birthdays and basketball

This past week had been so busy! Which is awesome because it made time fly and made Girl's Weekend get here fast!

This post is pretty long but lots of pics to capture all the good times!

Last Friday I had Hanna's 17th birthday party

Hanna's Ethiopian so she wanted to take everyone to experience Ethiopian food at a place her family goes to.

Here is the sample platter that they brought us to try since we were all newbies. I wish I could tell you what it all was but I forgot. I did however go out of my comfort zone and try it! I really enjoyed the beef (stuff in the middle) and some of the vegetables. A lot of it was a little spicy mostly because I'm a wimp but it was a really fun experience!

Here's all the girls that went. I love them so stinkin much!

Of course you have to do a somewhat goofy pic too

Here I am with the birthday girl. Hanna my favorite Diva!
(Isn't she lovely)

I brought her some flowers which is my gift to all of my girls whenever I go to one of their birthdays or special occasions.
There's just something about getting flowers that make you feel pretty and happy as a girl.
(I don't know maybe it's just me)

Sunday after church we brought the kittens out to play in the living room.
They are a little over 3 weeks old now and are very active!

Pug was very excited that he could finally play with his kittens!


Dad has become very attached to the white one (kidd). They have a special bond!
Pug always tries to get as close as he can to the kittens but surprisingly he's very careful around them.


Nap time

This one cracks me up!
The two striped ones like fighting each other

The kittens watching Puggy run back and forth across the living room.

Sunday night we watched the Mavs game and had a pizza party.

We each had our own pizzas and fixed them however we wanted.

Before they went into the oven

Finished project!
So good!

Bella and Dad watching the game


Obviously the Mavs won and Dad went crazy!


For some reason Bella loves when my Dad yells during sports games so she just stared him down while he was celebrating.

Monday night Tonka, Callie and Casey came over to see the kittens.

As you can see Callie's a natural cat whisperer.

I love this pic of Tonk so much!
So sweet!


Casey LOVES KITTIES!!

Wednesday night we celebrated Heather's 25th birthday before she left for New York.
Mom decided to make it a Hawaiian theme.

I was in charge of the cake. So of course I got cupcakes but I decided to order them from our friends bakery and have Heather's cat, which is also a tattoo she has, put on a few of the cupcakes.


They came out so cute!

Pug was ready for the party

Bella noticed I was taking pics and wanted in on the fun

Heather loved the daddy cat cupcakes

Landon actually got the day off! Wahoo
He made the lasagna and it was def. a big hit!

Singing Happy Birthday!
(this was taken right after cruze came sprinting over to the table and jumped in the chair to blow out Heather's candles)
Dad being goofy

Heather and Cole.
Very cute

Francis showing "Tedder" the birthday cakes he drew for her

So proud of his present

Landon and I got Heather a daddy cat look alike.
This is her genuine reaction to opening the present.

Just a bit obsessed...no big deal.

Funniest little twins and their cute mom.

We did Father's day early since Heather will be in New York. Plus we were all together so we gave dad his gift.
We made him a photo book since he whined about mom getting one for Mother's day and in his words " I never get those photo books!"

At one point he got a little teary eyed looking at the baby pics

It turned out awesome and he loved it. I would so recommend shutterfly to everyone because they turn out awesome!

Now it's officially GIRLS WEEKEND!!
I have a couple more things to do then we will be off to Grandbury till Sunday!
Can't wait to spend the weekend with Kate, Megann, Karissa and Mindy! Expect lots of pics soon!

P.S. To all the girls who went to camp this past week I can't wait to hear all about it! I missed you guys so much and so sad I wasn't able to go this year! But I did enjoy the pics I got from you!

Spontaneous.

Landon and I had a WONDERFUL and out of the ordinary weekend. Late Friday afternoon I decided to look around at the different hotels and stuff to do in Grapevine to see if we could just do something random and fun this weekend! Luckily I came across a gem of a deal because it's not any good if it's not a good deal! Sadly, and all to common Landon's work schedule changed which you could say bummed me out more than a little..

Luckily things turned around Saturday afternoon and we were back on for our spontaneous weekend getaway.

Destination The Gaylord Texan!
Neither of us had stayed there just been there a few times for different events so we were both excited!

We started the night off with dinner

We ate at the Riverwalk Cantina and it really did feel like we were right there at the riverwalk in San Antonio.

If you know me you know I love when restaurants or coffee shops have lights hanging up!

Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas...so good!

After dinner we explored the Gaylord a little.

Tiny town and train

Outdoor fireplaces! Love it!
Makes me wish it was colder outside!

The only bummer thing about going somewhere just the two of us is no one's there to help take pics. So here's our automatic timer montage.

We headed to church the next morning but weren't quite done with our mini vacation

When we got out of church we had to head back to the hotel to change into our swimsuits and check out.

yes it is a man on stilts! love it!

after we checked out we went to their new water park, Paradise Springs.

The sun was a little too real for Landon.

Much better

We spent the afternoon floating the lazy river, riding on the slide they had and just relaxing in the sun. It was a great getaway without actually having to getaway

Bye Gaylord!

Kitten Update:

2 weeks old today!

Hi Mom!

Eyes open and walking better

BFF's

Love the random grey tail

Album cover if they were in a band

MVP of the week!
Name:Jet
Likes: fighting his siblings and having giant eyes
Dislikes: pug!

Here kitty kitty

We officially have baby kittens!

Here they are making their blog debut.

There are 4 little ones.. 1 white..2 striped..and 1 black.

Dad named Shaka the momma kitty after a college basketball coach so he feels that the kittens should follow in her footsteps.


















They were also born the same night the mavericks came back to win in overtime over Oklahoma thunder. (Clearly my dad is a bit of a sports fanatic)

Here is Jet named after Jason Terry













This is either Dirk or J.J. It's hard to tell these days which one is the runt and which one is the biggest one. However, in a few days we will be able to tell better and when we do then there names will stick.














Here's the other striped kitty. Once again Dirk or J.J.


















The white one is Kidd but I don't have a really good pic of that one.


















If you can't tell this one is my favorite!
How could you not love a face like this!


















(I know it's blurry but I had to)















Landon loves this one too!


















Good momma watching her kittens














This pictures makes me laugh. Pug loves just staring at his kittens!














I'm sure in the next couple of weeks there will be lots more kitten pics.

On a side note yesterday I spent a few hours having dinner with THE LADYWORKERS!













It's been a long time since the 5 of us were all together and was soo much fun! Crazy that you guys are only a year away from graduating college! Miss you girls!














Also, this is for you Callie! A little goodbye note from me to you! Enjoy your last week in Texas! Hope the move goes smoothly and you better invite us all for a fun move in party! I expect a weekend trip and a river to float somewhere!