Name That Tune

Saturday, Ray and I hosted a night of fun times and fun tunes with our ABF. With delicious eats, drinks, prizes, and fun friends, our night was a blast.

 

Our Name That Tune game consisted of three rounds and a lightning round. Names were put into a bowl and drawn to create teams. Interesting thing, most couples actually were on the same team. The team names were Purple Cobras and Tha Cactus Jacks including Mr. Cactus Jack himself (you just have to know his story:) as well as little man Jack.

For the first two rounds, dice were used. First round categories included girl bands, boy bands, tv songs, movie songs, and cartoon songs. The second round categories read act it out, fill in the blank, string quartet, backward, it's all in the lyrics, and chipmunk songs. We sure did have some very funny act it out moments.

 

Roung three was a list of samples, number 1 in, nonsense titles, and theme. Round four was a lightning round that played a match up of over 25 different songs/artists. The goal was to select as many as possible, earning a point for each. While the game was a great match up of individuals and skills, our Purple Cobras took home the win!

Thanks to all of our sweet friends for joining us for a great night of fun tunes and times! Here's to our next ABF activity. 

Spring Break 2013

Spring Break has actually been a pretty exciting but relaxed week. All the plans I had for unpacking and sorting things around the house have kind of fallen by the wayside as well as any plans for studying for my ESL certification have fallen short. What I will say is that I have had a few days to clean and catch up on laundry and that's really been enough for me. I've enjoyed my one day off with my husband as he took Monday off to celebrate my Spring Break with me. A few days I had a lunch or two and a special afternoon with my girl and her sweet twin ladies, but all and all I enjoyed being flat out lazy. I loved that my day was filled with not changing from my pj pants and lounging around the house with the pups. It was a perfect time to recoup and nap. Things that haven't really happened during the school year. A few things we did enjoy this week included a trip to College Station, a brief night home in Sugar Land, a lunch date or two, and a Zellner Cafe dinner. It was a week of pure relaxation:)

A Lucky Zellner Cafe: March 2013

With St. Patrick's Day right around the corner, Ray and I found it fitting that we host our monthly Zellner Cafe in style.  



This month, we moved our dinner to a Tuesday during Spring Break, as our group schedule has become a of a blur. It has been difficult to plan a day where all 9 of us including the 4 kiddos can attend. But it is one of my most favorite traditions and we can always adjust. :) This month's dinner was super special as all members (minus a few kiddos) were able to attend. It is always so wonderful to find time in our busy schedules to sit down, break bread (sometimes litterally), and catch up. 

This month's menu included chicken and waffles,

boiled cabbage, and for dessert a delicious peach cobbler. Sadly the chicken wasn't fully ready, so we basically enjoyed chicken for dessert. It was sure tastey. I am thankful that my husband loves to cook and I sure do love to serve.

 

When it was time for dinner, I saw this cutie sneaking a waffle. 

 I sure do love these friends. For those friends near and far, we are so thankful for their love and for the memories we share.

And our boys will always be boys! From the little bit creepy and awkward to pure man love... they sure know how to make me laugh. Happy Lucky Zellner Cafe! Can't wait to see what April will hold:)

Meal Planning: Off the Bandwagon

So I kind of fell off the bandwagon when it came to meal planning. The past few weeks have been such a busy combination of healthy and unhealthy and just plain "I don't care where we find food" moments. With the final weeks before Spring Break and our schedules just being out of sorts, I am happy to know that this week should look pretty different. I am so excited that Spring Break is here. Both Ray and I are looking forward to planning many meals at home that are definitely healthy in nature. Now while I write this, I have to admit, that tonight is going to be one of the unhealthy ones. I'm so excited! We are hosting our March Zellner Cafe. We will be dinning on chicken and waffles. So starting tomorrow I'll be back on the bandwagon and looking forward to more healthy meals at home with the hubs.

A Pre Birthday Visit to Aggieland!

For months, we have had a family visit to College Station planned as my brother, Chris, will be turning 33 this Easter. While our start was a little later than planned, we met my mother and brother  at Sodalaks in Snook, TX. Known for their super large and absolutely delicious portions the food was great and the company was even better. As College Station is not exactly half way between Dallas and Sugar Land, it is definitely a perfect place to meet up with our family on beautiful days such as this. We were actually dreading the weather as it was supposed to be a complete down pour, but the skies opened up to this gorgeous day. It allowed us to enjoy a fabulous pre birthday lunch, trip around Aggieland, and fun catch up day.

Our first stop was a photo opt by the over-sized Aggie Ring. I thought it was a pretty great start to our afternoon.

 Me and my boys!

 

From the remodeled MSC, Century Tree, Northside campus, and even a lucky penny on Sull Ross's feet, our afternoon was a great time with family and a super fun pre birthday celebration!

A little HOWDY from the Aggieland Bookstore

at the Memorial Student Center

 Century Tree

A Lucky Penny

 

What a great start to Spring Break. I am excited for perfect Sundays with family, for pre birthday celebrations, and a week of pure relaxation!

Ballet Sunday!

Our Sunday lead us to Bass Hall in Fort Worth, TX for an afternoon of American Ballet Theater. Two free tickets, stage right upper level seating, and my amazing husband dressed in coat and bow tie. What a perfect afternoon date.

I've actually gotten several questions and comments in regards to our Ballet Sunday. At the beginning of this year, Ray signed us up for filltheseats.com. It is a great resource for extra tickets to different local events including sports games, concerts, commedy shows, and even ballets. For $40 a year, we find fun little date nights (or afternoons) such as this!

ABF in Aggieland!

Saturday morning with donuts and snacks in hand, we traveled with two fabulous Aggie couples from our ABF for a day trip to sweet home College Station. The ladies took one car while the gents another. After 3 1/2 hours of fun conversation, hang out, and photo fun, we had officially arrived.



(Denise and Amy)

For lunch we dinned at Blue Baker, one of my college favorites. I do love a good soup and bread bowl. After lunch, we made our way around northside and quickly to the MSC (Memorial Student Center). Before our stop for a few pieces of Aggie merchandise, we had to take a few photos under the Century Tree. It's tradition!

 

 The Zellners

 The Goodings and the Hanks

 

The MSC is gorgeous. Ray and I had the opportunity to see it several months ago, but I love seeing all the new pieces that we missed. It is amazing to see the updates, but love the old Aggie feel.

 



After our trip on campus, a new A&M shirt purchase, a few ladies photo ops, and a little shopping excursion...



...we ventured to Reed Arena to watch our Aggie Basketball team take on the Tennessee Volunteers.

 

After 4 OTs, our Ags ran out of time. But what a fun game for sure. Thank you to the Goodings and Hanks for creating more Aggie traditions and a great day trip to Aggieland.

(Colin, Chase, and Ray)

After the game, it was time for us to say our good-byes and return home, as Ray had his marathon early the next morning in Fort Worth. It was definitely a day of tradition, friendship, and fun. I look forward to our next daytrip to Aggieland.