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Hey guys,

I am finally mostly set up on the new site so I will not be posting here anymore, please come visit me on the new site landing in the stars. I cannot wait to hear what you all think of it and am super excited about the future!

xoxo

Hungry times

I plugged my camera in today to upload my pictures from this past weekend and realized just how much I have been slacking on our meal updates! Cinco de Mayo mister and I went out with some good friends but we decided against going to a Mexican restaurant because we knew they were going to be insane, we were able to order up some queso but it just was not quite up to par.. so we made queso at home a couple nights later! Forgive how sucky some of these pictures are, between school starting and being sick I have been such a slacker!! 

JJ and Erica!

Nothing beats velveeta and rotel! 

Last week was really difficult between being super sick, starting school and losing a close friend and I was in no mood to get off the couch let alone cook so Mister took care of me! Boy did he have some tricks up his sleeve! He cooked some insanely delicious dinners. Starting with a beef/tomato/rice stuffed green pepper situation. Yumm. 

Wednesday nothing sounded good, I was so stuffed up and felt so gross.... and then Salmon was mentioned. Salmon is my absolute guilty pleasure. Salmon breaded served with a delicious cheesy pasta and I am in heaven. Mister had stumbled upon a recipe that involved sauteing garlic, onion, butter and about half a cup of half and half and shredded mozzarella cheese. That delicious combination over some bow tie pasta with spinach and a nice piece of salmon, and this sick girl was in a happy place! 

Sunday I was feeling much better and since I had been taken care of so well over my sucky week I decided to make some pancakes for the mister!! I have been dreaming of making these cake batter pancakes from How Sweet It Is for months and it seemed like the perfect day! The pancakes turned out delicious, we were not huge fans of the glaze but that could be because I used pure vanilla not vanilla extract. The pancakes with maple syrup and sliced up bananas turned out to be the perfect sunday breakfast, who can resist sprinkles?!

I had my first test of the semester today and it went well, have a bunch of homework left to do and Thursday early morning we leave for Georgia!! 

xoxo

Shaners

I have been absolutely blessed with some of the most amazing friends in the entire world. One of which is Mister Shane Downey. Shane passed away this morning after a complication from being on blood thinners for the past eleven years. Shane has always been an inspirational person for me, through all of the challenges that he faced he always stayed positive. Going from being a successful athlete to a wheel chair was never easy, and he had difficult days but through it all he remained Shane. 

spring break bonfire

Shane never failed to put a smile on my face. He was always was full of stories, jokes, smiles and love. Even though it seemed like he was always in the hospital or battling some sort of set back he always stayed positive. There was one time I was bringing him his favorite dinner (taco bell) to the hospital and upon walking in the room there were 6 other people there visiting him - a true testament to how loved he was, he always had the most visitors. Shane cared deeply for his family, his faith and his friends. 

babysitting Shane's pup Guess

Birthday surprise party

Family dinner night, Shaners and Trace Face

I will always cherish the memories of family dinners, movie nights, spring break in Jacksonville and getting insanely lost driving to Austin. I know there are so many people who already miss Shane, life just isn't going to be the same without his messages, words of wisdom and his gigantic smile.