Weekend Fam-tivities

 Welcome to our weekend fam-tivities.

It was sure a weekend filled with fun dinner dates and relaxing afternoons with the pups. I'm thankful for these lazy weekends. Our weekend fam-tivities included:

 

....Friday, Ray helped with Chi Alpha.

... I visited my favorite preggo mama of twins. She continues to amaze me. I am so proud of this lady as she sets such a wonderful example of motherhood. At 36 weeks, the little ladies should be coming soon!

... Ray and I enjoyed a dinner date night at Buca di Beppo.

 

 

... I got a necessary haircut on Saturday afternoon.

... We picked up a few redbox movies and cuddled with these cuties.

 

... We used a Chick-fil-a gift certificate for a delicious morning breakfast.



 ... Ray and I searched for a few new reads at Half Priced Books.
... Ray ran 14 miles on Sunday to prepare for his marathon at the end of the month.

 I sure do love lazy! I love recouping my energy for the week ahead. It is amazing to think that within a few weeks we will be enjoying Spring Break. Boy this year sure is flying and I'm enjoying the moments... even the lazy ones:)

Belated Birthday at Buca!

Tonight the husband and I joined our best friends at Buca di Beppo for my belated birthday dinner. We enjoyed tasty family style eats, delicious drinks, amazing conversation, and great catch up with friends. I absolutely love these people and am so blessed to have them in my life. We of course were missing some sweet friends but know we will all be together again soon. Here are some pictures from our night out celebrating Family Style at Buca!

It even ended with a fabulous celebratory song! What an amazing night with friends celebrating Twenty Seven years! When we returned home the puppies were all smiles! A truly blessed day indeed:)

His & Her Buca Celebration glasses

Today...
1. I enjoyed a fabulous belated birthday celebration with my best friends
2. I signed my professional teaching paper work
3. I drove to the school 3X as I forgot my camera right before dinner and had to make an additional trip back to the school
4. Bryson and Jacob met for the first time:)

A Celebration of Sprinkles Cupcakes & Free Lasagna from Buca

This afternoon after completing ESY Summer School, Ray and I left for downtown Dallas to enjoy a celebratory Dimples cupcake... but Dimples had closed and I was devastated. So the husband quickly went to plan B and located Sprinkles in Dallas.




He absolutely saved the day because our Sprinkles cupcakes were amazing! We couldn't just decide on one so we each got two! One to enjoy while dinning in and one to go. We enjoyed and taste tested the carrot, red velvet, chocolate marshmellow, and the salty caramel. They were all so very tasty but the carrot and red velvet were my favorites.



Here are two cupcakes to go.

I had received a message earlier in the day from my friend Kristin reminding me that today was National Lasagna Day at Buca di Beppo! You receive a free portion of lasagna with the purchase of a small entree. What could be better than free and delicious food.?!? Plus we used the $10 off coupon we found in last Sunday's Newspaper! So after stop for our afternoon dessert of cupcakes, we decided to enjoy a Buca di Beppo lunch and save the lasagna leftovers for dinner. (Thanks K for the reminder;)





Our afternoon celebration was definitely full of smiles! Tonight I am enjoying wine, movies, and time spent with my sweet family of four! That is all the celebration I need:)

Buca di Beppo Coupons!

As many of you know... the husband and I love Buca di Beppo.


This week I was so excited to see several coupons in the newspaper for this tasty Italian option. So if you are looking for a super delicious meal and want to save a few dollars... be sure to pick up this week's newspaper:)

Dinner Date Night & ABF Softball

Tonight, the husband and I met up with a sweet couple from our ABF, Carissa and Joel Howard, to enjoy a double date night at Buca di Beppo. We enjoyed great conversation, a delicious dinner, and a fabulous time with friends.

After dinner we left for Prestonwood to cheer on our Honeymooners ABF in their softball tournament. While our team was not victorious, they did a fantastic job, put forth an amazing effort, and had a great season. Here are a few pictures from the game.

What a fun Friday night with our ABF friends!

Shops in Allen & Buca Celebration!

Saturday after returning home from the hair salon, Ray and I decided to enjoy this beautiful day by having a Freebirds lunch outside at the Shops in Allen. After a very delicious meal including free chips and queso if you provided their preferred customer card, we ventured around the shops and enjoyed the happenings around the area. What a perfect Saturday with the husband. I am definitely one lucky girl:)

After our adventure around town, we returned home with full tummies. That afternoon we enjoyed a few shows and relaxed with our sweet fam of four including our two furbabies. That night we then decided to enjoy a date night out and celebrate at Buca! More will be discussed in the very near future but I couldn't be more excited and know that this was definitely a Godly decision about my future career path.

At Buca di Beppo the line was unexpectedly short for a Saturday and we were even offered a spot to sit at their world famous kitchen table. It was so fun to be able to watch the crew make some of our favorite dishes and of course to hear the line repeated over and over "this is our famous kitchen table." We felt so special and even were given free garlic bread:) We ordered so much tasty food including chicken Parmesan, fettuccine pasta, and of course this delicious mammoth of a sundae for dessert. Oh and please know we took home most of it as left overs. Ha. Here are a few pictures of our celebratory date night out!

What a special afternoon/night with my husband. I love these moments as it is a time to remember the path that God has put before us. We truly are blessed! Happy Saturday:)

Here is How We Buca!

Tonight the Hubs and I celebrated with a fun date night at home.

For Christmas we had received a few gift certificates to Buca di Beppo and thought it would be a wonderful night to order some amazing food to go! Thank goodness we decided to stay in as it seemed that almost all of North Dallas had the same thought we did about Buca. The place was absolutely packed. Yay for curb side service!

What a fun date night in... we enjoyed great food, great movies, and a great time with my cute family of four!

Just Because Dinner Date Night!

I love my husband... and I really enjoy some Buca di Beppo. I love nights where we are honestly both too lazy to cook and really just want an inexpensive night on the town.... and since I had yet another $10 off coupon to our tasty eatery of choice... why not!

... and with meals that look like this...

Chicken Saltimbocca

Chicken Fettucini Alfredo

... I don't know how anyone could blame us:) This week has been a good one... a busy one... but one that I am anxiously waiting to pass as our one year anniversary is only a few days away. I am so thankful... thankful for such an amazing husband... and thankful for just because dinner date nights!