Oh man....cooking!

Anyone who knows me knows that I am not the best cook. I am not the most domestic woman. But I aspire to be the perfect domestic little wife one day! My friend Angie is my idol! She is always busy with her kids and keeps them involved in things. I mean, she has a Christmas countdown for the month of December. I tend to be creative and like making cute things or bake cute things. Now when I say bake...I mean out of the box. I had never baked anything from scratch until the other day. Of course, I needed some assistance from one of the best bakers I know, my good friend Lesley. It was intimidating...yes cooking something from scratch was intimidating to me! LOL Once I arrived to her place, she was a busy body and moving fast. I tried to keep up as I helped, watched, and took notes. Once we got to the decorating part, I knew I was good to go then. In the end, the cookies turned out great and were perfect for my friend's bridal shower. So here are my first cookies...and there will be many more to come. I have a good teacher. :)

Wedding

So much has been going on. We came back got back from the Dominican Republic at the end of April. It was beautiful there and we had so much fun! It was nice to go o n vacation and have friends and family all there with us. It was Jason's first time out of the country. I was so excited for him. The beginning of the trip started out rough. There were about 12 of us all on the same plane and getting from the airport to the hotel with everyone and all the luggage was a challenge. So we are all checking in and getting our bags up to our rooms when Jason noticed that one of his bags were missing. Of course, it was his bag with all of his clothes and wedding outfit. So we are in the lobby for about an hour calling airports, talking to the guys at the front desk about our bag. Then, we find out my mom had it the whole time! LOL Wasn't so funny at the time....but now it is.
Foreign countries are always amazing. Seeing how different people live and what they believe. It is always a humbling experience. I feel like just being there, I learned so much. Everyone there was very happy and it seems that none of them had a lot of money. It showed how backwards some people think. We went snorkeling with sharks and stingrays. We also went on an Outback Safari and got to see many of the goods they grow there. The grow coconuts, coffee, sugarcane, cocoa beans, vanilla, bananas, tobacco, cinnamon, and many other spices. Everything was so fresh!

The wedding turned out beautiful! Everything was perfect. I was running behind of course...because I ALWAYS am. And I was OK until I got my dress on. I almost lost it then. I got really nervous the entire walk down to the beach. There were people everywhere staring, which made me more nervous. Once I got to my dad he was trying to make me laugh so I wouldn't cry. Once the ceremony started, Jason looked teary eyed...so I got teary eyed. But everything turned out beautiful. I couldn't have asked for it to be any better! I love Jason!

Wings = NO good for Amber

I have been eating healthy in an attempt to better my life, health, and lose weight for the wedding. I met with some of the girls last night to discuss details for my bachlorette party at Buffalo Wild Wings in Grapevine. I didn't choose the place, but I went in thinking I will just get a diet coke and since I had already ate a lot for the day, I wouldn't need to eat anything there. BUT everyone else ordered food and ate. The longer I sat there, the longer I really wanted to order food. I finally gave in and ordered 8 boneless wings (they tasted SO good). Once I got home, my stomach started to rumble. At about midnight until I got up for work, I was in the bathroom about every hour. I felt horrible. I didn't want to call in to work. I mean...maybe I will feel better in a couple of hours. Once I got to work, I still felt terrible. They sent me home and while I was driving home, I started to think about how all those really healthy people talk about bad, greasy, junk food being "toxic" for your body. Hummm maybe they were right. I got home and slept from 7am to 2pm. BUT I feel much better! :) No more wings for me!

Snow days!

It doesn't snow much here in Texas, but between last week and this week there have been 5 snow days. That has to be a Texas record. So as I am sitting at home bored because everything is closed because of the snow...I decided to post some pictures of Daisy. We have figured out she loves the snow.

Christmas

This past December was fun! We did lots of things with the kids and had a great holiday! This is a picture of the kids on the neighborhood sleigh ride.