A Best Friend & a Special Birthday

Anyone who knows me, knows my love for my dog, better love my dog. For 3 years it was us two! We were inseparable and he was/is my pal. He's one good dog that I am happy to own!

If you have a second please say little quick prayer for my Rock. His eye, which has always bothered him from time to time, is really bothering him and red and doing weird things. It started last night. We flushed it with saline, which helped, but did not make it overall better come this am. So he is at the vet now and will get in to see the vet around 3:30. I am hoping we can get it figured out and fixed because it is causing him pain right now. Plus, he was just at the vet last week for a cyst. Geez!

Anyways this little guy means the world to me and hope to get his eye figured out today!

Also, a shout out to my daddy for his birthday!!!!!

Thanks dad for EVERYTHING you have done for me growing up, and for Josh and I today! You are the most selfless caring person and we are blessed to have you in our life. You keep us smiling and laughing. You are also my go to for anything and everything! We love you more than words can say and wish we could be there to celebrate this day!

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Time flies

Cannot Believe another year is wrapping up again. 2012 might have been the best year yet! I was reminded of how totally blessed I am to have a loving, hard working husband who supports me 100%, to have a family who I am so incredibly closed to and have a blast when we are together, friends that I will have for a lifetime and are totally awesome, my sweet Rocky boy and an awesome new pony. 

2012 was quite the year Husband started his new job, my name changed, I got to go on an awesome beach vacay with my new husband, I enjoyed weddings and showers with long time friends, We bought our first car, We welcomed a new pony to the family, Missy Mae, and said goodbye to my sweet Coup. As I look back, I cannot be more thankful for all the lessons and hardships along the way in 2012 and cannot wait to see what 2013 holds. Here is a look back at my 2012

Ringing in the new year with a new job

HS Friends wedding

Couples Shower with MIL

Couples Shower with the family

Hometown Shower

I got married!

I went on a Honeymoon with this handsome guy

Floated the river with some rad people! 

New Job and New Mac

Family Hike that was gorgeous

Said bye to a HS friend as she moved out of state

Another HS Friends Wedding with long time friends

Tornando

Missy Mae

Labor Day Weekend 

Aggie Games

and Tailgates

Said bye to this sweet sweet boy whom I will never forget. He is loving his life now!

Josh and my first halloween together in years!

VEGAS! and won a Custom Made Saddle!!

Christmas with these people!

I hope everyone has a great last few days of 2012 and a HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hope everyones 2013 is just as blessed and great as 2012! 

Once January hits, my body is back in the gym and eating healthy, cliche I know! But I have money riding on this one! Start January 4th our work "Biggest Loser" Challenge begins and it is for 3 months! I have to work my bottom off if I want to win! So here is to a healthy and more fit 2013! :) Maybe I will post progress as I go to keep me in check! 

Be Safe and have a Great Weekend!

First Christmas as a Mrs.

Well I am finally caught up on rest after a wonderful Christmas spent with family! Husband and I hosted Christmas this year at our place! It was a big year - our first one as Mr. and Mrs. , first one in our new home (well we have been in our home almost a year now, but first christmas), and our first year to host all the family! 

I would say the over all weekend was a success! We had a blast getting to see everyone! I must admit, Christmas felt weird being on a Tuesday though and everyone having to head back home on Christmas day. :( We sure did have a busy weekend, or 4 days I should say! I rode Missy Mae, we went on walks,  played a ton of kinect, ate well, blessed with gifts and laughs, rode 4-wheelers, Took family photos, and drove around looking at deer! 

Husband got one of his Christmas gifts early, Popcorn, a mini donkey! He was so excited and has been anticipating him since he found out he was getting him in November. Popcorn is 4 months old. My parents brought him down Saturday in the back of the truck in a crate! They said they got pictures taken at the gas station and were even offered money for him! Luckily, they did not take the offer and made it to the ranch with him ;) He is so funny! Loves people and doesn't mind the dogs, minus Sampson. It must be his ears, or his bark!

Here is our Christmas in a few photos! Hope everyone enjoyed their time with family and remembered the real reason for the season, our savior Jesus Christ.

A boy and his donkey

He thinks he is a dog, and came right in the house

What a view!

Husband and me

Beej & Teej

The Padres

Family

Again

Christmas Morning

Kisses for husband

Best Friends

Sister

 We loved these hats!

And Rock is out! He is tired from all the activity!

Enjoy your short week! I will be back tomorrow with another update! :)

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{Weekend} & Love

I love this week so much! It is a short work week, family time, and great food!! To say it is hard for me to concentrate at work right now, might be an understatement! This weekend Josh and I felt like we were hardly home. We got back to the house late Friday and crashed early. We have been so go go that we are exhausted and crash once we hit the couch. 

Saturday we woke up early and some one was not pleased at all.

We had to go to SA to run a few errands before picking up the ranch chef at noon. 

Got home, rode Missy, watched a night of crazy college football and ate wings. yumm! If you are ever in need of a good Buffalo Wings recipe I got ya right here! These are baked, so healthy, and oh so tasty! Just simply boil them in water for 15 minutes. Add pepper and cayenne pepper to water. Then Broil on high for 30 minutes, 15 on each side. Then we just toss them in a wing sauce and woolah! Amaze!!

Sunday, we were up early again to go to the grocery store for Thanksgiving shopping. We brought the chef in with us. Josh and I ran a few errands and then did our shopping and were done, but the chef was not! Finally after 4 hours, a truck bed and back seat full of food, and dealing with the CC company because they thought the card was stolen, we were headed home. 

Josh is so busy with work we unloaded groceries and he went back out to work. I, on the other hand, did laundry, cleaned, and showered...when all I wanted to do was watch my DVR reality shows and do nothing! :) But being I am housesitting in town until Wed. and my parents arrive Wed, and Josh will be working non-stop, I decided to be a good wife ;) 

While Josh was out filling feeders I got a text to download the song "If I didn't Have You" by Thompson Square. OMG! Such an amazing song. The lyrics are perfect and really explains how you feel about that special person in your life. I could not imagine my life without Josh in it. He makes me want to be a better person for him, and we simply compliment each other. He is my strength when I am weak and and my sunshine through the rain! :)  It makes my heart so happy when he sends me sweet songs like this:) Do yourself a favor and listen below, and then download! 

Linking up with Sami Dana and Leeann.

Happy Monday Everyone! Did you have a good weekend?

Letting Go

Letting go is never easy...I'm talking letting go of anything, that favorite top, your worries and problems, favorite shoe etc. At the end of day it is life and we have to live our life and letting go is apart of life and moving on.

I recently let go of Coup. This past Thursday Josh loaded up Coup and met me after work at a camp for a guy to look at Coup. All the starts aligned and my prayers were answered. Coup would be going to a new home. And not just any home. He will be living on Lake Travis where Girl Scouts will be loving on him all the time!!!!!!

Even though I am sad to let him go and let go of that guy that had been such a huge part of my life for 8 years, I could not have asked for a better place for him to go. With him being hurt, this had been weighing on my heart and I had been praying a lot for god to give me a path for him and that he did!!!!

A dream of mine had been to take pictures in my wedding gown with a dark horse, and coup was that horse! This past week was my only chance to get them done before him possibly going to a new home. So Tuesday Josh bathed Coup, charged the camera, and hooked up the trailer. I got home from work and got my dress and off we went to do our own little photo shoot. Josh def gets husband of the year award. He was so on board for this because he knew how much it meant to me! And the pictures came out amazing. I am so pleased with them and so happy that I got to do this and have a great last memory with Coup! Below are a few of the shots my sweet husband took!:)

Love this boy

And that is how I spent my Tuesday night last week! Things have been busy but hope they slow down now! Weekend recap tomorrow!!!:)

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