I just love free stuff!

This morning I went to clean Mrs. Barbara's house. While I was there I noticed she had redecorated some things in her home. When I was finished cleaning Mrs. Barbara asked me if I would like any of the cafe stuff she had in her home. I said sure and so this is what I came out with...

She gave me 4 practically brand new ceramic cafe wall art. I love them they will go great with my fat chef stuff!

This is one of my faves... It is the metal cafe wall art... Love it!

Here are 4 small picture frames with coffee cups on them... These more than likely will be used differently. I don't really care to much for the picture but it love the frames..

These are just bigger picture frames... Not exactly sure what we will do with these, but I'm sure I'll come up with something. Thank you Mrs. Barbara for all these lovely things. We greatly appreciate them.

My Sweetheart Cupcakes! Yummy!

Yesterday on my day off from work, I decided to make my lovely fiance some Sweetheart cupcakes. I mixed red velvet cake mix and baked them into cupcakes. After they cooled, I swirled cream cheese icing and sprinkled them with red sprinkles. They were so delish! Yummy! This past 4 day weekend was great. Friday Terry and I got off work really early so Terry and I took a trip to Goodwill and rented some redbox movies. Saturday Terry got off of work around 5 then we went to Ben and Audrey's house around 8:30 for pre-marital counseling. I got to meet Jovie for the first time. She is so unbelievably tiny... TOO cute! I love pre-marital counseling it is so much fun. I have learned a ton more about Terry. nothing bad... Funny things! Sunday was Super Bowl Sunday and the Martin's and Bro. Brandon came. Good sermon and music. After that we of course, watched the Super Bowl... GO SAINTS! That was a great game and they totally deserved that win. Monday... Our first actual SNOW DAY in a long while about 7 inches of that pure, white, fluffy stuff called snow! It was tons of fun... Terry and I had a snow ball fight...Didn't really think snow would hurt that bad, but it was tons of fun! Although, I was out a day of work, I am very thankful I got to spend the day with my lovely, sweet fiance! Hope everyone has a great and wonderful rest of the night!

Snow... Actual Snow and Lots of it!

Well, didn't expect for us to get this much snow... Both Terry and I got the day of because our places of work shut down for the day. So I drove to Terry's house and we decided to go out and have a snow ball fight. It was so much fun!

In this picture because it was so bright out Jack couldn't even keep his eyes open.

Terry was building up a wall for our snowball fight... He is so funny sportin off his pink gloves!

Jack and I came back in after about 15 minutes because it was so cold!

The Lyles' House

My car and the snowman that the Lyles built earlier

Terry's car... Look at how thick the snow is!

One man's trash is definitely the soon to be Lyles' Treasure!

So on our way to church tonight we were driving out of Terry's neighborhood and spotted some eye catchers hanging out beside the trash at the end of someone's driveway...

In the picture above. This is a nice computer desk needs some sanding and a coat of paint, but after that it will be PERFECT!

This is a pic of a side table also needs sanding and coat of paint!

This is the most crazy of them all! Looks practically brand new! Can't believe it, but we found a chest of drawers! Can't wait to sand and paint this! Terry and I have been looking for a used one at yard sales and such... And we found them in the most unexpected place ever... The TRASH! I am soooo Thankful someone found this to be of no use to them! Can't praise God enough for all the blessings we have received!

Uhh.. It's my turn!

On Saturday night Terry and I decided to go to Kyotos (YUM)for dinner and that we probably should get started on wedding registering, so we decided to go to Target! My favorite place to shop. At first Terry wasn't interested in this at all, but later as you will see he enjoyed scanning things. He wouldn't even let me have the wand. It was so much fun... Cute little date. Believe me if you see anything strange on our registry you'll know for sure it wasn't me. I loved being able to hang out and more importantly I got to see what his interests were in decor. NOT GOOD Ladies! LOL :) I love you Terry!

Clearly in this picture you can tell that he was enjoying himself!

I wanted a pic too! Just as a remembrance type thing!

Sorry Katie and Kuby we most definately stoled your idea, but ours didn't really turn out, but it is all gravy. We still had fun! Can't wait to be married July couldn't get here any faster!

A Date Well Awaited :)

So everyone Terry and I have an exciting announcement to make! We set our date and have talked to both sets of parents. Let's just say our talks with our parents and their reactions were quite expected, but we both received their blessings, in which we are very thankful for. It is so hard to believe that Terry and I have been engaged for 11 months already. Even though it has been a long time already it definitely has been filled with fun times and great conversations. I am very blessed that I have a fiance who puts the Lord first in his life. Just to let everyone know before whoever starts making comments about our decision, that we are willing to take on ALL the responsibilities that comes with our decision. We know and understand that there will be times in our life that we may face struggles, but we humbly say that we couldn't be as prepared for this HUGE step without God being the one in complete control... I can't even begin to describe how much Terry's and my relationship has grown since we both came to the Lord a few years back! It has been incredible! We are also very thankful that God has put two very special people, such as Ben and Audrey Williams, in our lives. Their relationship with one another and with God in their marriage has been a complete inspiration to both me and Terry. They have been there for us whenever needed and we are so thankful for that. Well I know that people didn't read this blog because of all that useless information above, but it is my blog and I really want to remember this. I am extremely excited to be able to blog. Well here we go. Our date is......You ready?... It is JULY 10 , 2010!! Yes this summer and Yes in less than 6 months. We have already started pre-marital counseling with Ben Williams, who will be the one who marries Terry and I. Which this so far has been fun (even though it has only been one meeting!) We are super excited and I am so ready to start the whole wedding planning thing! Here is some of the things about our wedding that we have already discussed and both completely agree on:
* More than likely we will be having it at Meadow Brook Baptist Church
* Ben Williams will be marrying us
* It will be probably be around 3pm
* Colors are chocolate brown and ivory with the accent colors being lime green and turquoise!!
Well, that is pretty much all we got for know, but believe me I will be keeping up with my blog way more now that I have something to talk about. Anyways... Hopes everyone has a great Friday.

I can't believe it!!!

Terry and I decided that we both were starting to look unhealthy and chubby! So 2 weeks ago we started this dieting/toning process which for me seems to be working... Anyways Terry and I decided that it would be best to cut out cokes and sugary drinks completely ( Terry isn't doing as great, but he has definately cut back), lessin the eating out (which works for two people with no money! lol!), cutting back on how much we eat in general (trying to eat more veggies and fruits instead of snackin on cookies and sweets) and exercising (we figured it probably would be a good idea in considering we are paying for it on a monthly basis and haven't been in about 6+ months). Well anyways needless to say I started out 2 weeks ago at 145 and now I weigh 138. Yay for me, I lost 7 pounds!!!! I don't know if Terry wants me to put his weight on my blog so I won't but he has lost a couple of pounds from cutting out the cokes and sweets! I am super excited. My goal is to get back to 125 and to loose some inches off my waist and thighs by the end of May! I am very confident that I can do this.

So today the schools were out for Martin Luther King Day, which was great because I was able to come home and rest after a long day at work. By long I mean working from 8:30-6 with eight 3 year olds. It was fun and I truly enjoyed it because I liked being able to interact with the kids (working with infants the isn't so much interaction.) We had tons of fun we played dress up and kitchen in the centers and I even got in the floor and played with the trucks and cars. Later on when we were just calming down for the day we played with play dough and then watched Alvin and the Chipmunks. It was GREAT. I am so thankful for my job and my wonderful boss who tries her hardest to give me the hours I need each week! More than anything I want to thank God for all the blessings that he has given me today. What a wondrous God I serve!