January is rolling to an end!

morning wake-up

2011 has proved to be a very cold year! Last week, I was warming up my car and waiting on the ice to melt off my windshield. To speed up the process, I opened my door and threw a cup of water on the windshield...at the exact moment the windshield wipers came on and splashed water, ice and sludge all over my face, hair and work clothes. Perfect 7:30AM wake-up call! Ha!

vicious dachshund
Sundae (one of our dachshunds) is so spastic on her leash. She recently rubbed her neck soraw that it started bleeding....she loves to chase squirrels and leaves. So recently, we had to switch to walking her with a harness. Well, little Sundae learned that if she backed away from us she could actually slip out of the harness. Sundae is the complete opposite of Pickle, she will run right back to you and listen....most of the time. Last week, I was walking Sundae and she did her magical escape trick and sprinted toward Richard and Pickle...or so we thought....we didn't see the HUGE dog (luckily on a leash) about 20 yards behind Richard. Sundae doesn't give Richard or Pickle a second glance...she is in attack mode going toward this huge dog. Suddenlyit become a relay race. Richard and I pause, look at each other and then I run to Richard to get Pickle, Richard then takes off toward Sundae (who has now turned the corner and we can only hear horrible screaming/growling noises)....as Richard is running toward our vicious little dachshund his shoes fly off (like we are in a a slow motion movie).... When he gets there (shortly followed by me), we see that the other dog's owner is standing there, his dog has his head tilted and Sundae is acting like a complete nut. The other guy says, "wow, that was weird".... Needless to say, our vicious little Sundae now has a new harness, thanks to our sweet neighbor!




Bowling @ 300 in Addison!

Celebrating Ashley's (my sorority sister) birthday at 300 bowling in Addison!

Celebrating my parent's birthdays! Cupcakes and a kindle!

Us with Sean and Jessica after playing games on the Xbox Kinect game system!

Richard and Sean at the Mavs vs. Lakers game!

Dinner and games with our soon-to-be married friends, Evan and Mindy! :)

2011 blows in with fireworks, babies and snow!

New Year's Eve
We headed to our friend's (Ben and Kristi) home in Forney for some homemade lasagna, wine and fireworks to ring in 2011! We also managed to watch three different countdowns (including Snooki's ball drop...which was only about 2 feet in the air...haha! ).

Celebrating 2011 with the Petty's!

Our super cool sparklers.

Richard and Ben plotting what they will do next... we couldn't leave them alone with the fireworks!

Amy's Babyshower
I've known Amy since the 6th grade! It was such a joy to help throw her a babyshower (my first one to put on)! I had a blast planning with my other two friends - Olivia and Brenda! We took a ton of pictures, played lots of games and had a blast...plus, the snow made an amazing backdrop!

Brenda's awesome cake!!

Yummy!

Me with Brenda, Amy, Olivia, My Mom, Amy's Mom and Amy's Son

Olivia playing the "Dirty Diaper Candy Bar Game"...hahaha

Our snow picture!

Snow!!
...Texas Style! I know our friends (Jen & Matt) from Minnesota are laughing at the amount of snow we received...but hey, we were extremely excited! :) Richard is beyond thrilled that we are officially having a winter...as for me, I'm missing the warm weather.

Sundae running from the snow!



Outside of our apartment in Dallas in the snow!

Richard and Pickle playing in the snow!