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2 Year Anniversary of Our Reception Par-Tay!

Here are some of my favorites from that night. 

Ryan and I rocking it out

Some Ballman Bear friends and one we picked up along the way :)

I love his natural smile...

Cutting the cake that turned out way too blue, but I loved it anyway!

More of the Ballman Bear crew...Christie, Rachel, Jane Anne, Amy, Meg, Mary, and Megan

Good times with good friends

The Barnett table

Jerry and Tiffany's dance off

It should be noted that our reception was also Nicole's birthday party, therefore today is her birthday as well! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICOLE!!

"Honey Do"

We've been in our new house for almost 3 months now, and a lot of work has been done considering this last weekend was only our 2nd weekend home in 3 months. Dustin has been super busy cleaning up the yard. Corky came in town this weekend to help Dustin water seal our fence so it won't look gray by the end of the year. While they were at it, they also put fresh mulch down and power washed the siding. Our house is now sparkling (from the outside at least)!

Before/After pic of the water seal

The next 3 pictures are from two weeks before we moved into the house. We went over the house (before it was even ours) to mow the yard and pull up all of the cane that was growing in the back yard. We picked up more rocks that day than we ever have in our lives. These 3 pictures were taken after we'd been working for 2 hours and they make the yard seem like it was halfway decent. 

This is after Dustin had to weed-eat the whole backyard, then mow the grass because it was so high. We also couldn't mow until we picked up all the rocks, sticks, and cane! We perspired a lot that day!

Look at it now! 

Oh, and mom and Johnny gave us their old (I say old, but it's pretty darn new) couch since they ordered a new one for their house. I was so excited to get this because a sectional is just what I wanted. We sold our old coffee table and end tables and bought this ottoman coffee table with our profits! It matches perfectly! I do not know what to do with that wall by the lamp. It scares me. Any suggestions???

We ended this long day eating some good ole grilled shrimp on our new couch and ottoman! Yay!

Surprise, Surprise!

 No, I'm not pregnant! 

We went to the lake last weekend! We drove the easy drive of 45 minutes we have now to Lake Ouachita from our house. Corky and Debbie wanted to do things a bit different this time because of how hot it's getting (isn't it funny how we think it's getting hotter every year, but we're really just getting older?) We went out on the water at 9:30 and stayed out til 1:30. The lake was like glass at that time, and the temperature was wonderful. We drove in to Hot Springs for lunch at Cajun Boilers (best shrimp EVER) and went back out on the water from 7:00-10:00, hence the beautiful sunset. 

Us pretending Gabby is our dog.

Mr. July

Oh, the life. Debbie and I kept saying how lucky mom and Johnny are to be able to look at this every night. We're jealous.

Debbie and Gabby, who got to go out because it was cooler. Otherwise it's too hot, and Gabby just can't get that gorgeous-gotta-be-groomed hair wet.

I got a table, I got a table, I got a table, hey hey hey hey!!

I worked summer school for this table. I hated every minute of it, but everyday I would think to myself, "I just made $80. I'm $80 closer to getting my table," and that would get me through.

Here it is.....Good things come to those who work. What do ya think??? 

It can be skinny like this without the leaf...

Or big and square like this. It has a "butterfly" leaf that latches underneath it and folds out, so you don't have to lift the leaf out and store it.

I LIKEY!!!!

4th and 2

4th of July and our 2 Year Anniversary! Dustin took a couple of days off work and we headed to Tenkiller and Fayetteville for a 5 day weekend!

We had a great weekend at Tenkiller on the 4th of July! The rain tried to put a damper on our parade, but we just wouldn't let it. After sprinkling and scattered storms early Saturday afternoon, the sun finally peaked itself out for the most beautiful part of the day. We were out for almost 8 hours. Addi is talking up a storm and she is quite the dare devil. She jumps off the boat, isn't afraid to go under, and loves the water. 

There she goes!

Beautiful Lake Sunset 

Addi loves her some animals, just like her Aunt Carly!

Putting some graffiti on Papa's driveway

2 years ago we were on a Catamaran in Barbados swimming with the sea turtles!!

When we left from the lake, Dustin and I headed to NW Arkansas for a couple of days for our anniversary. We wanted to catch up on all of the changes taking place up there, go find our names on the senior walk, and head to Eureka one day. First, we ate lunch with our friends Hayley and Andy. We got to see their wedding proofs and catch up on their honeymoon adventures (sorry, no picture). Later, we stopped at Turpentine Creek, the big cat refuge outside of Eureka. There are so many neglected big cats that have luckily found their way to Turpentine, where they can live out their days without human abuse, even if it means they have to be in a cage. 

This monstrous African Lion was devouring his dinner. Yes, we got to see feeding time!

This little lady was taking her a cool, relaxing bath.

This is Tiger, a 1 year old Bobcat. He was so playful!

This was the one Bengal tiger at the refuge. Doesn't he look comfy? The guide said he is nicknamed "man eater" because Bengals are known for being pretty aggressive toward humans.

This was Delilah...she purred.

Next we headed to campus so we could find out names on the senior walk. I also wanted to get some black and white shots of Old Main for our Razorback themed office. I bought a few different black and white printed sheets of scrapbook paper to mount these pictures with in black frames for the office.

I found my name! Dustin was embarrassed of my excitement.

I feel sorry for Jose Colon. What a name...

2 years down!

Wordless Wednesday...Oh, Who am I Kidding?

We took Rudy to Lake Ouachita this last weekend. Rudy jumped up on the ledge of the deck, which is probably 15 feet from the ground, and this made his daddy really nervous, so I had to get him down. Rudy was not happy about me taking away his little bit of freedom.

Jailed Kitty! Caught being widdle!

Rudy LOVES the car! Another reason why we don't think he's really a cat. Did I mention he feel into the bath (fully immersed into the water-pretty sure he got water up his nose) last night? AND he jumped right back up onto the edge of the tub, completely unphased? Yeah...definitely not a normal cat.

I know our cat isn't that interesting to most people, but we love him like a real son. He will continue to get our full time attention and love until we have a real son one of these days!

P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JERRY!!!