THUNDER!!!

Earlier this month, my friend Laci invited me to go to a Thunder game with her!! I went the entire year last year without seeing a single game. And this makes the second game this season, so of course I was incredibly excited!!! (Even went out and bought a new shirt for the occasion :o) ) Before the game we stopped by the bar at the Skirvin for a little pre-game cocktail!

Thanks to Laci's employer, we had amazing seats!!! About 10 rows up behind the bench.....we just knew we were gonna be on tv (but I don't think we were dressed crazy enough). The Thunder played the Orlando Magic that night in a very close game!!

IN this next picture look real close!!! See the little boys in the blue shirt and yellow shirt???? The guy sitting next to them is non other than....BOB STOOPS!! :o) BOOMER!

After a long fought battle.....the THUNDER WIN!!!! I love close games!!! We had such a good time (although our voices were a little hoarse the next day)! Thanks Laci for inviting me to go to such a fun game!

I'm always amazed at great our friends and family are to us!! We are absolutely blessed to have such wonderful, caring, and giving friends and family! LOTS OF LOVE!

Holidays 2010

Christmas 2010 was a memorable one!! We got to spend time with all of our families!! After 15 attempts, a finally snapped a shot of the pups in front of our tree!!

I always love the glow that the tree adds to the living room!

So pretty!!!

We added lights to the mantle this year!!! LOVE IT!

We celebrated Christmas in Boise City a little early since Slade and I both had to work Christmas Eve. So we enjoyed a fun-filled 4 day weekend at home sweet home!!! Mom's tree always looks amazing!!

And she has made a stocking for everyone in the family!!! The mantle is loaded!

Dad got a new electric razor from the kids. He's used the same shaver for as long as I can remember......It was definitely time for a new one!! :)

And we got Mom a Kindle!!! She was so excited....and uses it all the time!!!

Slade and I drove to Indiana on Christmas Day to visit my sister Erin's family!! My new nephew was born Dec 21st- John Parker Zimmerman! He is absolutely adorable!!!

Papa Steve and John Parker

Claire was excited to open the presents under the tree!!

Claire and John Parker

Slade got some new gadgets for his fire helmet!!

I got a new cookbook, scarf, and PINK lotion!

For her "big sister" gift, Claire got to go to Build a Bear! She picked out a big Hello Kitty doll! Filled it with lots of stuffing, picked a special heart for it, gave it a bath, and picked out a leopard outfits and feathery shoes!!! She had a blast!!!

Slade's dad's family came to OKC to celebrate a late Christmas and New Year's!!! They took us to the Thunder game on Christmas eve!!! We had a great time....and the Thunder won!!! Woop!

We watched the "ball drop" in Bricktown in the FREEZING COLD, then spent the night at the Skirvin Hilton!!

The next morning we were up early and headed to Dallas, where we spent the day shopping and looking around the Gaylord Texan!!! What a gorgeous place!!! So many things to look at, and so many shops!!! We watched my SOONERS win the Fiesta Bowl on the enormous big screen at the Sports Bar in the Gaylord!! So Fun!!

They had a million Christmas trees!!!!

All in all we had a wonderful Christmas and made lots of memories with our families!!

October 2010

October is always a busy month for us. Lots of Birthdays.....OU/TX game (of course)......and Halloween. Slade had to work on his birthday this year, so we celebrated a day early! Dinner together at home with some birthday cake!!! Happy 25th Birthday Slade!

A good friend from work had a couple extra tickets to an OU game in October and she invited Slade and I to go!!! I hadn't been to a game in a long time, so I wanted to get the full gameday experience in Norman. During the early afternoon, we hung out at a taligate and watched other college games!!!

Even though Slade is a Texas fan, he was a trooper and cheered for my Sooners against Iowa State!!!

I absolutely LOVE being at OU memorial stadium during night games!!! It is the essence of college football!!!

I love taking on creative projects, so this year I decided we needed a Halloween wreath for the front door!!! Elvira would be so jeally!

Slade toughed out a stomach bug so we could attend my work Halloween Party!! We dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf!!

Our costumes from the thrift store were a success!

T-Shirt Quilts!

This past summer I decided I wanted to make a quilt out of all my sorority shirts from college. I had made a block tshirt quilt in high school, but I knew I wanted to do something different. So finally in the fall I put together 2 (yes two) very unique tshirt quilts. I absolutely love these quilts and we use them all the time!!! I really love the fact that the tshirts that were just taking up space in my dresser drawers are now put to good use!!! AND each tshirt holds a great memory from my college years!!!

Quilt #1

Quilt #2

After finishing my quilts, I wanted to share this fantastic use of old tshirts with other people! So I started a Facebook site for my quilts! I had one customer this fall, a friend from nursing school wanted to give her husband a quilt for Christmas. I recently spoke with her and she said he absolutely loved his quilt!!!!

I hope to have more customers this year to add to my collection!! My quilt page is

"Tshirt quilts by Cassie"

CATCHING UP!!!!

Its been awhile since I've updated our blog, so I'm doing a little catching up today. I made a trip to Plano in September to spend some time with my siblings and parents! My sister Audrey has always wanted to learn how to can vegetables like our Grandma Sally did when we were little. So our goal for the weekend was to conquer the art of "canning". We got up early on Saturday and went to a farmer's market in Frisco to pick out some homegrown vegetables!! It was a beautiful morning and the produce was amazing!

We followed the recipe to a "T" and made a huge mess in Audrey's kitchen....we made the whole house smell like pickles!!

And the finished product!!! Homemade pickled vegetable relish and hot sauce!! We had a lot of fun, but we were worn out at the end of the day!

Since we were all together (which rarely happens these days), we decided to have a birthday party for my neice Claire (a little early). She turned two in October!!

She just might be the cutest thing ever!!! And she has a great personality!
She was really excited about the birthday cake!!

I'm completely obsessed with this girl!!!

Girls Trip to Houston

For several months we have been talking about taking a road trip to visit our friend Mary in Houston. Well, we finally found a weekend that we were all free!!! Although is was a short trip, we had a blast!

Kerry was my traveling buddy from OKC to Dallas!!! She is the best navigator!

We ran into a bit of traffic about 5 miles from our exit, so we decided to be adventurous. We took some back roads to go around the traffic, and I believe Kerry's phone told us to turn left onto "Farm to Market Rd" to find our way back to the highway. At this point we drove about 2 miles on a dirt road......needless to say, we made it back to the highway. We were laughing the entire time!!! It was a great start to our weekend!

Getting a little bit sleepy, maybe a little delirious from the drive......but don't worry....she has her mini brush!!!!! :o)

We had brunch on Saturday morning at a cute little place called Ziggy's. Mary told us we had to try the sweet potato fries.......so we each ordered them with our sandwich/salad of choice......she was right! They were AMAZING!

Later that afternoon, Mary took us to Sugar Land, TX!!! We got to see where she works and then we went SHOPPING!!!!

I think this is such a fun picture. The girls with their treasures!!

We took a little shopping break and had a snack! Frozen yogurt!! YUM!

After shopping, we spent a few hours at the pool, then got ready for a great dinner at Ruby Tequila's and an evening the piano bar..."Howl at the Moon"

This is my favorite picture from the whole weekend!!! It clearly shows why I LOVE my friends!