Fall 2015

I am back!!!

Here at the Baker house it has been fast and furious with life. I started my masters this semester and that put a whole other meaning to busy for me. But I did wrap up all my classes with A's and B's #winning #busywifebusylife

In the past 4 months we have:

celebrated Sprinkles birthday  September 16th, she is 2 now and we love our little hairy bodied girl!!

Celebrated our nephew Kallahan's birthday in September  This boy love his British Peppa Pig family!

We celebrated Tim's birthday with his family, I feel as we are getting older we appreciate the opportunity to spend our special days with the ones we love most. 32 will be an amazing year for him, I love this man!!

We had some losses in my family, which is always the hardest. I lost my cousin and my uncle, both very close together in time. With loss there is so much pain, but also you get to come in close to your family and feel their love and support for one another. I am so thankful that I got to be there for both sides of my family.

#forevercousins

Sprinkles helped do laundry the only way she knows how, sit on all it! This is what she does when we get back in town - helps!

Sprinkles got some new jammys- why is she not the cutest!!!

My niece Kenzie and I made pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving- 1) she is a great help in the kitchen
 2) our dough was from scratch 3) our pie was the BEST!!!!

#homemadeforthewin

This pug bug didn't like me doing school work so she would grab items from around the house and taunt me with it until I got up to chase her down. Side note- she hadn't gotten my slipper in a long while- she was grasping at straws to get my attention.

#slipperchase

A sweet family at school gave me this adorable mug- its a Pug mug with a tail on the back- WHAT? It is the best to drink out of!!

Tim had his Christmas party for work and of course I went to help out eat. It was a fun night with his work team. Also, I love when I get inspiration from friends on clothing- thanks Kadee)

This past Sunday we had some snow fall so Tim and I took advantage of snuggling in bed with our fur baby. She likes to lay sweetly (sometimes), but when she does she is the best!!!!

My niece Kenzie had a basketball game, we really like going to the kids' games so we loaded up and headed out. Her team did so good!! Kenzie even took over and made a shot! It was a good moment for her Blackhawks basketball team!!!

I am enjoying my last school day of 2015 with a party and sweet parents! 

#blessed

Life Lately

This summer has flown by and I am heading back to work, another school year awaits. I don't feel like I did a whole lot this summer but here are a few things that happened.
1) We ordered furniture back in May and it arrived end of July. I made our pillow covers since finding a good looking throw pillow is sometimes hard. (that second pic makes our couch and table look baby size)

2) We went to Albuquerque for a few days, it was OK. I have realized NM is good for food, and that's about it. There isn't a whole lot to do there but we enjoyed some spouse time with out Sprinkles. Although probably after 12 hours I was ready to come home because I missed that furry baby. I find some sunglasses and we enjoyed some amazing Mexican food at El Pinto. This restaurant is more like a compound, it was huge and has seen many political and famous people.  It was a great restaurant.

                       

                    

             

 1) El Pinto    2) Hatch Green Chili strips (amazing)   3) the patio, I mean seriously

                                       

Here is a parking meter that I really didn't have to put money into, but I am glad I did. Living in TX, we do not have any where I am from so to get to use one like in the movies, yes please!!         
                          

                               

I found some super cute Kate Spade sunglasses found here at Dillard's, I am sure they are else where but didn't see them.

3) I recently signed up for Ebates, its a cash back rewards program for online shopping. If you know your going to order something online why not get 2-6% cash back. They pay you every quarter, so with back to school shopping and Christmas coming up it could help you out. Just check it out, you wont be disappointed, I promise.

4)We threw my dad a surprise 60th birthday party. His brother came into town for the occasion and his friends all showed up. I snapped these pics of my nephew and nieces and cousins being silly with props.

5) I have seen some blog gals do an empties post, basically it is beauty things that you have used and are empty and weather they were a good item for you or if it wasn't worth the hype. I have been collecting my items this summer and will have an empties post in September, fingers crossed on the timing.




 

June = Summer

Summer has started and it has been a rough start. Ashley and I have shared a couple mornings in a row of craziness i.e. Sprinkles got sick on the floor at 5:30 one morning. Not typically how I want to start my day. Tim has been a busy bee at work while I am trying to get our house back in order from the school year neglect. Tim and I went on weekend getaway with my parents to Dallas. My dads brother lives there with some of my cousins. Last time we saw them was at our wedding. 

We enjoyed some Topgolf with everyone and maybe a Bloody Mary, because why not it's summer. 

There were games of tetherball and other doors fun. (I may have told Tim that I want a tetherball in our yard, it's a fun game). 

We found out that Sprinkles if ok to sit on the floor while riding around town, so nice to not hear her crying in her crate. 

We took a little drive to see the Dam in Denison, it was crazy from all the rain. It had a lot of people coming to see it. 

I am gearing up for a garage sale, I am not a fan at all. But it is not really logical to throw away a couch (although someone in our neighborhood did), if we can let someone else get use out of it or any of our stuff I know that is better. Out with the old and in with the new, yeah for me!! I will be sure to share pics when out new items come in. 

I have decorated for the summer, I decided patriotic is a good thing for the summer. I like to decorate for things that will cover for a while like 2 months at the minimum. It keeps our house festive without me having to worry about it. 

 

(I made the bunting from scrapbook paper, Pom Poms from Hobby Lobby, the pillow from Kohls, the patriotic star from Shopko)

Tim and I went to Kansas this past weekend, he was part of a golf tournament and I hung out with Kelley and the boys. We took Sprinkles with us and the boys are big fans of hers. They enjoy chasing her and she enjoys hiding in the bathroom. Kelley and I took the boys to a water park to beat the heat. We ended our day with a family and friends cookout. 

These boys love Speinkles 

Kelley had ordered the boys a pug shirt and they wore them with Sprinkles, we tried real hard to get a pic of them with her = impossible. 

Sunday morning Keeler woke up to read the paper,of course. He was so funny,  he sat there enjoying a read and I don't think he even noticed I was there. 

I have a couple of weeks with Tim with no interruptions of him traveling for work. I am excited!! We have been enjoying our evenings cooking dinner together and playing with our fur-baby. And I did not forget to tell Tim happy Sprinkles dad day, he sure does love her. 

I am enjoying my summer so far and hoping for more fun to come!

Anniversary Month

Holy Moly!
We are celebrating our 1 year anniversary this weekend. I remember this time last year I was finishing guest favors and final touches. Wow, what happens in a year is amazing!
We have plans to eat at our restaurant, its where we had our first date, where we got engaged and now where we will celebrate. It really is our place and we love to go there for special/momentous occasions.

These past couple of weeks have been super crazy, Tim has been out of town for the most of 3 weeks, it is his busy season. I am wrapping up my year at a new school, thankful it is almost summer time. I am ready for time off with our first child Sprinkles. This is the picture I sent to Tim one evening, "I spy Sprinkles feet"

We celebrated my mother in laws birthday, Kelley and I joined efforts and found her some arm candy, a new watch and a bracelet with some cute necklaces. Accessorizing is fun! We did not get to see Pam in her new duds but soon I am sure. Also this weekend was my brother in laws birthday, we did not see him due to busy schedules but we did send him this pic to show our love from a distance.

Speaking of accessorizing I enlisted the eyes of a few friends to help add a few things to my house. I love the idea of decorating but sometimes I am too close to a project that I miss something. So after visiting with my gals of what I was thinking and what they see is needed or altered we decided we need a rug in the kitchen. Big moments here. I love hearing others ideas, like adding a rug to my kitchen (this will be larger than just a small mat in front of the sink), to add dimension and color. Here are some picks, I am also wanting to add some multi-colored curtains by our windows.

Our kitchen is just so dark due to our cabinets so I want to lighten it up. (pic from the fall)

Feel free to give some input. And along with accessorizing and revamping, we are I am starting to get an itch for new furniture. We haven't bought any except our kitchen and bedroom furniture when we bought our house. Like I want to go spend money on furniture in a big way. I haven't really convinced the hubby to want to go looking, but I know he will come around soon:)

I saw this pug pic in Facebook, his name is Doug! I'm sorry I can't get over his Harry Potter rendition, he is perfection. And his lightning bolt scar, eeeek!  Ahh, Sprinkles boyfriend?! I think yes!

Here's to a wonderful weekend that was started by a little girl talk in the parking lot of Starbucks, thanks Ashley!! 

Easter travels

Tim and I had a wonderful weekend in Kansas for Easter. Getting to go to Kansas is very special for my husband, he grew up on the farm so when we go he is at the farm 98%  of the time. I am thankful I have Kelley (my sis-in-law) and other ladies of the family or else I would be really bored. On Friday we did a quick trip to a neighboring town that has a variety of stores like TJ Maxx to do a little fun shopping. (Their TJ Maxx is way better than the one here in Amarillo, so we were all excited to find some random goodies.)
We showered Tim's cousin Amber with a beautiful baby shower for sweet baby Avery Jean, I love that name. Had lots of Easter fun with the boys and Sprinkles.

                                 

Sprinkles slept the whole way home, so it was nice and quiet. The food pic is our 21 day fix approved lunch, we only ate it because Kelley made us. NO, she didn't make us but that's what was available and we all felt pretty good after eating a clean healthy lunch.

Some new faves of mine just to throw them in here quickly. Sally Hansen Miracle Gel polish, it is fun and it has stayed on for several days. The real test will be to see if it stays on for 14 days as advertised. Kelley and I bought ours at the local Shopko in Ulysses, KS but they are every where and sold in sets.

                                               

Since receiving Julep's monthly box of goodies only twice I know I am new to them and will receive even more goodies, but one I got in the months box was called don't leave your brows at home. OOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! This is amazing! OK, I am a firm believer that you need eyebrows and 2 of them at that. It is the first thing I look at when I meet people and some times get jealous of others who have perfected their eye brows {one time at clerk was checking me out at a local store and his eyebrows were way better than mine}. By no means are mine perfect, but by golly I sure do try to make them look good everyday!

                                                  

Another fave, my new sister  necklace from Kelley, we thought we both needed one so that happened.     Kelley helped get mine since she felt that she didn't get me a birthday present many months ago, so I kindly let her indulge me on this one. 

                                                         

We tried to get our other sister to get one, and Tiffany doesn't wear jewelry so she needs something else in place of the necklace. Maybe we can do sister purses? Either of these will do, a girl can wish and want right? 

School has been super busy with standardized testing prep, we are almost finished and home free for the year. I am ready for fun field trips and easy sailing fun days, again I can dream right? We are making plans  with some friends this weekend for a double date to see Furious 7. We have heard only good things about it so we are excited to see it, and Tim has been wanting to see several movies and we just haven't been. It's a Tim filled weekend with a movie and yard work, that's what you do when you get older. 

As of lately

Us Baker's haven't been up to a whole lot but its been nice to glide through and enjoy some time.

last weekend we got to go support Tim's cousin Jace in arenacross, yikes, it had a lot going on. I had never been to anything like it before but it was fun to be there and support family.  Although he did end with a broken collar bone it was neat to see what he does for fun. 

Tim and I celebrated our 10 month anniversary, wasn't it just yesterday that I was planning our wedding. And now we are planning our 1 year anniversary. Tiffany, my sis-in-law asked me (with a straight face) if we were celebrating our 2nd year of marriage this year. I had to laugh, although it does feel like its been a while it doesn't feel like its been that long.

I signed up for a Julep Maven box, I love getting things in the mail, especially goodies to use. So in this box I received the oxygen nail treatment (the nail make-up), it really does cover your nails imperfections and smooths it out while letting oxygen still flow through. I haven't tried the nail polish yet but they are good fall colors, too bad spring time is upon us.

This weekend was PI Day, so I made the best kind of PIe, apple and cherry. Tim was glad to help me in the kitchen and tackle the apple pie. It was really good, I am just not a huge fan of crunchy apples in pies and he does. So it was definitely in his favor. I used this excuse for dessert making for a family dinner at my parents house. It was a feast of tamales and pie. 

 Tim said you know its homemade with burn marks, oops, but they were both enjoyed.

Baby Spencer was also there enjoying family time as well, here is Bella and Spencer. She had never held Spencer or a baby for that matter so I helped a girl out. 

She wasn't too excited and was a little like a robot holding him but she did great and will want to do it again for sure!

Yesterday we had a scare with Sprinkles, ahhh! We were on a nice family walk in our neighborhood since it was such a great sunny day, and she got out of her collar, yikes! How do you catch a dog who doesn't like to be touched? I knew she was a gonner and I would never see her again but finally we just sat on a curb and talked to her, she stayed right with us and never ran too far. Tim grabbed her and we headed straight home. I felt horrible for her getting away  but it is just an excuse for her to go to PetSmart and try on new a harness (she had one but chewed it up).

This is her yesterday after her escape plan failed and this morning, always with a blanket and probably snuggling (by herself), we love our Sprinkles bug and would be so sad if something tragic happened to her.


This picture pretty much sums up how we feel about her.
 

 This is the start of my spring break and I would be loving it more if I hadn't just come back from the dentist. 

2 fillings were fixed and numbness to go around, blah. This week is my dear friend Ashley's birthday, St. Patrick's Day and days off with Tim. Yeah for Spring Break!!!