Girls Weekend!

This past weekend we had the first annual girls weekend at the beach. It was the girls in my family, me, my mom, my sister Sara, my cousins and my aunt. We went to Seaside, Fl. and had a great time. I left Troy Friday morning and went to pick my mom up in Monroeville and then we headed to Seaside. We got there around 2 Friday afternoon and it was gorgeous! As soon as we got there I ate a bite of lunch the proceeded to the beach to soak up some of the sun. Saturday morning we went to a Pilates class. Whoa...i have never done Pilates before and it was hard. I worked muscles i don't think i have worked before..haha. It was a little overcast on Saturday but I still managed to soak up some sun. We had a blast, it was so wonderful getting to visit with my aunt and my cousins and also my mom and my sister. We are going to try to start making this an annual trip. I absolutely LOVE the beach, it is so relaxing! Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

Peddlin' For A Cure

My wonderful aunt is doing a 90 mile bike ride in honor of my mom. It is for Relay For Life and to raise money for cancer research. The ride starts in Monroeville, Al. and ends somewhere in Mobile, Al. I think the ride is sometime in April. Cancer is a disease that I know affects a lot of people and without the money for the research we wouldn't have some of the treatments that are available today. There is a website for Peddlin For A Cure to donate money or even just your prayers for these riders would be much appreciated. Go to this site to see why my aunt is riding http://tiny.cc/Peddlinforacure . This is something that is very dear to my heart.

Warm Laundry

Usually I only do laundry on the weekends b/c during the week I don't feel like folding and hanging everything up. Well when I wash clothes and then take them out of the dryer I always throw the clothes on the bed and then fold and hang up. The funny thing is, is that when I throw the warm laundry on the bed Allie always knows and goes up her little doggie steps we have by our bed and jumps into the pile of warm laundry where she proceeds to lay down and get comfortable. I always think this is hilarious and I don't want to move her b/c i know the warmth coming from the clothes feels good to her and she looks so comfortable. Just thought i would share something about our child Allie. She is definitely a character and always keeps us laughing, she is very set in her ways...haha. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Here are some pictures of Allie laying in the warm laundry!

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow...

I can't believe that it snowed in Troy, AL. today! The news had predicted snow but I didn't believe it. I actually woke up at 6:15 this morning b/c Allie had to go outside to use the bathroom and i saw it was snowing. I went and woke Rob up so he could see it b/c I figured it would be gone by the time we actually got up for the day. Around 12:30 it was snowing pretty good and actually sticking to the ground. Rob and I went outside and got a few pictures. I haven't seen snow in a long time so this was a treat! Allie wasn't sure what to think about the snow. I hope that everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed the snow as well!

I have made up my mind...

Ok, I have finally made up my mind that I am going to lose some weight and get healthy. I always say that and then I never keep it. I will get up and go to the gym for a few weeks but then I will miss a day and then i never go back...story of my life. My husband absolutely loves to work out, me on the other hand I don't love it, it is just something I have to do. I am not saying I am overweight by any means but I have gained a few unwanted pounds over the last few months. I want to enjoy working out and maybe if I keep it up i will come to like it more. The older I have gotten the harder it is to get/keep the weight off. It is so easy to just go pick up something unhealthy to eat or cook unhealthy. We do pretty good in the cooking dept. b/c of my husband. We pretty much grill out chicken every night and usually have a salad or some vegetable. But some nights its just easy to go pick something up. We have the Biggest Loser cookbook which has some great recipes and I have got to start cooking out of more. I love the Biggest Loser, we watch it every tues. night. I think it is a very inspirational show. I know i can do it if i just don't get off track and keep my mind on what i want to accomplish. I have never had to worry about weight until I got out of high school and got older. It seems like the older we get the less active we become. I am about to change that. Starting tomorrow morning I plan to go to the gym at least 3 to 4 times a week. I have to go in the morning before work b/c when i get off work all i want to do is go home and relax. I will keep you posted on how I am doing every now and then. I have finally made up my mind that I am going to do this and I am going to stick to it.


On another note. You will probably start to realize the more you read my blog that I am a very random person. I will start off talking about one thing and then switch to something totally different...haha. I know i keep changing my blog layout but i always see cute ones and i can never make up my mind. Plus I have fun changing it. I am going to try to keep this one for a while.


I had the most wonderful weekend. I had a long weekend b/c Monday was President's Day so I had off work. Rob had this weekend off and it was just wonderful getting to spend the whole weekend with my husband. We didn't do very much but it was just nice to lounge around the house with him. I hope that everyone had a great weekend as well.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Happy Valentines Day everyone!! I hope that everyone had a great day. I certainly have. Rob and I went out to dinner last night b/c we knew everywhere would be packed on Valentine's. We ate at Mikata which just opened here in Troy and it was FABULOUS!!!

My husband is absolutely amazing and i love him more and more everyday!

The Weekend

You know, the weekends sure to go by way too fast. We had a great weekend. Friday my mom came through town and took my sister and I to lunch, it was so great to see her then friday night we went to dinner with some friends. On Saturday we pretty much laid around all day, did a little laundry and then we went to Dothan to a place called Hunt's to eat dinner with some friends. They have the BEST oysters/seafood, if you like oysters you should should definitely go. Sunday we were pretty lazy again and then went to some friends to watch the SuperBowl. All in all it was a good weekend other than that Rob is getting sick..ugh!
Just thought I'd let you all know what went on around our house this weekend. I hope that everyone had a great one as well.
Oh and by the way...I am SO pumped that Mikata is opening in Troy February 13th and I will be there...hehe.

Family

I just want to take a minute to tell you just how wonderful and special my family is to me. We have been through a lot these past few years but yet we remain strong. I can't even begin to describe how blessed I am to have such a loving family. I know we all have struggles in life but we get through them by the love and blessings of our family. Don't ever take for granted the time you have with your family. I believe that God never gives us anything we can't handle, through Him we can make it.
I really appreciate my family, they are all such a blessing. I have just had a lot on my mind. This is just to remind everyone to cherish your family!



~ The love of a family is life's greatest blessing~ ~