Happy 4 years!

Yesterday was mine and Tim's 4 year anniversary! Also it was a countdown to our wedding day, 10 months to go....can't wait. I wore the cutest dress, well at least I think so.

Tim took me out for a romantic dinner at Ruth Chris Steakhouse. Yummy. When we got there, they greeted us by telling us happy anniversary and our table was decorated with a card and some confetti. Everyone who walked up to our table told us happy anniversary.

I got the ceasar salad, which was amazing. For my entree I got the wonderful ribeye cooked med rare with garlic mashed potatoes. Desserts was awesome, we had keylime cheesecake with chocolate pecan bark and raspberry sherbert :) Tim had a house salad with his favorite dressing 1000 island, with a ribeye cooked the same as mine. He got garlic green beans for his side, they were oh so yummy. 

They even lighted a candle for us to make a wish. Isn't the plate so pretty!

After dinner Tim was going to take us to see the Dark Knight rises, because the Dark Knight was were it all began :), but we were both stuffed and we just went and rented a movie and sat on the couch were we could let our overly stuffed stomachs relax. Before we started the movie we gave each other our gifts. Tim sure does know how to spoil me. He got me the camera I have been dreaming and drooling over for a long time! It came with an extra lens, the memory card, and a carry bag. I am all ready to start taking pictures of every and anything!

I am beyond blessed to have Tim in my life, he always makes me smile. I know he is the one that God personally and carefully made for me. There is no way I could express all of my love for him. I look forward to the years to come.

Saban is TWO

My sweet Saban is two!

I of course had to get him a special treat for his special day. He loves rawhides! Saban is so smart, that when I walked in the door with my target bags he automatically knew there was something in it for him. He followed me around until I unloaded the bags looking at everything I pulled out.

Tasty Tuesday

Grilled zucchini topped with parmesan. Yummy!
Here's what ya need: 2-3 medium zucchinis depending on how many you're serving. About a tbsp of olive oil. Fresh ground black pepper. 1/2 of a lemon. Around a 1/4 of a cup of Parmesan cheese shredded.
Get your grill heated up while you prepare the zucchini, you want the temp to be 375 degrees.
Wash and dry the zucchinis, cut long ways in half. Rub the olive oil onto the zucchinis, ground the fresh pepper on each zucchini.
Grill zucchini on each side for 6 minutes. Squeeze lemon juice on zucchini fresh off the grill. Then sprinkle the parmesan cheese on each zucchini. Enjoy!

Good happenings

New car....Check

I got a brand new 2012 Honda Accord!!!! Yippee. I love it, sooo pretty. Rides so smooth. I'm thinking Betsy for her name?!?

Venue for reception....Check  Deposit made!! So excited to have this out of the way and love the place we picked!

Checklist for nursing school complete....Check They make you do an obnoxious checklist every year. Drug test, tb skin test, etc. Just a bunch of running around!

Took Heather's senior pics....Check She looks so pretty in all of them. Thanks so much to Kirbi for letting us use her nice camera. Heather is such a sweetheart, she bought me a thank you gift for doing her pictures. It is a Scout bag, perfect for my upcoming trip to the beach. 

 She wrapped it so pretty!

 I love yellow. 

Tick tock tick tock

It's near the end of summer and I have a few things coming up that I have been counting down. I'm excited for everything, but the going back to school part. August is going to be a busy month, and I am going to spend every moment with my family and friends until school starts. 

 On August 1st it will be mine and Tim's 4 year anniversary! 6 days and counting :). I love this guy and can't wait to marry him! I have the cutest dressed picked out for our date. p.s. this is my favorite on the countdown.

A few weekends from now I get to go to Nashville to see my friend Chelsey! I am soooo excited. 15 days until I leave. 

 I have been wanting to go to the beach all year and it is finally happening. I'm hoping all the hurricanes stay away! Tim and I get to go with a group of our dear friends. It's going to be a blast! 24 days until I'm beach bound.

This is last on my countdown because a. it's the farthest away and b. it's the last thing I'm looking forward too. 32 days left of freedom!!!

An itch to craft

Here lately I have been in a crafty mood, tonight I had to scratch my itch. I have been wanting to DIY everything. This weekend I have the opportunity to take some senior pictures of Heather and wanted to make something with her year on it. So I decided to make a banner out of scrapbook paper that we can tie around a tree or maybe even an old fence. This cost less than 2bucks, if that. 

 First I cut the scrapbook paper into triangles.

 I had Heather print off some numbers in a font of her choice for us to cut out and trace.

 I traced them upside down on the back of the scrapbook paper, it is much easier to see pencil on white than this background.

After I finished with the tracing and cutting the numbers out, I used Modpodge to glue them to the paper. I used my hole puncher to place a hole in the right and left upper corners of each triangle. Then, I used twine rope to hang it on. I can't wait to see how this turns out in her pictures! Check back next week to see this banner in action :)

Tasty Tuesday

I know it's a day late, but I was way too tired to post it last night. Last night Amanda and I had girls night, we cooked our dinner/dessert and painted our nails. For the main course, I made White Chicken Herb Pizza. I found this on Myrecipes.com, they always have good recipes. Amanda made a Strawberry Lemonade cake, if you want the recipe I will be more than happy to get it for you.

 Here are the ingredients needs for the White Chicken Herb Pizza: 

• 1 pound refrigerated fresh pizza dough
• Cooking spray
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 3/4 cup 2% reduced-fat milk
• 1/2 cup (2 ounces) grated fresh pecorino Romano cheese
• 1 tablespoon yellow cornmeal
• 1 1/2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken breast
• 1/4 cup diced red onion
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• - I left out the red onions because I'm not a huge fan of onions. I used dried oregano instead of fresh, due to the lack of at Kroger. I used the Kroger brand pizza cheese, I could not find the kind the recipe calls for.
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• The steps to deliciousness:
• 1. Preheat oven to 450°.
• 2. Place dough in a bowl coated with cooking spray; let dough stand, covered, for 15 minutes.

3. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic; cook 30 seconds, stirring constantly.

  Add flour and pepper; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly with a whisk. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly with a whisk. Cook 3 minutes or until thick and bubbly, stirring constantly with a whisk. Remove from heat; add cheese, stirring until cheese melts.

 4. Sprinkle a baking sheet with cornmeal; roll dough into a 12-inch circle on prepared baking sheet. Spread white sauce over dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Top with chicken and onion.

 Bake at 450° on bottom oven rack for 9-10 minutes or until crust is golden. I followed the time of the pizza crust can.

1.  Sprinkle with herbs and enjoy. It was so good!

 Amanda making the awesome cake.

 

 It turned out so pretty.

 Strawberries are my favorite

I know you're wanting some right about now.