5 Months!

Tis the season to be thankful....which actually should be all year long and it definitely is for me! There is so much that I have been blessed with this past year! First off I have to say that I am beyond thankful for such an amazing wonderful husband these past 5 months! I can't believe it's been that long since we got married. Of course I say that every time its another month and I am sure I will always say that! And I can't attach a picture without the two of us! 

This pic was taken at our rehearsal dinner at BJ's in Plano. This was the table we sat at when we first met each other! lol Who would have thought 3 years later we would be getting married! 

With that being said he also has brought some pretty great in-laws into my life. I couldn't be more thankful for them! I also am very thankful for my family! My parents actually came down and stayed with us this whole Thanksgiving week! It was great to see them since we hadn't seen them since the wedding! This year we had Thanksgiving at our house with my parents and Jonathan's parents. We did that last year too but this time it was "our house" and not just "his house". It turned out great actually! I even made a sweet potato casserole from scratch...thanks to Paula Deen! It was actually pretty good! 

Everyone but my dad...he was the picture taker!

And of course after eating we watched football all day long but unfortunately none of our teams won! (we have got to get more seating in our living room!) 

And as you can see we also decorated for Christmas! Love this time of year! I am definitely blessed beyond measure! 

Friends Forever!

So one of my favorite-est friends ever, D'Lynn, came into town this weekend! We were college roomies and she was my maid of honor at the wedding! We didn't get to hang out till Monday evening...one evening is better than nothing though! Our lives are so busy now that I am married and she has a little girl, our times when we see each other are short but super sweet! I also got to see her daughter, Brooke, who just turned 1 in September. Brooke was actually walking this time!! So fun to watch her grow! Here are a few pictures from their visit! We hung out at the house then went to dinner at Chuy's!

She still wasn't sure about Jonathan who was taking the picture!

How can you not love this cute little face and all those gorgeous curls!

Mommy and her little girl!

 "Aunt" Rachel and Brooke!

Christmas Cards!

I am so very excited about taking pictures for our first ever Christmas card as a married couple! I know it sounds a little silly but I always have recieved cards from my friends and their families and now I get to send them out this year! The best thing though is my friend told me about this deal on Shutterfly where if you blog about Shutterfly and their new holiday cards you will recieve 50 free ones! It couldn't get any better! They have some super cute cards too! I found a few that I thought were pretty cute, although I will not be showing you the cards we will be getting! ;)

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4 months!

I have been Mrs. Phelps for 4 whole months now! It's seems like it has been longer but then again it doesn't. :) Almost 2 weeks ago Jonathan and I took a trip to Arkansas. We just rented a cabin for the weekend just for fun! We definitely needed a weekend away to relax. I love taking trips especially with Jonathan. As of right now we are planning a Christmas roadtrip to Virginia to see his side of the family. We plan on stopping a couple of times to stay the night and sight see!

 So for this 4 month post I thought I would post some pictures of our trips we have taken together in the last couple of years! 

Our cabin in Arkansas! (2010)

Nothing is complete without a trip to Austin and to see the Longhorns game...but this was when they were actually good! ;) (2008)

Our first visit to New York during Christmas! (2008)

San Francisco and Napa Valley trip! (2008)

Virginia, Colonial Williamsburg, and Outer Banks of NC 

(2010)

Our honeymoon in Oahu, Hawaii!

(2010)

Obviously I can't post every trip picture but those are a few. I can't wait to take more trips as a married couple!! 

Love is in the air...

Another good reason October has been an awesome month is that one of my bestest friends got engaged last Thursday!!!! I am beyond thrilled and excited for Candace and Mark. Mark is one very lucky guy! I have known Candace since college, we were sorority sisters. After college we both moved to Dallas and become even better friends! Oh I love her!! She was also one of my lovely bridesmaids!! 

Candace, I stole this picture off your facebook! ;) 

Jonathan and I are so happy for you and Mark!! I can't wait for your wedding!!! Love ya!

Oh October, you have been good to us!

So this month has been crazy busy at work and at home...between going out of town, my brother visiting, buying our new car, and everything else! But it has ALL been worth it!!

First off we signed our lives away last Monday on our new car!!! We FINALLY have it!! We were at the dealership for a good three hours...never knew it would take that long. I will honestly say that when we came home without my red honda and with our new car I was sad for a while. It sounds crazy but I had that red car for almost 11 years and have had many good memories with it. But I did get over it! ;) I'll have to find a picture of me with the red honda when I first got for my 18th birthday...it's quite humorous!  But I absolutely LOVE our new car.  It looks a lot bigger in these pictures than it really is!

Getting our new car worked out great because my brother and his new girlfriend came into town this past weekend to visit so we got to drive them around in our new car!! I wish I had a picture of Josh and Heather but I don't. We had fun with them. We grilled out on Saturday and watched the Rangers win...and are now headed to the World Series!!! Soooo excited for them.

On a side note, I have watched more baseball in the last couple of weeks than I have ever watched in my entire life. I actually like it now and I can't wait to go to more Rangers games next season! I also understand it a lot better now...I keep asking Jonathan questions about stuff that is going on....maybe I should call up Coach Toth instead, huh Taren!?!

On Saturday it rained ALL day long so we didn't get to take them sailing so we just hung out at the house then Josh and Heather went out on a nice date that night while Jonathan and I acted like an old married couple and rented a movie...but it was nice!  Then Sunday they headed back home. It was a very nice relaxing weekend with them!! Can't wait for them to come back!!

Oh I almost forgot...while they were in town I baked HOMEMADE cinnamon rolls!! I know you can't believe it but I did!!! They were actually good too!!!! So very proud of myself!!!! Just to prove it I posted a pic...half of them were already eaten before I took the pic! ;) YUMMY!!!! Watch out Martha Stewart!! ha! Just kidding!

It's beginning to look a lot like Fall...

I am so excited that it's the fall season! This is by far my favorite season! I love the smells and colors of fall! Fall season also means football, which I do love! It reminds me of growing up and my dad watching the football games every weekend. Unfortunately this year our football teams, Cowboys and Longhorns, are awful! But we still watch them when we can!

Of course we definitely had to watch the UT/OU game. I got too bored to watch the whole game so Candace and I retreated to the backyard for some girl talk and let the boys watch the rest of the game.

Besides football I also have decorated a little for the fall season! I thought I bought a lot of decorations but when I actually put them around the house it didn't seem like much. Here are a few pics of some of our decorations...

I love this metal pumpkin sign! We got it at Canton Trade Days! And yes we know our bushes need trimming...we are actually getting right on that! ;) If you can't tell that's one of our yellow/orange mums...it's not quite blooming al the way! 

I wanted to do this gorgeous pumpkin arrangement with metallic paint but I just haven't gotten around to it. I found the idea off this random blog I found. My friend did it and they turned out amazing! 

Maybe I will save it for next year! I'm already wanting to buy Christmas stuff! I just keep telling myself to enjoy fall first! ;) 

Here is our mantle...

I have other little decorations around the house but this is the main area for my fall decorations. I can't wait to add to my seasonal decoration collections each year! 

This weekend Jonathan and I will be traveling to Arkansas! We have been waiting for this for a few months now! I found a cute log cabin that we are renting for the weekend! Can't wait for our fall getaway! Hopefully this will turn into a yearly trip! I'll be posting pics of that trip next week! 

Happy Fall!