The Great Date Experiment

A while ago, Kevin and I heard about The Great Date Experiment and thought it would be fun to try! Have you heard of it?!? Well, if not, please click here to learn about it. Kevin and I love it and have had so much fun! We can't wait to do the next one!! We are just so happy there are so many to do!!

....There are kinda of some secrets that go along with this experiment that I don't want to give away so I will just post some of our pictures....if you decide to do the experiment yourself or if you have done this experiment, the pictures will, of course, make more sense. ;) Here's some pics of us on date #2

Location #1

Location #2

Location #3

Location #4

It was kinda raining on and off during our date, what a blessing that we saw this rainbow on our way home

Not the best picture, but still, very pretty

I highly recommend these dates!! Kevin and I had a great time and are looking forward to the other dates in this experiment!!

Relaxing Weekend

What a wonderful and relaxing weekend! Sadly, Kevin was on out-of-town until late Saturday evening....so, Molly & I decided to turn lemon into lemonade!!!

Friday after work I grabbed a Papa John's pizza, Starbucks coffee ice cream and a super girl movie (Love Happens - pretty girlie, in case you're wondering - ha!)....headed home and had a great evening in.

Saturday morning, I slept in...which was a-mazing!!! If you haven't slept-in in a while I highly recommend it!! Super relaxing!!! Then I headed to Omaha's downtown, the Old Market, and took Molly for a loooonnnnggggg walk....of course we went by a few of my downtown favs.....

After a extremely cold winter, it's pretty neat to finally be out and about again. Then, I headed off to get a mani/pedi. In case you were wondering, I chose this soft pink color - it's OPI's Sweetheart.

I just love how versatile this color it!! Plus, I've been wearing a lot of reds lately so I thought it was time to soften things a bit....perfect color for Spring!! ...Can you tell I'm ready for Spring!! Ha!! :)

After the mani/pedi??? Well, it was time for a nap, of course!! Ha!! I know, I was aaallll about relaxing this weekend!! Hands down, the highlight to my day was having my husband & best friend home.

Sunday was a little more productive....kinda. ;) We saw Alice in Wonderland - such a cute movie!! If you like Alice in Wonderland I totally think you should see this one! Plus, I'm just a sucker for 3D movies!!

We were also able to go by out home - it looks pretty great! We are really excited and can't wait to move in!! The only *problem* is that whenever we go to see it there is MUD....EVERYWHERE. No kidding! It's crazy!! Here's a pic of me, in my mud boots.....I'm posing by the doors to our bedroom - and then there is Molly's backside - lol!!

Paint!!! Yay!! I have been soooo anxious to see how this color (muddy river) looks in our home and I'm super pleased with it!!! ....Pretty hard to get a feel for the color in this pic but, I promise it's lookin' great!! And...there will be more pics to come -

Here's the front of the house....in case you thought I was kidding about all the mud.....it's pretty out of control!!! Ha!!!

Have a good week blog friends!!!

Weekend in OKC

Last weekend Kevin and I headed down to OKC for a very special occasion....it was my best friend's son's 1st birthday!!! Yay! Yay! Yay!!! Needless to say, I was beyond excited to celebrate this amazing milestone!!

Since Kevin didn't get home from his business trip until Saturday morning, we hit the road as soon as he got home. Even though it's a pretty long drive it was so nice to have some time to catch up with each other, chat about each other's week...ya know stuff "normal" couples do during the week - ha!!

Usually when we spend the weekend in OKC, we spend so much time driving around to visit everyone that by the end we are just so so so super exhausted.....so, this weekend we chose to not really tell anyone that we were going....is that bad? I kinda felt guilty..... Anyways, it was such wonderful and relaxing weekend that it might just make-up for my guilt - lol!! ;)

We stayed in Bricktown (Okc's downtown area) and LOVED every minute of our stay!! I love being a tourist in my hometown! ;)

Our Hotel

Saturday night we headed out for what was suppose to be a triple date...but, the other guys couldn't make it....poor Kevin!! He is such a trooper for hanging out with me and my girls!!

We had sushi & martini's at in the raw....perfect dinner combo!

Me with my gorgeous besties!! OMG I miss these girls!!!

Sunday morning we slept in...yup, that's right slept in - haven't done that in a while!! It was glorious!!! Before heading out to the birthday party, Kevin and I took a little stroll around Bricktown and, of course, grabbed some coffee from Starbucks. ;)

After our little stroll around OKC we headed to Shawnee (my home town) for Eli's Birthday Party!! I think 1st birthdays are soooo fun and very exciting!!

Here's the big man walking...sooooo precious!! Still can't believe he is walking!! They grow up so fast!!

The cake!

The birthday boy eating his cake!!

Present time - yippee!!!

us at the birthday!!

GREAT winter weekend!!

This week has just flown by! My first week of work was just a-mazing! I'm soooo glad to be out of school (momentarily) and working in a field that I just *love*!

Friday after work I met my friend Katie at Brix. I love, LOVE that place!! It's a great place to meet up with friends, drink some yummy wine and order a delicious cheese tray. I was able to take one super blurry picture of us - but, I'm gonna post it anyway! ;) I've been to Brix a few times now and aside from their wine ice cream, I don't have any pics so I feel I must post something. Lol!

Saturday, Kevin and I took Molly for a jog at Walnut Creek (it's smaller-ish lake). I was just soooo impressed at how well she did. For a little girl she has ALOT of stamina and endurance. I think she is going to make a great running companion this Spring and Summer - I'm pretty excited about it!! It was so fun to do a little "skating" on the lake.

Later that evening, Kevin and I headed off for a little shopping. While we were shopping we discovered an adorable little Chocolate/Coffee/Gelato place -- perfect place to have an impromptu date!! Coffee and Chocolate - such a great match! If you are ever in the Papillion area, and looking for chocolate I highly recommend Stam's Chocolate!

Look at all this chocolate!!

...I mean seriously?!? Can I please have 1 of each??? Ha!!

After our little date, we headed home for a fun blockbuster night. I don't know if it was super busy week catching up to me or what but, I was just feeling a little under the weather. Blockbuster date nights are pretty great once in a while though - don't you think??? ;)

Sunday, we went back to Walnut Creek for a brisk walk - It was really nice to be able to take a nice long walk. After our walk, we decided to take a quick drive by our house -- we were sooooo sooooo pleasantly surprised when we drove up and saw this:

Yay! Yay! Yay!!!! Sooooo exciting!!!

Allow me to take you on a little tour..... ;)

Our future family room

Our dining room....yeah, kinda hard to see it, huh?!? Lol!!

Laundry Room....I have lots of fun ideas for this room, I'm thinking yellow

Looking into our future office - hoping to get a lot of work done in there!

1/2 bath - with pedestal sink, woo hoo!!! It's the little things in life - ha!!

....Our VERY FIRST family picture at our new home!!!

Definitely my favorite picture EVER! ....or at least so far! Lol!

And now....we are enjoying a super delicious bottle of wine I picked up at Brix on Friday night. It's called Chocovine and I think the best description is to say that it tastes like a Mudslide - yup, it's super yummy! I think I could drink a glass every day - ha!! :)

Another Fabulous Weekend!!

Friday - My last day at Hearthstone!! It was a pretty bittersweet day. I'm so thankful for the time I had there and for the amazing friends I made!!

After work, Kevin and I header off to Omaha's annual car show. Kevin loves, loves cars - so he was in absolute heaven and we haven't missed a car show since we've been out here - I honestly think Kevin has a monthly subscription to just about every car magazine out there!! Lol!! This year they had the actual "rumble car" used in the Batman movie - it was pretty cool.

{Obviously, this is NOT the picture I took}

Of course, there were tons and tons of other cars too....and yes, we looked at them all. ;) We had a pretty fun night!

....Kevin in his future truck - lol!

Love, LOVE Make-a-Wish!!!

Saturday - I woke up pretty early and headed off for a leisurely jog at Walnut Creek (a local lake/recreational area). It was very peaceful out - and just so gorgeous, the perfect winter wonderland! Even though it was only in the 30's, because the wind wasn't blowing (yay!!) it didn't feel too bad out. I had such a great time that when I was done, I went home, grabbed Molly and headed back out! She totally loved it!! Sometimes, I think she is a big dog trapped in a small dog's body - ha!! ;)

A frosty Walnut Creek

I had to snap this picture pretty fast - sadly, Molly isn't much of a poser. Ha!!!

Then, it was time for me to start getting ready for my Girl's Night Out!! Where were we heading??? Kona! It seems like I've been a regular at that place! Lol! After Kona, we headed over to Brix for a yummy glass of wine! Hmmm, I definitely need to add a little variety to my nights out because this Girls Night Out sure sounds a lot like this date Kevin and I had a few weeks ago! Ha! Time to find a new place!!

I don't think I took a single picture of us during our girl's night - except a picture this picture of wine ice cream

So um....YES, this is wine ice cream!!! OMG!! Seriously, I can't wait to try it!!! Yum!!

Sunday - The sun actually came out - PRAISE THE LORD!!! Even though it only lasted until about noon - I soaked up as much as I absolutely could!! That evening (like everyone else in America - lol!) Kevin and I watched the Vikings/Saints game - what a GREAT game!! Very entertaining!

Well - that's pretty much how my weekend went!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend too!!

What I should be doing vs What I want to do

I have lots to do today, like: study, do homework, start my papers, & attend our first Financial Peace University class (we are trying to be proactive about our finances and I really pretty excited about this one actually). But, no matter what, I find my mind drifting to other topics making studying, trying to write my papers or just concentrating impossible - so frustrating. I think maybe I'm having a late onset of ADD...I'm not sure if that's even possible though - lol! Here's what I'm thinking about:

Having a Spa Day

Playing with my Lab Puppy...yes, that would be the Lab we don't have yet

Relaxing on the beach with a good book & cool drink


Exploring the streets of Italy

Sipping coffee with Kevin at this adorable cafe - in what looks like warm weather

Napping outside in this comfy hammock/daybed

Just hanging out with my husband

What about you? Any problems staying on task? Any suggestions on how to keep my concentration on one thing???