Maybe I should throw in the towel...

I have been such a die hard fan of the Bachelor/Bachelorette. I always get caught up in the idea that 2 people could actually fall in love in 2 months and live happily ever after. Problem is, the Bachelor/Bachelorette NEVER choose who I would choose for them! It's just saddening watching my contestants go home with their hearts broken. For instance, I liked Reid the entire season and was so sure she'd say yes when he came back and proposed. I actually knew he was going to come back before they even advertised it (it was like a 6th sense). But to my dismay, she picked Ed--no offense, he's okay also...I guess. Anyways, I watched the aftershow last night and Reid seemed so genuinely broken hearted, but still managed to be humourous (big plus). He must be the next Bachelor or ABC will lose a fan.

Never get enough!

This picture was from a visit to Houston a couple of weeks ago. I love, love, love this little girl! I was doing paperwork for my brother-in-law and Avery wanted to help. My mom was there as well and was about to leave. Ave's mom said say bye bye to Nana and Avery waved a quick wave to Nana and came to give me a kiss. I guess she caught on to our goodbye routines and although I wasn't leaving, I was glad to get some sugar from A! Can't get enough of this girl!

Wedding Dress

I found Kelly's Korner through my sister's blog (Love This Life) and figured I'd breakdown and join all of the fun. I love to share memories of the best day of my life. We had an outdoor wedding at an old plantation style house. It was so beautiful and we were so lucky with the weather (we do live in Texas after all)! Enjoy...

Oh boy

I'm sorry I've been such a terrible blogger lately. There really is no excuse--well one--- I can't seem to find my camera and what's a blog entry without pictures? I would just go buy a camera but I really want to save for the Nikon I have my eye on. So until then, if I have any readers, you'll just have to bare with me.

What have I been doing over the summer? Well, I've taken a trip to the Frio, to Lake LBJ, and very soon to Port A. I've been to a few workshops, compiling, organizing, and making wedding albums and all that entails, babysitting for Avery, visiting friends in Austin, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, and working on school stuff very minimally. Generally I've been enjoying life as much as possible while anticipating the next school year. I still have a few trips I would like to make before the end of summer or atleast before the end of the year--to see my long, lost friends Susan (Dallas) and Johanna (New Orleans).

Guest Bathroom Makeover

Let me just say that I DO NOT have an eye for paint colors. It took me 3 trips to Lowe's plus 1 trip to Sherwin Williams to finally find a paint color that I love! Our guest bathroom (which is small) was painted the color Wool Skein (when in artificial lighting it had a yellow tint). There are no windows in this particular area of the house so I wanted to lighten it up a little and make it look more spacey. My initial intention was to do an antiquey blue or green. These colors were a catastrophe. Then I preceded to look for a grey color. I was sure that I had found the one I wanted only to find out it looked purple on the walls....ick! So finally I decided to go to Sherwin Williams ( I'm sure the Lowe's paint guy appreciated me not coming to bother him for any more samples) and looked toward the greys with green undertones instead of blue. Low and behold I found 2 colors I was really fond of but decided to go with Sedate Grey. I am really pleased with the way it turned out. I don't have any before pictures but you're not missing any thing. I will post after pictures shortly...

Mother's Day Weekend...

Let me start out by saying that I have the best moms in my life! They all have so much to offer to their families and I'm so thankful to be able to be part of their lives. I love you all.

This past weekend Matt and I stayed in Dime Box and went to dinner with his Mom and Dad in Giddings. Saturday morning I headed to Shiner while Matt went to Liberty Hill to work at the deer lease. Us girls went to Gruene for the day and had a blast while Scott and Dad took the boat out to Fayette Lake. We had fajitas, jalapeno poppers and peach cobbler that night in Shiner courtesy of Hillary. Everything was scrumptious! Sunday the family, Grandma Raab, and Aunt Delores, Uncle David, and Lindsey all met up at Robert's in Flatonia to eat. It took forever!! Anyways, another weekend gone but not forgotten. Happy Mother's Day again to all that read this! I hope to have pictures up soon.

Easter Weekend

We headed to Shiner on the Friday and Saturday of Easter weekend and then to Dime Box on Sunday. Sorry this a tad out of order but hey, better late than never...

Cowen/Spacek/Mikulin Easter

Crackin a confetti egg on Uncle Matty's head

Boys never grow up

Kevyn and I

Matt playing

Miss Paige

Kelby using Great Grandpa Spacek's canes

Raab Easter

Grandma Raab and I

Avery Grace

SO CUTE