Memorial Day Weekend

Our Memorial Weekend went by too fast! Did yours? Most of the weekend, Scott and I spent apart as he attended a wild bachlor party... umm 6 hours at a strip club on saturday evening starting at 6pm!?... what do you even do at that point!? I asked him to spare the details....lol. We started the weekend off on Thursday attending the Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen Concert at Nutty Browns Cafe... it was so much fun! And I saw one of my best friends Joyce that I hadn't seen in over 6 months so I was a happy girl!

So while Scott was away on Friday and Saturday night, I got time to get my apartment ready for Maddie coming in town next weekend (my little sister is coming to stay with me for 3 weeks!!), I invited my brother Chris over to hang out, got some tanning accomplished (I'm finally getting so dark yay!) and took advantage of watching all my trashy/girly TV shows that Scott haaaates! :-)

When we were finally reunited (at 8am Sunday morning), we took it pretty lazy, streamed Church to our TV around 11am, then got up and made a late brunch after Church.

Starting the Memorial Celebration right, I cooked up some great eats and made the best margaritas I think I've made in a good while! Meanwhile, Scottie played me some new songs he taught himself on the guitar, which I LOVED considering he's now learned all these Randy Rogers Band songs.

I went to town in the kitchen, made bacon wrapped asperagus, cheesy grilled spicy ranch chicken, mixed whole grain rice with hot pico de gallo, and some black beans & avocado. Served with tortillas on the side and a fresh margarita!

Monday was spent more like a Sunday, just relaxing and getting things back in order for the week. I am so excited for my sister to be here, June is going to be insane! We have Maddie from June 2-23rd, on June 9th we have a wedding in Kerville, TX, June 15, 16, 17, and 22 are BIRTHDAYS being celebrated, Huxley turns 1!! We will be busy :-).

I definitely wanted to say thank you for all of those who have family or loved ones serving our country or have in the past. Lots of love for my cousin Tony who is in the Marines, and for my late Grandpa who served in the Navy. Happy Memorial day to you all!

How did you spend your long weekend!?

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Wedding Music

As my mom is marrying the man of her dreams in 9 short days (eeeeep!), we do have a list of but are running out of ideas on songs to play during the ceremony and reception, so all you married/engaged ladies, here is where I need YOU! :-)

We have a huge stereo set up going on in the backyard where the wedding is going to be. My brother Nick, who is a musician, is going to be playing his own song he's written for the isle-walk for my mom. Can you say tear jerker? I'm going to be a mess!

My sister and I decided it would be so much fun to also have a Kareoke Set-Up to let our drunken family members and of course the kids have a hysterical time singing to the rest of the wedding party!

Maddie has already decided we must embarrass ourselves and sing Nikki Minaj's SuperBass.. and that I have to learn the words the best I can by the big day. Haha, yikes! Hopefully I can also learn to breathe and sing/rap that fast..... Should be interesting! Maybe we'll get it on video for your laughing pleasure..... ;-)

I would love some ideas of some fun songs to either sing, play, dance songs, etc.

What has worked best for your Wedding?

Guest Post: Home is with You

Today Mallorie from Home is with You is guest posting! Just found out this girl is going to be an Austinite in a few short months and can't be mor excited!! She has the cutest Etsy shop and is married to a musician! Show this gorgeous girl some love! :) Thanks Mallorie!!

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Hey guys, I'm Mallorie and I write over at Home is with you... On my blog you can find recaps of my husband and I's adventures, recipes, and my thoughts on life in general.

People often ask me what it's like to be a musician's wife. And I tell them about how wonderful it is to hear him singing and playing his guitar random times throughout the day. I talk about how fun it is meeting all the new people at his shows and on Twitter (and now through my blog), and how it has really helped me come out of my shell and not be so shy. And how I still get butterflies when he uses my name in a song or talks about me on stage...

But the truth is that is only part of it...I've written on my blog before about how we struggle with money. We get asked all the time about getting "real jobs" and that can wear on a person. Dave and I work harder than a lot of people we know that have "real jobs". The amount of things we could be doing to help get his name out there and make sure even just one more person hears his songs is never ending.


We are constantly reminding ourselves to slow down and take breaks, but it can be hard. This is a crucial time for his music and we don't want to miss an opportunity. His music is too wonderful to not be heard. We are preparing to move to Austin in January, and we can't wait! Texas in general has always been so supportive of Dave's music and we love it there. We are so excited to see where the music takes us...

Make sure to stop by the blog and say hi! You can also find me on twitter here, I'd love to "meet" you all :)
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Home is with you...

Austin's Fire Relief Concert

Yesterday, I was lucky to win 3 tickets to the Fire Relief Concert going on at the Frank Erwin Center in downtown Austin. I immediately called Scottie and my brother who just moved to Austin, Chris, to see if they wanted to go! Unfortunately Scott had a lot of work to take care of at home and couldn't make it. :( But I am glad Chris and I got to spend some QT and hang out!

I was so amazed by this concert! The Fire Relief concert was a way to bring a lot of Central Texas together to hear a variety of great music and find a way to help the victims that were affected by wildfires. They had several firefighter volunteers and donations set up everywhere. All ticket profits and some concession profits went to victims. And ALL these great artists performing in ONE venue on ONE night??! That just doesn't happen.

We got to see: Willie Nelson, the Dixie Chicks, George Strait, Eric Johnson, Randy Rogers Band, Ray Benson, Asleep at the Wheel, Lyle Lovett, and others. They all donated their time to come help raise money for Central Texas Fire Victims. I was so so impressed!

Chris and I had a great time listening to some old school music all the way to some AMAZING Randy Rogers - Gahhh if you like Texas Country and haven't heard Randy play - you need to watch the video below just for a second! :)

I am so glad I attended this concert, it was so much fun!

Now, our seating wasn't too bad but wasn't very close, so a lot of pictures I took were of the jumbo-tron hehe. Enjoy the recap pictures, and have a great Tuesday!

Videos:

*I am still adding videos but the uploading is taking forever, so stand by please! Thank you! :)*

Healthified Grilled Chicken Nachos

As I have been doing absolutely nothing all day but relaxing and playing on our new family toy the Streak 7 that Scott brought home from work the other day, I pulled up you tube and played this song I've been obsessed with for months, and I swear it will never get old. "Crazy Girl" by Eli Young Band, I'm posting the video because I know you'll be hooked. 


(If you read below, the comments people have left will make you cry its so sweet, this song is like the perfect words said after a bad fight... Scott actually has learned how to play it and I swear I'm a emotional basketcase for sweet love songs haha i love it!)

We're Texas Country lovers at heart... I love cowgirl boots and guitars, my baby plays and sings, and I am in love with Brady Black from Randy Rogers band... We made eye contact at their concert at the famous Hills Cafe on SoCo (South Congress)


Anyway, :)


My week has been crazy! From trainings, working in my current position still until Monday, cleaning the house as we are going out of town this weekend (to Southeast Texas for my boyfriends hometown to see his sister and do a fantasy football draft woohoo! lol), and cooking up some amazing recipes to post - I have decided to get back on the grind with my blog, and I feel bad for slacking! 


Here is one of my favorite recipes I made this week! 

Healthified Grilled Chicken Nachos

I actually stole this recipe from believe it or not the Biggest Loser recipes, and my boy and I fell in looove.


Ingredients:
baked tortilla chips
1 can low sodium black beans
low fat shredded cheese
4 ounces baked skinless boneless extra lean chicken breasts
3 diced up tomatoes (I cheated and got HEB freshly made pico de gallo with onions, cilantro, tomatoes, and jalapenos hehe)
2 tablespoons cheese or salsa con queso (all natural or low fat)
2 ounces jalapeno slices (i didn't use fresh i used nacho jalaps)


Directions:
1. Heat oven to 400* and set chicken breasts in there for about 30 minutes. When finished cooking, dice up the chicken into half inch pieces and set aside.

*I may or may not have ate a 1/5 of the chicken bites during cooking* 

2. On a non stick pan, layout tortilla chips and start loading on the goodies! I put a tiny layer of cheese first so everything sticks to the chip once baked.

I love guac if you can't tell! Made a quick n easy guac for a snack while I cooked!

It was sooooo good! I highly recommend this for a fun and easy meal! Stay tuned for my recipe post tomorrow on Stuffed Chicken Diablo and Roasted Green beans..... be sure to have a snack around as this will make you very hungry :) Have a good day!