Best Friend Weekend

This past weekend, a little piece of home came to visit me.  It was exactly what I needed. In other words this past weekend, my best friend in the whole wide world, Leah came to visit me.  I hadn't seen her live in person in 8 months!!!  8 very long, miserable months! Our time was short, but we sure made the best of it.  We went to the zoo/Jurassic Park. Where we wrestled T-Rex, hung out with koalas, over fed a giraffe and laughed almost nonstop.  We also took more selfies than I can count.  Thanks for being so photogenic, Dallas Zoo animals.  We drove through downtown Dalla and of course stopped at Sprinkles, where they were able to accommodate Leah's gluten allergy with two different cupcakes. We then went to a mall and hung out basically in the candy shop from the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, where we got enough samples that actually buying candy felt unnecessary. We of course hit up the Disney store, where we got friendship Olaf hula dancers, for our cars. Leah enlightened me on her dreams of wanting to have table side guacamole, so I of course made all of her dreams come true and took her to my favorite Mexican restaurant. After that, we headed back to the apartment where we ditched Cody and watched my favorite movie About Time.  (Seriously if you haven't seen it yet, rent it!!)

If this doesn't make you say "aww", you have no soul

Sunday we lounged around for a while. I made banana pudding for the first time.  After that we went to a different mall where we spent a ton of time just browsing each of the stores.  We yet again hit up the Disney Store, where they just so happened to be having a fantastic sale!!  After the mall, Leah joined the Myers clan for Easter dinner, where she got to meet Cody's family for the first time.  We ate and chatted a lot, then it was time to go.  We headed back to the apartment where Leah finished packing and we talked. Mostly about how she should stay forever and ever. Then the time came to give her back to Utah. I hope all you Utahns enjoy her...or else!!

I had such a fantastic time and it was much too short.  I'm so glad I got a whole 24 hours with my best friend. Thank you for coming Leah!!!

March Restaurant

I know it's April 2nd!!! Where has the year gone?  We did keep our promise and technically went to two new restaurants in March, but I'm only going to write about one.

Two weeks ago we went on a short road trip to Waco, TX, to see Cody's little brother face off against Baylor.  He's a pitcher at West Virginia University and this is the first and likely the last time we'll see him pitch this season. We rode with Cody's step brother and sister and met up with his parents and B down there. We had brunch at a cute cafe' that had pancakes as big as your head. This wasn't our restaurant of the month although it was very delicious.  After brunch we hung out and us girls went on a little shopping trip, while Cody napped in the hotel.

We headed to the game and got to see BJ pitch a couple of great innings!!

 We ended up losing, but that all happened long before he was put in the game, so we don't really count it.

 Which afterwards brought us to our March restaurant "Crickets Draft House + Grill". 

 They had a variety of burgers to try. And although technically Cody would eat a burger any given day, this one was a bit different. The burger of his choice was "The Peanut Butter Burger." Yes, you read that correctly. This burger consisted of your standard beef patty, plus peanut butter, bacon, a fried egg, tomato and lettuce. It's kind of hard to tell in the picture, but it was all on there, I promise. BJ had the kitchen sink burger, which included french fries and queso on the burger.  I had the "spicy guacamole burger", not even spicy but it was good.

Cody's Peanut Butter Burger

Cody described his burger as, "a lot of peanut butter, actually that's all you could taste". Obviously that's not a bad thing and it lived up to its name. Would he order it again? Yes, maybe just light on the peanut butter?

What's the craziest hamburger you've ever eaten?

And the Winner Is

A huge thank you goes out to all the people who voted for our picture!!  I really do appreciate ya'll taking the time to vote.  So without further a due...

I present to you the winning picture.

Did your picture win?  Thanks again for voting.

 

Wedding Picture: Top 3

Thank you for everyone who voted in round 1!! Ya'll are the best!!  It was harder than you thought, huh?  Well the votes have been tallied and people we have our top three.  It was close, matter of fact 2 and 4 tied for first with 5 coming in third.  Now for the super hard part.

Please pick your 1 and only favorite. I know, I know, it's not fair, but do your best.  And good luck!! Remember to leave your vote in the comments.

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Vote away!!!  And thank you so much for participating I hope you've had fun!

Vote for Our Wedding Invitation Picture

OK so the truth is Cody and I can't decide on which of our engagements to use for our invitations. We had them done at the most gorgeous location in Utah with 2 talented photographers. You can check out their Facebook page here. We've managed to narrow it down to our 6 favorites, but we need your help.   Please vote for your favorite...or top 3 if you can't decide. We'll tally votes and pick the top 3 then have another vote.

Pretty please help us decide!!  

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 So which is your favorite?  Leave me your vote in the comments. Can't decide on just one?  Give me your top 3.

Thank you and stay tuned for the top 3.

Long Hair Don't Care

I read an article the other day 14 Struggles that Only Girls with Long Hair will Understand and I agree with all of them. I just thought I would add a couple of my own. Or at least my personal battles.

1.Hair everywhere.
I always put it up before I cook, but I doesn't matter. It's in my food, on my clothes, on the floor, EVERYWHERE!

2. Washing my hair.
Now technically this was on the list,  but it doesn't mention the clogged drains every single time. Cody and I should buy stock in Drano (does Drano have stock?) Also the fact that it's literally a race against the water heater.

3. The countless hours spent on it.

Brushing it,  straightening it, curling it, waiting for it to dry. Seriously my mom is a saint for curling my hair for dances in high school.

4. Shopping for new shampoo.
I dread this a lot. I love my hair and I want it to look and feel good. I don't however want to pay outrageous amounts to achieve this. After all I use half a bottle is one use.  These locks aren't made of gold. I've found one that I like right now, but who knows how long that will last.

5. Getting your hair "trimmed".
I said 1 inch not 6. Nuff said.

6. Trying new hairstyles.
It's hard work. Not only do you have to figure out how to do it, once you do, it looks nothing like the picture you found.

7. People ask, Is that a "sock bun"?
They don't mean any harm they're just really fascinated that hair can look that way on its own.  Do worry it's all just my hair.

8. Wind is your worst enemy. 

Well besides humidity. Combine the two of these and you might as well stay indoors because "ain't nobody got time for that!"

9. Wearing a bun for a long period of time.

 Buns give me a killer headache. It's a serious commitment to do my hair in a bun for work. 8 hours with no chance of relief.

10. People asking when you're going to cut it.

 This one bugs me because growing out my hair is a commitment. See all of the above.

I wouldn't change a thing...at least not until after May 30th.

Do you have long hair? Do you know my struggle?

Tuesdays

I love Tuesdays. They may be my favorite day! (Gasp) Well my favorite work day for sure. Why do I love Tuesdays? It's not because it comes after Monday, although that's a plus. It's because I get to wake up with Cody.  Make him lunch; I always make sure to  put in a little surprise for him.  Best of all we get to drive to work together and he drops me off at the door!  I love that we get 5 minutes (of none chaotic getting ready for the day) together before the chaos of work engulfs the rest of our day. It just puts me in a good mood. Like a really good mood. Then after work he picks me up at the door again and we run errands and what not.  I just love him and yes we live together and I get to see him everyday, but Tuesdays are just different.  I know that after a super long day he is waiting for me in the car ready to hear all about it.  Letting me know that work is done and I get to spend the rest of the night with him. Sure we talk every other day at home, but somehow it's different to just see him right away, to have that peace.  I just love him always, but especially on Tuesdays.


Do you have a favorite day?  Why is it your favorite day?