Rockin' and Rollin'...

This weekend we got a new toy...Rock Band for PS3. On Saturday we had friends over, and played for about 4 hours straight and the guys were good enough to earn us some new gigs and songs. It was really fun, but harder than I thought it'd be. It was so fun watching everyone play the drums, sing, and play the guitar. We had a few pros (Jess' sister and her husband were in town) so that made it easier since they were really good.

We are having a Superbowl party next Sunday, so I'm sure we'll play it at halftime or at the end of the game...Jeremy and I'd better practice before then!!

Here are a few outtakes from our concerts :)

NOTE: YOU NEED TO HIT PAUSE ON OUR PLAYLIST TO HEAR THE SINGING ON THESE VIDEOS

Here we were creating a rocker..it was hilarious

I think Jess should keep her day job :)

Jeremy, the lead singer in his new glasses...haha

On another note, but definitely fitting under the title of this post, here's Taylor dancing on Sunday at the Goose's Acre Irish Pub in the Woodlands. She had us cracking up! I guess she really liked the music or something. :)

Kinley was trying to get her headband off while Taylor was her dancing decoy!


Oh, yeah, Friday night we went to Matt's game at home. They played Concordia and won by a landslide. Because they were so far ahead, Matt's coach told him he could dunk it...well on the way down the court he strained his hamstring and coach took him out the rest of the game. So, I only took one pic of him...

Here he is on the bench with his leg up

Since Matt wasn't playing, I had more attention to give to Kinley :)

100 Things About Me... (in no particular order)

1.) I am the oldest of four kids
2.) This year will be 5 years of marriage to Jeremy (11 together)
3.) We started dating when he was 16 and I was 15
4.) I majored in Geography at Texas A&M.
5.) I am a huge dog lover- mine are my kids and make my life more full.
6.) I am (very) opinionated :)
7.) At different times in my life I have been told I look like Jessica Simpson (college by multiple people), Trisha Yearwood, and Britney Spears (eeeekkk!)
8.) I am always on the go, but love relaxing
9.) Shopping is something that makes me happy (yup, that's shallow)
10.) I am missing a vertebrae and have always had back problems
11.) I played softball from 2nd grade- High School year round
12.) I hate drinking water and love drinking Coke (regular)
13.) I am picky about who my friends are and have high expectations of them
14.) I am horrible at being fake...what you see is what you get
15.) I am very loyal
16.) Before I got a real job after college I made Jeremy do a sleep study b/c he wouldn't stay up until midnight with me :p /(there MUST have been something wrong with him!!
17.) I collect Department 56 Snow Village and Willow Tree Angels
18.) In college I always beat Jeremy at James Bond Golden Eye on Nintendo 64.
19.) I love making lists
20.) I LOVE the sun...tanning, laying out, being at the beach
21.) I have a huge imagination
22.) I want 3 kids; girl-boy-girl
23.) I like to dress up my dogs
24.) I have green eyes
25.) I am the tallest of my mom and sisters by at least 2 inches
26.) I worry about everything but am so laid back no one would know
27.) I cherish my friendships, they each bring something special to my life
28.) Jeremy is my very best friend
29.) I used to be a major dare devil but am getting more scared of heights
30.) Me and both my sisters have broken our pinky finger on our right hand (weird!)
31.) I miss all my great grandparents and wish they were still with us
32.) Jeremy was on the A&M bonfire when it fell and was featured in people magazine
33.) I was born in Dallas
34.) I LOVE Taylor Swift
35.) Jeremy and I both cried the first time we watched 'The Notebook' and it's still one of our favorite movies
36.) I am a girly-girl. Even when I was little I cared about matching and my mom couldn't get me to wear jeans, only dresses
37.) I am scared of having non-athletic, nerdy kids
38.) I love Jesus and try to be like him
39.) I love vacuuming and freak out if anyone walks on my marks (I've actually made Jeremy carry Cassie out the back door)
40.) I'd rather have quality over quantity in most situations (shoes, purses)
41.) I love to bake and know the recipes to several cookies, cakes and brownies from scratch off the top of my head
42.) I'm Indian and Irish
43.) I can have a bad temper
44.) I don't like acquired tastes...beer and coffee...yuck!
45.) Most of the time I'm non-confrontational
46.) I didn't swallow a pill until the 6th grade
47.) In school I was always a bad test-taker
48.) I hate when people die that were not living a "good" life and all of a sudden people claim that person was courageous, religious, noble, perfect, etc. just b/c they are dead
49.) I'm not a reader
50.) My favorite game as a kid was candyland
51.) My middle name is Jayne, after my aunt Melissa Jayne
52.) I love decorating and planning/hosting things
53.) I think smoking is nasty and selfish
54.) I think most people get divorced too easily
55.) I am legally blind in one eye
56.) I am addicted to avocados and guacamole
57.) I am DEATHLY afraid of needles. Whether it's a shot, giving blood, cholesterol test, IV- I always get blurred vision, dizzy, nauseous...it's awful
58.) I LOVE scary movies, especially the Halloween and Saw movies (even though I'm so scared afterwards I make Jeremy go to the bathroom with me!)
59.) I don't like my foods to touch
60.) I eat my foods one at a time
61.) I hate (and always have) when girls use Halloween as an excuse to be SLUTS!!! It's pathetic...
62.) I decorate for every season and holiday. Valentine's, Easter, Halloween, Fall, Christmas
63.) I love snow skiing and snowmobiling
64.) I always won the races on Friday nights at the skating rink when I was little, but put me on Rollerblades and I so much as hit a crack in the cement and I'm gone...
65.) I'm scared to shower when I'm home alone
66.) In HS I played softball on a fractured ankle for 3wks before going to the Dr
67.) I have a high pain tolerance/am tough (except needles, of course)
68.) I am unprepared for someone close to me to die
69.) I'm a third generation aggie on my dad's side
70.) I'm the first child and grandchild on both sides
71.) I was a barbie and doll freak when I was little
72.) I was a Mommy for my 1st Halloween- my choice! :)
73.) I love the water- Jeremy calls me a "water baby" and I even have a shirt that says that
74.) I had a heart murmur as a baby
75.) I like to talk politics
76.) I can be a ditz!!
77.) Sports make me emotional
78.) I'm more competitive at my little brother's games than I was at my own games
79.) I had to save $1000.00 on my own before I could get a car
80.) My philosophy prof in college told me that I got married too young and that if it worked out it'd be good luck rather than a good choice
81.) My sister Courtney always beat me up when I was little, even though I was 2.5 years older
82.) I am not the typical bossy/motherly oldest child
83.) I don't like being the center of attention
84.) I don't really like football
85.) I love 80's music
86.) I love hearts to this day. In 2nd grade I won a contest on Valentine's day for having the most hearts on my outfit! What a nerd :)
87.) I love fat babies and fat dogs
88.) I've always wanted an English bulldog
89.) My dream wardrobe would be the 40's style clothes of Rachel McAdams in 'The Notebook'
90.) I love Texas, and I love the South (people, weather, cooking, hospitality)
91.) I feel blessed to have been born in this country
92.) I have long and skinny fingers and toes
93.) I love food and have always eaten a lot
94.) I hate to exercise
95.) I would not want a runner or gymnast's body...I like curves
96.) I hate know-it-alls!
97.) I like gold jewelry, and think white gold is a short-lived trend
98.) I HATE HATE HATE Houston drivers- jerks!
99.) My favorite time of day is dusk
100.) In my first post-college interview I ran smack into a glass window, thinking it was a glass door. And yes, the interviewer was just on the other side!! :p

Hope you people that asked me to do this enjoyed it...it was hard work ;)

Family time...

We've been very busy since my last post on Thursday!! Friday after work we went to the eye doctor. Jeremy got glasses! For those of you who know us well know this has been a long time coming, and that he squints at everything! He's gotten some funny texts from friends (hey four eyes) but he's happy to finally be able to see. His vision was 50/70!! And he's gotten several congratulations just because he's received so many "Jeremy, please go to the eye doctor" comments from family and friends after watching him straining to see. So he's now officially a nerd, even though we all already knew that!! ;)

Note: I tried to take a pic of him in his glasses for this post and he said no, b/c I've already made fun of him too much...

After the eye doctor we rushed to Magnolia in the rain to ride to Brenham with my parents. We met my grandparents, aunt, sister and her friend, and uncle and three cousins at my brother's b-ball game against Brenham. It ended up being a really good and close game until the end where we pulled ahead and won. Matt had around 30 points.

Courtney, Lissa, Courtney's friend Carey, Matt, my grandparents

I think Matt was distracted and trying to leave before missing the bus


Saturday was our Nephew Kaleb's 7th b-day party at Incredible Pizza. We rode go karts and played mini golf and had a fun time. We capped off the night playing PS3 with Shad and his gf Brittany.

Opening the four wheeler we got him

Starr and Kaleb before their go kart race

Kaleb was a sore loser :( He was so mad they lost the race...

We had a great weekend and hope everyone else did, too!!!

Aloha Kauai!!!!!!!!

This is our hotel

Well, after about a week of considering our options, thanks in part to y'alls comments, we have looked near and far for a good 5th anniversary vacation. We found it!! (But y'all have got our wheels turning for future trips to Maine, Boston, New York, Destin, and Vermont...) :)

My friend Leah had just planned her honeymoon and referred us to a travel agent. He was awesome, spending days trying to find us deals and pricing different destinations. We told him Hawaii as our 'dream' choice, not really expecting it to work out (as we had given him alternative destinations). But, after searching all his vendors and several days, he found us the Kauai Marriott with a 5th night free, rental car at no additional cost, free breakfast at one of their 5 in house restaurants daily, and cheaper airfare than before. We told him, YES!! He has been fabulous, not pushy at all and so accomodating and thorough.

This is the famous golf course @ our hotel!!!

After visiting Kauai when I was 13 with my grandparents (Gran and Daddy Joe) and my aunt Lissa and having the time of my life (with 3 of my favorite people in the whole world )...I came home saying I would take my future husband there. Well, 2 years later Jeremy and I started dating and now 13 years later we are realizing that dream...and I am going back (with my other half and favorite person in the whole world)! We can't wait!!!!! Bring on the summer!

Matt's making the headlines...

Just wanted to give my lil brother a shout out. Today in the Magnolia Potpourri (of Houston Community Newspapers) he was on the front page of the sports section (for his mad basketball skills, of course). He was interviewed and photogaphed and it turned out to be a really neat story on him as a player and his goals for the future.

Way to go, Matt!

For inquiring minds...the link is below

http://www.hcnonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19196031&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532557&rfi=6

Now you know that we're not going to all of his games to watch him sit the bench ;)

Pretty cool if you ask me...

Weekend Happenings...

This Friday we went to another one of Matt's games...this time in Huntsville. They won 52-32, which I wasn't too happy about because I like them close!! It made for an interesting game since the refs only called about 3 fouls the whole game. It got pretty rough...but atleast they were letting things go on both sides and it was fair. Only a few games left this season, so we'll make as many as possible. Atleast we have Haley's softball season coming up!

Saturday we had the pleasure of keeping Kinley for the day. Her parents weren't feeling so well so she ran errands with us. We went to the bank, the cleaners, lunch, and grocery shopping. She was perfect and we had such a good day. After we got home from all of those places she helped Jeremy root for the aggies during their b-ball game (sshh- don't tell her daddy :)) We finally decided to give her back after that.

This is what the dogs were doing while we were holding/playing with Kinley. I think they knew we weren't paying them any attention and gave up on trying to get in the middle of everything.

Anniversary Trip Ideas...Anyone???

Well, this is a topic that's been on my mind just since the new year. Now that the holidays are over, it will give me something to look forward to!!

Jeremy and I are hoping to get a good trip in this year. In the past year or two we've made trips to Dallas (business), San Antonio, Colorado, Port Aransas, South Padre, Canton, San Diego (business) and on a cruise with some of our friends to Cozumel. So we've had some small and short trips, but this year we're looking for a good 5-7 day vacation alone for our 5th (CAN YOU BELIEVE IT???) anniversary in July.

We're going to be squeezing in a trip to Tyler with friends in Feb or March and a trip to Oregon to visit my good friend Danette and her family probably in February. So preferably no ideas on the west coast since we've been and are still planning on making a trip up there in the next little bit.

Other than that, we would greatly appreciate any ideas or referrals of places, cities, travel agents, websites, or anything else that would be helpful in finding a fun place to spend some time together.

Thanks in advance!