Pretty Ladies on the East Side of Austin

A couple of weekends ago I met up with some friends in East Austin to take some pictures and have fun! See these ladies like to have their pictures taken and I just happen to have a camera permanently with me :)  We stayed around the 6th and Waller area.... going through some alleys, stopping in a bar, plenty and plenty of awesome things on the East side to take pictures around.  I'm not going to add a caption to the pictures below... just added them for you to enjoy!

Kristina

Michelle

Rachel

I'm here!! I'm here!!! I'm here!!!!!!!


Oh my gosh... I had no idea it has been almost a month since the last time I posted in the blog. I still love my little blog but it has really slipped my mind over the past month. I am still cooking a ton, baking a ton, enjoying life with my hubs and now have a zoo to take care of at the house. Which of course is all blog worthy material, but I just have to shake the lazy's and post!

About a month ago we met up for Nick and Magen's engagement party. We met up at Catina Laredo and then we moved over to Six. Here is Nick and Jim showing us their shirts. In the darker room it appeared that they had the exact same shirt on, but with the flash of the camera we realized they were different colors.

After a few adult beverages, we all became dancing fools. Here is Ashley and Jim doing a dance off... because I am biased I believe that Jim totally won! I mean, look at him,,, he is doing the running man!

Erin, Ashley, me, Lindsay and Tiffany


Boys being silly trying to recreate the Step Brothers movie poster



Mike and Erin took us out to dinner one night to thank me for taking their Engagement photos. We had an awesome sushi dinner and then went over to Park at the Domain for a few drinks where Charlie met up with us.

We have done our fair share of eating out this year. Typically we eat out once a week and I always love trying new places. We had a few flubs in 2012.... we ate at Shoreline Grill to say good bye--they closed down on Jan 31st. Shoreline has a special place in our lives since we were married there. I loved the venue and I am sad to see it close down. Unfortunately our last dinner there wasn't great. Cold app's and off service. I hate that was our last experience with Shoreline but we will hold on to our wedding memories when we think of them. We also had a less than stellar experience at Hugos (stay away from the tamale,,, great sauce but about a teaspoon of meat filling) and at Fonda San Miguel (my stuffed poblano pepper was not only burnt they didn't take the pepper skin off).

Our highlight of eating out was Lucy's Fried Chicken. The fried chicken was crunchy, juicy, and spicy... delish! Jim ordered the fried chicken salad sandwich, and it is a MONSTER of a sandwich. I had a few bites of it and it was perfect with the coleslaw and pickles. I can't wait to go back!!

We met up at Jenn and Charlies house to celebrate her birthday! Here is Chris, Jenn and Jim (with Lindsay and Matt in the background).

Jennifer, Jim, Lindsay and I

I made a strawberries and cream jello shots for her birthday. Originally they were supposed to be strawberry hearts surrounded by the cream, but it was a nightmare trying to get the hearts to be centered in the cream. So after making one batch I scrapped that idea and just made a more Mosaic type jello shot. They tasted great so it was a success!

Abbey loves her chew toys!

Mr. Pooh-Pa's big ass paw

The kittens are getting big!! Here is Slinky (right) and Jelly. They are very adventurous and will show their love towards each other, the dogs and us.

Abbey and I on Mt. Bonnell after a quick vet trip for Abbey. Of course she looked away every time I tried to take a picture :)

Little Ms. Abbey

Bud Bones goes to his first wedding

A few weekends back we went to a friends wedding in Houston. I thought Bud needed to get out and see the world so off we went!

The chapel was beautiful and HUGE. We parked on one side of the buildings and it turned out we were on the wrong side,,,, so off we went in search of the right chapel.

Bud really thought the car was cool, so he wanted to take a picture in front of the car and pretend like he is a big baller :) (tough guy/rich guy for those of you unsure of what a big baller was)


Bud peeping around a column at the church

Once at the reception I put down my purse at our table and Bud decided to walk around to check things out. He found the "gifts" for the people attending the reception and decided to dig in and hang out. No gold chocolate coins for you Bud!

The food at the reception was really good! I sampled a little of everything and Bud thought that gave him a free pass to sample from my plate. He only took a nibble or two so I let him have some.

Who knew Bud was such a flirt! Here he is with the ladies... I wonder if that little bugger was trying to look up our skirts?

The wedding cake was very pretty! It was also surrounded by waiters and waitresses,,, so I am surprised that Bud made it so close to getting a taste before the rest of us! Luckily I found him before he took a chunk out of the cake.

Ahhh... the joys of an open bar at a wedding! Bud stuck with Gin and Tonics all night and he even convinced the bartender to let him tend bar for a few minutes.

After a few to many Gin and Tonics, he was using the glasses to help prop him up.

Bud met the groom and wanted to hang out with him for a little bit so he could be the center of attention. Chris let him hang out in his vest (a little hard to see him since it is white on white). He wasn't as transparent as he thought, John spied Bud hanging out with Chris!

Bud really enjoyed his first wedding and liked sitting on the dance floor watching people dance the night away.

Where will Bud show up next???