2 Years Ago Today...

Two years ago today Trevor and I were here:

On the beautiful island of St. John.

Doing this:

 

And even a little of this:

We went sailing for the first time.

I got seasick and got to do this:

We played a little of this:

Chased a couple of these:

Ate a lot of this:

And this.

And this.

Went on a sunset cruise:

Posed for a couple of these:

Did not want to leave!

Want to go back sometime.

Today I will just dream!

2 Years Ago Today...

At this very moment two years ago today I was putting on my wedding dress with the help of my best friends, sister, six week old niece, future sister in law, mom, and soon to be mother in law.  I honestly wasn't too nervous about the fact that I was about to walk down the isle to the man of my dreams and promised to love him for the rest of my life!  I was more in a grumpy mood because I didn't like how my hair was done :)  If I could go back and do the whole day over again that is honesty the only thing I would want to change.  I would get over the hair and enjoy being surrounded by the ones that I love and be giddy with anticipation about what was about to happen.

Either way (good hair or not) I walked down the isle to the man of my dreams, said "I do" (and a lot of other stuff), kissed him standing on my tippy toes, and walked down the isle for the first time as Mrs. Trevor Prewett!  It was the happiest day of my life.  Two years later I can honestly say that I love him more today than I did two years ago when I thought you couldn't love someone more.

Thanks, Love, for the loving me so well.  Thanks for the best two years of my life so far.  Thanks for putting up with me so well.  Thanks for making me so happy, and always checking to make sure that I am.  I love you so much, Happy Anniversary!

Girls Weekend

Two weekends ago we threw together an impromptu girls weekend in Austin.  Jessica came back to Texas from California for a little bit, so all the Austin folk planned to all get together for Dinner on Friday.  All of us out-of-towners (me, Johnna, Sarah, and Bernie) got jealous and invited ourselves to stay with Mal for the weekend :)  It was sooo refreshing to be all together again and not really have an agenda.  We went to dinner as planned on Friday with Jessica, Kellie, and Jane to Z Tejas.  Then we ventured out to 6th street for some dancing (and there might have been a little singing on stage involved).

The next morning we all slept in and went to a late breakfast at Einstein's.  We decided to take over the place so we sat at the biggest table and Bernie and I taught everyone how to play Settlers of Catan!  We might have made a scene.  After everyone was addicted to Settlers we ventured out to try to find the game extension that allows more players to play, we ended up finding it at Toy Joy.  Then we did a little shopping, a little snacking, and a little more shopping.  We decided to go back to Mal's house and spend the night in our sweat pants, eating pizzas, making cake balls, watching movies, and playing Settlers with the new extension.

Playing Settlers of Catan

Our Cake Balls with Sprinkles!

The next morning we all slept in again, made and ate some muffins, packed up, and got on the road.  Definitely ranks up there as one of the best girls weekends.  We all decided that we need to make it more of a scheduled event so that it will happen more often.  Thanks again Mal for letting us all stay with you!

Now a little about Trevor's weekend:

(Warning if you dont like looking at dead animals don't scroll down any further!)

I only got two pictures (and stole one from Mal) and they are not the best pictures because Trevor wanted to take the new camera with him on his hunting trip that weekend.  He went to the Kenedy Ranch with Austin, Robbie, Russell, Spook, and some of Spooks friends for the weekend.  I came back to find a lot of pictures of deer and a nilgai... both dead and alive.  I think he would want me to show off this picture of their success:

First Fruits

The grapefruits on our tree are changing colors and almost ready.  We got curious and picked a couple to try.  They were pretty good already, but definitely needed some sugar to sweeten them a little.  When we first bought the house they were about lime-sized and green.  We actually didn't even notice that there was a fruit tree in the yard when we first bought the house.  It wasn't until we got the electric report back that we noticed that they "fixed the wires at the back of the garage near the grapefruit tree".... sweet we have a grapefruit tree!  They have been slowly growing and changing colors.  We have been told that they are fully ripe when they are easy to pull off the tree.  It is still a struggle to pull them off and they are still yellowish, so not quite there...but so close!  Here are some picture of when we tried one:

We ate one while it was still kinda green, but was pinkish where a leaf had been.  Since then they have turned yellow.  See:

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my sweet mothers birthday!  I am so thankful for her and all that she has done for me.  I feel that when the time comes I will be somewhat prepared to be mother because of the great model she has been in raising me.  It wasn't until I was in the "real adult world" myself that I realized how much she did!  I have no clue how she managed to teach pre-k all day and then come home to two crazy little girls and still have time and energy for us.  We never had a clue that she might be tired and sick of kids :)  So thanks Mom! Thanks for all the home cooked meals that I now cherish, for loving Cara and I so well, for help with homework, sewing, cooking, etc., for being there whenever I have a question or need help, and mostly for being the best mommy in the whole world! Happy Birthday, I love you!  

House Before and Afters: Master Bedroom Edition

This is the last stop on the house before and after tours!  Unless you want to see the bathrooms...but we have not changed them at all and they are really not that interesting.  You will just have to come stay with us to see them... something has to be a surprise, right?  So without any further ado, here is the before picture:

Not the best picture.  Trevor was looking out the window, so you can see a little bit of him.  They had a treadmill folded up in the corner where I stood to take the picture, and you get a special sneak peak into the bathroom. :)

First thing we did was take down the curtains and rods.  Then we painted, tore up the carpets, took the mirrored closet doors down, had the wood floors redone and new closet doors hung.  We also got to get all new furniture for this room since we used our old stuff (which was Trevor's college furniture) in the guest bedroom. And tada....

I didn't take a picture of the new closet doors because that wall just had the hallway door, two closet doors, and a bathroom door.... pretty boring.  But if you are really dying to see what it looks like, go back to the office before and afters because we used the same closet doors in there.  Two fun things that I want to note in this room are the candles and the picture on the wall.  The candles on the dresser are our unity candles from our wedding.  The big white one on the left side of the dresser is the unity candle and the two smaller white ones on the right are our individual ones that we used to light the unity candle with.  Ainslee broke one as she was "helping" us move in, but I guess it gives it a little character and a fun story to tell her one day... along with the story of how she single-handedly managed to stall our wedding ceremony due to a massive diaper blowout as her momma was about to walk down the aisle as our matron of honor.  The other thing I love in the room is the picture hanging on the wall.  I had a picture that Johnna took out of at the ranch in Hempstead blown up and framed and surprised Trevor with it while we were still putting the house all together.  I love the composition of the picture, but I really love the significance that the place has for Trevor and his family and that we can have a piece of it in our own home!

Happy New Year!

This year we held the 3rd annual New Years Party in Hempstead!  I would call it the 4th annual, but four years ago it was sadly only Trevor and I that attended, so thats hardly a party.  But, for three years now we have had the privilege of ringing in the new year with some of our favorite people at one of our favorite places to be!  New Years parties at the ranch in Hempstead are always sure to be filled friends, guns, fish, cows, four wheelers, fireworks of some sort, sandwiches from Lewis's, golf ball hunting contests, 10lbs. of sausage, drinks, laughs, and lots of fun.  And this year did not disappoint!  Here is photographic evidence of all the fun we had:

This is how the week started

But it quickly cleared up so we were able to play outside.  Wednesday and much of new years eve it was just us, Sarah and Bill, and Mallory and Rob.  We enjoyed playing fetch with Jonah, shooting skeet, playing on the four wheelers, and lunch at Lewis's!

Then these guys showed up and got the party started :)

The rest of the gang all showed up before midnight, and the freezing temperatures and rain kept us inside or on the porch the rest of the night.

Bethany, Logan, Sarah, and Justin all came out for the day to play on new years day.

We end the day fishing, making and eating chili, mexican train, a campfire finally, and our new tradition of the burning of the Christmas tree!  I forgot to get any pictures of the tree burning, but it was quite a sight!

Everyone packed up and headed out after a late breakfast on Saturday.  Trevor's parents came out for a little while and my parents stopped by for a little bit, but I didn't get any pictures.  I did get a funny picture a horse sticking his tongue out at me though :)

Trevor's aunt and uncle and his cousin Travis and his girlfriend were out there for a little while and shot some more skeet.

I was trying to get a picture of Trevor's dad on his new toy that he got for Christmas, when I uploaded it I realized that it turned out looking like there is a little two foot tall Travis standing on the back of it!

Then Kara and Adam came out and helped Trevor shoot his new pistol.

They introduced us to our new favorite game, Settlers of Catan.  I've already looked all over Corpus and realized that I need to order it online. 

We ended up played three times in one night!  The next morning we got up and played on the four wheelers for a while before we all had to go.

I couldn't think of a better way to start 2010.  If the first few days of the new year are any indication, I think we are going to have a wonderful 2010!