Super Super Fun Friday!

December 10, 2010 By ashleylately 8 Comments

Friday, y’all!

I’m super ridiculously excited about tonight!

I’m leaving work at 2:00 and heading home to meet up with these girls…

…to go see these Boys!

We have 5th row tickets to see Boys II Men!

I can’t wait!!

What are you doing this weekend?

What I’m Loving Wednesday

December 8, 2010 By ashleylately 14 Comments

It’s Wednesday, y’all!

I’m loving that it DIDN’T snow yesterday!

Last night was our foster family Christmas party, and snow was in the forecast, and I was so afraid that snow was going to keep people from coming. It didn’t snow, and we had a great night!

I’m loving our awesome foster families! I know I say this a lot, but we truly have the most amazing people taking care of these sweet babies. They have such a heart for God and for helping children in need. I loved getting to spend time with them last night!

I’m loving that my girl Carrie won big time at the American Country Awards this week!

She won Artist of the Year, Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for Play On, Female Single of the Year for Cowboy Casanova, Female Music Video for Cowboy Casanova, and Touring Artist of the Year!

Loved her dress too!

I’m loving that I get to hang out with my girls this weekend!

We have 5th row tickets to see Boys II Men!

And, I’m loving this video! The cast of Glee on Britain’s X Factor!

What are you loving this week? Link up with Jamie!

A Little Weekend Update

December 7, 2010 By ashleylately 5 Comments

I fully intended to take pictures of my weekend activities, but…really didn’t get much. Call me lazy, I guess. I did have a pretty great weekend, though!

Friday night, the bro and I cooked dinner for our adoptive parents. That was an…interesting experience. The bro planned to grill chicken and I was in charge of the potatoes, beans, bread, and dessert. Kind of a lot, considering it was all his idea, but whatever!

I headed out to their house straight from work. Colby was supposed to already be there cooking, but when I got there, no one was home. I texted Colby to see why no one was there, and he said that he and Wade went to get a part for the grill because something wasn’t working right. I didn’t want to start my part of the food to early, so while sitting in their house alone, I spent some time with two of my favorite people.

Joyce came home and gave me grief for watching. She’s not a fan. So sad :(

The guys finally came home over an hour later without the part to fix the grill. Instead, they got a NEW grill!

It was close to 8:00 before we finally got to eat!

We spent the rest of the evening watching tv and snuggling with these sweet little guys!

Oh my goodness, they are the sweetest things!

I adore my cat, but I wish he had even just a bit of the personality of these babies. So precious!

Saturday night was the final Big 12 Championship game! My OU Sooners played the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Showing some love for my team!

Colby and I went back over to Wade & Joyce’s house to watch the game with them and another family from our church.

The Sooners won 23-20 in a super close game! It was very exciting!

photos

After the game was over and the other family left, all four of us sat around playing this…

Seriously. Isn’t that a super exciting Saturday night?

I was super proud of this 59 point word I got! Wade…not so much!

Hope y’all had a great weekend!

Music for your Monday

December 6, 2010 By ashleylately 4 Comments

My favorite band with their brand new video!

Friday Five-Christmas Ornaments!

December 3, 2010 By ashleylately 17 Comments

I’m playing Friday Fives today!

Today’s topic is favorite Christmas ornaments!

In my family, every year we each get a new ornament for our tree. We have so many cute ones that it was hard to choose only five!

Here are some of the ones I love!

This is my absolute favorite! I love Cinderella, and this Precious Moments ornament is just beautiful!

I love this Mother/Daughter ornament! Momma and I talk about 12 times a day, so this ornament is just perfect for us!

This cell phone tree is so cute!

Another Cinderella one! This one plays music and Cinderella and the prince spin around! It is really cute!

This is my 2010 ornament! I just bought it last night! I got one for my apartment tree and one for my tree at home! I just love it!

What are your favorite ornaments? Link up with Beth and show them to us!

Wee Bit of Me Wednesday on Thursday!

December 2, 2010 By ashleylately 5 Comments

{one} if you were going to a remote place and could only bring one CD, what would it be?Oh wow. What a tough question! Probably one of Carrie Underwood’s. Carnival Ride maybe?

{two} are you generally more of an optimist, pessimist, or realist?I think I’m pretty optimistic, but I am definitely a realist. {three} have you ever picked up a hitchhiker? if not, would you?I haven’t by myself. But when I was in college, my church group was coming back from a trip to Ponca City maybe (Regina, do you remember?), and we picked up a guy and drove him to a truck stop in OKC. {four} what spice or seasoning is your favorite?I put just a bit of garlic powder in nearly everything I cook. {five} what’s your birthstone? do you like it?My birthstone is amethyst. It’s a really pretty purple, and I love it! {six} do you know what your name means?I think it means something about a meadow? {seven} what is your favorite breakfast cereal?I love chocolate cheerios and Special K fruit and yogurt.

{eight} if there was an extra hour in each day, what would you spend it doing?Why lie? I’d sleep! :) {nine} if you could turn any book into a movie, which would it be?Karen Kingsbury’s Redemption series! I just love these books. I think they would make a great Lifetime miniseries!

{ten} if you could go back and play out one day of your life to watch (like scrooge), what day would it be?Ooh, that’s tough. Probably something from when I was a kid. One of my jump rope competitions! Those days were so awesome!

12 Days of Christmas & a Guest Blog!

December 2, 2010 By ashleylately 8 Comments

Good morning y’all!

Before I get into today’s post, I wanted to let you all know that I’m guest posting for Neely today! She is working her tail off getting ready for finals, so several of us are guest posting for her. She is one of my best Blogger/Twitter friends and I just adore her! You should definitely go check out her blog if you don’t read it already. My post today is about my super crazy Black Friday shopping day. Please go read it!! :)

Day 10: Favorite Christmas Songs Now, y’all know I love my music! I absolutely love Christmas music. I listen to it October-January, and I also pull it out in the summer and listen for awhile. I have a new Christmas playlist at the bottom of my blog, but here is what I listen to during Christmas season!

Don’t laugh! :)

Others:

“O Holy Night”-Carrie Underwood

“Baby It’s Cold Outside”-Lady Antebellum

“Go Tell It On The Mountain”-Little Big Town

“Mary Did You Know/It Wasn’t His Child”-Julianne Hough & Phil Vasser

“My Only Wish”-Britney Spears

“All I Want For Christmas Is You”-Mariah Carey

“All I Want For Christmas Is a Real Good Tan”-Kenny Chesney

What I’m Loving Wednesday

December 1, 2010 By ashleylately 11 Comments

Happy Wednesday, y’all!

Here’s what I’m loving this week!

I’m loving that my boss had her baby on Friday!

I got to meet sweet Baby O on Monday, and she is just perfect!

I’m loving that I got my Christmas tree up on Monday!

Sorry for the bad quality picture. I’ll try to get some better ones!

I’m loving new Christmas music!

I’m loving that we ordered our Shutterfly Christmas cards on Sunday! They have already been shipped, and we should get them sometime this week! I’ll share them with y’all when we get them!

And, I’m loving CMA’s Country Christmas that was on TV Monday night!

This performance was my favorite!

What are you loving this week? Link up with Jamie!

The Tree is Up!

December 1, 2010 By ashleylately 6 Comments

After planning to put up my Christmas tree for a couple of weeks, I finally got it put up last night! I’m not crazy about the red and green Christmas colors, so my decorations are purple and silver, with little splashes of other colors. Here are a few pictures for y’all. Sorry for the bad quality. iPhone!

“Visions of sale signs danced in my head”

I love these cute little angel girls

Angel of Chocolate!

Barbie’s little black dress

I think I’m going to have a little bit of trouble. Jack ignored my tree for three years, and suddenly last night, he decided to play with it. He was swatting at ornaments and biting on the lights. I would fuss at him, and he would go hide under the tree. I also had to be careful how I decorated the tree because he lays on the back of the couch. So far, there haven’t been any ornaments knocked down. We’ll see how it goes!