Cinco de Mayo weekend

Oh weekend, how you go by so quickly and I wish you wouldn't. We were out n' about most of the weekend spending time with family, attending a baby shower, walking around the Spring Jamboree and having dinner with friends.

Once again this weekend I realized I don't take enough pictures at certain events so I apologize for my lack of photography on this post.

Friday night we went out to dinner with hubby's family and can I just say going out to eat is not fun when you are on a diet. Anyways, we went to dinner to surprise my mother-in-law with an early mother's day gift, tinted windows. The hubs and I pitched in with his two brothers to get it done and man does her car look good!

Saturday was the baby shower and also when I realized I really needed to take pictures, so I took a bunch at the shower.

That's Jes, the girl of the hour who is due in August and naming her little boy Jax.

Her shower was obviously pirate themed and it was oh so cute. We enjoyed the food, played a little game, watched her open her amazing gifts and took in the gorgeous sunshine.

The Spring Jamboree was next which the hubs wasn't excited to go but I dragged him along.

Sadly this is the only picture I took. I told you I am horrible with pictures but I'm working on it. The Jamboree is held every year in the small town I grew up in and they have food stands, merchant booths, live music, kid bouncy rides and a car show. I took my nephew to get some ice cream while the hubs drooled over the cars. Here are the pictures he took.

Can you tell he loves Mustangs?

We were invited to dinner with some friends Saturday night and we ended up at Olive Garden. Yes I am aware that it was Cinco de Mayo and Mexican food would have better suited the holiday but let me tell you that was the shortest wait I have ever had! I again forgot to take any pictures.

Sunday was a nice relaxing day in which we had breakfast at the in-laws house, attended church and snuggled to watch movie. I love Sundays.

Oh you are wondering how the weekend went with five dogs around the house, well that will be a whole other post. It wasn't as smooth/easy as I wished.

Who let the dogs out....

Or should I say 'Who let the dogs in?' Somehow this weekend I have been suckered into watching my brother's and a friend's dog. Don't feel sorry for me just yet because I apparently agreed to watching them weeks ago and remember one but I forgot about my brother's dog. I blame him, he didn't remind me until yesterday.

This might sound like no big deal, I mean how hard can it be to watch 2 dogs right? Wrong. When you have three dogs of your own, then add two it becomes a full house. Let's just say we will be spending a significant amount of time at the dog park this weekend.

Don't worry, we will squeeze in some fun things into our weekend as well. Oh, you want to know all the pups that will be at Casa De Los Perros, I thought you would never ask.

Yeager

Aka Yeags, Blackie or Bat Dog. I figured smallest to largest was the best way to introduce the gang and he comes in at a whole 11 pounds. He is our lazy cuddle bug who would rather be snuggled up on the couch than go for a walk.
Don't ask me why I don't have a better picture of this cutie but he is definitely the dog that makes me smile no matter what.

Riley

Aka Rye Rye or Brownie. He is my little lover and was the first pup to join our family. He is a cha-weinie but he is a big dog trapped in a small body for sure. Everyone loves him mostly because he won't be pushed around by bigger dogs and will taunt dogs over twice his size.

This little guy has the best personality and is such a nut!

GSXR

Aka Stupid. This is my brother's 4 month old puppy. Now don't be fooled by the picture, this dog is a menace, out to make my life miserable. He is a German Short hair Pointer and he is at that stage where he gets into everything.

He is over our house everyday so that he has friends to play with while we go to work but I wish he friends at his house. Such a cutie pie though.

Kalli

Aka Chocolate Chip, Fattie or Pretty Girl. She is our Malinois/Shepherd mix who loves to play! Since she has a herding instinct some people at the park don't like her because of her nipping tendency but she is a lover. Although very vocal when she plays, she is very submissive and doesn't like dogs bigger than her at first.

She is our only shelter rescue and we believe she was abused before we got her.

Rhodie

Aka Rhoders. This is our friend's HUGE Rhodesian Ridgeback who tops the pack at 135 pounds! He is really a gentle giant and is the best behaved dog we have here. I love this dog and I wish I had a dog exactly like him

So this was a long post, if you are still reading I thank you for sticking with me. I promise my posts are not usually this long winded. 

Now go enjoy your Cinco De Mayo, I know I am!

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Why only two days?

Seriously, why are weekends only 2 days long? It is ridiculous to think that after working 5 days that 2 days off is enough to rejuvenate. I think it should be evened out to 4 days work with 3 days off. Right?

OK, now that we got that rant out of the way, let's see what filled my busy weekend.

My brother and I joined forces on Saturday and had a Yard Sale so basically all last week I spent cleaning out my garage. I got up at 5:30 (ya, 5:30 on a Saturday!) to get ready and put all our stuff out that we wanted to sell. Before we knew it 6:40 rolled around, the first car stopped by and it had begun.

I had never done a yard or garage sale before so I was unsure as to what to expect. Let me tell you, some people are down right cheap! Not to sound snotty but when a lady gets all huffy when you tell her that brand new dress with the tags still on it is only $5 that's all I could think... Nevertheless I learned to shrug off those comments and stuck to my guns on the prices.

We ended our sale at 1pm and cleaned up since unfortunately we didn't sell everything. I was exhausted and sun burnt but we had more to do. Since we had gained a bit of cash I wanted to show hubby the plate set I've had my eyes on (since hubby is still off work with that shoulder injury we actually get to do stuff together).

Let's just say I have expensive taste so we ended up just getting an insulated cup my nephew wanted and hubs got one too.

I was so glad to just relax on Sunday and enjoy an uplifting General Conference. I had Chili Verde (recipe coming soon) cookin in the crock pot as me and the hubs enjoyed the talks given by our church leaders.

But here we are at Monday again. I tell you two day weekends are not enough. I dragged my hind parts to work this morning while Justin went in for his MRI. In another week we will know if he needs surgery or not, I'm crossing my fingers.

Oh Justin....

As Saturday was coming to a close I thought to myself 'My weekend has been so uneventful I will have to start brainstorming for a post on Monday.' I should have known better to think such a thing cause sure enough Sunday brought us all the excitement we ever wanted.

But let's start with Friday. The hubs got off work at a reasonable time so we headed out to see the Hunger Games. It was the first movie we saw on my must see list and I am glad we saw it. I didn't read the books but watching that movie makes me want to read the books. If you haven't seen it yet I highly recommend it.

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Saturday was a full day with the nephew. We went to a church Easter egg hunt which he loved and we lingered at the park afterward so he could play. Then I dropped him off at my mom's so I could go to a bridal shower for a co-worker and man was it nice to have some girl time. I would share some pictures from the shower but I find them to be a bit too 'risk-a' for my blog so sorry chicas (I just assume most of my readers are female).

Now on to Sunday... Not only did this day hold enough action for us to last a month, thinking about it now it kinda makes me laugh.

Sunday morning, 8:30am, hubs gets up to take the pups to the park. Gets dressed, gets the dogs ready and heads out the door. I can hear him yelling at one of the pups and I was sure it was because they had run down the street. Then I hear what I thought was my name but I ignored it and snuggled back up in the covers. I hear my name again and this time I could tell it was hubby's voice and something wasn't right.

First thing I think is 'Oh my gosh, one of our dogs just got hit by a car!' I jump out of bed, run downstairs and find the front door wide open with hubby lying on the couch in a weird position. I give him that 'What are you doing' look and as I went to shut the door he says "I just dislocated my shoulder again."

Background info: Hubs has a bad shoulder and when he was about 18 or so he had surgery to 'fix' this. He is usually really careful with this shoulder but in July last year while playing basketball he dislocated it. They popped it back into place right then and there but he knew he would have to really watch it so he wouldn't dislocate it again.

First thing I think is 'Oh snap he is in pain, I am not dressed and I have no idea how to help him.' I kinda froze for a second before asking "What do you want me to do?" Sounds like a stupid question now but at the time it seemed legit. So I tried to call a friend of ours who is a medical student to see if he could come over to help but he was on call so off to the Emergency Room we went, after I got dressed of course.

Now I grew up and now work in a small town 15 minutes from where we live so naturally I said "Let's go to the Boulder City ER since they will have practically no wait." Sure enough we get there and they call him back within 10 minutes. Score! Unfortunately that left me filling out paperwork and then waiting for 20 minutes before they would let me back to see him.


This is what I came back to see. If you didn't realize it yet, your shoulder is not supposed to look like that. They put him in a 'concious sedation' before putting his shoulder back. They let me watch them do it and it didn't seem all that hard.


This is a before and after x-ray. I was amazed when I saw the before, I mean look at how not right that looks! He will now spend approximately 2 weeks sitting at home, doing nothing, since he can't work. Oh the joy of unexpected accidents.

Now that part of this story that makes me laugh is how he dislocated his shoulder. He said that a neighbor's dog was loose and our dogs ran over to him but he charged after our smallest dog Yeager (yes we have a dog named Yeager and no we don't drink). As he went to pick him up, Yeager must have jumped or something and the force of hubs downward motion with Yeag's upwards motion popped it out of place. The funny part...this dog only weighs 11 lbs.
Yeager 1, Justin 0.

He will be seeing an orthopedist to evaluate him and advise us if another surgery is needed.

Now the only thing I can think of is 'How can people live off of one salary?' Well if surgery is in store I will be sure to let you know...

Would you like some cake?

Not to brag or anything but this weekend was all about me... Well at least I like to think it was since I celebrated my 24th birthday on Saturday.

Yes I was born on St. Patrick's day. No I am not Irish and no green is not my favorite color. Now that we have those questions out of way, lets get on with the weekend events.

Friday night the hubs and I went to P.F Changs for my birthday dinner and as always it was delicious. I mean how could this not be delicious?

     

After dinner we walked around The District (which is an outdoor shopping mall) and window shopped while enjoying the beautiful weather. Then we headed to the carnival that's in town to check it out. It was such a fun night!

      

Saturday was my day and I got to spend it with my nephew. Even though it was cold and windy we made it out to watch the St. Patrick's Day parade. Ian loved the parade and he loved the carnival even more!

    

    

After all that fun we headed home to bake a mint cake that I had to try since mint is my favorite dessert flavor, it's honestly the best! But how it turned out will be another post since it still isn't frosted. Oops...

That night I met the hubs at my mother-in-law's and enjoyed another delicious dinner with his amazing family. They are the best and my gifts were the greatest! We ended the night with a homemade cake and trick candles! (I was so wrapped up in visiting and enjoying my 'me' night that I totally forgot to take pics! My bad.) These pics I got from my awesome mother-in-law. 

Love this bag!

Sunday I enjoyed going to church, another party, a few more gifts and of course more cake! I'm telling you I had more dessert this weekend than I care to admit!

My birthday weekend was fantastic and I am so greatful to have such wonderful family and friends that made my birthday special!

Now enjoy the rest of the photos from my weekend...

 

                        

Say what...

It was just beautiful out Saturday that I made sure I wasn't indoors. I took my little nephew out shopping after we went to the park and let me tell you, I'm out of the loop.

I always hear friends talking about their favorite stores and where they got that new shirt but I realized that some of these stores I have never even been to! So here are some things I learned on this shopping trip...

Lesson #1

Visit the stores your friends mention...Now! Home Goods is one of those stores that if you haven't been there, you need to go. It was first store I decided to visit and I have no idea why I didn't drag myself out there before. I think it might be because I knew I could go bankrupt there.


I bought two bread pans, a cupcake plunger (OK that just sounds bad, I know) and a duster for $30. I think I got something else but I can't remember. Trust me, that's not even close to what I wanted to buy but when you are trying to save to buy another house, money must be spent wisely


Lesson #2
I need to go shopping more. I headed to Kohls next and realized that it has been way to long since I have shopped for clothes. As I look through the clothes on the rack I also realized that I have no idea what's in style right now.


I found some items I liked and headed to the dressing room. I didn't like any of the pants I tried on but really liked two shirts, until I saw the price tag. Is it just me or is $38.00 for a shirt ridiculous? It was on sale but even with with sale it was $21.00. Really...


I just couldn't justify buying a shirt that cost over $20. I spend all day looking to add something to my closet and found nothing... That was the saddest moment of the weekend.


Sunday was a relaxing day. I crocheted a few things this morning, attended church and enjoyed dinner at my moms. Oh and she made this delicious cake for my nephew's birthday which is on Wednesday.



       
Oh and Lesson #3
I need to take more pictures!