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Happy Mother’s Day

May 12, 2013

Happy Mother’s Day to the two most wonderful Moms I know!

To my beautiful superhero of a mother who raised me to love Jesus, chocolate, and working out…you are the very best. Thank you for the constant Sonic drinks, encouragement, and for always listening to me babble. I don’t know what I would do without you. You are the most inspiring person, and I am so grateful to be your daughter!! Love you love you love you Mama!

And to my adorable Mom-in-law…I never guessed I would enjoy my in-laws so much. :) Thank you for taking me in like one of your own and spoiling me entirely too much! I am so thankful for you and for our shopping trips and Longhorn dates. You are wonderful, and I love you!

And Happy Mother’s Day to all you precious moms and moms-to-be! I am in awe of every single one of you…seriously. Motherhood scares me to death. Well done, ladies. ;)

~Cait

Posted by Caitlin in Family, Holiday, Letters, Life Lessons, Personal Tags: moms, mother's day, mothers

Easter Highlights

April 1, 2013

What a beautiful Sunday we had celebrating Jesus with all our favorite people & things! :)

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

I’m getting close to nothing done on this sleepy post-cookie-cake-coma Monday…I’m fairly certain I’ve never napped so much in one day. I’m off to be really productive. ;)

~Cait

Posted by Caitlin in Adventures, Animals, Family, Fashion, Food, Holiday, Jack, Jesus, Outdoors, Party, Personal, Photography Tags: easter, easter pictures, family

Loads of Love

February 18, 2013

Let’s show you some Valentine’s Day 2013 highlights. A day that began with my car not starting, but ended with Coldstone for dinner. Win. ;)

I don’t know if there is a greater thing on the planet than breakfast. I made Hubs some cinnamon rolls and naturally, I had a pancake. An extra chocolate-y one. ;)

Puppy was looking so festive!

My first gift from Andrew was given the night before V-day, and we watched it both nights. Lol. I adore this movie. I’m positive that Daniel Craig is the coolest man to ever walk the planet. I’m currently searching for his wardrobe to duplicate for Andrew.

My 2nd gift from Andrew was a pedicure! And it was heavenly. Perhaps the best four words to ever be put together are “hot towel foot massage.”

“Grand Canyon Sunset” by OPI, in case you’re curious. ;)

Andrew got some yummy goodies from me (that sparkling cider came from a set of miniature bottles, so it’s far more impressive than it looks, I assure you), and he got a frame with a super cute picture from Jackers. :)

I’m spoiled. :)

I’m so excited to watch the rest of my lilies bloom! They smell so good.

I visited my other valentine Kristi Belle at work before lunch. She was rocking her red high heels and lookin’ fly. ;)

Mom-in-law took me to lunch at Longhorn.

Sigh. :)

Yes. Andrew & I planned to have dinner at Longhorn (I could eat there for every meal), but the wait ended up being 2 hours and they don’t do reservations, so we opted to get his steakhouse burger to go, and I had a Peanut Butter Cup Perfection from Coldstone for dinner. :) So romantic, I know. ;) Hahaha.

And we got our craft on and made some cutesy sharpie mugs. :) This one is obviously mine. I couldn’t get a good picture of Andrew’s, but it says, “You’re gonna need a bigger mug.” Bahaha. Movie quote man. ;)

Our Mamas also spoiled us with gift cards and candy and goodness. I’ve got far too many Reese’s in my house right now.

And this wasn’t a Valentine’s gift, but Mom got me this last week, and I just about died of glee.

Happy Monday loves! :)

~Cait

Posted by Caitlin in Adventures, Crafting, Date Day, Date Night, DIY, Family, Food, Friends, Holiday, Home, Humor, Jack, Love, Personal Tags: 2013, valentine, valentine's day, valentines

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Be Mine.

February 14, 2013

Sometimes, when you’ve been in a relationship with someone for so long, you can forget how incredibly fortunate you are to be in that relationship.

When June 2013 gets here, I will have known this strikingly handsome man for six years. SIX YEARS. That is basically a fourth of my life. (P.S. Ironically, that suddenly makes me feel young.)

Sometimes I wish I could go back and relive every moment I spent with him when we were young, awkward little teenagers. ;) I remember being completely and totally enamored with this blonde boy and his obsession with movies, his constant need for cereal, and his remarkable sweetness in the way he treated me. I had never experienced such a gentleman before. We were cheesy, we were always together, and I have no doubt we annoyed 9 out of 10 people we encountered. I’m okay with that. We probably still annoy everyone, but I don’t care. He’s cute and I like him. ;)

And today, six years down the road, on our sixth Valentine’s Day, I love him more than I knew was possible. I find the stages of marriage humorous, particularly the stage where each of you realizes the other one isn’t ever leaving, so you both establish the fact that you can be as weird as you want…because you’re stuck with them. ;) Sorry, Hubs. You’re stuck with me. :)

Love you so very much, darling. Thanks for dating me even before I had bangs. Thank you for dealing with my picky eating, and for embracing my utter obsession with pizza and chocolate. Thanks for taking Jack out for me in the mornings when it’s cold. Thank you for surprising me with hot fudge sundaes. You are my very best friend, and I am so thankful for every day I’ve had to call you mine. :)

And let’s all take a moment and each thank God that Caitlin & Andrew don’t look like this anymore…particularly Caitlin. ;)

Circa 2008. I could hardly bring myself to post it, it hurts so bad. Lol.

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you! So thankful for each and every one of you!

Oh, and Jack says Happy Valentine’s Day too. ;)

~Cait

Posted by Caitlin in Adventures, Animals, Date Day, Date Night, Holiday, Jack, Love, Personal

2013

January 4, 2013

2013 is off to a fun start. :)

Here’s essentially what happened New Year’s Eve. Except pretend that Dark Knight Rises is on the TV more than the New Year’s Eve countdown, because that’s more accurate. ;)

Top row: Hubs and I had an Olive Garden feast with Tanner & his girlfriend Gabby New Year’s night, and I bought a cute new pillow at TJ Maxx. :)

Middle row: One of my super cute Christmas presents from best friend! And Jackers. Spoiled rotten. And Alyssa and I had a Cici’s and shopping day. :)

Bottom row: Just a third of my haul from Old Navy…cable-knit sweater, sparkly shirt, and a new running hoodie. (Hit up Old Navy if you haven’t yet…they’re having some killer sales.)

Andrew & I didn’t really make any resolutions this year, and certainly nothing specific, but we did talk a little bit about what kind of year we’d like 2013 to be.

Obviously, we want to eat healthier and exercise more. Is there a single person in America who doesn’t put that on their resolution/goal list every new year? Lol. Our other goal for this year is to be more consistent in our time with the Lord and be more intentional in our service and interaction with others. Our verse for the year is 1 Corinthians 15:58.

“Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.” -1 Corinthians 15:58-

Did you guys make any resolutions or goals? How’s 2013 going so far? I’d love to hear! :)

~Cait

Posted by Caitlin in Adventures, Animals, Date Night, Family, Fashion, Friends, Health, Holiday, Jack, Jesus, Personal, Shopping, Winter

Partying. Christmas Style.

January 2, 2013

Firstly…Happy New Year!! :) I hope you all had a fabulous and safe New Year’s Eve! We laid low and spent the night at my parents’ house watching Dark Knight Rises and basking in the glory of Christian Bale. And we had pizza and fudge. Win win. ;)

It’s hard to believe this party was just two weeks ago…I feel like we’ve been trapped inside the sickly days for weeks! Poor Hubs caught something (not from me!) and got a sore throat last week and is just now getting over it. Can we all agree to NEVER GET SICK IN 2013!?!

Ahem.

Here’s some highlights from our Christmas party we had two weekends ago with our sweet friends. It was a much-needed night of hilarity, fellowship, and good food. :) (We did miss my dearest BFF who got sick the night before. :-/ But we sent her a get well card!)

I didn’t take any pictures of the food or our decorations because we had so much fun using our photo booth!!! I’m proud to say I made this little set up all by myself, including the props. ;) We had a blast with it. Click on the pictures to see them bigger. Enjoy!

SO very blessed to have these precious people in our lives. :)

Next post to be blogged…Jack’s first snow. ;)

Happy Wednesday!

~Cait

Posted by Caitlin in Adventures, Christmas, Crafting, Decorating, Friends, Holiday, Home, Humor, Party, Personal, Photography, Winter Tags: Christmas, christmas party, christmas photo booth, party, photo booth

A Year in Review

January 1, 2013

Happy New Year! Hope you all have a fabulous year of love, laughter, and pancakes. :)

Click on the picture to see it bigger and read the little print. Thanks to BirDesign for this super cute, free template!

~Cait, Andrew, & Jack

Posted by Caitlin in Adventures, Animals, Christmas, Crafting, Family, Friends, Holiday, Home, Jack, Jesus, Love, Personal, Photography, Summer, Winter

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Best of 2012

December 31, 2012

This is the longest post ever. It took me twelve years. I’m not even gonna proofread it. Haha. Enjoy, and happy new year! ;)

In January…

Alyssa and I played with darling puppies.

Andrew and I started a new year of the memory jar (more to come on that later…we may or may not have read them two days early.)

Alyssa turned 14. And we filled her bathroom with balloons.

I drank pink lemonade out of a German shepherd cup.

I went to work a lot.

In February…

Hubs created the perfect candlelight Valentine’s dinner.

Complete with rose petals, brisket, and a Reese’s.

I went to the gun range.

And I felt like a boss.

In March…

I dined with these cuties.

And these.

I shot a bow and arrow with ridiculous excitement.

We went to Dallas with the fams and I met the most delightful pancakes.

Hubs got his Potbellie’s. :)

We went on walks.

Best friend took me to paint pottery and feast on cookie cake for my 22nd birthday.

Mom and Alyssa decorated my car.

Hubs dealt with me as I read the entire Hunger Games series with little contact to the outside world.

And at the end of March, we found our new home. :)

In April…

I got new sunglasses.

Hubs donned a snazzy suit for Easter.

We Easter-ed.

With cuties.

I had a hot date.

More Easter-ing.

In May…

Kristi and I had a picnic in the park with alfredo pizza, because that’s the only proper way to picnic.

Hubs and I celebrated our first year of marriage at the happiest place on earth…Disney World!

And it was awesome.

Naturally, we took pictures.

And had a paint fight. ;)

And we moved into our new home. :)

In June…

We took pictures with these cuties in a field of flowers.

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We bought a pool.

We had several pancakes.

We played with puppies again.

And went on delicious dates.

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And we watched Brad and Sherree get married.

On a magical rooftop.

In July…

We took more pictures.

We had more pancakes.

We dined with more cuties.

We watched fireworks with friends.

In August…

We breakfasted. Often.

We went to White Water Bay.

I went horseback-riding with Mom.

We had even. more. pancakes.

Mom turned 50, and we threw her a party.

A nifty party.

We went biking.

In September…

We drove 4 hours to pick up our darling Jack Sparrow.

And we fell in love.

And some of our besties got engaged.

In October…

Best friend and I travelled to Beaver’s Bend to shoot a wedding.

I had some cookie cake. :)

Jack grew like crazy.

We went to Dallas. So naturally, IKEA.

And the Original Pancake House.

Jack was a very convincing Jack Sparrow for Halloween.

In November…

We took family pictures in a tent. :)

And we took more family pictures.

In December…

We took Christmas pictures.

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Andrew graduated!

And we enjoyed loads of Christmas spirit. :)

Here’s to 2013. Happy New Year loves! :)

~Cait

Posted by Caitlin in Adventures, Animals, Christmas, Countdowns, Decorating, Family, Friends, Holiday, Home, Jack, Love, Outdoors, Party, Personal, Photography, Random, Summer, Travel, Winter

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A Blue Christmas

December 29, 2012

Wow. Forgive my long absence from the blog and the lack of “merry Christmas” wishes!! Today is the first day I actually feel normal again. Lol. Let me explain.

Sunday morning, I mentioned to Andrew how excited I was to have made it to Christmas this year without getting sick! I get sick almost every single December…a lot of times, on Christmas day, and it’s terribly depressing. This year I got a cold in September and thought that would count as my yearly cold and I’d be safe. I took my echinacea and vitamin C and drank lots of water leading up to Christmas…but on Sunday night, I felt it coming. Andrew, Alyssa, and I went to Johnny Carino’s for dinner to try to infuse my system with garlic…their garlic dipping sauce for their bread is divine. ;)

But sure enough, I woke up Monday morning unable to breathe out of both nostrils. And if you know me well at all, you know I would rather be vomiting for three days than to spend one day unable to breathe out of my nose properly. It annoys me that much. So Christmas Eve, Christmas day, and the day after Christmas were mostly spent in bed for me, blowing my nose, popping my ears, and crying because I was so angry to be sick on Christmas. Hahaha. It was the worst cold I’ve ever had, and I promise I’m not just a baby. ;-P

We DID get to go to the candlelight service at church Christmas Eve (I just brought tissues and cut out early when I felt sick LOL), and we opened presents at Mom and Dad-in-laws’ that night along with brother-in-law. We trekked to my parents Christmas morning with Jackers (and boy was he in a mood), and most of that morning I felt like I was in a fog. But we did get lots of fabulous gifts from both sides. ;) After we left my parents, I felt achy and all I could think about was my bed, so I told Andrew to go to his family’s Christmas, and I celebrated in my own way…by napping for four hours and waking up to watch Iron Will as I drank my orange juice and downed my meds. It was pretty sucky. Haha. BUT I feel pretty great today. Finally. :) It’s been a slow week, but I’m glad it’s pretty much over. This morning, I woke up able to breathe. I’ll take it. :)

SO. I can’t even catch you all up in one blog post about the past week, so I’ll just post pictures are pretend we’re caught up, mmk? :) I will do a separate post to tell you about our super cute Christmas party we had the weekend before Christmas…but there would be over 40 pictures if I tried to combine that with this post, so for now, just enjoy the bits of Christmas I managed to get on camera in my sick stupor. ;)

Andrew and I opened our presents for each other Christmas Eve morning…I needed a pick-me-up. ;)

Best. Show. Ever. We may or may not have already watched that whole season.

Jack likes nerdy financial books too. ;)

Opening his biggest gift… :)

YAY Thunder!! :) Haha. We took Mom and Dad-in-law with us Thursday night and the game was epic.

I got an impressive haul from my stocking. Hubs rocks. ;)

I won’t post many pictures of me because, let’s face it. I was looking rough. But I love this pic of Jackers sniffing out my new jammies. :) haha.

Hands down, my favorite gift. :D Hubs rocked the gift giving this year.

Mom-in-law’s tree belongs on Pinterest. ;)

Brother-in-law getting in the Christmas spirit.

We were super excited about Dad-in-law’s gift from us. :)

Can you see Allie helping Mom-in-law open her gifts?

Try not to look at me. Lol.

Allie was tuckered out by the end of the night.

I loved Mom’s tree this year!

And her table was super festive too. :) I was SO bummed to miss out on her pancakes…I didn’t eat much while sick, but on the plus side, I lost three pounds. ;) Hahaha.

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Brad & Sherree opening gifts. :)

Alyssa. Being Alyssa.

Dad wasn’t feeling well either, so I don’t have any good pictures of him. :( The Ulrichs…we’re cursed! :-P

Jacky Boy needed a Christmas bow to cheer me up. :)

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with lots of family, friends, and food! :) I’ve got lots of posts lined up now that I’m feeling well again, so be prepared. ;) :)

~Cait

Posted by Caitlin in Adventures, Animals, Christmas, Decorating, Family, Food, Friends, Health, Holiday, Home, Humor, Jack, Party, Personal, Photography, Winter

Catch Up

December 18, 2012

Let’s play catch up, shall we? It’s less than a week until Christmas and I really should be finishing my shopping and wrapping and getting ready for our Christmas party…but I’m at work, so I’ll blog. ;)

I had Johnny Carino’s with the fam Sunday, and Worm and I relished in the glory of their bread.

And then they got a tree…and Alyssa apparently felt the need to prove her strength.

Jack and I chilled by the Christmas tree.

Handsome Hubs took me to Longhorn. :) I can’t even handle my love for this salad. And Hubs.

Best friend came over to make cookies and entertain the dog last night. :)

I’ve been working a lot lately, so in the early mornings I try to cherish some pup snuggles. :)

Puppy dog eyes. Killer. I wuv him.

Happy Tuesday!

~Cait

Posted by Caitlin in Adventures, Animals, Christmas, Cooking, Family, Friends, Holiday, Home, Jack, Personal, Random, Winter

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Loads of Love

Be Mine.

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