Easter Weekend

We had a wonderful first Easter at our house. Austin's siblings all came over on Saturday night and stayed the weekend. We enjoyed the gorgeous weather and played blongo ball in our yard. Austin beat us all but one time.

Sunday we all went to our church downtown together and enjoyed the wonderful worship and sermon.

We made burgers, fruit salad, and veggies for lunch and it was so fun to have company for the weekend. We were blessed with such beautiful weather we even got to enjoy our desserts (raspberry sherbet in lemons) out in the yard. They were pretty and delicious! 

Lemon Dessert Bowls Source

And now we are back to colder and rainy weather. But I'm keeping my eyes on the weekend which is supposed to be warm! Hope you all had a wonderful Easter remembering how Jesus paid the penalty for our sin so that we could have eternal life. 

the day we bought a house

This year I have decided that I really would like to TRY to blog more often. (I feel like I decide that every year. oops!) My life is busy but I feel like I can make a better attempt to at least write a blog post while I watch Greys Anatomy:) I especially want to document and share with family some of the biggest moments of our lives so far. The first one being the day we bought a house. December 18th we closed on our first house. Some of you may have seen the photos when we got our keys (since I'm obsessed with Instagram). 

Carrying me into our first home.

Like I've said and will say a million times again..I love our home. There is a lot of furniture to buy and decorating to do but I'm going to try to take it slow and really enjoy the process. I loved having my sister here during Christmas break. Brit has a real eye for design so we worked together to come up with a plan for the main area, our living room. She also helped me move it around to make it work with the furniture we have now. Hopefully I will make time to write about the changes that go on over here at our new home. 

L.C.

ending the year on a good note

Happy New Year!

We ended 2012 on a good note by purchasing our first house. It was a somewhat stressful and nerve-wracking experience (because I stress) but we love love it so much. The thing I love most is wanting to go home because I feel relaxed and at ease here. We didn't love our previous rentals but we made it work and we made them home because that's where our little family was. But we definitely never felt at ease because we always were anticipating another move. Now we are not....not for a while hopefully.

We also ended the year on a good note by hosting our first party. We had some friends and my sister and brother in law over for New Years. My big sis and her hubs and my best friend Lauren and her hubs stayed the night and helped me put everything together. It was a simple night with drinks, appetizers, dinner, and desserts. It was perfect. I laughed a lot and it felt good to have people over and start the year off celebrating the friendships we have here. Here are a few pics from the evening.

 Had the best time with you and couldn't have pulled of the furniture rearrangement without you.

Champagne Flutes Brit & I painted.

The pre-dinner spread. 

You will always be my best friend!

the husbands

Hubs

I hope someone got a good version of this picture. haha

Love my girls.

It was a super great time. And now I've been back at work for two days and tomorrow is Friday! I'd say it's been a pretty dang good start to 2013.

L.C.

23rd street

Austin and I have fallen in love with the area we moved to. When we decided to move to OKC we searched a long time to find the right place. We had an awesome landlord in Norman that let us keep living in our current apartment until we found something. We ended up finding a great little place in an awesome neighborhood. And now the street by us is starting to build up even more. I drove back into town this afternoon happy to see that the orange leaf had opened. 

I should add that we can walk to this orange leaf. Watch out thunder thighs I see a lot of peanut butter yogurt in your future. Right next to orange leaf a new pizza +  beer restaurant is opening soon. If you know the hubs and I you know we could stuff our little faces with pizza all day everyday. We are super healthy around here. 

We had the chance to sit out on the patio, enjoy our frozen yogurt, and catch up on each other's weekends. I do love simple nights like this. And I'm ready for the exciting week ahead. This week in 2nd grade we are studying about the election process and having a mock election. Sometimes it's just awesome to be a teacher. :)

Have a great week!

L.C.

enjoying the weekend

This weekend I'm in Tulsa. I made the trip with my little sister while the husband is away on a mens retreat. Today we got outside and walked around downtown Tulsa to see all the new parks and restaurants. It's starting to really build up. If I could just convince the hubs to move. ;) We stopped by the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation park and then went by the Guthrie Green park. That would be such a neat picnic date night if there was a concert going. The husband and I love a good picnic.

Dia De Los Muertos art.

It's been a while since husband and I have spent a weekend apart and it's really kind of strange. Makes me realize how much I love that man even more. Any-who fist pumps for an extra hour of sleep tonight and one more day of rest before it's back to the grind on Monday. 

L.C.

First Day of School

Not sure why I have such a hard time hitting the "publish" button after I write a post. But here is the update I wrote after my first day of school in August. :)

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Last night I was in bed before 8:00. After several weeks of meetings and getting my room together with no air conditioning I felt like last night was the first time I could lay down and relax. I made it through my first day of school as a 2nd grade teacher and loved it. Yes, I've done student teaching and a long term subbing position but this is my first class.

I just know that after all the interviews and deciding between positions that this school is where God had planned for me to be. And as I was telling my sister last night on the phone (as she laughed at me for being in bed already..) I need to remember that fact all year after some of my students "true colors" shine or we have a difficult day. 

I feel so blessed to be able to teach these second graders and hope to be a light in their lives.

<3 Liz

brit came to town

It's officially summertime. Last Friday was the last day of school for my little second graders and I. It may be a small accomplishment in comparison to all of the years of teaching I have ahead of me-but to me it felt huge. To celebrate my big sis flew in from Atlanta for the long weekend. It was the bomb. It included some fun and a lot of relaxing. We both didn't mind lounging on the couch..because we deserved it. And we needed it.

On Saturday we grabbed dinner at Republic with some of our good friends Stephanie and Corbin. It's a great place for burgers here in the 405. And then we had made plans to go to a new place in town called dollhouse. It's a new burlesque-type place in Bricktown. And if you have ever seen the movie--don't get your hopes up-it's not like the movie. There is not a fantastic singer there. We didn't care for the place much especially when it turned into a club around 11. We got out of there pretty quick.

Republic

Beautiful sis.

Hubs, sis, and me!

Steph and Corbin

Sunday we went to our church and celebrated memorial weekend with brats! So healthy. :) We relaxed a lot, took the dogs on a walk, and started watching episodes of private practice on netflix. Sunday evening we made white pie and pepperoni pizza for the Thunder game. Husbands brother and his friend were in town and his little sis came over as well. While it was a disappointing game-we enjoyed some yummy pizza! It was the best long weekend.

I am enjoying these lazy days because soon I will start my first full year of teaching and I know I'm in for a roller coaster of a ride. I am thankful for the little celebrations.