OU/Texas Weekend

We had such a blast in Dallas this year for OU/Texas weekend. We had so many friends travel to Dallas for the weekend. We had a birthday party/reunion Friday night, the game Saturday morning, and a fun dinner with family Saturday night. A win is icing on the cake - it is always such a fun weekend!

We order our state fair coupons in advance. They arrived just in time!

OU Wins!

My last serving of fried oreros until 2013.

On our way home, we stopped at Sprinkles Cupcakes to pick up some treats. This year, Duncan got a cupcake!

"Doggies love cupcakes too"

Cutest little cupcake.

Our desserts.

He really liked it!

Now, he thinks he can have all our of treats, when that is not the case at all. He is still confused why his treat was much smaller compared to ours.

Our trip to Dallas = success!
-Jack and Kayla

Date Night!!

Friday is date night. This Friday was a pretty good date night. Thunder game and The Melting Pot. Perfection.

Thanks CHK for the tickets!

First game of the season to attend.

While at the game, we read The Melting Pot does reverse happy hour after the games - half price cheese and chocolate fondue. We couldn't resist...

Chocolate Fondue and our dippers

So good. Even better at half price. Yummy.

Turned out to be a great date night.
-Jack and Kayla

Sunday Dinner

After weeks of staring at our grill, sending good vibes to it's inner beings in hopes it would start working, we finally decided we would (and by "we" I really mean Jack) go get a part from Sears in hopes it would correct the issue.

It did. Thank goodness, because we were tried of pan grilling everything.

So, to welcome it back, we grilled chicken and potatoes!

delicious.

My wonderful mother in law bought Jack and I magazine cookbook all about chicken - my favorite meat ever. In there, was grilled potatoes - we thought it was a perfect night to try something new for potatoes - my favorite side dish.

yup, grilled potatoes. delicious.

We will definately be grilling more potatoes in the neat future.

What can I say, I love chicken and potatoes - everyday.
-jack and kayla.

Duncan Dog likes....

Lettuce. Who would have thought Duncan dog would eat lettuce? We never did, but he enjoys eating the crunchy romaine spines.

I suppose it's a healthy treat for him. He seems to like it!

I didn't eat lettuce until I was about 20.
-Jack and Kayla.

p.s. Duncan's birthday is tomorrow! He will be two!

Happy Birthday, Jack!

Jack turned 24 this month and I had planned a surprise for him! Those that know me best know there's another Jack in both of our lives.

Jack Bauer.

I thought it would be only fitting since Jack turned 24 to make him the star of 24 the show. Those that know us really well knows the importance of 24 in the beginning of our relationship.

24 - Seasons 1-3

24 Season 4 - 6

24 Season 7 - 8

Jack woke up to seeing these work of arts and to some cinnamon rolls.

I had his birthday off, so I started a baking a cake for him. I was nervous the whole time since I wasn't sure it was going to turn out good. But it didn't turn out too horrible.

It looks like an oreo cake,but it's chocolate with chocolate buttercream filling.

With white buttercream all over.

Since I wasn't confident in this cake, I had a back up plan.

Oh, you delicious cookie cake.

Once Jack got off work, we headed to dinner! We definitely got our steak fix in; we were full!

Yup, that is Jack's 22 oz bone in ribeye.

My wonderful, filet. Perfectly cooked. Perfectly seasoned.

Hello, chocolate molten cake.

Happy Birthday Jack!

Make a wish!

He loved celebrating his birthday with his sister, brother in law, parents and grandparents. We had a great time!

The sunset was beautiful that night, even as storms were brewing.

Happy Birthday Jack! I can't wait to see what this year brings you! Duncan and I love you!
-J&K

Duncan and his awesome treat!

Preface: read this post first to get background information on Duncan's treat.

Duncan was introduced to USDA Prime!

We let him have some tastes of Jack's ribeye bone.

He loved pulling the leftover meat off the bone.

He loved this bone. Eyes closed, enjoying the tastes!

We watched him the entire time since we weren't 100% sure meat bones are okay for dogs. We watched him over the next few days and he seems to be fine! He got a real treat; he now knows USDA Prime Meat.

You lucky dog.
-Jack and Kayla

Today is the....

119th Anniversary of the first documented ice cream sundae, per Google.



Happy Sunday!
-Jack and Kayla

Spring Break - for Grown Ups

It's our 100th blog post and I can't imagine a better post to celebrate! Last week was "spring break" (which doesn't have the same meaning in the real world) and my birthday week (which does have the same meaning in the real world)! Here are some pictures from Birthday Week!

I made Green Velvet Cupcakes for St Patricks Day!

Yummy!

Never have I ever had a green cupcake!

Delicious Green Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing!

 On Wednesday, our Small Group theme was Green Food!

Green Angel Food Cake

Green Apples, Broccoli, Shepherd's Pie, Pesto Pasta

And a cookie cake to top of the night!

On Thursday, Jack woke up early and made Green French Toast! He calls it "Swamp Toast".

Definitely odd; Definitely delicious! 

Duncan celebrated by ripping up his bed to find the green stuffing.

No need to fear, I stitched that baby back up.

He didn't want to get pinched on St Patrick's Day!

We took the afternoon off work to celebrate my birthday in Norman. First Stop - O'Connell's!

Green Beer is a must.

My third year to celebrate with a green beer. I missed last year.

And what do you know - they had a shot called "Mexican Leprechaun". Perfect description of myself.

 Second Stop - The Mont! It was the warmest birthday I can remember, so we enjoyed sitting on the patio!

Home of the Original Sooner Swirl. Yummmmm.

We spent some time walking around the duck pond, trying to identify all the birds and ducks. We both hadn't been to the duck pond since about 5th grade.

We met my parents and Jack's parents at Victoria's Pasta Shop for dinner. We love this restaurant! It was great to see our parents and spend time with them.

On our way back home, we stopped at the lighthouse on Lake Hefner.

So Festive for St. Patrick's Day!

It was really windy.

I wish those people weren't sitting there; they are blocking the sunset!

 Once we got home, we enjoyed some Birthday Cookie!

We have way too many sweets in our kitchen.

My co-worker and I ordered a joint birthday cake. Our birthdays are one week a part and we thought we should split an Amy's Cake birthday cake.... so we did.

It turned out super cute! We plan on cutting it in half, each getting our respective side.

Red Velvet.

 The week came to end with the Super Moon; it was a sight to see!

I hope you got a chance to see it in person. It looked awesome.

We wanted Duncan to see it, so we leashed him up. He doesn't even know what the moon is.

I think Birthday Week/Spring Break was the best! We had so much fun with our friends and family over this week. Happy Birthday to me!

Today marks the first day of spring, which I like to call allergy season. I hope you Spring Break and St Patrick's Day was fun. 

Love,

Jack and Kayla

P.S. Now that we are homeowners, we care about our yard. I asked for a weed puller for my birthday. Odd gift? Yes. It rules.

Check out the root on that baby!