Craziness

Yes, I'm pretty much CRAZY!! Razorback baseball made it to the world series and me and a friend from work (Tiffany) decided to go and watch Thursday night. Well that doesn't sound crazy does it? It gets better...We left work at noon on Thursday drove the 6hrs (well took us 5 1/2) to Omaha, watched the game at 8 then drove straight back to Rogers! Now does it sound crazy = ) I'm just glad we weren't the only crazies- there was quite a few of us. We got back into town around 5:30am, I slept for about 45min and woke up because I had to be at work at 10. I could've slept longer but I woke up when Andrew got home and wasn't tired so just decided to get up and Nala girl and I went for a nice morning walk. If I would've slept a couple more hrs. then got up I have a feeling I would've felt miserable!!!

                Too bad we lost, but it was still fun!

Friday after work around 2 Andrew, Sarah and I left for Dallas. Chad (Sarah's husband) had to work a little bit late so caught a flight to Dallas and still beat- I know lucky dog! He rode back home with us though = ) Friday night was the Coldplay Concert- they put on a great show and sound awesome live! I highly recommend seeing them- Andrew and I have seen them twice now and I'd go back in a heartbeat.

They handed out light up armbands that lit up to the music- it was AWESOME! However, mine didn't work but Andrew gave me his ha

                                 Before dinner Saturday Night

I think I might still be a little exhausted from all the festivities over the weekend but it was all worth and I had a BLAST!! Now if the weather would get better!

             This is what my car read after work- I had been driving for about 20min. and usually the temperature will go down b/c my car had been in the sun all day- OH NO it went up to 103* by the time I got home like 30minutes later!!! No, I'm not a fan of summer- I can't stand sweating just walking into Wal-Mart. Oh well, hopefully Fall will come early = )

Everyone have a great week! Think about your pets in this hot weather = )

~Kara~

Great Busy Weekend

This past week has been crazy busy. I had something to do every night! It was my BFF Janae's wedding on Saturday. She got married at Bell Gable Chapel in Fayetteville and her reception was at the Uark Bowl Room on Dickson. It was a wonderful weekend and beautiful wedding. Janae was a stunning bride of course. I'm awful though and didn't really take very many pictures.

First, I need to share a funny story. So, Friday night was the rehearsal dinner at Ella's Restaurant. After the rehearsal dinner some of us wanted to go find our name on the Sr. Walk before meeting the others out. Well my feet were killing me so I went to Whit's car to change into flats. Saturday morning about 45 min. before we're suppose to leave to go to the Chapel for pictures I notice I only have 1 SHOE (this shoe was the one I needed to wear with the bridesmaid dresses)!!!! I'm freaking out and Brooke (Janae's sister) has some I can borrow which are too big but I don't care at this point I'll make it work.
Micah, one of the bridesmaids, heard me talking about how I can't find my shoe and it has to either be in Whit's car or in Brooke's house- OR unless it fell out of the car or I just left in the parking lot across from Ella's Restaurant. Micah said she saw a shoe in the PARKING LOT!! So Whit, Kara and I haul booty to see if my shoe is in the parking lot and look what we found = )

MY SHOE!!! I was soooo excited!!! Of course this would happen to me- crazy things like this ALWAYS happen! Story of my life.

                        Groom's Cake

                                 Bride's Cake

The beautiful bride with her Farmington Bridesmaids (we had all switched to flats at this point)

I made a yummy casserole last weekend and it was sooooo good! And it was semi healthy (remember the word SEMI).

Chicken Alfredo Casserole

4 Cups Cauliflower, steamed and chopped

3 Chicken Breasts, Cooked and Cubed

1 Cup Coconut Milk

3/4 Cup Heavy Cream, 1 Stick Butter

1/2 Teaspoon Salt, 1/2 Teaspoon Black Pepper

3/4 Cup Parmesan

3 Large Eggs

2 Cups Broccoli Crowns, chopped

1 Teaspoon Garlic Powder

1/2 Onion Chopped, 6 Strips of Bacon cut in Quarters

1. Preheat oven to 375 F. Melt butter in microwave bowl. Add in cream, coconut milk, garlic powder, parmesan, salt, onion and eggs and whip with a fork or whisk.

2. Add chicken and cauliflower and mix it in. Pour into casserole or cake pan.

3. Add a little more parmesan on top and then place bacon in a single layer across the top.

4. Bake for 1 hour. Then put on broil for 5-6 minutes until bacon is crispy

         The picture after we demolished pretty much the whole dish

              I had to make some Paleo Brownies too- mmmmmmm

         
Random Pictures:
           Andrew's good size fish he caught at the Creek toward Airport

                        My sweet Nala

Have a great week!
~Kara~

Food and Concerts

This past weekend a TV show on Food Network (The Great Food Truck Race) came to Fayetteville. I've never seen this tv show but my friend Big Kara told me about it but I just kind of blew it off. Well then my mom calls me and is so excited because they're coming but I had planned on going canoeing Saturday morning so she kind of blew it off too.

Well, I hope up Saturday morning with a burning throat (stupid allergies) so slept in longer and decided to go to Farmer's Market in Fayetteville with Big Kara and her husband Dale to see what all the hype was about these food trucks. OMG they're were amazing!! If you know me well then you know food coming out of trailer/truck is soooo my kind of thing too!

Mom was super jealous so she decided to drive down that afternoon and then I found out when she already closer to Fayetteville than Conway that the trucks were not selling food again until 1am, YES 1AM on Dickson. We said why not we'll do it- NEVER AGAIN! We didn't get home until 3:30 and I'm just too old for that now ha! However, we did get to try some good food though and experience it all. Big Kara & I got interviewed too so we could be on the show = )

             Best chocolate french toast EVER

These guys are from California and have won every week- so I had to get a picture in case they win the show and he becomes famous = )

   Crazy lines and yes I stood in one for an hour!!!

      My sweet Nala being lazy with me on Saturday

Last night I went to the Cheap Trick & Aerosmith concert thanks to my BFF Whit. They both played really good and I'd go see Aerosmith again in a heartbeat- they were amazing!
                         "I want you to want me"

                 Steven Tyler singing away

                            "Dream On"

There's a lot coming up with my best friend's wedding and our TEAMworks Ukraine golf tournament.
Pray for safe travels for 3 ladies from my work leaving for Ukraine this Saturday.

Have a great weekend
~Kara~

Janae Bachelorette

My friend Janae is getting married June 9th, so this past weekend some of us girls headed to KC to celebrate with her. We stayed down by plaza and did some shopping and ate yummy food! For her bachelorette night we went to Howl at the Moon (Piano Bar) and had some fun. Here's some pictures from my phone


                    Get ready for some yummy food pictures!

                        Melting Pot was amazing!!!

                               Mmmm....brunch at Cheesecake Factory

                                   WPS!!!!

We had a little lingerie shower and some snacks before going out Saturday night.

     Janae was excited about her gift = ) Always gotta get a gag gift

                              ~Pretty bride to be~

                   I don't like sushi AT ALL- but it's so pretty!

                         I love dumplings though = )

The piano bar was really fun, and they had some great musicians playing the fiddle, drums, keyboard and piano

Everyone have a great week

~Kara~

Complete randomness

This post is just like the title- RANDOM!!

My mom came into town this past weekend and we hit up the Bentonville Farmer's Market saturday morning just to get CREPES!! Yes that's right- I love crepes and more people need to start making them  = ) If you live around Bville area check out Crepes by Paulette- he has a website and facebook page too but he's open 3 days a week and I'll be making more trips to him now. They were amazing!

Left crepe- mine= strawberry & nutella; right crepe- pecan pie

I'm an awful mom to Nala and don't buy her many toys. For one because she destroys EVERYTHING! She's so rough with toys even the big ones that say indestructible! Yeah right not to Nala. Well my mom always buys her toys, because yes she loves them! We were at Kohl's and they had big stuff animals for cheap so Nala got one! Well Nala loves it and she's had it since Saturday and it's still in 1 PIECE! That's record for her!!! My mom thinks that she hasn't torn it to shreds since there's not a squeaker in it.

I hope all my friends had a great mother's day. My mom got me a mother's day gift b/c I am a mom to my nala girl. Someone guess what it is?

Any guesses?? Yeah I didn't think so- My very own HOT DOG STEAMER!!! Now you can die laughing = ) Yes I love hot dogs- however I've converted to turkey dogs (turkey everything really unless I'm eating a steak). I don't know where she saw it but it had great reviews so she bought us both one. I used it tonight and I LOVE IT! So much better than cooking it in the microwave. It's pretty funny because when it's done steaming the hot dogs it barks! Nala was freaking out and didn't understand. I think my mom got it off Amazon just in case anyone would want one = ) 

Some co-workers are leaving very soon to go to Ukraine to try to build better relationships with an Orphanage. We went to this Orphanage last year but only for a day. They are in desperate need for guidance and prayer. Please think about them and pray for safety and to be able to build a great relationship with everyone there and the caregivers are open to different therapy activities to help the kids there. 

We're also having our Golf Tournament again on Saturday June 16 at Stonebridge Golf Course. If you would like to help, donate or play golf go to http://birdeasepro.com/TEAMworks. 

Have a great week

~Kara~

A year already?!?!?

Andrew and I celebrated our 1-year anniversary on April 23rd. It doesn't seem like it's been a year already but yet seems longer at the same (it's that's possible to understand). It's been a wonderful year and I can't imagine having a better husband. Looking forward to many more years with him.

We wanted to go on some kind of trip to celebrate the big 1 year. We thought about a cruise but since it was last minute we couldn't really find a cruise going to the countries we were interested visiting or that worked with our schedules. So we decided Savannah, I know random right. We have both heard how pretty it is so decided to go there. I looked up condos on vrbo.com and found a cute old house that people have remodeled and put apartments inside it.
We had a great time and Savannah is really pretty. The houses are old and gorgeous and loved the pretty parks.

                        Gators outside of The Crab Shack

                              Tybee Island Lighthouse

                          The famous fountain at Forsythe Park

                                  The camera hog

                        
  For my CrossFit people- awesome KB at CrossfitSavannah

                              Down at the Bay

                                I want this boat

Anniversary night about to dig into the cake! It was actually still pretty moist in the middle but too sweet for me, I had just had 1 bite

We made reservations to eat at The Old Pink House and it was delish!! (Thanks for telling me about it Lora)

  These buildings amazed me because so old but gorgeous and huge on the inside!

                       Andrew got pork tenderloin

                  
                           I got the chicken

       We were too full for dessert but our sweet waitress did this for us

The last night in Savannah we had to go to the best restaurant ever!!! Ms. Paul Dean's Lady & Sons- and we were miserable after leaving but so worth it!!!

       Yes that's my 1st plate and I went back for 2nds (just for sides) and had dessert!

This past Saturday I ran the 5k for Race for the Cure and raced for my friend Melanie. She's a strong friend that got diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 24- she was brave and inspiration to all and beat it like it was nothing!
       I thought this board was cool to write the name on the napkin for who you were supporting

Nala girl was very happy when Andrew and I got home!

It's starting to feel more and more like summer and the only thing I like about summer (b/c it's always too hot) is grilling out! I've been wanting to try these yummy beef filet pinwheels from the butcher in Walmart and they were pretty good. Bad thing is I thought maybe that was goat cheese but Andrew said it was bleu cheese. I'm not really a fan of bleu cheese but the taste wasn't so strong after they were grilled.

My vacation is over already and back to work tomorrow. I must admit I miss my kiddos.

Have a great week
~Kara~