April Celebrations

Hey y'all! I'm here to give you a quick round up of what I've been up to during to the month of April. First off, my precious little sister celebrated her 21st birthday this month! She celebrated all weekend long LOL My mom had her a little get together at our house. I decided to be sneaky and tell Kelly I couldn't come. Her birthday fell on Easter weekend, and I had to work on Easter Sunday. Friday night was her party, and I told her I just had so much to do that I couldn't come home. Mom was in on it as well, and she did some very good convincing. Mom made a delicious meal and had some of our family friends over. Of course, no visit home is complete without seeing our precious baby Bo. I'm so glad he, Taylor, and Erick were able to come help us celebrate! 

Here is a video that mom got of me surprising Kelly. I was so happy to be able to celebrate with her!

The birthday girl with her Easter basket.

Trying to get Bo to open his basket.. it didn't work LOL

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My dear friend Ashton hosted the CUTEST Easter egg decorating party at her house. She had the most beautiful decorations set up, and all of the food was delicious. She also provided an array of decorating materials. We had everything from puffy paint to rhinestones to decorate our eggs. It was so much fun! I wish I would've gotten a picture of all the girls that evening.. I must've been too busy gluing rhinestones onto eggs!

On our way to Ray and Ashton's

I mean how cute is this table?! Y'all know I love a good tablescape! 

Even the table set up for egg decorating was beautiful! 

Here are some of the eggs we made:

I had just smeared the lipstick on this poor egg right before the picture..

I made this one for Tyler!

I absolutely loved this party, and I hope she does it again next year! Thanks for having us Ashton!!

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Ashton and I also recently celebrated Founder's Day at our beloved sorority, Alpha Xi Delta. Of course, I had initially planned on not going since I was working that day, but I decided to go last minute. Hence why I am in lime green while the rest of the chapter is in royal blue LOL (see pictures below). I absolutely loved my time at Marshall living in the Alpha Xi house. Those are some of my best memories. It is so special to see Kelly having the time of her life there as well (even if she may not realize it yet). I know college is a stressful time trying to balance your academic and social life with the added pressure of figuring out what to do with the next chapter of your life, but these girls seem to make it work. I am very proud to be apart of this amazing organization. I served as Academic Achievement Chair while in sorority, but I sort of lost touch with everyone during pharmacy school. Once I moved back to the area from Lexington, I knew I wanted to be more involved. I am so thrilled that I decided to join the Housing Board for Alpha Xi and undertake the task of renovating the house. I am so excited to give the house a fresh look over the summer and surprise the girls with the updates when they return in the fall. I encourage all Gamma Beta Alpha Xi's to come check out the house and to participate in the alumni events the girls hold for us. It was a lovely evening!

My real life sister and sorority sister! Love this little thing to the moon and back. I'm so very proud of the young woman she has become!

Until next time.. Take care y'all! 

Happy Fall, Y'all!

As the saying goes, "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." This October was one for the books! I am so happy to be back in the hills of WV during this beautiful season. The fall foliage here is unlike anything I've ever seen. We are lucky to live in such a beautiful state! Just look at some of the views from a recent hike Ty and I took on The Carriage Trail. The weather was perfect! I only wish there was a little more red/orange on the trees.

It seems like my posts are becoming a monthly occurrence. I keep saying I will try to blog more, but it is hard to find the time! You all will be happy to know I have been sticking to my goal of eating better (sort of LOL). I did a really good job at prepping meals for about two weeks, and then I fell off the wagon. I was drinking about 3 cherry cokes a day and eating sour gummy worms like they were going out of style. I watched a movie on Netflix called Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead.. y'all, OMG! That evening after the movie I headed over to Kroger to get fresh fruits and veggies for my NutriBullet juices LOL 

Here are some of the things I cooked at home for us to eat on during the week:

This might have been one of my favorites. I just baked some chicken breast and green peppers with fajita seasoning and added it to a frozen bag of Mexican rice and veggies. It was just as good heated up as when I first made it! I'm not trying to follow any kind of diet or anything. I just want to eat a little less fast food.

All packed up and ready to go!

This homemade chicken noodle soup was another yummy meal I made that Ty and I ate on for a few days. 

I've been working a lot lately including weekends. A couple weeks ago I had the weekend off and decided to cook us a good southern supper. We had pinto beans, corn bread, mac and cheese, and kraut and kielbasa. This is one of my most favorite meals!

Besides working, event planning has been taking up a lot of my time. I was so honored to be asked by the dean of the school of pharmacy to plan an alumni event. When I was at school at MUSOP, I planned many socials for the students, so I think that is why they asked me to help with this. I spent a lot of time prepping and planning, but it was so worth it! The whole day was wonderful, and I loved getting to see some of my teachers and classmates. 

This vase was given to the school by the Blenko Glass Company. It made the perfect centerpiece for the skybox event! I knew I wanted to have an arrangement on the table, but I didn't want to go over budget. I went to Kroger and found different flowers in shades of green and white, and I put this arrangement together myself.

Gift bags were taking over our home office. Poor Tyler had to deal with my stuff all over the place for weeks.

Each gift bag had these adorable green and white cupcakes made by Cakes By Appointment. They also made our wedding cake, which was delicious! Petra always does a great job!

The view from the skybox. It would've been a perfect day if the Herd would have won!

Of course, the grand finale of October is Halloween. I worked on Halloween Day, and Tyler was out of town most of the weekend. My sweet momma came to visit me while he was out of town. We had a great girl's day!! Because we live in an apartment, we didn't have any trick or treaters. I did however get a picture of the most adorable trick or treater: our baby Bo. 

Mimi and Scruffy before heading out to eat at Fujiyama. 

Halloween at work. I loved everyone's costumes!

Our precious boy.. I told Tay we need to draw those eyebrows on every day LOL Cutest thing ever!

Chunky girl helped mom and dad carve a kitty pumpkin. (She loves me I swear LOL)

He will kill me for posting this. She loves him so much!

Yesterday I packed up all of my pumpkin table linens and changed them out for some Thanksgiving glitz. I don't have all of my holiday decor since it is put up in our storage unit. A few weeks ago we went to get our winter coats out of the building, and we found our Christmas ornaments! I brought those home with me, but we couldn't get to our tree. I guess that means we will be getting a live tree this year!

Notice Scruffy girl in the bottom of this picture. She always has to be front and center!

I got this gold beaded table runner and placemats at Kohl's last year after Christmas. They were on major sale, so I scooped them up! They will match my gold rimmed Spode Christmas dishes too!

I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween! I am already prepping for the next holiday. I am chomping at the bits for Christmas, but I am going to celebrate Thanksgiving first. We usually wait until after Thanksgiving to put our tree up, and we watch Christmas Vacation while we set everything up. It is a little tradition that Ty and I have done every year since we met. 

I hope y'all enjoyed this October roundup. Until next time.. Take care y'all!