Brooke's bachelorette party

It still bugs me that I cannot be in my best friend, Brooke's, wedding, but at least I was able to attend her bridal shower and now her bachelorette party. We had her bachelorette party last night and we all had the best time! Around three Brooke and I got ready for the night and then we ran some errands before the girls got to her house. It was so nice to get to spend some time with her just her and I before the party.

After the girls got to her house we left for dinner at Sobo's Bistro. We had a great time at dinner and the food was delicious! After dinner we took a ride to Lighthouse Sound where Brooke is getting married! I had never been there before so I wanted to see where she was saying "I do"! It was beautiful there and she is going to make a gorgeous bride! After our stop there we played mini golf in Ocean City! I am terrible at mini golf. I always have been. I knocked my ball in the water twice and hit it into a bush twice. Yep, I fail at mini golf! After mini golf we went back to Brooke's house and she opened her gifts which were all lingerie and pajamas! She got some cute stuff and some sexy stuff! We had a great time watching her open everything! It was a great time all around!

Have you been to any Bachelorette parties lately?

Any of them been pretty crazy?

Anyone going to any weddings soon?

 

Weekend stuff

Hello everyone! How was your weekend? Mine was wonderful but bittersweet. It was our last weekend in Maryland for a really long time. I cannot believe we are leaving for Alaska on Wednesday! It's crazy how quick everything is happening right now, but I'm glad we are getting to spend time with our families and friends.

Two pooped puppies

Someone decided to lay in the grass instead of pooping

At our going away dinner

Mom and I at dinner

We left Virginia for good on Thursday and came to Maryland. Thursday we just relaxed at home because it was storming and pouring pretty bad when we got into town. My little brother came over and hung out with us for a while and then we ordered a pizza. I love ordering pizza when it's pouring down rain. Later on we went to Jarrett's dad's house and Leo and their dog Zoe ran and played in the rain. It was hilarious! Friday we went to lunch with mom then ran lot of errands and did a little shopping. We also bought ingredients to make taco pie for dinner. My favorite! Matt came over for dinner to eat the taco pie and then we went to Tutti Frutti for frozen yogurt! Yesterday we went out to breakfast and then later on I hung out with Brooke and then we had her bachelorette party! You will read more about her party in the next post! Today I went to church with mom and everyone prayed for Jarrett and I. It was wonderful to have everyone put their hands on me and pray for our journey and life in Alaska! It was truly amazing! Later on in the evening we had a going away dinner with my family at Red Roost. What better way to celebrate our move than crabs!

How was your weekend?

Did you eat crabs at some point too?

If so, what restaurant or crab house did you go to?

 

My last day at Hallmark and going away dinner #1

Saturday was my last day at the store. I got to work with two of my favorites, Ashley and Sandy! Those two made my last day so awesome. I have been so blessed to work with such amazing ladies. I never thought I'd work retail again, but working at Hallmark was one of the best things I've ever done! Meeting these two ladies and all of the other ladies I worked with has been one of the biggest blessings since moving to Virginia. I had a really rough time when I moved to Virginia, but as soon as I started working with these awesome girls, I finally felt at home. I'm sure I'll meet plenty of people in Alaska, but they will never take the place of the friends I've made here! Sunday I had a going away dinner with some of the other ladies I worked with. Not everyone could make it, but that was okay, we still had fun. We ate yummy Mexican food and I received some adorable going away gifts even though I told them not to! I should have known better with that bunch! These ladies will be one of the biggest blessings that I will take with me to Alaska! I was so lucky to have met each and every one of them!

 

Our life lately

Man oh man life has been hectic over the past two weeks! Last Monday the movers came and took everything and then we moved in with my in laws for the time being. We had an awesome time staying with them. I still worked a lot since we had moved in, but then I was done work on Saturday. Since I've been done with work we have been going to the beach a lot and just hanging out and we plan to do the same now that we're in Maryland! We had to stay in Virginia until Wednesday because we had Leo's last vet appointment then where we got his pet certificate to cross through Canada. After that appointment, there was nothing keeping us in Virginia so we were ready to go to Maryland to spend some time with the rest of our family and friends. It was hard leaving Jarrett's parents, but we were so grateful for our time with them over the past week and a half. We will be in Maryland for a week spending time and saying goodbye to everyone else and all though it will be really hard, I know we can all make it through this! We plan to say "see ya later" instead of "goodbye"!!!!

Our week on Instagram

1. Sophie does not like to be held like a baby

2. Not feeling this either

3. Play time on the bed

4. A goodbye photo shoot

 5. The dogs actually looked at the camera

6. Sophie bug

7. My new ornaments

8. My boot camp letters that I found

9. My baby bible that I found

10. Caroline (my SIL) and I at Six Flags #tbt

 11. Tangled on my lunch break

12. The biggest fish n chips ever

13. Banana Caramel cheesecake for dessert

 14. My field hockey days #tbt

15. Jarrett's last day at Fuddruckers before leaving for Air Force boot camp #tbt

16. Jarrett's boot camp graduation picture #tbt

 17. Baby Jarrett and his dad #tbt

18. What it says for my first week away from the store

19. Sleepy boys

20. Cleaning, packing and organizing the house

21. Bye bye master bedroom

22. Peace out guest bedroom

23. Oh, hello there Leo

 24. MIL's good cookin

  

Weekend stuff

Happy beginning of the week y'all! Hope your weekend was awesome! My weekend was absolutely exhausting! Friday I worked until five and then came home and did more organizing and cleaning of the house. We also got Wendy's for dinner and I tried that pretzel bacon cheeseburger. OMG that is the best burger in the world. That burger and their strawberry lemonade was the best fast food dinner ever, we'll next to Chickfila that is. Saturday was a repeat of Friday with me working all day and coming home to more moving stuff. We finished organizing the house and started moving the stuff that we are taking with us over to my IL's house! We are staying with them until we leave Virginia on August 1st! We feel like little kids again living with them, but we are lucky to have loving and supportive parents to help us out in the midst of all this craziness!

Sunday we packed up everything that we are taking and took the rest over to the IL's. We then spent the rest of the day getting everything out and organized for the movers. Doing all of this in this summer heat is so tiring! After we were finally done on Sunday we attempted to take Leo to the beach, but of course the beach didn't allow pets from May until September. Really? Yes, that is stupid! So then we just drove around a little and then came back home and took naps! We were spent! Today the movers came and I am so glad everything is all moved out! The pictures above are a complete reaction to how I felt while everything was being moved out! I was happy, scared and nervous all at the same time! This is a nerve recking time for us because we have never been through this before! Now that the moving part is done, we are ready to get going with everything else!

Any other military couples been through this whole moving thing lately?

Anyone live really far away from family?

Anyone suffering through a heat wave like us?
 

Friday Five

1. Last weekend we started going through the closets and throwing out stuff that we didn't want nor need anymore. While doing this, I finally found Jarrett's letters from boot camp seven years ago! I couldn't believe it! I thought I had lost them because I couldn't even find them at my mom's house. I was sure I had left them in my room at my mom's when I moved to Virginia, but nope, they were in our bedroom closet the whole time! I also found old pictures and a post card that Jarrett had sent me from a deployment in Hawaii! Just reading the letters and looking at the pictures took me back to when we first started dating, and it felt amazing! Let's just say, my husband was quite the romantic in those letters!

2. I finally watched the movie Tangled. I had never seen it before and I LOVED it! I love Disney movies and more so now for some reason. I just love all the Disney princesses! I swear I'm turning into a little girl again! My co-worker Ashley had downloaded Tangled on her iPod and made me start watching it on my lunch break. I loved it from the beginning and rented the movie when I got home from work to finish it! So freaking cute and such a sweet movie! Now the other princess Disney movie that I need to see is Brave! Can't wait to rent it soon!

3. Uncle Si on Duck Dynasty is my favorite! The other night I was doing some more cleaning in our room and of course I had to turn Duck Dynasty on for some cleaning motivation! Uncle Si had me laughing so hard! Uncle Si says the darnedest things! Actually, it doesn't take much for Uncle Si to crack me up! Half of the time he just sits there with a blank look on his face and it's hilarious! If you haven't seen Duck Dynasty yet, you need to! It is my favorite show right now. 

4. This past weekend we had our Christmas in July Ornament Premiere at our store. It was soooo busy and stressful, yet it was a lot of fun. My mom also helped out and had a lot of fun with us! I usually put my ornaments on layaway and I usually buy a lot more , but with the move I just bought the ones that I really really wanted! I love ornaments and I also really love the Barbie and Disney princess ornaments. I usually buy mainly Barbie ornaments, but Hallmark is not selling them anymore because of high price changes made by Mattel! This year I focused on the princess ornaments. 

My favorite ones that I bought were Beautiful Belle and Cinderelly Cinderelly where the mice sing the song "Cinderelly Cinderelly" when you press the button. Soooo adorable! I love it! I also got Beautiful Ballerina where you pull the cord and a ballerina twirls to the song from The Nutcracker and Cookie Cutter Christmas which is the series that I collect! I want to collect a couple of series ornaments so that I can give them to my children in the future! I can't wait to start Christmas traditions with our children! 

5. We got some really neat silicone kitchen stuff in at the store the other day. We got wine stoppers, drink lids, casserole lids, bowl lids and colanders. So neat. My favorite are the wine stoppers. They come in sunflowers, hibiscus flowers and lily pads as the designs. I bought the sunflower and hibiscus flower wine stoppers. I must say, my cute little sunflower stopper looks quite adorable on my wine bottle!

July quote of the month

Flip-Flops make your toes feel like they're on vacation.

We spend 95% of our time going through the motions of life,

longing and yearning for the 5% that's left over.

We call that 5% "vacation". What if we could capture the concept of vacation

with something so simple as a pair of flip-flops?

We could slip them on, click our heels three times,

and, in the blink of an eye, transport ourselves to a tropical isle...

or a luxury cruise ship... or an ocean boardwalk.

Women everywhere would rally in protest and throw our their sensible pumps.

Flip-flops would become the new dress standard.

The best part is that no matter where you are, you could wiggle your piggies,

show off your pedicure, and turn that 5% into 100%!

Flip-flops just make your toes feel like they're on vacation.

Weekend stuff

Hi all! Hope your weekend was full of family, friends and sunshine. Except for a little rain on Saturday we had a beautiful weekend here in Virginia! It was wonderful! So anyways! My mom left yesterday, but I got to spend another great weekend with her! Friday night Jarrett and I took her out to dinner for her birthday dinner. We went to Cheddar's and of course it was yummy yummy! At midnight I had to go back to work for our Ornament Premiere at the store. Mom came with me and worked at the store too. It was pretty fun having her there! Saturday I worked from early in the morning until five and by five o'clock I was dead to the world! I was exhausted after such a crazy busy day! I came home and then we just stayed in and ordered a movie and pizza. Perfect Saturday night at home.

Sunday, mom and I got lunch, went back to my store to do a little ornament shopping then did a little grocery shopping. Then the in laws came over and we cooked breakfast for dinner. My MIL made turkey bacon and pancakes and my mom made smoked sausage and a huge potato chip omelet courtesy of Rachael Ray! That sucker was enough to feed about six people. So interesting and so good. Later on after dinner Jarrett and I started going through our closets and organizing everything for our move next week. We finished all of our organizing yesterday and tonight and it felt so good to clean and throw out a ton of pointless stuff. I feel like a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders by getting everything organized! Now all we have to do is pack our stuff for a whole month, get all the pictures off of the walls and get out all of my fragile stuff and we will be ready for the movers on Monday! It's all really coming together! We are going to Alaska!

 

Our week on Instagram

1. Happy wife, happy life...and puppy // 2. Baby Anna came for a visit // 3. Puppies love Anna

4. Shrimp Po Boy at Cinebistro // 5. My babies watching TV // 6. Gamaw, give me your Whataburger

7. Leo and I at the park // 8. Happy boy at the park // 9. Ending the day with Rita's

10. Waiting nervously at the vet // 11. Jarrett taking pictures of my butt // 12. Bad puppy was put on the TV tray

13. Mom's homemade spaghetti pie // 14. Gimme yo  spaghetti pie // 15. Cracker Barrel chicken and dumplings

16. Rachael Ray's Potato Chip Omelet courtesy of mom// 17. Our breakfast for dinner family dinner // 18. Day one of cleaning, organizing and getting ready for the movers in a week

My vanity favorites

We have the cutest little built in vanity in our master bedroom of which I am going to miss so much. I am so glad that it came with our town home because I have a lot of products that I use every day and I keep those products on the vanity instead of keeping them in our tiny upstairs bathroom. My vanity has always been my little beauty nook and now I never want to go without a vanity! I must have myself a vanity in Alaska even if I have to go buy one myself. I think every girl should have herself a vanity so she has her own little space to get ready for the day, work, going out with friends or date night. Although I have a ton of products on mine, there are a select few that are my absolute favorite! They range from makeup to nail polish to lotions and sprays to hair products! I have all kinds of products on my vanity

 CG liquid foundation // CG Lash Blast mascara // CG Queen eye liner //

CG powder bronzer // ELF 30 piece eye shadow

BBW Paris Amour body spray // BBW Paris Amour body lotion // BBW antibac pocket bacs //

BBW Country Chic body lotion // VS Citrus Dream body butter

Suave heat spray // Herbal Essences sculpting gel // Bed Head hair spray //

Neutrogena moisturizer// OPI pink nail polish

 

Do you have a cute little vanity too?

What are your favorite beauty products?



 

Duck Dynasty love

Jarrett and I love watching shows on A&E, The History Channel, Discovery Channel and TrueTV. We are always finding a good show to watch together and I swear we are old because we rather watch a show about pawn brokers, anything to do with guns or anything to do with fishing or Alaska than anything else! My husband has pretty much turned me into a redneck and it will only get worse when we get to Alaska, but I don't mind at all. I love that Jarrett and I are adventurous, country, rednecks and love a good old country redneck show!

 

Our latest redneck addiction is Duck Dynasty! LOOOVVVEEE! I have heard so much about the Robertson family and their show, Duck Dynasty, but I just recently started watching their show and I am already hooked! They are the neatest family. They are a normal family running a business together and enjoying it every step of the way, not to mention they are all hilarious and had my mom and I laughing hysterically by the end of the first episode that we watched! They are a faith driven family too which is what I love most about them! It's not very often that you see a family with a love for God surrounding their reality show. You must check them out!

What have you been watching lately?

Do you ever watch any of the channels I listed above?

Have you see Duck Dynasty? If so, don't you find them so amazing?

 

Weekend stuff

Hiya all! How was your weekend? Mine was great because my momma is here! She has a week of vacation and she chose to spend it here in Virginia with us, especially since we move this month! Ahhhh crazy, right? Still doesn't seem real, but any who! Mom came down on July Fourth and is staying through Monday so I'm so glad to have her here for a little. Friday night after work, we went to Cancun for some delicious Mexican food and then we went to Rita's for dessert! Jarrett and I pretty much get Rita's and frozen yogurt once a week. We have problems, but it's cool. Jarrett also got his iPhone 5 in the mail, so we spent a lot of time playing with it. Next month I get my iPhone five too! I can't wait! Saturday, I worked and then we stayed in and cooked steaks for dinner. I also came home to a nice bottle of wine from the hubby. He's a little bit wonderful sometimes! After dinner, we watched The Call and it was so good! I love seeing a really bad guy get his butt kicked by a woman! Boo ya! Sunday I got up early and got laundry done. Later on mom and I went out to Walmart and stopped by Schlotzsky's for lunch. Their sandwiches are the best ever! I will miss them! The rest of the day we were basically lazy which is always nice on Sunday!

Did you go to any good restaurants this weekend?

What are your favorite restaurants?

Everyone enjoying their summer so far?

Anyone going on any fun vacations soon?