Wife Him Up

Meet Miss Addyson Kay.  Take a good look because in about 25 years, she will be my daughter-in-law.  Yes, her parents {well, her mom is more into it than her dad} are totally on the same page as I am.  I mean she's pretty, she's smart, she's potty trained, she's the whole package.  She's also destined to be an athlete just like her mama and if she's an orthodontist like her dada then that will go well with Everett's professional golf or baseball career.

  We try to get these two crazy kids together twice a year to keep their romance alive seeing as Addy doesn't live in Kansas and long distance relationships are hard.  Plus I have to catch up with one of my oldest best buddies who also happens to be Everett's future mother-in-law.

 First meeting

 Love!

 Their moms trying to get them to kiss;)

 I just love this one.  Like a old married couple.

 Gorgeous girl

My favorite!

 



Fore!

Several reasons for this post.

1. To show Everett's love of golf.  I think he's likes it so much because it is always his turn, but he's actually pretty good.

2. I bought a new camera over the summer.  Here are some shots of me trying it out.  I am NOT a professional.  Just want some non-blurry pics.



Sew Cute: Little Cafe Curtains

I think we are all aware of my obsession with Pinterest.  I not only Pin just about everything, I also actually use, well, some of the Pins.  The blinds above my kitchen sink were not working.  They were old, dingy, dirty and quite frankly, ugly.  I decided on a little cafe curtain to replace the blinds. Here is a the sewing project I completed a few months ago.

 

This is the Pin.  I found the directions to complete this project on the Women's Day website.  For a tutorial, click here.

 

 A close up of the fabric I picked.  Like 99.9% of the popluation.  I am very into grey and yellow right now.  However, as you may have seen on my DIY chair update, I also like touches of black.  A friend of mine told me that every room should have at least one piece of black detail.

 This is the cheap girl's way of cutting straight lines.  Iron them and then I use my fabric cutter to make a straight line.

 Measuring my seams.

 Pinning.

 Ready to sew.

 I sewed a double seam.

 And there you go.  I found the spring rod and curtain rings at Target.  They are perfect because you don't have to sew holes at the top.  You can just clip them on!



Going to the Big D

{Almost} five years ago Grant and I said "I do" on a snowy, well, straight out blizzardy day in December.  A lot of couples take a romantic vacay for their fifth year anniversary.  Us?  We down some fried food at the Texas State Fair!  I first saw the ins and outs for the TSF when I saw Oprah and Gayle visit a few years ago.  I instantly put it on my bucket list.  What's a better time to visit than our first family vacation to Dallas.

This was a fantastic first family vacation.  The fair had a bunch of activities for kids.  Kiddie rides, animals and all the corn dogs my little buddy could eat.  BTW, the BEST corn dogs I have ever had the honor of tasting.  Yes, honor.  That's how good they are.  Get ready to wait in line for one of those babies.   Corny Dogs are the most popular food at the fair.

Speaking of food, don't plan on visiting and finding anything even remotely healthy.  There will be nothing grilled.  Not one single thing.  Here's a list of the foods we devoured-

Fried Waffle Balls, Corney Dogs, Chicken Fried Bacon, Fried Pumpkin Pie, Fried S'mores, Fried Peanut Butter and Jelly, Fried Cookie Dough, Popcorn and Pretzels.

We have already planned our second trip back to Dallas next year.  I mean, we have to try the Fried Jambalaya.

 Everett is pretty much obsessed with "basketball game".  He never even comes close to the goal, but the good thing about the Texas State Fair is that kids under 10 get a prize every time.  Just wish he could understand why we can't keep playing without giving the guy tickets.

 If you don't know, like I didn't, the TSF is located around the Cotton Bowl Stadium.

 Corny Dogs

 Big Tex.  Scared the you know what out of my son.

 Everett's favorite part of the fair...the fountains.  Yep, the free, boring fountains.