Friends and Lakehouse

Our homegroup decided it would be fun to have a weekend retreat. Drew and I thought my parent's lake house would be perfect for a getaway. Drew and I headed down Friday night to have one night to ourselves, well not completely, we brought our puppy Jovie. I couldn't wait to get her down there to run free on 13 acres. Well it turned out to be more stressful than I thought. She wanted to take off to chase all the critters down there and the property isn't fenced. But she had the time of her life and slept for 2 days straight after we got back in town. Only about half of our group was able to make it but we still had 5 couples down there. We cooked for each other all weekend and our friend Caleb brought his brand new boat for all of us to enjoy.

Some of the group on the dock getting ready to get on the boat

Caleb getting the boat ready

The girls enjoying the boat ride

The boat had an amazing sound system and we listened to music and enjoyed good food and good company!

Bethany and I sat at the front of the boat and got soaked from all the waves we hit

The Williamsons!

The boys throwing around the football

Joves enjoying the property

After grilling out we played games and then the boys fished while the girls chatted all night

Some of the guys

The next morning we ate some yummy breakfast made by the Rydbecks and enjoyed the view from the porch.


Drew playing Rock Band

It was a great way to relax and get to know our friends in homegroup a little better. They have all been such a blessing since we've met them and Drew and I are so thankful for such a great support system to have.

H-Town

About a month before my birthday Drew told me that my gift was a trip to Houston to see 2 of my favorite girls down there, Lauren and Haley. He booked the flight and planned the whole weekend! My plan was to fly in on Friday to see The Hanegans, stay the night with them then Lauren and I would meet up with Haley on Saturday, do some shopping and then he even booked us a hotel room that night to have a little girls getaway. Don't I have such a great husband?! He is so thoughtful to think of all the details. I had been complaining that I wasn't able to see my out of town friends enough and I had been wanting to spend time with their kiddos too. So it was perfect!

My sweet hubby who made this all happen!
I was so excited I didn't have to make the 4.5 hour drive to Houston. My flight was supposed to take off at 2:00 on Friday. HA! If you know my flight record, it's awful. We probably have one of the worst Honeymoon stories mostly because of the terrible delays, cancellations and missing flights. Well this one hour flight turned into landing 9 hours later. Due to bad weather, the flight was initially delayed 2 hours, then we circled Houston for 2 more hours before finding out they closed Hobby airport and we had to land in San Antonio and stay there for 4 hours. I was pretty frustrated to say the least. The sweet Hanegans were finally able to pick me up in Houston at 11pm. I was so sad because I missed a whole day of loving on their baby Harper! But after catching up that night, the next morning I was able to enjoy coffee and cinnamon rolls and play with sweet Harper!
Isn't she the cutest?!

Me and Harper

All the ladies!


After shopping all day we got to the hotel and got ready to go to dinner!

Our great room!

Enjoying a great Italian dinner

Back at the hotel we got some gourmet cupcakes for dessert, chatted and watched a movie

The next day we went to brunch and then I headed to Haley's house to spend time with her Brad and Gray!

Grayson playing in their new house

The next morning I headed back to Dallas. It was such a great weekend!

One year wiser...

I wasn't really excited about turning 26. I'm officially in the second half of my 20s and not a big fan of how that sounds. But I am hopeful that 26 is going to be a great year for me. My husband and friends helped me celebrate and it turned out great. Missy, Cliff and Brady were still in town so weirdly enough I went to a Ranger game on my birthday. But I didn't mind because we had a great time. Drew took me to dinner before the game and we enjoyed some good food, always a must in our book. We then headed to the Ranger game!

Missy brought me a cookie cake, one of the only kind of cakes I like!

Me and my main squeeze:)
After the game we went back to the Four Seasons with The Pennington's and some of their friends. We sat out on the patio and me and Mis enjoyed a glass of wine while the boys talked baseball. It was a great night!

Brady was such a trooper. He truly is a baseball baby and enjoys the night life!

The next day Missy came over to spend the day and night with us. I took her to Watters Creek, my favorite area. It is a cool shopping place with good food, good stores and pretty scenery. We ate at the Village Burger Bar then I took her to my favorite jewelry place where we bought all kinds of fun stuff.

Afterward we went to Red Mango to enjoy some yummy froyo!

That night we ordered pizza, vegged out and caught up on some of our favorite TV shows. I was sad that our time together ended because we had so much fun together! Here is a cute pic of Jovie and Brady meeting each other.
Love,
Apes