Tomorrow is our TWO MONTH anniversary of being married! I can't believe how fast time has flown by. :) Definitely my favorite time of life this far!

 

Let's see what to share...this weekend was busy, busy, busy! Friday was a birthday party for Heather and Paige and the theme was "southern" which was so much fun. I made a "spoon bread" which I had never heard of until my co-worker told me about it. What a success it was, considering the journey getting there. I looked at the recipe at work and then ran to the store just for cornmeal. I didn't realize that it called for baking powder which is NOT the same as baking soda. So as I'm in the middle of my recipe and had already been to the store once, I realize that I don't have any baking powder and baking soda cannot be used as a substitute, apparently.  So I looked online for another recipe that didn't call for baking powder and found it. As I was using this different recipe, it called for salt and we only had sea salt (in the bigger crystals) and so I was very worried about that, but I went for it. As it was finishing cooking I layered some cheese on there and it went alright! People enjoyed it at the party which was a BIG accomplishment for me, because people who know me well know that I am NOT good at baking. I think the curse is slowly ending, as I made nutella cupcakes from scratch a couple months ago as well. Plus, I'm starting to like baking since I get to wear my cute little apron! After the party, Zach and I left for some frozen yogurt and quality time together.

 

Saturday was busy from the get-go. I slept in a little bit, and then had to get ready for my pedicure appointment with Sierra and Sherry for Sherry's "birthday" pedicure! Man, my feet needed that and it was pretty cheap too so that was fun! Then we headed to the Gateway so they could get their rings cleaned and I could get my Forever 21 fix. Lucky for my wallet, there wasn't anything I really wanted to try on. After pedi's and shopping, Zach and I had a nice lunch at Squatters where we split a burger and fries. Then we ran to Target and I used the rest of our gift card...we bought yahtzee (we're becoming obsessed, thanks tot he Whitney's!) little 3 lb. weights for my Jillian Michael's DVD, some clothes, and little things around the house. That was fun to get my shopping fix on, because I really was craving some shopping...AND we didn't even have to spend money! That was nice. We then headed home, only for a brief little bit before I had to leave again for a wedding coordinating meeting with Amy and her mom. Raychel and I are having fun with this and we have two weddings in October that we're coordinating. Our dream is to find some money (a LOT of money) and some partners to open up a venue with and Raychel and I will run it and all the other vendors will be a part of it. We know some amazing photographers, bakers, caterers, musicians, pastors, florists, and hair stylists! It really could be a one-stop shop to make things easy...and cheap too! :) So we had fun meeting with Amy and her mom and I feel like things are going to run really smooth for that. I headed home, freshened up and it was time to leave for church. We're serving in children's ministry this month, so we make little lesson plans for the kids 8-12 and it's been fun. It is really intimidating since we don't have any kids and really don't know what we're doing with this age group, but it's a good stretch for us and it's good to serve the church. After church we went to a cute little farm/house that Ten is house-sitting for and we sat outside in a very picture-esque table under a tree where we drank some beer and talked. It was a lot of fun but we got onto the subject of spiders which makes my skin crawl...and this is why...

 

When we got home we were laying in bed talking when all of a sudden Zach stands up and starts touching the ceiling a bunch. "What are you doing?" I ask, and he says there are baby spiders all over the ceiling. I am SOOO freaked out and started pointing out little ones I noticed that I needed him to kill. He evenutally gets all the ones we see, but of course I couldn't sleep well that night! I still look every night when I'm laying in bed to make sure they're gone. Yikes!

 

Sunday we had a football draft for one of our fantasy football leagues. We're each doing two. I am so excited for them I can't even wait! SOO glad football is here! After the draft I had a relaxing afternoon and night at home, while Zach had his other draft with some church friends. I stayed home, watched the CMA concert and Yes Man, and skyped with my long lost lovely friend Allison. It was so nice to feel reconnected, and I'm thankful for Skype! Well, this entry got very long all of a sudden so I am going to end this now. :)