Brothers ans Sisters

This past week has been all about honoring my Sister Jennifer and Brother-in-Law Chris.

Let's start with Jennifer~
On this past Saturday my other sister Ashley drove to Dallas to celebrate Jennifer's last night of singleness. We had a great night Paul (her man-of-honor) and Brenda did a great job at planning the night. We were picked up in a limo at Brenda's house. Then we went to Gloria's Mexican Cantina in downtown Fort Worth. Next we went to Hyena's Comedy Club. It was a blast. Thank you for letting us join you Jennifer.



Finally Chris~
Monday was Chris Petersen's last 20-Something birthday. That is right... Chris is now 29! As a way of celebrating Chris Ashley decided to cook his Favorite Meal ~Chicken Fried Steak~ and have us (Ashley, Chris, Ella, Katie, Greg, Ryan and me-Alisha)over for dinner. She went all out to make it special for him. We had a great time.

A Boy and His Dog

SO a little over a week ago Ryan and I added a new member to our family... Beaux! Beaux is a English Springer Spaniel. He was 9 weeks this past Tuesday. He is 10lbs and growing.

As many of you know I have had my dog Bella for about 5 years. So in my mind we did not need another dog... I already had one. But Ryan wanted a dog all his own, and he had dreamed of owning a English Springer Spaniel for years! So when we found a deal on the Internet that was about $300 less than all other puppies we had seen we jumped at it. Now Ryan is getting to learn about how much fun a puppy is (I think this might be a good wake-up call for the future).

The only problem that we have run into, was that this past Saturday we had to take little mister Beaux to the Animal Emergency Hospital. He has what might be Parvo or some other intestinal virus. It has been a long road getting him well... But we hope we are starting to be on the right track! I am sure we will have more Beaux and Bella stories later!

Upgrade Ya

So I got to tell you about the upgrades that we received while we were on our honeymoon. We had joked before we left that we didn’t want to be Chandler and Monica from friends who got beat to every spot by another couple that was on their honeymoon. Well, we didn’t have that problem at all and it seemed that everyone was happy to accommodate us or even give us some perks along our way.
1) So, we flew from Houston to Boston and while on the flight, my wonderful bride needs to go to the bathroom. While she was waiting, she sparks a conversation with the flight attendant and proceeds to tell them we are on our honeymoon. No less than when she gets back do they start passing the food cart around and we get FREE FOOD!!! That was the beginning.
2) We then arrive in Boston and go to the rental car agency and then we start up a conversation with our checker and let her know on the sly that it is our honeymoon. We then get an upgrade to a sports car and then get the navigation devise thrown in for FREE!!! How exciting I am thinking. This is awesome.
3) Well, we arrive at our destination around 7:30 pm Sunday the 12th. We check in and unload all of our stuff into the cabin we got for the week. As we are going through everything we notice 1-) the tub is very small 2-) there is no working heater and the temperature was already in the 50’s 3-) we cant make a fire with wet wood!!!

So, after about an hour of trying to get the fire up and going we succeeded. So, we slept to the cracking of a fire which was nice until about 3 in the morning when it went out and then we got cold. I know what some of you are thinking, just cuddle and get warm with each other, but there is one thing to cuddle and be comfortable and another to cuddle to try and stay warm. I like the computability factor. So, we went ahead and scheduled our massages for the day and as Alisha is getting hers I spark a conversation with the front desk attendant and she asks how the cabin is. I tell her cold and she asks for us not to make a fire and I am like well then how are we to stay warm with no heater. She then asks if we would like to upgrade to the suite for FREE!!! I ask to look at it and the one thing Alisha told me was if they have a big tub, GO FOR IT!!!

So, we upgraded and it was lovely. Instead of a wood fireplace, we had a gas one. We had a king size bed instead of a queen, huge tub and shower, flat screen tv’s. We were definitely spoiled while we were there. We knew when we left that they have forever given us a vacation spot in the mountains of Vermont.

We love you Mountain Top Inn!!!

Date Night/Road Trip

So Ryan and I have started a weekly tradition of date nights! A few weeks ago it was my turn to plan the date night. This was so much fun for me because Ryan is a very difficult person to surprise because he always wants to "figure it out." So for this date I sort of left it up to him. I had several envelopes with questions in them
1)Who is your favorite person to hang out with
2)What is your favorite food?
3)Of this type of food, what is your favorite restaurant (on a budget)?
4)What is your favorite new car that you would like to test drive?
5)What is your favorite movie
You see where I am going with this... Needless to say I think that he really enjoyed the date. Here are a few pictures of us test-driving a new Camaro and Challenger!





This last Friday we were not able to have a Friday Date-Night because we were with Chris, Ashley and Ella driving to Arkansas for Jennifer and Moises' wedding shower. It was a lot of fun... but I am not going to lie 9 hours is a very long time to be in a car with a four adults, two dogs and a toddler! I have never been so glad to get home!!!