons:
#1 - I do not have kids yet, and that is out of my control.  If it were up to me, I would have 2 by now, moving onto my 3rd! 
#2 - I too, along with mothers, am tired and not to thrilled about grocery shopping.  So, the closest spot is fair game and really helps me get in and out quickly after a long day at work.

Can you tell that I just got back from HEB, so this random thought was fresh on my mind!  To my friends with kiddos, please know that I would love you to park there too...you better just hope that I'm not in parking lot!  :-) 

3.  I am an official Advocare distributor.  Advocare is a line of nutritional products.  John and I have been using some of their products when we cycle and have loved them.  So now I sell them!  Please let me know if you are interested and I would love to tell you more about it.

4.  Last weekend John and I got to meet our best friends son for the first time!  We not only met him for the first time, but we also babysat him!  I cannot even tell you how much fun we had taking care of this little pumpkin.  He was adorable and such a CUTIE!!!  I think my favorite part was rocking him to sleep.  I can't wait for the day I have a child of my own to hold and cradle in my arms.  We are praying expectantly and have peace that surpasses all understanding because we know Jesus has plans better than we could ever imagine.  That is His PROMISE to us.

Hope you enjoyed reading this random blog post!  Don't forget to leave a comment below as I would love to hear from you.

Rest

That is what I am doing today...resting.  After a long 2 days/nights of throwing up, fever, endless sleeping, body aches, and chills the fog is finally lifting and I'm starting to feel back to my normal self.  Still tired and weak because I've only been able to eat a few sips of soup and some crackers yet my mind is so bored and ready to do anything but sleep!

So, I thought, there is no better time to try and catch up on my blogging while I'm at home in bed.  I will start with the latest event in our life ~ our trip to Denver!!

A few weeks ago, John was asked to go to Denver for work and I got to tag along!  Best weekend ever is all I can say!!

Here we are at the "Fin, Feather, and Fur" event that John had to work at.

Our morning routine ~ Starbucks!

As we drove up to Mt. Evans on our last morning there, we had to pull over to snap this picture! 

Can you believe the color of these aspen trees???  We were in awe of how beautiful they were! 

We've already started to plan our trip back next September!