Tux Henry, like Tuxedo....

So, if you know us, you know that we've been wanting a puppy forever! But, we've always said we were going to wait a certain amount of time, etc, etc.


Well, on Saturday we went to look at puppies!!!!! We drove to Bonifay, FL (Hoomes County) to visit two litters of puppies. And after much thought and the hour and a half drive home, we decided on a little guy....

We think we're going to name him Tux because he has a white chest and white on the ends of his little paws. In about 4 weeks we will go pick him up! He and his brothers and sisters were born on January 23rd! Yes, that is MY BIRTHDAY! YAY!!!! Here is a pic of Tux:When we get him, I will DEFINITELY update with more pics of our son!

xoxo,
krista

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today, Brandon and I have been married for 8 months! wowsers.

I've been cooking an awesome meal (hopefully) today for us tonite. Then we are going to see a movie. :)

The Menu:

Salad and Rolls
Bacon Wrapped Asparagus
Mashed Potatoes
Roasted Cornish Hens
Fudge Marble Cake for dessert!

Hope it's yummy....

i can't find my battery charger for my camera, so no pictures.... hopefully I will find it soon!

Have a great day! Spend some time with the one you love.

xoxo,
krista

no need for titles

i guess you could say we've just been living life. last week we did our normal things, chuch, crossroads, chosen, etc. Wednesday night Pastor Ted started a 4 week long "study" with the couples that got married at Olive within the last year. We are doing a study called "Love Busters" This should be really good for us! Brandon admitted to the class that he was OCD and that he maybe should tone it down. LOL. Anyway, we've only been married for what going on 8 months. We have A LOT to learn about each other, etc. should be fun.

Thursday night we ate some yummy lasagna at Brandon's parents house. His mom has been trying out new recipes on us, we love em! delicious. After tha, we went to BCM and saw some old friends. Blum was speaking and Rachel invited us, so... we went. I think I either caught something from BCM or work, either way, I started to get sick:(.

Friday night, we went with Brandon's coworkers to Chilis to say goodbye to some people who were leaving and to celebrate someone's birthday. It's kinda cool because I used to work there before him, so I get to see people again! I went to bed at like 9 oclock!!

Saturday I sat on the couch! Watched a couple episodes of LOST season 4. We went bowling with Brandon's parents, their friends, Steve, Amanda and Ava and DANIMAL. (aka Dan Benigno) There was a special of buy two hours get one free, we used the free one that day!!!! wow 3 hours of bowling... me and amanda cut out during hour 3. We got there about 4:45 and left at like 8:30, we la ha'd it up then went home.

Since I was still sick on Sunday, we didn't go to church. I watched more LOST and we went to bed early. Brandon and my bro Matt worked on the hot tub getting it ready to use! And Dan came over to get it going electrically. We are excited!!! Steve and Amanda really want us to get it going, (m&e amanda said she always wanted you guys to) haha

I stayed home from work today, just trying to feel better. Pray for me!!

Valentine's Day is next weekend, I'm thinking of how to celebrate... wish me luck.

xoxo,
krista

It's been a long time coming down...

Well we've been busy. Between Christmas, going out of town, dealing with family, first Christmas as a married couple, etc. etc. We've been just busy little bees.

Work has been busy for both of us, but we are so thankful to have jobs!!

so, this week...
I celebrated my 23rd birthday last Friday on January 23! Yes, that's right my GOLDEN BIRTHDAY! In my family that means you get a cookie cake. Work threw me a party and I got a cookie cake there too! For lunch that day I got to eat at Tra Fertelli (Three Brother's) and I'm sure I spelled that wrong. Anyway, it was delicious! My wonderful husband 'dinner and movied me' that night. We ate at the Tuscan Oven!!! (Matt and Elizabeth we know you miss it) Which is amazing! We didn't get our normal waitress, Amanda, but we did get a waiter that had a striking resemblance to EDWARD CULLEN. I told him that, he said, "Who?" Then Brandon and I went to see "Revolutionary Road." Which should have been titled, "Horrible Movie."

***SPOILER ALERT***
they fight and fight and fight. and just when you think its going to get better, they fight some more. then he cheats on her, then she cheats on him. THEN SHE DIES!!!!!!! Let's not call this a good date movie, or golden birthday movie.

Saturday I went shopping with my mama mia. She's my favorite shopping partner! Then that night we went to Bonefish. Our table had 3 Bang Bang shrimps! YUM YUM. We went with my parents, my brothers, and Brandon's parents. It was a great dinner. Later, we went to a coworkers house and played Cranium and we taught them MAFIA, which they really got into.

Sunday morning we went to church and it was the last week of Pastor Ted's talks on the youth of our Nation. So, all of the Chosen girls wore our shirts and sat in the front to make a statement!

Brandon and I watched some movies on Sunday afternoon! We love our blockbuster total access!

Right now, I am just wishing the next 55 mins will go by fast! LOST IS COMING ON!!!!

xoxo,
krista

Chosen, Dave Ramsey, and sports

Well our lives have been busy. SO BUSY- not time to take pics! Sorry Tara! When people tell you that when you get older you just get busier, that is so true.

For the last few weeks I've been working with Whitney and Christi Tyner on the Chosen high school girls ministry from Olive. Well. the "Pace" class. This has been great for me. I have always wanted to teach high school just because I really enjoyed that time of my life. These girls are great, they have such a thirst for God and they just want to learn! Please pray that this goes well and the girls learn alot.

Brandon and I started a class on Sunday afternoons call FPU, Financial Peace University. It's so great, Dave Ramsey uses his life experiences of getting out of debt, building wealth, and retiring with dignity to teach others. We are taking the class at Pine Terrace Baptist Church in Milton. It's a 13 week class, so a big commitment! We are learning so much. It so awesome once you get your finances together how you can give more to ministry and furthering God's kingdom. Not to mention, retire, something I thought our generation couldn't do!! Brandon and I like it so much, we are most likely going to teach the class next spring.

College Football, MLB Playoffs, NFL, Pace High! Our weekends have been consumed with Sports lately! Every Friday night we've been going to the Pace games. My parents have season tickets and that is so fun. Not to mention, my buds in the Press Box that I visit every time I come back. So nice to have a "home." I remember going to the games as an elementary school student. MEMORIES, and WOW time flies. Every Saturday we invite whoever wants to come over to watch some college football. WAR EAGLE!!!! My tigers lost last week, but thats okay. I'm still a fan! Brandon's so happy that Ole Miss is actually winning ;) jk honey.


We are wanting to go camping one of these weekends. Hoping to give you an update on that and some pics of our adventure!

Until next time!
xoxo,
Krista and Brandon

Hello Mrs. Lady!

Hello All! I have been lacking in the posting department, please forgive me. We've been busy busy bees.

Last Friday we had the Harrod's over for dinner, and it was so nice to have them. We ate steak! yum yum. Then we had alot of Olive friends over to play Mafia, which was fun. I wasn't in the Mafia the whole night!

Saturday was rainy and we kept waiting for the bottom to drop out but it never did. So we headed to Pensacola and had tacos with Sarah & Ryan- a ritual we are trying to start. Oh! And we also watched American Gangster, yikes.
Sunday we overslept and missed church, and when we finally woke up, I made some pancakes and bacon, YUMMY and we watched Perfect Stranger with Bruce Willis and Halle Berry. Wow, a great movie, a little twisted with that guy from The other sister, but good nonetheless. Then we went to my parents and hung out for awhile, went into Pensacola and bought up Bed Bath and Beyond and went home and had a nice dinner, just the two of us.

This week has been fun Brandon accepted a new job at NWFHG, where I worked before SG. As an EKG tech and all around diagnostic testing assistant. I think he's really excited since he will be working from 8-4:30 and no weekends! :) Not to mention it's a step in the direction of healthcare which is his love.

I am going to be working with the high school girls on a Bible study called Chosen this semeseter. Whitney and Christy are working with the girls in Pace and Mrs. Sturgeon is doing the Pensacola girls. EXCITING :)

My aunt Marla is in town for her high school reunion so we went to Bonefish last night. I had never been there, it was sooo good. That bang bang shrimp, yummy!!! I just realized I talk ALOT about food.

Well until next time,
xo,
krista

We have moved! :)

We are settled in and trying to make our house a home. Here are some pics, they say it all! Sorry for so many, I wanted to show Matt and Elizabeth!

We love it! :)

Entrance to our neighborhood- Covington Woods

Front View

Covenant and Black Ash... I know what you're thinking ;)

Guest Bedroom

Guest Bath- Thanks Sarah for the shower curtain we love it!

Dining Room- my parents gave us this! :)

Office

Our computer desk tucked in the closet

Living Room! Awesome entertainment center, couches etc...
Master Bath! :)
Shower and linen (this is to the left of the tub)

His and Her's sinks

Master Bedroom

another angle..


Brandon's special room...


Kitchen!

View from Dining Room to Laundry and garage


View from front hallway

Hope you liked the tour, you should come by and see us! We are wanting to have a housewarming party sometime soon. We have peacocks that walk around the neighborhood in the morning and at dusk- so that's interesting!

Jessica's bachelorette party/lingerie shower is tomorrow night and I will be making some of my Tastefully Simple things! So excited! Then her wedding is on Saturday!!

until next time,
xo,
krista