The Pioneer Woman

Chances are you have heard me mention The Pioneer Woman. She is the wife of a rancher in Oklahoma who went to school in California and then fell in love with a cowboy and gave up her big city life to move to the ranch. A little over a year ago I came across her blog where she writes a blog about her experiences on the ranch, decorating, shopping, cooking, homeschooling, and photography. I was immediately captivated and read her blog daily enjoying her outlook on life, love and cooking. I then purchased her cookbook which is absolutely amazing full of home cooking recipes with step by step photo instructions. I pretty much want to be Pioneer Woman haha :) So last week when I found out she was going to be in Houston I knew I had to be there!

This Friday night I went to my first book signing. I left work early and drove to a random strip mall way out in Katy to get a spot in line at a tiny little hidden book store called Blue Willow Bookshop.



I ended up waiting in line for 4 hours, but luckily the weather was perfect and I lucked out standing behind a group of very entertaining girls. So in the end it was all worth it. The Pioneer Woman was there to sign copies of her new childrens book about her basset hound Charlie but took time to sign as many books as people had, took pictures, and had conversations with everyone. I didn't think I could like Pioneer Woman any more than I already had but she was so nice and personable and I am so glad I waited in line to meet her. She signed a copy of the Children's book, my copy of her love story, and my copy of her cookbook. It was an altogether awesome experience and totally worth it.

Engagement Photo Favorites

As I mentioned before we absolutely adore our photographer Alyse French she is an awesome friend, absolutely amazing photographer and now one more reason I love her, she gets things done! We had our engagement session last Saturday, she had a blog up by Wednesday and, we had a disc of beautiful images in the mail by Saturday! She just keeps getting more awesome!

And so here they are, our favorite images...






















Leave a commenting telling us which is your favorite! Marc and I have different favorites (both included above) and it's fun to see what everybody likes best :)

It's Official...

Well I technically graduated at the beginning of February but last week I picked up my bound thesis and diploma from Baylor and now it feels so official. Here are a few pictures of my fancy diploma and thesis.




Eventually I will have to get it into a nice frame and I think I have a perfect place to hang it in the office. Right above my dopamine structure. Dopamine is the neurotransmitter that my graduate lab focused a lot on seeing as how it plays a huge role in addiction and my mom managed to hunt down this awesome piece of wall art a few years ago for my birthday and I love it.



Done with graduate school and on to the next exciting new phase of life :) Excited to see where life takes me :)