I'm a cow!

On Tuesday night, Liz, Ben and I decided to go to Mooyah's in Garden City and to Sam's Club.  It decided to start snowing, so took us about 55 mins to get to Mooyah's and about 80 mins get home!!!

IT was so slow coming home b/c we were stuck behind a de-icing truck.

When we headed out to Sam's club, I had worked the night before, and only slep about 3 hrs, so I was a bit loopy. This burger place is YUMMY, not quite In-n-out, but still very yummy for this area! It is kind of like a 5 guys burger joint.

While we were waiting for our food to be cooked, I decided to cut loose, have some fun and take some silly photos with the pics in the restuarant. Little did I know that my sneaky lil sis lined me up perfectly to look like I had cow ears! (see below) Now that I think of it, coming from where we were raised, these photos are even more fun!

So, here are a few fun pics to give you a little laugh, and to show that even though you are starting to get old at 30, you can still be silly and fun sometimes! Plus lack of sleep helps!

 

 

Rest of Florida

Well, we've been home for about 5 days, and I was alot more "jet lagged" than I had orginally thought I would be!

We got home sunday night abotu 11pm, then I worked both jobs Monday, off tuesday & sam's club in the snow, then work Wed and now Thurs night!   Needless to say I'm exhausted!

We had a great time in Florida and are attempting to plan our next trip! 

Towards the middle of the week, we went deep sea fishing. Ben caught 2 fish, had to throw one back and got to keep the second one...but we didn't wanna wait around for it to be cleaned for us and we had sea food at the house allready, so we left it for others to take home.  Ben had never been deep sea fishing, so it was a fun treat to go on.  There were about 20 people total, so nice sized crowd. 

The last couple of days were PERFECT weather, low humidity and great temp.  We laid around on the beach alot, cooked yummy food, rode bikes alot and enjoyed each other's company. 

On this trip, I learned that I have this ADDICTION to buffalo shrimp! I think that we ate it like 4 or 5 diff times! :)

After 5 years of marriage and almost 8 years of being together, I am very thankful that we have fun on vacation together still and enjoy each other's company!

Next time I think that we'll go about a month later, so that we get warmer weather the entire trip! :)

Here are a few pics from the rest of the trip.

 

Florida!

So weve been in fl for bout 2 days!!!

Weathers bit cooler than we were hoping for but still weve had alot of fun!

Today we cooked big breakfast, rented bikes, rode around looking at houses, got amassage, made fish & chicken tacos, and lounged around house.

Tom is supposed to be ten degrees warner and not windy! Tom agenda: hot yoga, breakfast and beach!!!

Im thankful for the opportunity for this vaca and a fun spouse spend it with!

Landed at la casa de Taylor

After a long 15 hr day of travels (thx to delays) we finally arrived at the taylor casa!

I crashed bout ten, slept til 9ish, took 2+ hr nap and now ready hit the hay again!

It was a fun filled day with meeting mr Finley and seeing family.

Tom a day of shooting and fam pics!

Vaca day one

So far trip off to interesting start. Were bout take off, pilot brakes, circle around, and deplane for rudder problem!

So now we sit in our lil airport, wait 40+ mins for maintenance to get here.

Lets pray we get out at decent time today!

Perhaps we can convince them to open our lil italian restaurant early for breakfast!

Happy Birthday Luv Muffin!

Happy bday luv muffin! Sorry we wont see each other for ur bday, but well celebrate on vacation.

I love you and greatly appreciate you every day!

Diets?

So this last summer I was running alot and felt great and toned up, which was very nice. Now that Im constantly working nights Im finding it hard to get on a regular working out routine.

The question now remains, what diet can I sucessfully do or what workout plan can I successfully do with my schedule?!?!

I tried ideal protein for a few days and all I foubd was constant hunger and not enough energy for work. Any nursing/night workers have suggestions?

Not much new going on in our lives. Just getting ready for vacation! =)

catching up

So, once again I am slacking here.  I worked 3 nights in a row, one night off but still worked at other job, and then back on a night tonight!  So, after 8 nights off, I have been exhausted from three nights on. Guess I'm getting old =)!

There has been alot of talk lately in our household about where to go next with trying to get pregnant....the conversations humor and amaze me all at the same time. We both have grown and changed so much in the last 5 years, and I feel like we are both open to so many other things than we were before. The conversations make me extremely thankful for Ben and for our marriage.

I am on days the rest of this week for a training in Garden City and for Saturday I am off, so I am hoping to get all of our Christmas decor down and the tree out of the hosue...yes we are a little late, but it has been nice to enjoy it a bit longer. 

Next week Ben and I head to Ohio to visit with the Taylor clain and then to Florida! I am really excited to meet Mr. FInley, see the rest of the fam and to go on a vaca to the beach!!! My hair is begging for humidity!

Not alot new has gone on in our household, just alot of work and trying to see each other in passing! 

Hope everyone has had a good week, pray for me as I take this course at the end of the week, not feeling all that prepared for it yet.

Finally catching up...

So, the new year is 4 days in, and I have yet to have posted....been a crazy couple of weeks!

I worked Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, then woke up from sleeping on the 26th around 2pm and was horribly sick. Ben ended up taking me to the ER where I work and I was admitted for 3 days. I ended up having some kind of a infection bug in my gut.
Mom, dad, liz and Ryan all flew in on the 28th, saw them at the hospital for a few mins, and then got discharged on the afternoon on the 29th.  Then, the weekend was filled with lots of sleeping and recooping on the couch at mi casa and at Liz's casa, fam dinner on the 31st, dad flying out early on the 1st and then spending the last few days recooping so that I could return to work tonight! 

Needless to say, the last week has just flown by, and I don't remember too much of some of it.  I am feeling much better now, and got amazing care from the people that I work with. I am extremely thankful for my job and the people that I work with. Now, I am just watching my diet a little more closely til I feel 100%. 

Mom left today...the trip went by too quickly since I was sick for most of it, but glad that I got some quality time just hanging out with her since I was sick. Hopefully next trip no one will be sick.

I know that the new year is usually full of resolutions, things we wanna to better, lose weight, habits to break etc...instead, I want to share wishes and hopes that I have for 2013.

In 2013, I hope that Ben and I are able to spend more time with both sides of our families, I hope I stay diligant with blogging, I hope that Ben and I take more vacations and enjoy more quality time together (since I have a job now), and move closer towards making our dream of having a family a reality. 

***Sorry for not letting people know that I was in the hospital, I was so out of it for the three days that I was in here, we didn't wanna upset people during the holiday season, and Ben was alone with me trying to manage helping w/my care, drs, work and phone calls between our parents. ***