Cowboys/Chargers Game

The next day we got up early and headed to get our tailgate spot for the big game. After we set everything up, we made a big breakfast because we knew we would be drinking quite a bit that day. As you can see in the pictures that our dear friends are Chargers fans and us Cowboys so it made the trip a little bit more exciting and competitive. We played corn hole, did beer bongs, played beer pong, listened to great music, made some new friends, hung out with family and drank some more. We finally made it into the stadium a little bit before the game started and it was absolutely amazing! What a gorgeous stadium it is! If you ever have the opportunity to get to the Cowboys new stadium, do it because it is unlike any other. It's gigantic! The seats that we had were first row right behind the end zone. Sitting this close made the long drive well worth it! The Cowboys Cheerleaders were dancing right in front of us for parts of the game and they were all beautiful. Even though the Chargers won, we still had a great time at the game. Houston has always dreamed of going to see the Cowboys play since he was a little kid, so I was happy for him that he finally was able to be there.

The next day, we took off for El Paso to stay with Houston's Grandad and his wife. Hilde had baked and cooked weeks in advance for our arrival. We kept telling our friends about Hilde's tamales and how delicious they were. She definitely made sure that we didn't got to bed or leave the next day hungry. We thank you so much for that too :) Their house was decorated with tons of Christmas decorations and it looked so nice. It was wonderful getting to spend more time with them. It's too bad that it was only for one night.

Thank you to all of Houston's family for letting us stay with you and spend time with you. I am very lucky to get to call all of you my family now. Wish we all lived closer! Thank you to our great friends Dan and Ellie for an unforgetable trip! We love you guys!

Dallas Bound...

We just got back from an amazing road trip to Dallas. Back in May, some friends of ours and us decided that we were making a road trip out to Dallas for the Cowboys/Chargers Sunday football game. Last year we made a trip out to San Diego for the Chargers game and we had such a fun time that we decided that we needed to experience it again...only this time in an rv! So our lovely husbands took on the responsibility of driving 18 hours to Dallas while Ellie and I had a few cocktails, played some games, did hair, nails and slept. I know rough life we had...but luckily the guys were up for the drive and did one hell of a job controlling that beast! We left Thursday night and made it to Odessa, TX at about 4am. The guys took a little snoozer for a few hours and then got back on the road. We ended up getting into Dallas around 1pm or so. When we got to downtown Dallas, we got out and checked out the JFK Memorial. It was really a neat thing to see and it was really kind of freaky because everything looks exactly the same. We took some pictures next to the x in the road where he was shot and then checked out the sixth floor museum. If you are ever in the area, I would highly recommend going and looking at it. It's really interesting to see and there is so much history there. Even though it's been so long, it's very sad. After we were finished there, we headed towards McKinney, TX where Houston's Uncle Jim lives. We stayed with him and his girlfriend Jordan for that night. It was great to see them and finally meet Jordan. They took us to an amazing Mexican food restaurant that night called Gloria's. Wow! The food was to die for! For some reason, we found that Texans love their cheese queso on top of everything! We didn't mind though, at least for a few days. I would be worried if we ate like that always but we knew it was a vacation and we ate like crazy. The next day, the ladies went shopping at a great mall in Dallas and the guys went golfing in 45 degree weather. Needless to say, they didn't last long and they beat us home. Then we headed off to our rv park where we were going to set up camp for the night. After we were all settled, we got ready and headed out to Billy Bob's. This place was awesome! There were probably 10,000 people inside of there. http://www.billybobstexas.com/ A huge stage for concerts is the main attraction and it has a private seating area in front of it, it also has a live bull riding arena, different bars, casino areas and a large line dancing floor. They consider it the world's largest Honky Tonk. If you go to Fort Worth, TX you have to stop by. It's truly amazing and almost every famous country singer's hand prints are on the walls from performing here. It's amazing. We had a great time there after some drinks, watching live bull riding, lots of laughs and great food!

Fall Happenings

Well throughout our busy schedules, we always manage to have a little fun. We got to do some fun things this Fall with friends and family such as concerts, state fair, carving pumpkins, a camping trip, hockey games, birthdays, dinner and drinks, date nights, movies, game nights and the list goes on... The Lady Antebellum concert was awesome! We all had such a great time and the weather was so beautiful out, we really got to enjoy the night walking around the fair after. This past weekend I went to the Craig Morgan concert with some friends too. That was such a blast! It was a very intimate concert with not that many people and it was an outdoor venue, which made it perfect! Houston just got back from a trip to Texas for a chili cook off with his uncle and grandad which he had a great time at. We've had the chance to see our godchildren quite a bit too which is always a great time. They are both so beautiful and getting so big. They both could honestly melt any one's heart...and they love posing for the camera! We truly are blessed to be able to do all of these wonderful things.

What I've Been Up to Lately

Well I've kind of been out of it lately and haven't been able to blog much about anything because I've been very preoccupied the last few months. I started real estate school back in August and finished my classes at the end of September. I've had 4 tests to pass, 2 being the school exams and the other 2 being the state and national exams (the ones that really count). Well I am officially finished with ALL real estate exams as of last night!! Man was I so happy to be done with studying. I didn't know if my poor brain could handle anymore studying day and night. Real estate exams are not a walk in the park if you are not prepared for them. I don't think the school that I went to was all the great, making me feel very unprepared so I got extra material through other avenues that covered everything and anything pertaining to real estate. Throughout high school and college I was always an A student, thus setting very high standards for myself for real estate school. I never knew how difficult these last 2 tests were going to be and compared to finishing college, I felt that this was much of a bigger accomplishment probably because I had to work extra hard at learning all of this new information. It really seems like a different language when you are unfamiliar to the verbiage and/or concepts.

It's so nice to get back to my regular routines without having to worry constantly about passing these tests. Yes, I am a perfectionist and when I have a task, I like to do it and be done with it. This was a situation that wasn't moving along as fast as I wanted it to, so it began to be very frustrating. Thank god for a patient and understanding husband and dog who weren't upset with me when I was neglecting them from visits at the station and nightly walks. Well all of the hard work of studying 24/7 has finally paid off... yippee! Now it's time to relax and enjoy the Halloween weekend! We have some great plans for this weekend, so I'll be posting soon with pictures! Thanks to everyone for all of the love and support throughout this endeavor (i.e. Houston, Mom, Dad, Sherlyn, Sheena, brothers, friends) it means more than I could ever tell you. I feel so loved and lucky to have such amazing people around me. Most people don't even get half of the support that I get on a daily basis and for that, I am grateful.

Just Love this!

I found a link on youtube of one of my favorite scenes in P.S. I Love You and I had to post it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PyuSSP63Dg

Enjoy :)

Happy 30th Birthday Mike!

Today is my oldest brother's 30th birthday and I planned a surprise party for him last night. We had a great turn out from his many friends. It was definitely a challenge for his buddy to get him there because he can be so difficult sometimes but that's why we love him. Or at least sometimes :) Happy 30th Mike!!! Here are a few pics from the night...