Let's Play Catch Up

 I'm going to try to do a quick catch-up of what's been happening with the Hunt's......

 

We celebrated our birthdays, along with a friend's, at Paula Dean's seafood buffet...Yum!!

The next weekend Bailey took me on a "mystery trip." Just a time for us to get out of town for a night. We ended up in the large town of Sikeston, MO which is where you can find Lambert's--the home of the throwed rolls.

The leftovers of my dinner. Of course we ate waaaay too much but it was sooooo good. We did a little shopping at the outlet mall before we went to dinner and then stayed the night and headed home the next day to meet my family for birthday lunch at Kyoto. After lunch we headed back to my parents house where this was waiting on us....

My "birthday" king cake from Gambino's. Dad has had one shipped to me for as long as I can remember (probably since we lived in Baton Rouge). I like the plain old original king cake. They send it "naked" (without anything on top) along with the icing and colored sugars and you decorate it yourself.

The following Monday was my "birthday" (if you can call it that since I didn't technically have one--not being a leap year and all) and Stephanie had this for me at Girl's Bible Study that night

Sometime in the next week or so we celebrated with Bailey's family and had these....

They have the BEST cupcakes around! I've had AnnOlivia's and Muddy's and I think that L'oven's are much better!!

The next weekend I helped my friend Courtney decorate some tables for a ladies banquet.

Our "pretty" table

Birthday table

Up close of cupcake stand

Beachy table

We went with Bailey's parents and sister to Arkansas for the first part of Spring Break to visit Mr. Jeff's parents. We did a little shopping, lots of eating, and then one day we went hiking at Petit Jean Mountain.



And last, but not least, my quilting class has ended. Here is the top of my quilt. I am waiting for Chantay to piece the top, middle, and back together and then I will complete the binding.

As always, please forgive me for the quality of the pictures--many are from my phone and a few are taken from facebook.

Here I Go Again....

It's happened.....again. I've taken another extended break from blogging. I haven't updated on many, many things that have been happening at the Hunt household (anniversary, Christmas & parties, New Year's, snow days, Upward, etc.) and I won't even try to recap those things. So, what's been happening lately.....

I started my t-shirt quilting class a few weeks ago. We have cut apart the t-shirts, applied the stabilizer, cut the t-shirts into squares and cut the sashing and sashing squares. Here's a pic of it all laid out, ready to be sewn together.

Please excuse the poor quality, it was taken with my phone.

We were supposed to start sewing last week but missed class due to the weather. So we will start that this week--I'm so excited to start putting it together!!

We have never celebrated a big, huge Valentine's day (I personally think it's one of those waaay comercialized holidays) so Saturday we grilled out and made a yummy dessert.

We're really looking forward to this weekend--we're celebrating our birthdays, along with a friend that shares Bailey's b-day, by going to eat at Paula Deen's buffet.

Please keep Bailey's dad in your prayers. He spent about a week in the hospital with an obstruction in his small intestine. He is home now, but not any better. It looks like they're going to have to do surgery.

Boring post, but that's all for now. I'm going to try to get back in to posting more often.

My First Sewing/Quilting Project

A few months ago a friend of my mine, Chantay, opened a shop, "Cotton Treasures," downtown. She has been quilting for years but now has a workspace away from home. She sells fabric, "notions" (as her FB page says), quilting services, and some other things that she and some other friends have made. She is also offering some sewing/quilting classes. I am signed up to take her "Quilting with T-shirts" class that starts in a few weeks.


My sister has been helping Chantay with various tasks for quite sometime. She has my grandmother's sewing machine. I'd mentioned that I was interested in learning to sew/quilt so Olivia and Chantay decided my first project should be a tree skirt. (Chantay had just found a beautiful pattern for one!) So, a week or so before Thanksgiving I got started on it. Chantay sort of taught me step-by-step what to do. She was a great teacher. Here are a few pictures--in progress and the finished product.

The top of the tree skirt

On the long-arm machine which puts all three layers together and stitches the pattern

The finished tree skirt

The Last Month or So....

Here's a quick recap of what's been happening with the Hunt's in the last month or so......

We went to the Ole Miss-Auburn game in Oxford and actually tailgated (the only time this season).

My former roomie (who FINALLY got engaged at Thanksgiving--sooo excited for Scottie and Daniel!!)

Hanging out in the grove with friends

The next weekend we made a trip to Tunica to Paula Dean's Buffet for Kerry's birthday. We went on a Friday night so they had seafood too. Needless to say, we ate waaaay too much.

We ate alot!

The girls

He's my favorite :)

My forever roomies

The next morning we got up early to head to Jackson to see Anna-Blair run in the state cross country meet. Then we came straight home and got ready to go to a wedding. Of course, I do not have a picture of us at/or before the wedding. The following photo is courtesy of Mrs. Connie.

The next weekend Bailey and I drove to Knoxville to watch the Ole Miss-Tennesse game. The game was awful, to say the least, but it was a fun trip.

Neyland Stadium

The stadium is right next to the river. It was an absolutely gorgeous day. (As opposed to the other two away games we've been to when it was raining the whole time). 

 And then of course there was Thanksgiving break, which was thoroughly enjoyable. I didn't do too much of anything. I did, however, get a much needed haircut and I got carpet in my room. And, of course, I spent Black Friday shopping til I dropped.

A few Thanksgiving pics.....

And I'll leave you with a picture of our sweet dogs enjoying the warm weather while it lasted.

50 Free Holiday Cards from Shutterfly

Thanksgiving is next week and that means Christmas is right around the corner (yay!!!) So, that also means time for Christmas cards.

Last year our Christmas card was planned the year before--we had written "Merry Christmas" in the beach on our honeymoon and it was our primary picture. However, this year, not so planned out...not even sure what it will be yet.

I am planning on ordering from Shutterfly this year, as they are giving away 50 free cards to bloggers. Go here to check it out.

Here are a few I like....Faith, Hope, Love, Peppermint Bliss, Berry Merry Christmas...that's only a few of the great choices. Who knows what I'll end up picking??

Trip to Fayetteville

A couple weekends ago Bailey, his dad, Katie (Bedford's girlfriend), and I all made a trip to Fayetteville for the Ole Miss game. Although the outcome of the game wasn't what we hoped for, the trip was enjoyable.

We left Friday and drove to Dardanelle (with a quick stop in Conway--my grad-school stomping ground) to stay with Grandma and Papa Dean (Bailey's grandparents). We sat around and visited for most of the evening but got out for a quick tour around town and to see the Dardanelle Sand Lizards game. As Bailey and his dad finished the tour, we came upon this sign.....

They are clearly excited about this new ice--that's small town life for you. I wish I would have been as camera-ready as I was last year on our trip to Auburn.

We got up early Saturday morning to make the two hour drive to Fayetteville. 

Once we got to Fayetteville, we tailgated a little bit and walked around campus before heading to the game.

Before heading to the stadium.

Tusk III's ride

Meet Tusk III, the ugly Arkansas mascot.

Can you tell they like the Razorbacks?

On a side note: Arkansas may be my least favorite SEC team, or any team, period. Why? EVERYONE in Arkansas is a Razorback fan....or so it appears. Arkansas is their primary state university, as opposed to Mississippi, we have Ole Miss, State, and Southern.....So, everyone is a Hog fan and as a result that ugly thing is everywhere. I truly grew to dislike looking at this thing while living in Conway.

Here are a few pictures from the game.....

Bedford working really hard

The crowd evacuating the stadium for the first weather delay which lasted almost an hour.

Our section evacuating the stadium.

The rain/hail that was coming down

Everyone had to evacuate to the "concourse" or had the option to leave the stadium completely. It was a bit crowded.

The nasty water coming down from the bleachers.

And we're back in action, but only temporarily before we have to evacuate for another delay which was only about 30 minutes.

Unfortunately the game did not turn out in our favor, but we enjoyed spending time with family and the trip in general. 

Catching Up....

For those of you that have noticed, I've taken another, unexpected, break from blogging. But recent events (and prompting by a few friends) have inspired to get back into this thing (or at least write this one). I apologize in advance for the randomness of what I'm about to write.

Not a whole lot has occurred since my last blog. It's football season so that means either heading to Oxford or spending Saturdays in front of the TV. There have been a few exceptions--a party/shower for a friend of Bailey's and a wedding reception for the same friend. Both of which Bailey was able to catch up with a lot of college friends (especially his friend Bud, who told me he better be mentioned in the next blog--so, here's to you, Bud).

This past weekend I attended a shower for my best friends from high school's brother & fiance. (Was that clear?) It was great seeing and catching up with Kara, Julia, and Sarah.

And now for the randomness.....
     I'm considering keeping a book for all the things Bailey says/does that are moments when I think (or I say), "Did he really just say/do that?" "What was he thinking?" "Is that really my husband?"
     For example, about a week ago I learned something new about Bailey--he has a small sensory issue with cotton balls. For some odd reason, he doesn't like to touch them because of the way they feel.
     I have two more examples that I experienced today while we were out shopping (and it was actually his idea to go shopping today, not mine). The first occurred while at Kohl's. I was looking at some clothes and Bailey asks, "Is that Lauren from the Hills/Laguna Beach?" That's when the thought occurred to start writing these things down.
     The next one occurred when we were at the mall. Since we've been married, Bailey has begun watching several of "my" shows. One being Desperate Housewives. We really like all the characters on the show but Gabby's daughter, Juanita, is probably one of our favorites. While walking through the mall, we saw a young couple in front of us with a toddler. Bailey pulled me aside and said, "Is it just me, or did that girl remind you of Juanita?" I was thinking it the whole time but he actually said it.
     That's enough of my embarrassing Bailey stories.....for now.

For the past few weeks Wrigley and I have been going to "school." Northwest's continuing ed program offered a basic dog obedience class for six weeks. I thought it would be a good idea to take Wrigley. She has done really well and she graduates next week.

That's what's been happening with the Hunt's. What we're looking forward to in the coming weeks/month: I will be catching up with my grad school girls, we'll be travelling to the Ole Miss/Arkansas game with Bailey's dad and brother's girlfriend, a wedding, and more Ole Miss games. Hopefully my next blog will be before Christmas break.