Water Is A Go

I have been trying my best to not drive by our lot every chance I get and so far I haven't done so bad. Once a week seems reasonable right? Haha Not much had happened in the first few weeks. They flattened out the lot and added some of the wooden planks for laying the foundation.

 Thursday, December 13th, we met with the actual Builder to finalize the building plans so they could get started. We were so excited to sign off on the release and have it officially being built. I made it to Monday, December 17th, before I drove by again. YES... I know.. that is no where close to a week later... but I couldn't help it! They had layed all the plumbing pipes. Who knew I would be soooooo excited about having water pipes ready to go! Hahaha 

I managed to control myself and haven't been by since. Haha I think Monday's will have to be my once a week cheek in. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll get the Christmas Present I want tomorrow on Christmas Eve when I stop by... A concrete foundation finished! 

Winter with Mr and Mrs Winters

Christmas is probably my favorite time of the year.  Let me clarify... All the fun things to do at Christmas make it my favorite time of the year NOT the cold weather, dry skin, and ice on my windshield that I have to scrape off! Those things I do not like... I would much rather it be 105 degrees outside than 45 degrees. 

I do love all the fun get togethers and things to do though. This week has been a fun one. Work has been busy but I officially hit my 90 Day mark at my new job and passed all expectations! I even got my first raise. Not a bad way to start out the week.

On Thursday I went to a painting class with my friend Mrs. Winter sand her mom.

 It was so much fun. We drank wine and painted Santa Clause. I was a little freaked out at first because when we showed up there were blank canvases on our tables. I am not and have never claimed to be an artist! Haha The only real painting experience I have is from painting ornaments/boxes/mugs/etc for Holidays at my Grandmothers as a child. I recently found some of these crafts and realized ... I SUCK! lol I was hoping the gap of 6 years since our last Holiday Crafting Session gave me enough time to really improve on my artistic skills with no practice at all. Surprisingly, mine didn't turn out too bad.

I could sit here and point out all the things I did bad but let's just leave it at the painting is not perfect. Haha

Saturday the Hubby and I met up with Mr. and Mrs. Winter to go ice skating. I realize every year how much older I am by how out of shape I am and how much my feet hurt in those terrible skates! lol I always forget how uncomfortable they are until I'm there. It was fun though! While we were there we had some yummy hot chocolate and took pictures in their little prop sled. 

Later we went to dinner at this wonderful little Italian restaurant and stopped next door to watch some glass blowing. Sadly I didn't get a pic of that. Guess that means we'll just have to go back sometime!

After that we went and looked at Christmas Lights and man did we hit the jack pot! There was a neighborhood that had a competition and the 1st and 2nd Place winners houses were CRAZY! This was the second place winners house. 

From the picture it looks like a normal house with Christmas Lights but these were tied to the peoples own radio station. You could pull up in the neighborhood community area's parking lot across the street, tune into their station, and watch  all the lights dance on and off to the music. It was AMAZING! 

I have to say this week was full of Christmas Cheer! Hope yours was too. Merry Christmas!

Puppy Getaway

The Hubby and I were excited when our friends, Candace & Tyler asked us to puppy sit and watch their house this weekend! Of course we took up the offer. Roxy and their puppy Louie and best buds so we brought her with us.

Friday night Kevin and I went and ate at a new restaurant called Five Guys. I had eaten it before and knew he would love it. It's these really good burgers! Then we rented "Step Up" and picked up some ice cream. We spent the rest of the night curled up on the sofa watching the movie and watching these two play tug-a-war.

Aren't they adorable? They spent all day Saturday doing this too! The Hubby and I worked Saturday morning and then went shopping. Can I tell you how wonderful and how terrible of an idea that was!! I found a great jacket... A Tan London Fog Trench Coat. Not a long one but a thigh length. And I found some adorable Ralph Lauren Cheetah gloves. (I've decided Marshall's is my new favorite store!!)

We were going to have my friend Katie take some family pictures Saturday night but it was WAY TOO WINDY! If your not from Oklahoma you probably don't realize how windy a normal day in OK can be. If your not careful all your pictures will look like you were standing in front of a fan! Haha which looks great for those Victoria's Secret model shoots but not so great for a family pic! We decided dinner with her and her husband was a better idea!

Sunday the puppy's finally had worn themselves out.

It only took 2 days! The Hubby was thrilled because this meant they wanted to snuggle on the sofa all day while we watched football.

Candace and Tyler are great friends and had left us an easy cook meal to eat and so we decided to cook it Sunday.

(It's really Candace knowing my terrible ability to cook and trying to teach me simple recipes when I'm not looking! Haha which thumbs up to her because it worked!) It was this chicken taco crockpot recipe and it was delicious!!

Now it's time to go back to the in-laws and get ready for a full week of work. I'm so glad they asked us to watch their house and puppy though! Always fun to get a weekend away!