Superbowl Party

My roommate Tina and I hosted the Superbowl Party at our place this year. It was so much fun and we had so much good food! Needless to say, my weekly weigh-in the following Tuesday did not go so well. (thanks Kevin for the pictures)

The game was on during our usual Bible study time, so Ben shared on Lent a few minutes before the game began.

Ms. Tina, the beautiful

Mike and Rebecca

Me and Maggie

Ben again, because he's so cute

Amber and Laura

Ben. Hmm.

Ready to cash out

Chattanooga Greenway

Sometime last month we loaded up our bikes (on my new bike rack!) and ventured out on Chattanooga's greenway. It's such a great trail and a good workout! We parked at the dam and followed the greenway into the arts district and then across the walking bridge to the North Shore. We stopped in at Greenlife for lunch (yum!) and stopped in at some of the stores nearby and then headed back to the car. Here are a few pics we took along the way. There's not any real shots of the greenway because it was pretty busy that day and I didn't want to stop the flow of traffic :)

Walking Maggie on the greenway

Cleveland has a greenway that we like to bike and walk along so we took Maggie out there for the first time not too long ago. It was quite cold so we didn't last too long!

The Holiday Break

Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you know we had a great holiday break. We each spent Christmas with our families and Ben joined me in Texas on the 26th. My mom and Holly hosted an engagement party for us and Ben's mom and step-dad were able to come down and meet most of the family. It was so much fun and we're so thankful to be blessed with such great families.

Side note: only six more months until we're married! Yay!

Meet Maggie!

Yep, it's true. Ben and I have a puppy! And she is a cutie. She's already on her way to being spoiled. For her first Cleveland outing we met up with Amber, the Barks and Prissy at the Annual Cleveland Christmas Tree Lighting in downtown Cleveland. We had a great time with everyone drinking hot chocolate, getting pictures with Santa and taking a carriage ride - I think even Jason enjoyed the carriage a little. :)

Welcome Aboard the Polar Express!

A couple of years ago, Ben and I started a new tradition of seeing the Polar Express in 3D at the IMAX in Chattanooga. This year we continued the tradition with some of our closest friends and once again, it was amazing. If you have an IMAX near you that's showing this we highly recommend it! You can't help but feel like a kid again, sitting there with cool 3D glasses and trying to catch snow flakes as they fall right in front of you. It's absolutely one of my favorite things that we do and I look forward to it every year! And we're so glad we were able to include our friends in our tradition. It feels good to share something you love and enjoy with those close to you. What fun is it to keep all the good things to yourself?! (Thanks Jaime for the pics!)

Love at first sight.

I have a great love for Anthropologie. It's truly an amazing store. I could seriously go on and on about their adorable sweaters and dainty necklaces, their wondrous bedding collection and fabulous kitchen linens, their journals and candles and their random little knick knacks all over the store. Not to mention, they have the coolest, biggest coffee mugs with the initials on them (I have two so far, B and C, and I hope to get all 26 letters soon.) Anthropologie also has super great bags (way out of my price range, but still awesome.) These are the ones I'm currently drooling over:

Wildflower Canvas Satchel

Wild Burros Carryall

Swept Sand Tote

Stem Print Shopper

Cherry Tart Shoulder Bag

Bon Voyage Bag