birds and the bees!

Last weekend I flew to Missouri for Cameron and Charlie's wedding which was wonderful! Cameron's friend Leah, who doubled as photographer, also flew to MO- so we bonded over food and drink before our (delayed) flight. I should have known we would get along since we are both friends with Cameron. :) I will put a link to her blog when the wedding pictures are up. Cameron and her mom did an excellent job planning the wedding- the day of was so organized and relaxed. It made a huge difference. I felt like I was just getting a day of pampering and catching up with friends, and oh yeah, a marriage! The wedding was at a park in Illinois and reception was at a restaurant where they served what was called "Fresh-Mex"...hehe it was funny that I visited MO where we essentially ate Tex-Mex. I have to say, it was good! Besides the whole marriage part, the highlights of the day were Cameron's new daughter, Macy, losing her first tooth, riding in the limo trying not to tear up thinking about Cameron and me planning our weddings at 10, and of course Cameron expertly stomping, (with adorable champagne colored peep-toes) on a killer bee buzzing around her feet during the ring exchange. "In the name of the Father, the Son...STOMPPP....and the Holy Ghost". I hope you two had a wonderful honeymoon in Puerto Rico! Love you!

under the sea

I don't have children so I put videos and pictures up of the pets.

It was either this or a video of baby drinking milk out of a glass...

i'd like to be

The family came up to see the new place now that we are all moved in. We basically just have the headboard to put up in the bedroom and we will be finished! I will post pictures in a couple of days of the finished product. This weekend I worked and then cleaned for the family visit. In the chaos of everything I was able to take a little break for coffee with Belen. : ) We have to make time for those sorts of things you know! Thanks deary, I had fun catching up! Paul and I also got our little fish tank set up, so we have new babies in the family. Surprisingly the pet store fish buying process is pretty strict! Growing up, we pretty much just walked in and bought whatever fish we wanted, threw them in the tank, and they did just fine! I suppose people are idiots because you have to tell them every little detail about your $2.00 fishies' future habitat. They were horrified to learn that we hadn't had the tank set up for at least two weeks before considering fish adoption. I figured they would want us to pull out some sort of lineage chart next, but luckily they caved. Our beta, Sad Fish, now happily lives in the tank and we purchased three new little fishies. We got a little glow fish, Sonny, and a striped zebra fish, Stormy- both of which think they are salmon because I haven't really seen them do much of anything but swim against the current of the filter. Our third little baby is a speckled catfish whom Paul has lovingly named Sancho- he seems a little too lethargic... so I suppose there may be an update on him later. The family dinner was a success! Alton grilled burgers and we had angel food cake with berries for dessert. I think Alton got the better end of the deal because he got all the credit for the good food without all the cleaning before and after the family visit! Hehe. I'm glad everyone came ALL THE WAY out to Dallas. : )

i've loved them all

Read and view on for my life over the past month. We just got internet again, so I will no longer be neglecting my blogging that I have missed so much! No, I did not make these cupcakes, but they were just as amazing to eat as they were to look at. : )

out with the old

We said goodbye to the old place and went out for burgers on our first official weekend in Dallas! Paul and I both got hair cuts so we would look presentable for graduation!

end o' college

This was basically Paul's life at the end of the semester. Tabasco was one of his ad client projects... and I would go more into it but we are all sick of Tabasco. Paul claims he isn't. I'm sick of Tabasco. Paul is pleasantly stuffed. Half of the pictures I took of Paul's graduation did not come out, but I put this particular picture up to again illustrate what great couple pics Amy and Paul take. Yes, Amy will be standing in for all major events for the rest of our lives. We celebrated. Responsibly. I'm so so proud of you Paulie! I love you! Paul looked freakin' adorable in his cap and gown by the way.

recooperating

No, we did not drug the babies. This is what we were all pretty much doing the Sunday after Paul's graduation. I made these cupcakes tonight with some leftover chocolate sour cream frosting! I actually didn't like the frosting the first time around but it was especially good on this spice cake with a strawberry on top. Paul has been bearding and video-gaming for the last few days!