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Thanks to BlogHer and HP, My friend over at Southern Hospitality was given a fantastic opportunity to share with all of us AND one of us lucky readers will win a wonderful prize. Click on the link to her blog above to find out all the details. Be sure to read it all, so you can enhance your chances to win!

Contest will run for 1 week and if you'd like to share it on YOUR blog, you can win extra chances at the prize. I can't wait to see who wins this one!

Birthday BBQ Ideas...

I am planning a birthday bbq for Michael's 25th birthday that is comming up in May. So far I have the invitations which I made with Microsoft Word I couldn't figure out how to download it so here is what the invitation says (and it has a cute little grill in the background):

Come join us for
A BBQ celebrating Michael’s 25th birthday

Friday May 29th
@ 7pm

Our House

RSVP

Hope to see y’all there!

I wasn't going to do anything real big but I invited family and a few friends. The biggest part for me is going to be keeping it a secret. I am horrible at keeping things from him!

I figured we could serve hamburgers and hot dogs and then I would make a birthday cake for him. Do you have any other ideas for the food?!? I will have a variety of things to drink and and some chips and stuff. I don't want to go overboard but I want him to have a good time too!

If you have any suggestions or anything I would love to hear them!!!

*PurpleTrail Giveaway*

My wonderful and crafty friend Katie is doing her very first giveaway and it is featuring Purple Trail. I've never posted about a giveaway before so I am not sure what to do!?!

PurpleTrail is a great site and it has so many great ideas!

So head over to Katie's blog and check out her giveaway!!!

*Hope this is good enough Katie!*

Wanted: Comfy Summer Clothes

Living in West Texas the summers come early and tend to be hotter and last longer every year so I am always on the lookout for comfy summer clothes that are not too heavy and are a little more than tube tops and daisy dukes. Here are some of my favorites...

Victorias Secret
The Beach Pant in Linen
$29.50
Crochet Halter Bra Top
$38.50

Victorias Secret
Marisa Fit Belted Linen Trouser
$39.50
And I love the shirt I just can;t find it on the website.

Date Night and Family Visit

The weekend started out so wonderful! Our church held the monthly parents night out for 3 hours on Friday so we were able to drop the kids off for a much needed break. After we dropped the kids off we drove around for a little bit because we weren't sure what to do. We decided we were hungry and we decided to grab some mexican food. I was thinking outside the box and got somthing I had never had before: Chile Verde....and it was awsome! After dinner we still had lots of time so we decided to get a heath blizzard. Yummy! It was so nice to be able to talk and not be interrupted by screaming and crying. I can't wait for the next night out...were going to play miniture golf!

Saturday our cousin came to town so Michael could work on his welding machine and truck. It was so nice because I did not have to cook for entire day. And I played on the computer for most of the day. Twords the middle of the day I started feeling bad and it just got worse throughout the rest of the day. The worst part was Michael's mom came into town and we had to go over to his sisters house and spend time with her and the rest of his family. After that was all donw we came home and put the kids to bed...and boy did they need it. We ordered Body of Lies on PPV and tried to watch it and the movie wouldn't play so we spent the night watching Cheaters on WB. Gotta love a good reality show.

Sunday neither one of us felt good and decided to sleep in. We didnt even get out of bed till almost 10am. We made waffles and then lounged around till the kids went down for a nap...then took one ourselves. We did decide to get up and go buy some steaks for dinner. All in all I have to say that it was a good weekend. It's not very often we get to lounge around all day with Michael. We sure do love having him around....even if he is on the phone alot.

Herbs, Peppers and Tomatoes OH MY!

The mesquite bushes are in full bloom and my wonderful husband made my garden perfect for me to transplant my plants. He really worked hard making sure he ground was soft enough and fertalized right. I don't know what I would do without him!!! Here are some pictures of my garden...

These are my herbs: Rosemary, Tarragon, Basil, Dill, Thyme Oregeno, Stevia and Mint. The Stevia is great as a natural sweetener!

I also have bell pepper, anaheim peppers, and jalepeno peppers. And you can't see them but I also have some cucumber plants.

And lastly are my tomato plants. I have 3 or 4 different kinds ranging from big to small.

Here is a look at my entire garden. I know it is not perfect but I absolutly love it!!!

Refrigerator-rator!

Here is my new refigerator. I absolutly love it! There is so much more room in it than there was in my last one. But it's also nice because we kept the old one and put it in the garage so we would have room for other stuff (like the 5 gallons of milk we buy every 2 weeks). I also love the ice machine! It makes the really good soft crunchy ice. I feel like I have to buy more food just to fill it...lol. And the best part was we got it on sale. They ordered one too many and this was the floor model that they marked down. But, I will warn everyone if you guy somthing like this be sure to measure your doorways first! Our front door was barely big enough to accomodate it and we even had to take the door off it's hinges. Needless to say it was a hassel but well worth it in the end.