My 23rd Birthday!

July 1st was my 23rd birthday!

The day started out at the Four Seasons for a spa day with my mom.

Mom and I in our robes at the spa

  The pool on the roof where we had lunch

                         Mom and I all dressed up to go to dinner with the family

   The flower that Jordan had delivered to the spa for me!

    Jordan and I at Pappacitos for dinner with my family

   The amazing card that Jordan made me for my birthday!

Thanks to everyone who made my 23rd birthday so wonderful.  I love you all!

Crafting…

Lately I’ve been doing some baking and some crafting and I am loving it!

Here’s one of the cupcakes that I made for a friend’s birthday.  It was my first time to try homemade buttercream icing and I think it turned out pretty good if I do say so myself.  

I’ve also discovered Mod Podge thanks to some of the other blogs I’ve been reading.  I made this using a wooden frame that I found for only $1.  I painted it brown and then used different coordinating pieces of scrapbook paper and used the Mod Podge to glue it to the frame.  Then I did another coat of the Mod Podge on top to finish it off.  I love it!

more to come……….

Testing out Live Writer

I just found out about live writer which is a program to write your blogs with.  I’m testing it out to see if it makes posting easier.

On a side note….

I found this picture on hgtv.com and it is my dream kitchen.

Someday I will have it…

What we've been up to lately...

At the beginning of May Jordan and I went to Houston for a weekend to see RENT. It was my Christmas present from Jordan. Our seats were on the second row and the show was amazing!

While Jordan and I were in Houston baby Presley was born!

5/3/09 7lbs. 7oz. 19 ¾ inches long.

She is absolutely precious and is getting bigger everyday!

School has ended for me for the semester and I couldn’t be happier. Only one semester left until I graduate with my Bachelors of Science in Nursing!!

Back in May we also went camping at Lake Ray Roberts. It was a fun time with family and friends.

I have started my job in the emergency department at Cook Children’s and I love it so much. It’s been so crazy and I have learned so much already. I already have tons of wild stories to share! It has definitely been an adjustment getting used to the 12 hour shifts; I’m exhausted by the time I get home.

Jordan and I are looking forward to celebrating our 1st wedding anniversary! I can’t believe that we have almost been married for a year, the time has flown by.

All in all our lives have been exciting, busy and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Easter 2009

This Easter we went to church with Jordan's family and then went to eat brunch at the City Club with my family. It was an amazing day of celebration!

Jana, Momoo and I after church.

God has blessed Jordan and I in so many ways and we are so incredibly grateful. We will continue to look to Him to guide us through our struggles and to praise Him for our successes. Easter Sunday marked 9 months since Jordan and I have been married. I couldn't ask for a better husband.

Jordan and I decided to dye easter eggs and we had a blast!

The finished product.

In other news:

Our dear friends Laura and Clayton got engaged the week before Easter. We are so thrilled for them. The excited face/holding up the engagement rings picture is coming soon!

Playing Catch-up

I thought it was time to play catch up seeing as how I've been extremely neglectful with my blogging. Our lives have been so incredibly busy that I'm not sure exactly where to start. Warning: this blog will probably jump from one thing to the next so I apologize in advance. :)

Update: My sweet little hydrangea is thriving! I have not killed it yet and a new bud is growing too....so exciting!

I also found out that I got the externship for the summer and will be working in the emergency department at Cook Children's. I am so thrilled! I start on May 26th.

Meredith, mom and I threw Kim's shower for baby Presley at the end of March and it was a huge success!

lots of delicious snacks

Petite fours from Bluebonnet Bakery

clothesline with sweet outfits and diapers with letters to spell PRESLEY

The diaper cake that Meredith and I made. love it.

The beautiful mommy to be!

Next up........JORDAN turns 25!

April 4th was Jordan's 2th birthday......old man. We had family and friends get together at the great park near our apartment for a picnic. It was a gorgeous day and so much fun!

The family at Jordan's birthday

A cute picture of me and Meredith.

Hoops and Hydrangeas

This past Thursday I finally got to go to another one of Jordan's basketball games. I haven't been able to go for awhile because I always have homework due or a test the next day. Let me just start by saying that they have improved sooooo much. It has been really good for Jordan and I can definitely tell he's in better shape just in the short time he's been playing.

There he is! #11

And again, with his brother to the left of him.

This was the final score. It was the closest they'd come to winning so I had to take a picture.

GO SAINTS!

This Sunday Jordan and I made an improtu trip to Lowe's. I had really been wanting to try the whole gardening thing again........it did not go so well last time. I killed an "unkillable" plant.

After asking many questions and looking at all of our options we chose a gorgeous Peppermint Hydrangea. I was so excited that we came straight home so that I could pot it.


The potting process is documented below.

Peeling off the price tag stickers.

The gloves I bought were both left handed. (Guess I only tried on one of them in the store...lesson #1)

I'm getting it....

As you can see, the gloves were pointless (lesson #2)

The finished product. I love it so much!

A Super Weekend

This weekend felt like the first REAL weekend we've had in a long time! Friday night we went out to eat Hibachi with our good friends Laura and Clayton. We went to Kobeya in the Southlake Town Square, they have delicious sushi......WE LOVE HIBACHI! Then Saturday morning I went with Meredith to pick out invitations for Kim's baby shower. Baby Presley is scheduled to make her big debut at the end of April. That evening we went to my parent's house (Pam and Steve) for dinner. Sunday we went to church and then went to visit Boppy at the rehab facility. Later that night we came home watched a movie and went to bed. I couldn't believe that I didn't have to study ALL weekend.







This Tuesday was my last clinical a Cook's. :( I'm going to miss it so much. Thursday is my last OB clinical. Then after spring break I'll start my critical care clinicals two days a week.







Thursday is also the day that Jordan plays basketball with guys from the church in a rec league. They're..................................not that great. But they all seem to have a good time and it's been awesome exercise for Jordan. Maybe they'll win this week..............or maybe not.







Today I'm watching Wesley, he's had a fever and couldn't go to daycare. While I'm really sorry he's sick I am so glad to get to spend time with him. He's getting so big!







Until next time.......

I have a blog???

So........I've decided to start a blog. Jordan and I are so busy that I thought it would be a good way with keeping our family and friends up to date on what's going on in our lives.









I'm in my senior year of nursing school and loving/hating every minute of it. Right now I'm at Cook Children's for pediatrics and at Harris Methodist Downtown for OB. I absolutely love Cooks! It is awesome to finally know that what I thought I always wanted to do is exactly right where I belong. I have applied for an extern position at Cooks for the summer and am interviewing on March 12th. I really hope it goes well because I want this job so badly!









Jordan is still working at Gamestop Corporate as a graphic designer. He loves it! He is so talented, I just can't even understand how he does what he does.









We got married in July and the wedding was absolutely perfect. It was my dream wedding and I couldn't have asked for anything more. We now live in north Euless/Grapevine and plan on staying in this area. Our plan is to buy a house within the next year once I finish up with school.









Here are a few of our wedding pictures: