Yoga in the Pines

My super sweet across-the-street-neighbor, Timarie, is a certified yoga instructor and actually has a big yoga studio in her house. She teaches class every Monday & Wednesday. A bunch of the neighborhood girls attend regularly. I tried it out a couple of years ago and I left her house drenched in sweat. It was SUCH a hard workout. I never realized that yoga was so intense!!! Well...I never went back. LOL!!! The girls joke about it all the time and have tried um-teen times to get me to go back to no avail.
Well a couple of months ago they invited me to a yoga & WINE weekend...girls only. All you can drink WINE...I couldn't pass it up!!!!
I'm SO glad that I went. It was absolutely, without a doubt, AMAZING!! Definitely one of the most relaxing weekends I've ever had! We drove out to Mineola, TX [1.5 hours away] and it was gorgeous!!! Amazing, huge, green pine trees surrounded 2 log cottages that the 10 of us stayed in. It was a weekend retreat that was all-inclusive. Theresa was the host and owner of the homes and she was WONDERFUL! Throughout the weekend she instructed 4 yoga classes, cooked all of our meals [delicious & healthy], and served us all the wine we wanted. She was such a great host!!! The yoga wasn't as bad as I thought...I was able to modify to my beginning level. :) While we were there we went on a hike through the pines, I fell asleep in the hammock, got a 1 hour massage, meditated, went antique shopping in downtown Mineola. It was UH-maaazing BUUUUUT I sure missed my boys at home. THis was my 1st weekend away from Asher. With the very little cell service I had, I was able to receive pictures/texts that Mike sent me to keep me updated on their days. It was sweet. They watched lots of football and when I came home on Sunday afternoon they were both still in their jammies. Sounds like they had a great & relaxing weekend too!!! I, seriously, can't WAIT to go back next year [we decided to make this a yearly event!!]!

It's been a MONTH since I've blogged!?!?!

Ahhh, so busy. No time to blog. Whew. I can't even remember what I did yesterday...but I'll upload some recent pics that might spark up my memory while I caption them. :)

Asher's 'storyboard' that we purchased from his 6month photo session! LOVE it! We got a 16x20 on foam board kinda thing. Still not sure where to put it...but it's going up SOMEwhere! ;)

Booty cleaning time!!!


My nephew, Corban. My sister Kinsey is a phenom photographer. She took these while we were in Nebraska. Totally wished she lived here! :(

Asher's 7 month photo session with Aunt Kinz!

While in Nebraska (for Kinsey's graduation) one of my favorite parts was sitting around and looking through old family pictures. This is one of my faves!! I'm the little one!! :)

Uncle Cory with Ash on his shoulders!! FUN!

Sweet cousins!!! Corban & Asher!

Asher, my sis, Corban & my dad!

Bathtime in Omaha!!!

Happy Graduation weekend! Kinz & her hubby, Kevin

Happy (my dad's g-pa name) & Asher

Giggling with Happy!!!

1st time in a shopping cart!!! How bout this is at the liquor store!! Baahahaa! Whoopsies! Needless to say the cart was VERY clean. Pretty sure I'm the only mom that would bring their baby into the liquor store! ;)

Nekkid bebe!!!

Ahhhh...Vacation!

Last week my dad & stepmom came in from Nebraska and stayed with us from Sunday--Thursday. We had so much fun! Sunday was my dad's birthday. They have lots of friends in town so I decided to throw a surprise birthday party at my house when he arrived. It was a success and lots of fun!! We kept Asher home a few days during the week and had fun doing things around town. Tuesday we went to tour the Cowboys Stadium. We had a VIP guided tour. It was very informative and fun too!! Wednesday night we went to see AMERICAN IDOL Tour in concert! LOVEEEED it! They were SO great. Love me some Scotty!!!! After my parents left on Friday, I took Asher to daycare and had the day to myself! It was pretty much AMAZING! Delicious breakfast, mani/pedi, movie (Friends with Benefits...SOOO GOOD) and a massage THEN had dinner and wine with some girlfriends! It was a great topper to the wonderful week off work!!!

Cowboys Stadium


Miles Austin locker in the locker room! :)

This weekend we took our coffee table out of the living room since that is where our family tends to hang out. It was taking up too much space and now that Asher is on the 'roll' everywhere, he needed more space. I bought these super handy puzzle mats that are great and super easy to clean up (spit-up!)! :) He loves his new space and his new colorful mats!! BTW...he's a pro at sitting. He's so content just sitting and playing with his toys! Love it!


More of Asher's sneak peek... ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM!!!!

Lately...

We had Asher's 6 month photo shoot this week. We went to Harry Myers Park in Rockwall and it was just about 105 degrees outside! Our session started at 5:30p so giving the facts that he is usually super tired after a long day at daycare...Asher was a TROOPER!!! He did great and gave lots of smiles! I can't wait to see all of the pics!! Here are the 2 sneak peeks that the photog gave me. So far so good...

Sweet Asher getting ready for another day of swim lessons!

Asher is rolling ALL over the place! So fun! He now usually sleeps on his tummy. Mike was so scared at first and would turn him to his back each time he would roll over. But now the second you turn him back over...he is already rolling back to his tummy. We talked to his pedi at his 6 month apt and he said he'll be fine now that he can lift his head, etc. Speaking of his 6 month apt...I'll have to post those stats soon. But he is 100% over the cough and gunk that he had. No more breathing treatments or meds! Whew...so glad we're over that!

(this is a pic from our video monitor that sits on my night stand)

Headed out to get ice cream (for the adults) in our jammies!!! Love this lil guy!

Yesterday Mike & I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary. We decided to get the iPhone 4 upgrades as our gifts to each other. I can't wait to get mine in the mail!!! (I still have the 3G...not even 3GS, so I can't wait to get video on my phone!) Anyway, we had a great time celebrating our 5 wonderful years of marriage! Here's a few pics from our wedding night...

6 MONTHS!!!

LOOK at MEEEE, I'm 6 months young!!!!

Lee & Ters came over for delish ribs, card game and lots of wine & beer. SUCH a great time!!!

asher's sweet cousins!! Everly & Corban


Practicing sitting up!!

I can't believe AsherMan is already 6 months! Time is flying by but we are having SO much fun with our little man! I uploaded a bunch of random recent pics. We've been busy with lots of friends, parties, fun in the sun and swim lessons!!

BIG boy!





1st swim lesson!!! He LOVES the water!

...and he LOVES his little piggie toes!! ;)

Here is a shot of his newly painted room with the tissue poms that we put up recently. Love them. (they look better in person)

swim lessons!!!

singing songs in the water!

swimming like a fissssh

reaching for the fishies on his belly.