Football and Friends

Well it is bowl week and I can say that I am very happy with the outcomes! Ok State and Arkansas won!!! We stayed up until midnight watching the Pokes play in the fiesta bowl on Monday and it was such an intense game.. Mitch and I wore on the edge of our seats for a while! But they pulled it out!

Go Cowboys!!

Then last night... the Razorbacks won the Cotton Bowl! We had a little party with some of our friends over to cheer on the hogs, and it was a lot of fun!  I meant to take pics, but completely forgot! We had so many yummy snacks, most not paleo, but it was okay for one night! We had chips and queso, fruit pizza, seven layer dip, chocolate chip cookies, and sausage balls!! It was all so good! 

Go Hogs!!

Today Mitch had to work and so I had a relaxing day! I got up and went to look at puppies with Jenna! They are getting a little black lab in a few weeks, so they went to see her. It is a family from our church that is selling them and they had so many little puppies!!! They were all so cute!! 

Later, Bella and I went on a walk. Once again taking advantage of this amazing weather. Then I got my nails done. It has been a nice low key day. I made paleo meatloaf and roasted carrots for dinner tonight.

It turned out so good! Here are the recipes...  Meatloaf This isn't the usually paleo meatloaf recipe we have used in the past. We thought we would try a new one and it was really good! 

Roasted Carrots The meatloaf recipe says to make this mashed cauliflower and garlic stuff, but we both do not like cauliflower so I found these carrots and they were delicious! 

Tomorrow Mitch works, but I am going to Tulsa to spend the day with my mom since her Birthday is this week and I will not get to see her before our vacation! I am looking forward to it! 

Hope y'all are having a wonderful weekend! 

Happy New Year!

Happy (belated) New Years!! Last post I did was all our highlights from 2011, and 2012 is already starting out great. We have lots of exciting things happening!
I love to post about way we have been up to so I can go back and see what we have been up to. So here is what we have been up to this past week.

New yeas weekend we didn't really have much going on. Mitch and I were both off Friday and we really just spend the day getting things done. We went and got him a new orange (go pokes) cover for his macbook! When we got home, I wasn't feeling well, so we rented a movie and jet relaxed at home. We watched Columbiana and it was so good!

I highly recommend it. After that, I have been wanting to go get my ring cleaned, so we went up to the square and I dropped it off and then we took Bella for a walk around the square. There are usually lots of people up there, so she loves it!

Saturday, new years eve, Mitch had to work, and since I hadn't been felling well I laid in bed and rented another movie. I watched Something Borrowed...finally ha! It is based off one of Emily Griffin's books and I was obsessed with her books when I was in college. I read Something Borrowed twice and just love it!! So I was so excited when I heard they were making a movie about it, but just never got around to seeing it. But, I really enjoyed the movie and its a must see as well.

Saturday night after Mitch got off, we had plans to go to Tulsa and go line dancing with my best friend Natalie, but the day before we found out Mitch was on call for Sunday, so we couldn'd go, just in case he got called in (of course he didn't). So since we found that out such last minute and didn't have any time to make other plans we what a very low key new years eve, but it was actually nice! We had been super busy over the past few weeks, it was nice to celebrate at home. Not of purpose, but going to PF Changs on NYE has become tradition for us. We have been there every year on NYE for the past several years. So we had a later dinner around 9:00 and then went back home to watch the ball drop! Hope y'all had a wonderful new years!

Sunday, it was a beautiful day!! We have been so lucky with this warm weather. I think it almost hit 70 this past week... I am not going to complain! So after church, we took Bella to the dog park and on a walk to Slaughter Pen. There are so many trails in nwa and we have really enjoyed taking Bella around!

Monday, we were both off again and  it was also the beginning of our 9 week nutrition challenge at crossfit. They promote paleo and are doing a 9 week challenge to help our nutrition and workouts. On monday the challenge began and before you go had to meet with a crossfit coach and they weighted you, took all measurements, bmi, body fat, etc and then talk with you about your goals. We had to pay $50 to enter the challenge, but if we meet our goals, we get it back! So thats pretty motivating! You can't really map goals in weight because you are working out and lifting so much, but they make you set your goals by how much body fat you want to loose. So we are a week in and so far have been doing great with our paleo meals.
Over the past two months, we have been incorporating paleo into our diet slowly and that has really helped. We know now what meals we really like, and how we feel after we eat non-paleo foods. if you are just starting out, I would highly recommend to just slowly add it into your diet and you will soon want only paleo foods. If you go all out right form the start, you will get frustrated. So when we started we would have 2 cheat meals week and if we were just craving something we would have it. The goal is not to deprive yourself from the things you love. Your eating habits will change on their own and its actually a lot easier than I ever thought. But since we are on this challenge- for 9 weeks it is nothing but paleo and that is really just to help us meet our goals. I mean, there are going to be times when we won't be able to stick on it even in these 9 weeks. Next week Mitch leaves for CO and I leave for Dallas, then we are off to PA! So I am sure there will be some non-paleo meals on our vacations :)

So Monday before our workout, we had one last meal and we chose Cracker Barrel! I love love love Cracker Barrel! My all time favorite meal is a big hot breakfast!! Mitch got his favorite- Blueberry pancakes.

I hope y'all have had wonderful holiday season and a great start to 2012. I am working on some other posts, so they are soon to come!!

Highlights of 2011

Last year I did a post about the highlights of 2010 and I really enjoyed looking back and reading it. So, I thought I would do the same for this year.

So, here are some of the highlights of our 2011...

1. I got a job!! I know I complain sometimes, but I try to always remind myself how lucky I am to have a job.
2. Mitch moved jobs. He moved from the med/serg floor to the ICU/CCU floor. He loves his job and I love hearing all his crazy stories!
3. Went on our first annual summer vacations with Will and Michelle! We went on a cruise to Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Mexico. We are so blessed to have them in our lives! We are in the process of trying to pick our next destination, so if you have any good suggestions, send them our way! Our plan was to switch off every year on who gets to pick the destination, girls then boys. Well Michelle and I picked last year, but since the boys are going on this week long ski trip to Colorado, they are letting us pick again this summer!!
4. 2010 was the year of crazy weather!! I seemed to always find myself saying, " I thought I moved out of OK" haha. We started the year off with one of the craziest snow storms ever! We had over 25 inches of snow! Then we went into floods! I have never really been in a flood... until this year. I remember we had to shut down of office and I got stuck in Fayetteville because of flooding. Then, tornados. There is not much to say, most of y'all know how much I am terrified of tornados, but we had a bad tornado season!! I'm anxious to see what 2010 brings.
5. I was going to put this in the category of weather, but the more I thought about it, it isn't really weather, so I made it its own category! I was in my first earthquake this year. Scared me half to death and I just pray I do not have to experience that again!
6. We joined Crossfit! One of the most intense workout programs I have ever been involved in. This may not seem like much, but it is a large part of Mitch and I's life and we love it.
7. Mitch started the application process to CRNA school! We are traveling to PA this month to visit a school. I'm sure this is only the beginning of  school visits! We are both really excited to get this process going.
8. One of the biggest highlights was getting the newest member to our family... Bella!! She has brought us so much joy over the past 6 months! I never in a million thought I would love a dog this much. I mean I wasn't even a dog person, but Bella has changed that. Her personality has really come out and she is so much fun to have around. She is a lot of responsibility, but it is worth every minute!

I am sure we have had many more exciting things happen, but these are the top ones that came to mind!

I hope y'all had a wonderful 2011as well, and we are excited to see where God takes us in 2012!!

On a side note: my best friend Elizabeth got engaged this past week! I am so excited for her and can't wait to start the wedding planning!! In a couple of weeks, I am spending 5 days in Dallas to help her with wedding stuff. We all know how obsessed I am with wedding planning, so I am beyond excited!

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM MITCH, SARAH AND BELLA!!