Since I've been gone.....

Actually I didn't go anywhere, I have just been a little busy and haven't kept up with my blog. So here is an overview of what has been going on in the last month. ( I took lots of pictures because I did have high hopes to blog a lot!)

First, a good friend and college roommate of mine got married!! Actually since the last time I posted we had her bachelorette party, bridal shower and wedding. Here a few pictures to capture those moments. It was lots of fine seeing friends we haven't seen since we graduated and she married one of Kory's college roommates!!

Here is the bride getting her pedicure!

Some pictures of us at lunch

The bride, Nicole (She blogs too!)

Next we celebrated Easter. My parents were out of town so after church we went to Kory's Aunts house and had a nice Easter lunch and hid eggs for the "kids", the 12 year old!! It was raining outside so the boys hid them inside and I took pictures! Here are a few....

Take note of where the boys hid the eggs......

I am still working on getting him to SMILE in pictures

After Easter came a monsoon for 2 weekends in a row in Houston. Kory and I knew it was going to rain so we decided to stay inside all day and hang out. Around one o'clock Kory's dad called and asked if we had looked outside. We had been watching it rain in the backyard but hadn't looked in the front and when we did this is what we saw......

This was the water in our garage. Bailey just wanted to play in it!

What is a girl supposed to do when it is flooding outside besides grab her pink rainboots and her camera!!!

During the time that I have been away I helped host a baby shower for my cousin, Abbie and Baby Emma. It was a great time with 50 + people loving on Abbie and Baby Emma. Here area few pictures from her shower.

Some of the shower decor

This the diaper cake my mom and I made.
All the girls in the family

That wraps up a lot of what has been going on the the past month. Sorry that it has taken me a while to catch up on things but check back because I am going to be updating more often thanks to Kelly and her home tour. I missed last week but I will be catching up tomorrow so come check it out!

FPU

Kory and I have joined Financial Peace University! Our Church just began the program we jumped on board! If you haven't heard of Financial Peace University it is a program designed by Dave Ramsey to help you save money and later become millionaires. ( I don't know if we will ever get there but I sure hope so!) The program is a 13 week study and we have completed 3 of those weeks. I just wanted to fill you in!

Dave teaches you with 7 easy steps to take to get financially stable. Those steps are......

Step 1: Save $1000 for an emergency fund
Step 2: Pay off all debt (excluding your house)
Step 3: Save 3-6 months of living expenses
Step 4: Invest into Roth IRAs
Step 5: College fund for children
Step 6: Pay off your house early
Step 7: Build wealth and give

You can move steps until you have completed that step!! He makes you work at the goal!

Along with completing the baby steps Dave Ramsey goes into detail on the little things that you can change in your daily routines to help you save and invest your money. He has introduced the envelope system to us. We haven't started it all the way but hope to very soon. The envelope system is a system in that you actually put cash in an envelope and when you go to the store that is all you can take with you and spend. It make you really think about what you are purchasing. He also wants you to cut up all of your credit cards.

Kory and I have been doing really well with the program and we are always telling others what we have been learning! We have been on a "budget" ever since we got married but FPU had opened our eyes as to how much money we were still throwing out the window. It is a learning process but we are catching on pretty fast and would like to be to step 5 in the next couple of months. If you are struggling financially or would just like to get ahead start on being financially stable later on in life I would defiantly recommend this program. Check our Dave Ramsey's website and look for an FPU in your area.

Sassy N Chic

I wanted to post about something new in the family!! My mom's new boutique!! My mom actually owed another boutique for about 3 years with a partner, she has now split and has her own. It is called Sassy N Chic in Pasadena, Texas. It is a boutique with clothes, jewelry, purses, home decor, baby items and much more. I wanted to show you some pictures of the newly decorated and painted boutique. (She is in the exact same location as her other boutique but has changed up the store a lot to make it her own!) I just wanted to show you how proud I am of her!! Here are some photos of the shop and itself.



This is a hutch that she bought at a furniture resale shop and painted! It looks so good and brings lots of color into the store!

I know these aren't the best quality pictures but I wanted to show you a little bit of what I contributed! I made both the open/close sign and her a paperclip that can hold whatever she would like!

We (the family) actually worked hard for about 2 1/2 weeks to make the transformation from All About Her to Sassy N Chic. We textured walls, painted, moved in furniture & priced lots of new items. It was fun and now I just wanted to show it off. So if you are ever in the area definitely stop by!

Just some pics

So here are some pictures to sum up what has been going on.

This was my weekend project a couple of weeks ago. I had been wanting a buffet table because I need more storage. My kitchen isn't very big and I have lots of things!! My aunt remodeled not to long ago and was going to get rid of this piece. I loved it because it had just wanted I wanted... tons of storage! I had been shopping around and I actually noticed apiece that I loved because of the way it was painted but it was expensive. So I took on the task myself!! Here is what it started out looking like.....

And here it is after a little sanding, kills, paint and antique glaze.....
I absolutely love it!! I have already added some more decorations but once it is finished I will take a final photo for you to see!

A couple of nights ago some girls ( 8 of us) got together and had a Girls Night Out! We had dinner and then watched Legally Blonde on Broadway!! It was so much fun and of course everything was PINK!!! Here was one of the only pictures I got at that night. Sorry it looks bad but this was the end of the show and it was like 11pm!!
Below is a picture of Audrey (Keith's girlfriend) and I and our coordinating jackets!! Aren't they so adorable?!?!? If you can't tell they are actually the same jacket just one is reversed....yes 2 jackets in one! I absolutely love mine!! Now I am looking for the perfect pair of pink heels to match!



That is all I have for now but I will be back to post soon! Have a fabulous weekend!!

Where have I been.....

Don't worry I didn't go anywhere I have just been a little busy!! So to catch you up on a few things......

First I am in my second week of boot camp. I love it!! After the first week I wasn't able to walk but that is all my fault since I haven't been working out regularly! It has been raining almost every morning but that hasn't stopped us. We still do everything like normal even if we get a little wet because we are outside in a parking lot and have no access indoors. I have already told Kory that I am looking forward to starting the next month and I am going to challenge myself to go more than 3 days a week!

Since I posted last we celebrated our first Valentines as a married couple! This is defiantly not our first together it was more like our 8th but our first as a married couple! I will tell you we didn't do anything too exciting and I am starting to think we are acting a lot like old people! I have no pictures to post of the gift I got (we got it as a joint gift) but I will hopefully post some soon. Don't get too excited because it was only a new backdoor!!! We desperately needs a new backdoor. I will take pictures of the old and new and you can tell for yourself. But what topped it off was the dog was able to push the door open the other day while we were at work, setting the alarm off and sending the police to our house. It was time we got a new one! And instead of going to dinner I also cooked and we enjoyed a nice evening to ourselves at home!

I am really excited for tonight because a group of girls is going to see Legally Blonde on Broadway! I will defiantly take pictures and post them later!!

( I promise to post pictures this weekend...Kory has a very busy Saturday so that leaves me some tine to myself!!)

Happy Birthday!

I just wanted to give a shout out to my husband on his 24th birthday!! I love you and I am excited for what our future holds! I hope you have a great birthday and a good day at work! I love you!

(Sorry this was one of the only pictures I had on my work computer!!)

It's that time again

for Boot camp! Yes I have signed up for boot camp...well actually it is a workout boot camp. I joined a boot camp right after I got out of college and loved it. I love the work out that I get plus I am the kind of person who needs motivation. I have joined Texas Boot Camps which takes place at First Baptist Church Pasadena on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 5:30! I have decided in order for me to get back in shape for the summer( I have gained a few pounds since being married!) I needed to do something. The sad part is I have a gym membership but I can't seem to make myself go. So starting next Monday at 5:30 am I will be a boot camper again and I will let you know how it goes!