Fireflies

Chris hasn't been able to sleep lately,

he'll wake up super early and can't fall back asleep.

He's been so sweet and letting me sleep in,

even though he HATES being awake while I'm asleep, cause he gets bored.

So last night I woke up and realized that he was nowhere to be found.

I texted him asking where he was and he said,
"I'm watching fireflies at the park, come join me :)"

What the?  Most random and romantic thing ever!

Neither of us had ever seen any,

so I quickly hopped in my car and headed to the park

to find him on a bench.

We spent a little while quietly watching the cute fireflies,

they are magical!!

Unfortunately I got there right as it was winding down,

but it was the coolest thing I've ever seen.

Here's a tiny morsel-

K, I don't know if that worked, I've never uploaded a video.

Also while I was asleep, Chris went by himself

to Bed,Bath, and Beyond to buy us

some little dishes to make pazookies!!

We're huge fans of BJ's yuuummmy pazookies and

wanted to try making them at home!

Our cookie dough didn't turn out the best,

but paired with ice cream, it ended up being pretty tasty!

Oh, have you ever heard of the movie, We Bought a Zoo?

I'd seen previews and thought it'd be the cheesiest movie.

But Chris really wanted to rent it, for whatever reason,

and it turned out to be so good!

It really wasn't cheesey, kiddy, at all, I was so surprised.

I definitely recommend it, haha.

We decided that we want to have a curly red-headed girl,

the girl in the movie is so stinkin cute.

Here she is-

Speaking of cute, I was playing around with my Instagram the other day,

and can I just say that I have the most adorable husband in the world???

He obviously doesn't get too into "posing for pictures"

but he puts up with me :)

I am one lucky girl :)

Tears of Laughter

Yesterday Chris and I were reminiscing about some funny moments

from our dating and early married times.

It started with me pointing out that I've only seen him cry twice-

once when he proposed and the other when we got married :)

He says that he was just nervous and his voice was shaking

when he sang me my song the day he proposed,

but I know the truth-there were legitimate tears :)

That got us talking about my emotional side...

I always told him when we were dating that I never cried,

which was true, I was never a cry-er...until late college haha.

He reminded me about the time I had his whole birthday planned out

with doing fun activities and finishing the day making him a nice meal,

which is a very rare occurrence.

I ended up getting really sick that day and trying SO hard to cook.

He came over and saw me bending over at the stove trying

not to throw up.  He was so sweet and took me to the couch,

turned on the TV, put a blanket over me, and told me he would finish dinner.

When he looked back over at me, I was bawling on the couch.

I felt so bad that he had to make his own birthday dinner.

He told me last night how he was so confused

and how he felt like he just made things worse,

when really, I was just an emotional wreck cause I really wanted to impress him

and epically failed!

Since being married, I've had my fair share of emotional days.

The main thing that makes me really stressed and insecure

is...of course....cooking.

It's such a dumb thing to get so worked up about, and I've gotten better,

but when we first got married, it was awful.

I felt like now that I was married, I needed to all of a sudden

be a fantastic cook and take care of my hubby,

but it did NOT come that easily.

Chris said that funniest emotional breakdown I had was when I had

planned to make his favorite meal that he gets from Cheesecake Factory

(and it's kind of a complicated recipe but I was excited to try)

I got all the ingredients from the store and that night

was about to get cookin!

Then I realized that one of the most important ingredients, mozarella cheese,

was not in the fridge.  I thought I had some and didn't buy any.

My emotions were all out of whack from stupid birth control

anyways, but this threw everything over the edge.

Chris looked over from the living room and didn't see me in the kitchen anymore.

Cause I was on the kitchen floor....in the fetal position, CRYING

because I didn't have  mozarella cheese.

He had to come over and console me and tell me it'd be ok cause we had string cheese.

That wasn't good enough for me, I had ruined our special meal.

Again, Chris was at a loss for how to deal with his crazy irrational wife haha.

Anyways, talking about all of that last night I was in tears, but this time

cause I was laughing so hard.

I love that we can look back at things like that and make fun of

how ridiculous it was.

On a complete side note, I've decided I am pretty much a vampire zombie.

You know things are bad when you lay out by the pool for 30 minutes.....
at nine oh clock in the morning....when it's cool and overcast...

and you come home with DISTINCT tan lines.

I am almost transparent, but hopefully

I'll be able to adjust my schedule more this summer

so I can take some time and be out in the sunlight like normal human beings.



Something amazing happened the other day.

Chris and I went for a run,

which, yes, is amazing in and of itself.

We are not athletes...

Well, we both play racquetball but

as there are hardly ANY courts here,

we haven't played in forever.

So we're trying to get in better shape

and I convinced Chris that we should go

to the park for a jog.

It was obvioiusly an inspired decision because

when we got there, we noticed it was

full of huge trucks and trailors.

We went up to someone and asked what

was going on and found out that they

were having a massive BBQ competition!

And that we could walk around

and sample everyone's food!

Um, yes please!

I was soooo excited, it was the funnest thing.

There were so many different booths

with authentic, delicious

southern barbeque.

Delicious!

(Pardon how sickly we look, we hadn't seen the sun

in a while)

Chris loved the car show

This park is one of our new favorite places :)  So pretty!

We also went to the OkC zoo recently,

which was pretty fun, except

for the fact that we got there

like 45 minutes before it was closing.

We had to speedwalk around the whole park,

and a lot of the animals were already

put away for feeding haha.

But the things that we did see were pretty cool!

This was my favorite part, this

cute little guy was just walking around!

So fun.

I'm hoping we can keep doing some

fun things during the day now that it's warm,

our skin is dying for some sunlight!!





Day Off!

I cherish the days that Chris and I have off of work together,

especially now that he's working a lot of overtime

to get enough hours for PA schools.

Tonight was especially fantastic since we both had

pretty rough weeks at work.

Yesterday was a very busy and draining day

in good ol' labor and delivery.

Chris started off the evening by waking up and going

out with the missionaries, meaning that

I got to sleep in :)

Thank goodness, because I've been developing a cold.

After watching The Vow (finally!) while Chris

took a nap (he said he would throw up if he watched it),

I woke up my sleepy hubby and we had some fun in the kitchen!

If you know me at all, you know that I am NOT a good cook,

neither do I enjoy it very much.

It just takes up so much thought and time,

plus I get very frustrated if it doesn't turn out as good as I want.

However, when I get to cook with Chris,

it's one of my favorite things!

We have so much fun trying out new things,

and it's a good way to spend time together.

We talk, laugh, sing, and dance around.

LOVE it!

We started off with potstickers as our appetizer,

then tried out a new recipe I found

for chicken parmesan burgers.

I hate spaghetti more than any food in the world,

so Chris sadly has never gotten to eat

the real chicken parmesan in this household.

It was a good compromise to have

all the flavory goodness of the dish on a bun instead of spaghetti.

As we ate, we watched the show we've been waiting for,

Next Food Network Star!

We're food network junkies.

It inspires me to want to cook better haha.

Next we had some fun learning a new song

to sing and play on guitar.

Chris's musical ability always amazes me,

he can hear a song one time

then just start playing away perfectly.

Now currently, he is quizzing me on bands

that I've never heard of

and, as usual, being disappointed

in my lack of musical knowledge.

Oh well, I'm slowly learning!

So all in all, a great night with my best friend :)





Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!

I am so blessed to have the most incredible mom in the world.

She's the most kind, patient, and loving person I know.

She has always been my best girlfriend,

someone I could call at anytime and tell all about my day.

She has been through so much and yet always keeps her

family and the Lord as her top priorities.

She is my hero.

I hope that someday I can be half the mother that she is.

I look up to her in every way.

I'm sad that I can't be with her on this mother's day,

but I hope she has an incredible day and feels

of the love that all of her kids have for her.

I love you mama!!





Starting a Blog

I've always wanted to have my own blog,

but had no idea what I would ever write about!

Our lives are not the most exciting right now,

it mainly consists of working and being bored on our nights off.

So although I might not have too many exciting posts,

I thought I'd give it a shot!