Easter

Easter weekend was great, we went to Jacksonville to spend time with our parents. Mom and Michael had a pretty cross in the front yard, they always like to decorate for the holidays. We had a yummy ham dinner at Brian's parent's house. It was nice to visit everyone.

Rest in Peace Ulala

My friend Eddie recently lost a dear pet. My heart goes out to him, I know how painful this can be. Ulala was his bunny, and he loved him very much. Rest in peace Ulala.

Michael's Birthday

Rice pudding with cinnamon.

Brian making chicken stew

Yesterday was my step-dad, Michael's, birthday. We all got together at his parent's house and had a big famliy get together. The theme was portuguese food, so mom made collard soup, beans, sausage and rice, and Brian made chicken stew with cornmeal flatbread. I made rice pudding, my first time ever. It's a portuguese tradition to have it at important events/celebrations. It's very yummy.

It was great to have everyone come over to celebrate, we all had a great time.

My friend Jason found an old cd that he thought I'd like (soundtrack to one of my favorite amine shows) and drew a goofy face on the paper he wrapped it in. I have the best friends, we always give each other little gifts or notes to brighten each other's day.

Haircut

Thought I'd try bangs for a change.

The cookie baking queen!

I was lucky to even get this picture, they were gobbled up just a few min later.

I won the 2nd Annual Cookie Bake-Off at work on friday, Woo Hoo!

Ok, all I got was a company logo unbrella and bragging rights but it's all mine! I really didn't expect to win, I mean normally I can't even boil water let alone make anything yummy, but I guess I did something right.

As a (much better) reward, Brian took me to Williams and Sonoma to pick out some pink baking tools. I think they look great on our teal platter. I also wanted the matching pink Kitchenade mixer but at $300 I don't think I'll be getting that anytime soon. ;)

What do you do with a dirty kitty?

Put her in the dirty laundry bin of course!

Valentine's Day

My beautiful Valentine card, Brian always gets me the best cards for every holday.




Kelly and I by the jellyfish tank. She's so fun, we're always laughing together.

Brian got reservations at our favorite restaurant, The Little Dipper. We went with Kelly and Grey, they're so much fun. We'd wanted to have fondue together for a while and we had a great time.

I have the sweetest husband in the world, and this was our first married Valentine's Day together. It was wonderful. :)

Coach!

My Valentines Day gift! My first Coach bag! We got it on our trip to Myrtle Beach last weekend. I also got the pink wallet and the smaller black bag. I wanted an ipod case but they were sold out at the store so I ordered one online, it should be here in a few days.

Weekend in Myrtle Beach

Chris and Christine

the underwater tunnel at Ripley's Aquarium

Brian playing with the horseshoe crabs

We spent last weekend in Myrtle Beach with Chris and Christine. It was great to see them again since they couldn't make it to the wedding. We went to dinner at the Melting Pot since they'd never had fondue before, it was a lot of fun.

On saturday we went to Ripley's Aquarium and Ripley's Believe it or not. I like the aquarium better, the museum had mostly gross stuff. I took pictues of everything with my new camera, I'm so glad I made sure to get it before the weekend.