Sometimes a photo says it all

&&& I love my husband because he spent Sunday morning/afternoon helping me organize our closets. Oh, the little things in life!

86 Years & Still Kickin'

The 4 of us (Me, Chris & the dogs) ventured to Robert Lee, Texas... population 812... on a good day. We don't make it down there are often as we would like, but it is sooo nice when we do. I love getting out of the big city as often as possible.

This weekend was my Grandma Millican's 86th birthday, so all of Nena's brothers and sister gathered on Saturday night to celebrated. There were probably 30 of us there, which was a pretty good turn out.

My mom & I swear she is the spitting image of Yetta from the TV show The Nanny. She not only looks like Yetta, but there are a lot of similar personality traits. They are both very sassy! She's like our own little honkey tonk version of Yetta.

One of my funniest memories of my wedding includes Grandma Millican. I didn't actually witness it, but in this instance the picture said it all. There sat Grandma Millican using her napkin as a bib in the middle of my beautiful wedding reception....

&&& I love my husband because... #1 on his iTunes recently played list is Party in the USA. :)

My little Man

Oxford is growing by leaps & bounds! The little guy is HUGE!

When we picked him up on Sunday we were amazed at how much he had grown in a matter of 2 days! We went to put his collar on and had to loosen it to fit around his neck.


Ollie & Ox are getting along great! They chase each other around the couch, wrestle & cuddle (only when they don't know we are looking).


&&& of course I love my Husband because... He takes Oxford out at 4 AM & lets me get my beauty sleep :)

24 Candles

Dinner @ Glorias on Greenville
Got my new car!

Hubbs :)

& a new keychain for my new car keys

the cube decorated

&&& I love my husband because.... he makes me feel so special on my Brithdays!

Mr & Mrs Smith

Taylor & Clayton are married!

This weekend we were in OKC for Taylor & Clayton's wedding. It was such a great weekend. We arrived in OKC around 5 on Friday, just in time to get ready for the rehearsal & rehearsal dinner at Nonnas. It was such a nice dinner at a beautiful resteraunt. Chris & I had never been there before, but always wanted to, so we were excited.

After the rehearsal dinner the bridal parties & spouces went to Tap Works in Bricktown for a few drinks. However, once midnight hit we had to take Taylor back to the hotel so that she wouldn't see her groom on her wedding day. This was so tough for Taylor. Since Clayton has been living in Kansas City she rarely sees him, so to not be able to speak with im for an entire day was a difficult task.

Saturday during the day Taylor pampered us. We were all given monogramed matching pajamas & got our hair did. It was nice to have everything come to us at the Bridesmaid suite in the hotel. We were able to relax and not have to rush around from place to place.

The wedding was b-e-a-utiful. Her colors were reds, oranges, brown, & some green (fall colors). It turned out prettier than I could've ever imagined. She also had an awesome old school rock band that played stuff from Bon Jovi to Eric Clapton to Michael Jackson. It was so fun that the reception didn't wind down until around 1AM! The last song the band played was Faithfull by Journey, which ended in everyone at the reception seranading the couple with, "Whooooa whoa whoa." :)

Overall it was a fabulous weekend. It was such a blessing to be a part of such a beautiful wedding. I am so incredibly happy for my friend.

&&& I love my husband because...

My friends love him as much as they love me

O.C.T.O.B.E.R. Halloween is coming near.

• Since my last post:
  Chris didn't get the job at Underwood (still a sore subject, but when God closes a window he opens a door, right?)
• We got another puppy, Oxford.
• We discovered the most fun place EVER, Top Golf
• Taylor is about to become Mrs. Clayton Smith
• I am getting a new car!!!

Ok, so our new puppy, Oxford aka OX, is the fattest, sweetest, orneriest puppy I have ever met... & I am in love. He is such a sweet addition to our little family. He and Ollie get along famously and are already the best of friends.

Taylor gets married this weekend! Taylor gets married this weekend! I had such a blast at her bachelorette party last weekend & am so excited to celebrated her marriage this coming weekend.

Top Golf= Awesome fun. It's like bowling & the driving range mixed together. You're outside, playing golf, buckets of beer & good friends. We went with Wally & his rommate & had a blast.

Chris has been back twice since then.

Ps... I beat the boys :)

My car should arrive between 6&7 tonight. Wahoooo. The X-Box was having some major issues (overheating in cool weather, or in a drive through) & instead of sinking more money into it we decided to just trade it in. Sooo I am the proud owner of a black 2010 SE Pathfinder.

I've decided to add a new portion of my blog entitled, "Why I love my husband." I often times find myself thinking, "& this is why I love my husband." So why not share, right?

&&& I love my husband because he surprises me with dark chocolate & a snuggie after a long night out with the girls :) Here's a photo in case you've never heard of a snuggie (it's a blanket with arm holes :))

Mamma Mia/ Lawton, OK/ Trip to AMA/ VEGAS/Britney Spears

It's been a while...A long while. Life got pretty crazy pretty darn quick. I can't complain, because I know we are slowly falling back into our "Chris is back in school, we can't go anywhere, Shanna might go stir crazy in Dallas" routine. So I am happy to say that we took advantage of our weeks leading up to Chris's return to school. Where do I start??

The weekend after the Tebow wedding the Davis/Smith wedding showers started. Talk about no break between these 2! Saturday August 28 Clayton's family friends threw them a couples shower in Lawton. It was a very nice shower (out by a pool w/ a fun little bar area) with lots of young couples. Very fun.

The night before we ventured to Lawton Chris and I went to see Mamma Mia here in Dallas. We were supposed to go on August 22 with the Jones clan, but I had brain fart and double booked that weekend (Tebow wedding was also that day). I really enjoyed it.

That night we also got to go to Addison to see Wally and his new apartment. It is always great to meet up with old friends.

**Flash Forward to Labor Day Weekend**

Sooooo for a couple weeks my dad had been talking about us all going to Ruidoso for Labor Day. It wasn't until the week before that he called me asking if we'd rather go to Vegas. Hello!! Vegas? Duh! So we did it. We made a last minute, impulse, trip to Vegas.

While we were in Vegas we got to go eat at Nobu, Sushi Samba & Margaritaville and go see Jay Leno and Santana perform. We are so lucky to have such fun parents!

On our first afternoon there I was walking through the lobby of the Palazzo (where we stayed) alone & lost searching for the way to the room. I finally gave up and went to the front desk to ask how the heck to get to the guest rooms. When they finally headed me in the right direction I got an awesome surprise... I ran smack into TORI SPELLING. No lie. She was walking through our hotel casino with her husband Dean (no Liam or Stella). I was in shock, but somehow managed to smile and say hello-- no picture, which I regret.

Immediately I tell Chris, who doesn't really care for her. (I think this is because of all the old school 90210 I have been recording lately--whoop whoop Donna Martin). So I called my parents & to my disbelief my father doesn't believe me. He thinks I imagined seeing her or just saw a random girl that resembled her. Ughhh. I so saw her!! Later that evening when we were in the elevator I see it; a sign stating, "Palazzo Pool Party with your hosts Tori Spelling & Dean McDermott." Done and done. I was right. Dad was wrong. 1 point Shan, 0 Dad.

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/entertainment/television/0908ToriDeanVegas

**Fast forward to September 11**

Chris got an interview! Chris got an interview! Friday September 11 Chris had an interview with Underwood Law Firm in Amarillo. Ahhhh Amarillo how I long to live in theeeee. It was a 4 hour interview followed by an informal cocktail hour at The Amarillo Club. To date we haven't heard back, but FINGERS CROSSED this will work out... but if it doesn't I KNOW things will be ok.

Going back for Chris's interview worked out perfectly for me. It was Canyon High Homecoming and Codi's first pep rally. I got to go watch Codi cheer at both the pep rally & the Homecoming game.

For Chris on the other hand, it was terrible timing. Chris and I drove to Canyon Thursday evening, he interviewed until 6 on Friday and then drove back to Dallas Friday night in order to make it to a negotiation competition that began at 7:30 AM on Saturday. Poor Chris!!

**Flash forward to September 18**

It's Britney biatch! Aly came into town for the Britney Spears concert. It was awesome & I would go again in a heartbeat. Ps.. Girl looks good after having 2 kids.