Rodeo Cook Off

Jeff and I had a great time at Rodeo Cook Off this weekend. Our neighbor's had a team - Half Fast Cookers. They put on a great event! Good friends, good food, good music - what more could you want?
Jeff, Terrence & Greg

Cowboy Jeff. We really need to get him some rodeo gear...

The girls

10 Months Ago...

I was getting ready for our wedding day! I cannot believe that we have already been married 10 months - it has gone by so quickly! We have almost made it through our first year!

Valentine's Day

We had a wonderful 1st married Valentine's Day! Jeff ordered me these beautiful flowers - in the same colors as our wedding flowers. What a thoughtful gift! I'm a very lucky girl. He also gave me a spa day - aaahhh...clam and relaxing!
I got Jeff this name frame, and I finally changed my last name. I'm offically Michelle Adams Ellis now.

We went to Big Texas on Friday night with some of our friends. We had such a great time!

We hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Jenny's Bridal Shower

My sister in law, Jenny, had her first bridal shower last Saturday! It was a beautiful shower hosted by dear friends of the grooms mother. The decorated in her wedding colors, black and red. It was a fun day!

This trail mix is so good!

The bride to be with her hostesses

Jenny and her bridesmaids.

Jackie, Jenny and me.

My mother in law, sister in law, and myself.

Congrats Jenny!

Lindsey & Greg's Wedding

Jeff and I had an amazing time at Lindsey and Greg's wedding. Jeff and Greg were fraternity brothers in college, and have remained friends through the years. Greg met Lindsey about a year and a half ago, and it's hard to remember him without her. We are so thankful that he found such a sweet, fun wonderful wife. Here are a few pics from their big day.

Lindsey and Josh breaking it down to Footloose
Me and Terrence

Josh and Jeff at the afterparty

Lindsey and her adorable neice, Claire.

Britney, Brandon, and their future son :)

Jeff and Greg

Josh and Kelly

Melissa & Chang

Lindsey dancing with her Daddy

The Sheffler family (+Jeff)

Jeff & Me

Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Smith!!!

Our welcome bag - isn't it cute??

By far, one of our favorite weddings : ) Thanks Mr. & Mrs. Smith!

Beautiful Award!

I was so happy today when I read Emily's blog and saw that she gave me the "Beautiful Blogger" award! Thank you!!! She and I planned our weddings around the same time on The Knot, and I really enjoy keeping up with her life by reading her blog, Just the two of us...and a cat.

The rules are as follows -

1. Thank the person that gave you the award

2. Paste the award on your blog

3. Link back to the person that gave you the award

4. Share 7 interesting things about yourself

5. Nominate up to 7 more beautiful bloggers

6. Link to the bloggers you nominate

I'm not incredibly interesting...but here are my 7 things...

1. I have a 25 pound Pomeranian. The vet calls him "abnormally large". All I wanted when I was in college was a dog I could carry around in a bag. Bandit was tiny enough to fit into my hands when he was a puppy - and he just kept growing and growing! 6 years later though, I can't imagine him any other way!

2. I really want to be crafty. Really, I do. My Mom is incredibly crafty and creative, but I just didn't seem to get those genes. I'm working on it though : )

3. I've a newlywed! We have been married for 9 months, and it has been the most fun, rewarding and interesting challenge ever!

4. One of my favorite things to do is enjoy a great glass of wine. There is nothing like unwinding at the end of the day with a glass of vino. And, I swear it tastes better out of a fancy glass...and with some fancy cheese....mmmm.....

5. Inspired by the ladies on The Nest, I have a list, 30 Things to do before 30. I only have about a year and a half left, and I still have, um, about 30 things left to do...

6. I HATE working out. I don't know many people that truly enjoy working out, but I do not care for it at all. I hate getting all hot and sweaty, and then my face turns red, my whole body hurts, and it is pretty much miserable. But, I do it because I hate not feeling good about myself more.

7. Since I've been married, I'm becoming a bit of a neat freak. Jeff is a little OCD when it comes to cleaning and keeping things picked up, and I'm afraid I'm picking up the habit. Any of you that knew me before I married Jeff know that I am pretty much the messiest person in the world...well, maybe not as messy as my friend Lenti :) So, I guess marriage has changed me for the better!

Thanks again Emily!

Now I would like to nominate the following Beautiful Bloggers:

Busy "B"

Our Life

Swanky Chicks

The Beckman Family

Highs, Lows & Stilettos

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! We had a wonderful New Year's weekend. Jeff and I decided to stay home this year. We played dominos, watched the ball drop on TV and shot off fireworks. It was a great first married New Years. We had Jeff's parents over on New Year's Day for the traditional serving of ham, black eyed peas and cabbage...yummy!

My sparkler! I didn't get to light all of these, beacause Bandit wanted to bite them!

Bandit fell asleep waiting for the New Year!

This could be trouble...

This was the first time that I remember ever going to a fireworks stand. It was fun - check out all the great things we picked out!

We hope you had a wonderful NYE and best wishes for a great year!!!