Family Reunion

We had a great time at Toledo Bend. It rained off and on the whole weekend, but we still had a blast. We put on our rain coats and boots and played in the rain!

 It was really neat to see these kids experiencing Toledo Bend for the first time. They loved every moment of it. 

 We pretended like we were still 5 years old. 

 Of course, I had to teach may 18 year old cousin how to shoot tequila. Not sure that my aunt and uncle liked that too much, but he did!

 He does not eat marshmallows. He catches them on fire till they are burnt, drops them in the fire, and watches them expand. He then announces to everyone that "poo poo" is in the fire place.

Can't have a reunion without doing the Cupid Shuffle 

 not real sure how this outfit came about but I love it

 never caught a fish but loved it anyway

 me and some of my cousins

 I look super fat here. I had on 2 t-shirts, a sweatshirt, and the rain jacket.  On top of that my face was so swollen from the constant eating and drinking.

The boys did manage to catch a turtle. 

We had a blast and hope to make it a yearly trip. In the meantime, I am SUPER excited about the trip to Florida that was planned while we were at Toledo Bend. In 51 days, we will be together again, but on the white sand and in the clear water in Florida!! That is much more my style!!

My idea of a perfect spring break

I am SUPER excited, seriously you have no idea, about my plans for the next few days. 

My plans are that I am off of work for 9 days. Did you hear me?? 

9 DAYS

My bags are packed to head to Toledo Bend. 

Cannot wait to see this sign.

Toledo Bend is a very special place to me. We used to go at least once a year, if not more, when I was younger. The cabins are in groups of 5 and my family would get all 5- aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. 

I cannot wait to drive through that gate and talk to the friendly lady that will be waiting my arrival. 

I CANNOT WAIT to drive through all the hills that I used to ride my bike on and see my family.  

We will fish, hang out by the water, someone will fall in. Seriously it wasn't a trip at Toledo Bend if my brother didn't fall in the lake. 

We used to take walks through the forest to find this playground. I can't wait to do it again as a grown adult.  

We will have beer and smores by the bonfire. My aunts and uncles will go to bed and the cousins will stay up talking, making memories to last a lifetime. 

There will most likely be no cell phone service. There are no TV's.

I won't have to wear makeup. I will wear t-shirts, work out pants and rain boots. 

Thank the good Lord there WILL BE cabins with showers and toilets.  

There will also be lots of memories made and I cannot wait to get there! 

Epic Ladies Weekend Part 2

So on Friday, Savanah, Rochelle, and I got in the car to head to Austin. I will say we were a little skeptical about how the weekend would go since we were headed to meet complete strangers. We definitely had the "oh no what if this weekend goes terribly wrong" conversations and figured we were in for a trip that would be talked about for quite some time. Well all I can say is that we accomplished that. We made awesome friendships and had a great time that will be laughed about for quite some time. 

Friday night, we went to Shady Grove and met up with Brittany, Holly, and Jana. We had never met these ladies before so we did what anyone would do...use that as an excuse to head straight to the bar!  Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures this night. I made up for that on Saturday night don't you worry. 

Saturday, we went to Home Slice and Hey Cupcake for some deliciousness. Let me tell you ladies, these cupcakes are awesome. The icing is made with cream cheese and it's so good. It definitely rivals Sprinkles, but it's hard to compare because they are very different. 

Saturday night, we met a group out at Iron Cactus for dinner. The food was great, but the company was better! 

 Rochelle, me, Savanah, Jenn, Mandy, Emily, and Stephanie

 We danced the night away as if we had been friends for years. It was one of the most fun nights I have had in awhile and I can't wait to spend more time with these ladies. 

 I wish this picture wasn't blurry. That's what I get for letting the door guy be in charge of the camera. 

And I will leave you with that picture. What would your caption be for it???

Epic Ladies Weekend Part 1

If you follow me or any of the girls in these pics, you probably already know a lot about our weekend in Austin. Let me rephrase that, you know what happened between the hours of 2:00 AM until 5:00 AM on Saturday night/Sunday morning due to the fact that we thought it would be a good idea to blow up twitter at that time. 

We had a fantastic weekend getting together with Houston  bloggers and Austin bloggers. Here are a few pictures to preview until I have time to actually post details. If you weren't there, you missed out! 

My Bad Attitude About SATC

I have a very bad habit of getting into bed, turning all of the lights off, and then playing on my phone. I can ALWAYS find something to look at whether its Twitter, blogs, my mom's facebook account since I don't have my own, People, TMZ, etc. You name it, I will look at it. 

One night last week, I was doing just that and came upon this article by People magazine. I may be late to this news, however I am just now reading about it. 


When do sequels and prequels EVER work? SATC 2 was decent. I will give them that, but it didn't even compare to the first one. I can't even imagine SATC 3. How can you possible think SATC will work without SJP and the rest of the gang???

No matter how great these girls may be, it just will not be the same!


They once made the mistake thinking that Kelly and Zach could be replaced. You think they would have learned then! 

Even when they use the right characters, sequels don't always work! Usually Reese can do no wrong in my book, but this was a bust! 

Why ruin a good thing???

I heard the sequel/prequel (whatever) to Star Wars or Star Trek was a total bust, but that's not really my thang! So if it's yours, maybe you can understand my pessimistic attitude. 

Rather than get disappointed, I am not going to get my hopes up for SATC 3. Call me a pessimist if you want. Maybe I will be surprised. Maybe it will turn out to be the greatest movie ever. Who knows! 

What do you think about SATC 3? Are you looking forward to it? Are there any sequels or prequels that disappointed you? 

Rodeo Time

We laid around in the living room for hours just talking and catching up. Slowly one of us would get up to shower and then the next person wouldn't go shower for another hour. We were in no rush whatsoever. We finally made it out of the house around 3:00 and headed to RA Sushi for their happy hour sushi/drink menu. 

After RA, we headed over to Reliant Stadium for the Rodeo Cook Off. We walked around for awhile and then headed over to the stage to hear Cory Morrow play. 

 

We definitely had a few fried oreos. They were delicious!

We were home by 11:30 and ready to call it a night. Unfortunately, they had to leave at 5:40 AM on Sunday. Thankfully, I was able to go right back to bed! 

We had a great weekend and I hope it's not another 5 years before we can all get together at the same place and same time. There is nothing like getting together with your college friends and reliving the college days just for a weekend. Yes, I said just for a weekend. No way could I do that or want to do that all the time!