Poor diesel

Diesel had a rather traumatic evening. He came back to Rygh covered in blood. Rygh thinks he cut it on the barbed wire fence. Poor puppy!

Christmas decorating!

Rygh and I came back to Stephenville on Saturday after Thanksgiving. We came back early to begin decorating for Christmas! Within 5 minutes of getting in the door, we were opening the box for the Christmas tree and working on putting it together. I bought our tree online back in September when I saw a "good deal." Well, we set the tree up and it barely came to my forehead. The tree was supposedly 6.5 feet.. I looked at Rygh all disappointed and we decided we HAD to get another tree! So thirty minutes after we got home, we headed back out to get a new tree! We bought a 7.5 ft tree from ace! It's beautiful! Round 2... We set the tree up and the lights don't work. Disappointing face #2! We quit working on the tree figuring it just wasn't supposed to happen on Saturday! Don't worry...we got our tree up and I love it! I'm not even going to get into the outside icicle light story! Anyways, our farmhouse is all set for Christmas now!

Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas

Rygh and I headed to Kerrville this weekend to see my family. My uncle Pat and aunt Judi were in town. We went to luckenbach on Friday night to see the Chris Story Band. This is the same band that played at our wedding and they were great! I've never been to luckenbach but it was super cute and definitely fills up my little hope floats heart!


I made some Banana-Nutella bread today and its amazing! I substituted regular flour for gluten free all purpose flour. It's yummy and I definitely recommend it! Here's the recipe!

http://www.slenderkitchen.com/nutella-banana-bread/

My wedding bouquet

So my wedding bouquet has been hanging in my closet since we got back from our honeymoon. I was thinking I might do a shadow box or something. Months went by and my bouquet dried beautifully but still I didn't know what do to until I was scrolling through Pinterest and saw a great idea!

I cut the dried flowers and put them into a clear Christmas bulb. I filled the bulbs went my flowers and then made a bow out of the lace and burlap that held my bouquet together. I pinned the picture of my late grandma on one of the bulbs. I love how the bulbs turned out and love seeing my grandma's smiling face! I can't believe it's almost been a year since she has passed. I think about her everyday and miss her voice so much! Love my little BL.

Jeff and Emily tied the knot!

Rygh and I left Friday morning to go to Lubbock for the wedding of Rygh's good friend Jeff to Emily. Emily and Jeff got married at the super cool Windmill Museum in Lubbock. The museum shows the history of the progression of windmills. The museum had a huge mural of the history of the windmills. It was huge and beautiful!


The rehearsal dinner was at Cagle's Steakhouse. Jeff loves Tabasco sauce! They had a Tabasco bottle shaped cake! All the tables were decorated with different peppers and the gift was a little bitty Tabasco bottle! The food was great too! We had steaks!

The boys played golf Saturday morning and I went to a bridal breakfast for emily. Each guest at the breakfast brought a silver charm for Emily's charm bracelet! It was super cool to hear what each charm meant to Emily and the giver's relationship!

Finally, the wedding was Saturday night! They had a beautiful cotton rustic design! The boutonnières were made of a cotton ball and a pheasant feather. The girls carried lanterns...seeMatthew 25. Emily's mom made her dress out of white linen... See revelation. Everything about their wedding had symbolism. It was very cool! Here are a few pictures from our weekend! We had a great time! Hope everyone else had a great weekend!

Happy birthday to me!

Hubs surprised me with flowers at work and he even made me a GF chocolate cake that was yummy! Thanks Rygh for making today great and thank you everyone else for the birthday wishes!!

Cake and Finn...

Hello!

This weekend we went to Kerrville to see my mom and do a little shopping in Fredericksburg. We also went to Brady to celebrate Rygh's dads 60th birthday!!
Mikkie and Rygh's mom planned a surprise party for him. He was pretty darn surprised! We had some yummy Mexican food, caught up with family and friends, and held little miss Gracen!

We went back to Kerrville Saturday night. My mom made us a yummy breakfast which included carrot cake and scrambled eggs for me! We left buster in Kerrville for a little vacay at grandma's! On our way back to stephenville, we stopped in San Saba to have some BBQ! We got it to go and sat on the tailgate and enjoyed lunch on this beautiful day!

Also, a little boy at church, Finn,has been drawing me pictures! I think Rygh should be a bit jealous! Here is my collection so far!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Lyn

Knock out roses

I have successfully kept my roses alive for 6 months! They are getting big and beautiful! Hope everyone is having a great week!

I just love wreaths...

I have been on a bit of a wreath kick since last year. I have a few :). Today while watching the TCU game, I made a fall wreath. I also made some Christmas ornaments out of my scrabble letters I got at Warrenton last weekend!

We got to spend some time with my grandma and my mom today! My mom brought us some Christmas ornaments, homemade jelly and the best spaghetti sauce ever made by my mom! We enjoyed some Hard 8 BBQ and showed them our home in the ville! We had a great time!

It is 50 degrees here in stephenville! It's really starting to feel like fall! Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Rygh and I are enjoying some beans and ham and yummy cornbread!

Happy fall!

Our TV trays

Love them!

My warrenton stash!

Last weekend was our annual girls trip to Warrenton, Texas for some antique shopping! Mandie, Mollie, Doniene, and newbie this year Whitney and me headed to Warrenton for a serious weekend of shopping! We stayed at the cutest farmhouse in Schulenberg, Texas! Check them out at http://www.mimisbedandbreakfast.com/.We stayed at Ludvik's Place and it was great! We braved three days of rain this year! We got a little muddy but survived! Now because it rained for the three days we were there, didn't take any pictures! Here is a look at the things I brought home!

1. Mason jar filled with fall scented potpourri! It smells divine!

2. Burlap table runner for the holidays

3. Rygh's mom embroidered our stockings and I got them back from her this past weekend

4. Metal colored flowers. I am going to add clips to them and use them as Christmas ornaments!

5. A sack of scrabble letters to make Christmas ornaments with!

6. Tin cross ornament and a tin house ornament

7. Velvet Christmas pillows!

8. Everything is sitting on a beautiful velvet patch work tree skirt! If you can't tell I was all about Christmas this year at Warrenton because Christmas is going to be at our house in Stephenville!

9. Not included in the picture are two round platter dishes that I am going to use as "tv trays". On one unfortunate night for Rygh his tacos slide off his plate and unto the floor..... Perfect for Buster but not so hot for a hungry Rygh. I bought these so we could set our plates on them when we have dinner while watching NCIS!

10. I bought a green ceramic bowl that is a perfect rice making bowl! As evidence by dinner tonight! Made a yummy chicken and rice casserole! Check out the recipe here!

http://picky-palate.com/2010/09/13/cheesy-chicken-and-wild-rice-casserole/

Have a great week!

Signed, sealed, delivered it's ours!

After contemplating for about a month, we bought a new pickup! I like to call it black beauty because it's so pretty! We said goodbye to Rygh's dodge and that was a little sad but now we are pretty excited about our purchase!

Happy fall y'all!

Today's the first day of fall! Fall is my favorite season because my birthday is in October and it gets cooler! Here's some of our fall decorations!



Have a great weekend and go TCU!

Mini accomplishment!

So lately I have been working in Pre-op getting people ready for surgery... Consents, vitals, and starting iv's! My previous two years of nursing I didn't start too many iv's because I didn't feel too confident! Well today, I put my first 18 gauge iv in successfully the first time! Some days are good and some days are bad with iv starts but today was a good day and I'm celebrating my mini accomplishment! Remember it's the small things that matter! Hope everyone is having a great day!

Little miss Gracen Kate

Rygh and I got to meet our niece! She is a little over a week old and absolutely precious. Rygh was in for a treat when he held her :) a little poop!

I can't wait for Christmas!

I got my stocking in the mail! I love it! Rygh said it was "so me.". Can't wait til I can start decorating!

Our bedroom

Some pictures of our room!

Labor day weekend

Hello!

This weekend we went to Brady to visit Rygh's family and hopefully meet Miss Gracen Kate. Gracen however is deciding to make everyone wait on her arrival! Hopefully soon!

We went dove hunting. They shot a total of 42! I shot 3! We also checked out the Brady goat cook off and managed to see a few friends!

Have a great week!