Weekending: Some of my Favorite Memories!

Man, yesterday was definitely a Monday and despite all my intentions on getting the weekend post up it just wasn't happening. So here I am for a late recap but it was such a good one that I didn't want to not get it posted. I love looking back here on my little space of mine and cherishing the memories so a late post it is!

On Saturday we celebrated my sister in law Randi for graduating with her MBA! It was such a fun time spending part of the day with friends and family celebrating. I am so proud of you Randi!

That evening I made it back home in time to bake a couple of strawberry pies for Mother's Day. I had never made a strawberry pie but I was so happy with how they turned out! I used this recipe but made my own crust and used the strawberries we handpicked from the strawberry field.

On the morning of Mother's Day two of my nieces and one of my nephews were dedicated at church.  It was such a special moment, love these babies!

All of us with my Mother In Law after the church service.

That afternoon we celebrated my mother in law with a cookout. It was such a beautiful day so the guys grilled burgers and we all ate and played outside for the rest of the afternoon. My nephews had the time of their life playing with Haddock in the creek and my niece Presley couldn't give Haddock enough kisses!

Happy Mother's Day to me from my fur baby Haddock! hehe

 That evening we celebrated my mom and my sister with dinner. It was such a fun time because my mom is a HUGE Paul McCartney fan and I had secretly won her tickets a few days before for his concert this summer. She was so happy and surprised, it was so perfect!

It was a great weekend with a ton of memories made with friends and family! My mom, mother in law and sister deserve to be celebrated everyday because they are such wonderful moms! I love you guys, I'm so glad each of one you holds such a special place in my heart and life!

I hope y'all are having a wonderful week!

       

Weekending Outside!

This weekend we had the most gorgeous weather here in Oklahoma and we took full advantage of it! We kicked off the weekend by celebrating Cinco De Mayo with delicious mexican food and a couple margaritas followed by another couple of drinks on the patio when we got home. It was the perfect start to the weekend. 

 

 

Saturday we had full day of fun! We started off the day with picking strawberries at a local garden, it was a nice way to slow down and just relax even though it was kind of a lot of work! I'll share more on the picking tomorrow. Afterwards we headed to a local rose festival which I snagged a few bags of local veggies, ah I love this time of year - fresh eats! Then we continued on to the another local food truck festival. We had a little Cajun and Greek and then headed on out of town to the lake. Kyle went fishing on Sunday so he wanted to see how the lake was since we just had a ton of rain here. A quick walk around the lake with Haddock and we were back on the road headed home to watch the Derby! We watched the race at a local pub on their patio and then headed on to our next few stops to run errands and ended the night with dinner on a patio again. The weather was too perfect not to spend the whole day outside!

Sunday I cleaned the house and got ready for the week while Kyle went fishing. We finished off the day with church and then dinner once again out on a patio. It was a great weekend and one that made this morning extra hard!

Day at the Lake

Yesterday after church Kyle and I headed home to change clothes and grab the pup real quick before heading to the lake for the afternoon. It was such a pretty day that we didn't want to waste inside doing chores! We picked up lunch and had a picnic next to the water. Haddock LOVES the water, but hates bathes, so he was having the time of his life! {Now read as we don't have kids so I took a hundred pics of our dog.} 

I hope y'all had a wonderful weekend and survived the Monday blues! We are about to have record breaking high temps here in Oklahoma this week so bring on the spring fever!

 

Weekending: Big 12 Champs, Christmas Gala and Tree Decorating!

Ah man, Monday. Raise your hand if you have the Monday blues because I sure do. However, only 9 more workdays for me until after the first of the year so the blues aren't too thick! This weekend was fast but good. Friday Kyle and I went to a local pub for dinner and then to look at Christmas lights for a little bit afterwards, low key and perfect since we had an early morning on Saturday. 

 

 

We headed to Norman bright and early Saturday for the big Bedlam game. If you aren't from Oklahoma our state is divided between two big college teams, really three, but two for the rivalry. Oklahoma Sooners and Oklahoma State. We of course are big Sooner fans and the game this year was at OU. The weather was less than favorable so we dressed in many many layers and thank goodness Kyle has two really good fishing rain suits that we wore. I'm so glad Kyle talked me into wearing the suit despite it being big and making me look like a firefighter, it kept me very warm and dry. It rained the entire game and neither one of us had a drop of water on our clothes afterwards when we took the suits off. AND the Sooners won!!!! This is OU's 84th bedlam win and our 10th Big 12 Championship title! BOOMER SOONER!!! We're headed to the Sugar Bowl on January 2nd, get ready Auburn!

After the game we grabbed dinner at one of our favorite taco shops and did a little Christmas shopping and then headed back home. 

 

 He did such a good job helping me with the tree!

Mom and I at the beginning of the Gala, she looked so pretty!

 

 Little stinking cutie! 

 All of us having fun at the Gala!

 My mom and mother in law twinning! So I got them both this sweater a few Christmases ago. When we got to the church I told my mom, wouldn't be funny if Leslie was wearing her's too. Sure enough!

 My sister in law with my niece and her mother in law.

 My mom and I after the gala. I LOVE my dress, even though it looks a little frumpy here.

H&M Black Ruffle Dress

Yesterday after church and lunch we finished decorating our tree and I cleaned the house before attending a women's Christmas gala that evening. Me, my mom, mother and sister in law, sister in law and her mom, Kyle's aunt and my sister in law's mother in law (whew!) all went to my mother in law's church's women's Christmas Gala. It was a lot of fun to be with everyone at such a festive event. 

 

Haddock was like Mom, no it is too cold. I'm not getting outta bed!

 

We wrapped up the weekend with a little DVR catching up by our lit beautiful trees. PS, who else is obsessed with This Is Us?!! So good, right?!