Playoffs: Round 1

This past Saturday Kris' Dad and I drove to Wichita Falls for the 1st round of the playoffs. It was a blow-out and the other team probably shouldn't have been aloud in the playoffs, but that's how they have the brackets laid out so we got through Round 1 with ease.

One thing Kris really doesn't like to do is take pictures...but I made him do it! This was about the 4th try since Kris' Dad was not too savy with my phone and Coach Flo was standing behind him making us laugh, so needless to say Kris was not really into this one!

We're flyin to good ole' Midland, Texas this Saturday for Round 2 against an El Paso team...and if (when) we win we will get to play the remaining rounds at Cowboys Stadium!!! (Excited?? Yes!)

Camels..

So I've been meaning to post a blog all week and it's taken me until today to do it.

Pretty much for the whole football season I either have a game on Friday's or I'm by myself because Kris is scouting, so this last Friday instead of going out and spending time with friends...I FINALLY watched Sex and the City 2! I'm A HUGE SATC fan, so the fact that I never saw this one in the theater was already unusual, so I just couldn't wait until it was on Netflix and had to go rent it at Blockbuster. I had heard it was less than mediocre and not as good as the 1st, and for the most part that's correct. I enjoyed it, because I'm a fan, and that's as good as it gets. I did find it quite hilarious that they ride camels in Abu Dhabi and I have a camel right down the street.


I live in a development, but it's pretty much in the country. We have cows, horses, goats, sheep...right by our house, but who'd of thought one of our close neighbors would get a camel!?!

I've been trying to take a picture of this thing for over a week, but it was always too far away for my camera phone, but this week he/she was eating close to the road so I snapped a photo quick! (this is for you Britt!)

SAFE...The movie premiere

If you know the Hayhurst family then you will not be surprised by what I am about to tell you. Kris and I attended a movie premiere for their first film last night a independant film written and directed by the Hayhurst Family, titles SAFE. My best friend Lindsay who is married to one of the many Hayhurst brother's invited us to go to his movie premiere last night at the Angelica in Plano. When the Hayhurst name is on something you never know what to expect so we were very skeptical going into it, but man were we pleasantly surprised at how good this film was. The purpose of the premiere was to get feedback from close friends and family before they submit it to big time film festivals. It really was a great short film (alittle over an hour) with a very good story line, real actors/actresses, and great background music. It left me wanting more, which you would normally not hear me say for a suspense movie. I am excited to see where this will lead those boys, and I am happy we got to be a part of it! Here are a few photos from the night.

Kyle, Kris, and Dudley Daniel Hayhurst (aka the Director) and Linz Me and Linz Daniel and Seth introducing the movie
Q & A w/ the director, writer, and actor/actress

It's time for Holiday Cards!!!

I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but I am SUPER excited about holiday cards this year for 3 reasons...

1. This is our first Christmas as a Slivocka family (Kris, Gromit, and I)!

2. I love getting Christmas cards, so I feel like I should send them too!

3. Shutterfly has AMAZING holiday cards!

I ordered our guest book for our wedding on shutterfly and everyone loved it! It was one of their photobooks.

These are some of my favorites:

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You will have to wait and see which one you get in the mail!

Thank you Shutterfly!!

Friday Finds

I am always instantly drawn to all things Vera Bradley, so when I get the emails almost daily I instantly have to look at the content. It usually means there is a new item on sale or they have something new in the collection. (both super cool!) Today was one of those days and I just have to share it. I LOVE finding something that can be the perfect Christmas/Birthday gift for someone who I am stuck on what to get. These are perfect and I can't wait to buy them. I already have specific people in mind (including myself of course!).

Here is the Christmas Ornament that with a couple together could double as a centerpiece on your table in a pretty clear bowl the rest of the year when it's not on your tree. It comes packaged in this cute box too for only $18! And there are several patterns to choose from.
The second is this apron. I don't own an apron but I plan on it real soon. I want this in all the patterns and then I can where a different one every day of the week while I'm cooking up dinner (haha) that would be a perfect world if I actually cooked every night. This comes in a cute package as well for only $28!

Update from the last blog:

It's been a MUCH better week this week for my Dad especially which in turn makes it better for me too! Kris has his last regular football game tonight and we are hoping for an undefeated record heading into playoffs next weekend!!

Recovery

I had one of those weeks last week that you NEVER want to relive. It all started last Monday morning when I got a phone call from my Grandma that my Dad had yet another bad night. I won't go into that, but for those that know me well know my Dad has not been in the good health for the last 2 years after his near death heart attack and open heart surgery. THIS has been one of the HARDEST things for me to deal with.

My Mom came into town on Tuesday for my Brother and Carly's wedding this past weekend. We had a few things to do in preparation for the rehearsal dinner and wedding (we did a popcorn bar for her favors). With out her in town I probably would not have made it through the week. I miss her terribly not living in Dallas, so we are all hoping she can move back real soon!

I took off work Thursday and Friday so we could get everything done and it's a good thing I did because we had to tend to my Dad and help him move to his new "home" for awhile. It was the hardest day of my life thus far...I was an emotional wreck all day and hardly ever stopped crying. I am still an emotional wreck but the crying has subsided a little bit.

My Dad means the world to me and I am a total DADDY's girl. He is the a great man and the fact that he is suffering SO bad eats away at me. I want to help him any way I can but I am starting to realize that there is not much more I can do and so the guilt has been tough.

The wedding was really great and I had a great time visiting with my family that was in town. I wish I had more time with them, but the time we had was great!

This is the Biermann's + Ryan (Jodi's Fiance). I am sure you can tell who is who by the height difference among these people. They live in Kentucky and Virginia and we don't get to see them as often as we'd like.

This is my Mother (far right) and my 2 Aunts. My Aunt Donna lives in Missouri and Aunt Joyce lives in Kentucky. We are sar spread out and I hate it. Clearly my family likes to wear black!

Kris was in the wedding so this was a pic of us dancing the first dance...I love my husband. He makes me a better person and keeps me sain MOST fo the time. I have struggled with a lot of things lately and he is always there to bring me back up.

And this was our popcorn bar...the Popcorn was awesome and everyone LOVED the idea! I have a lot left over and I'm plannig to make some goodies for the football players tonight since it's their team colors!! And so I will stop eating it every night!

Weekend Wrap-up!

This Weekend started off on Thursday it seemed like because that's when Kris' team played. Since they have to share the district stadium with 2 other teams they usually have to play on at least on Thursday a season.
We WON! Which is becoming a regular thing for the Raiders...I hope this lasts all season! It's fun to win! I wish I could say that for the rest of our sports teams this weekend.

It made for a very dreary Sunday when the Rangers Lost...then the Cowboys Lost...but Kris' fantasy team won!! Amish Gone Wild...yeah! (I only care about this and don't grip at him when he spends A LOT of time talking to my Brother about who they are going to play...because there is a pretty good prize that comes if you win!)

Friday night we went to http://firesidepies.com in Legacy center. We've been wanting to try this out for a while and it was awesome! I splurged and had wine and appetizer and then we split a pizza. So good!

Saturday we got up and had to chat with our financial advisor (this makes me feel old) but he is one of my Mom's friends and he started to help Kris and I out with our savings and retirement. Who knew we needed to start saving for retirement now...well most people don't, but I really don't want to have to work forever. That call was way over my head and lasted most of the morning so we were ready to get out of the house after that. Just did errands then hung around the house for the rest of the day.

On Sunday, Kris' parents took us out for brunch at Lawrys, which was a treat and amazing food!

Goal for this week: work out at least 3 days!

On the calender for this weekend: Football game at the Colony on Friday and the State Fair of TEXAS! on Saturday (which means working out 5 days will be my goal for next week...yeah right!)