lots of snow = a sad and boring weekend

I knew it was supposed to snow today, but not this much. We got up early to head to Fayetteville and it was snowing, but we were hoping it wouldn't stick. About 45 minutes into our trip, we nearly went into the ditch and it was getting worse so we turned around. Last time I checked it was still snowing really hard. So much for a fun spring day with our sweet little nephews! We'll get to see them in two weeks for Easter though. I've been wanting to buy Easter decorations. Maybe with enough pastel stuff and bunnies around the house, the snow will go away!

This is what the road looked like a few minutes outside of Tulsa. It got alot worse.

I don't think our poor flowers are going to make it.

Marcus posing for me in the driveway

Me - being sad

spring-ish

I was planning to do a post about things I like in the Spring. Since it's about 40 degrees and the forecast is calling for snow, I'll hold off on that.

The people who lived in our house before us planted lots of flowers and they are so pretty. I took some pictures of them the other day and am hoping they don't die in the snow. It's the first time we've had a yard, so we are pretty excited. We used a Lowe's giftcard we received for our wedding to buy a rake, a hummingbird feeder, and two mini herb gardens. The herb gardens will actually stay inside, but they are really cool. One has 3 types of hot peppers and the other has 3 Italian herbs. I think I could really get into gardening.

This weekend we are going to Fayetteville to meet our new nephew baby Asher. He will be there, along with his parents and John Mark, visiting family. It's not a bad drive at all from Tulsa. We can't wait to see him!

Mexico Pics: Tulum

We decided to leave the resort and visit some Mayan ruins one day. It sounded like a good idea and we chose Tulum, which were the smaller ruins but closer to our resort. The man at the tour desk said it was a 45 minute to 1 hour trip each way. It was actually two, meaning that we spent 4 hours on the van that day. The ruins were pretty and the water there was amazing. They are the only Mayan ruins that are right on the ocean. Our tour guide was passionate about the ruins and talked about them for around an hour, but it was hard to understand him and I kind of tuned him out after awhile. Marcus did too... We really can't tell you much about these pictures, but I think they turned out pretty well. Marcus took most of them. He is definitely the better photographer in our family.

We like to call this picture "ancient Mayan lawnmower".

This iguana was huge...probably 2 1/2 feet long. There were even more iguanas at Tulum than at the resort's pool!

Say a prayer for Marcus. He hasn't been feeling well. His stomach was hurting really badly and he was up sick all night last night. I took him to the doctor and they think it's just a virus. He seems to be feeling a little better tonight.

Mexico Pics: Part Dos

I hope everyone had a good monday! It was so hard for me to get back into the groove of things at work today. Here are some beach and resort pictures:

There were always tons of birds on the pier. They would just swoop right down on top of each other like they were saying, "Outta my way."

Mexico Pics: Part 1

We took ALOT of pictures on our trip. I'll start with some pictures of Marcus and me and later this week I'll post some of the resort, beach, and other misc. stuff. If you just can't get enough of our pictures (haha), there will be even more on Facebook.

we're home

Marcus and I made it home from Mexico early this morning. The plan was to get home last night, but we had a delay and missed our connecting flight. The airline was very helpful and we got to spend a free night in Dallas, so it could have been alot worse.

We had the best time on our trip. The resort was amazing. It had a gorgeous beach, lots of food, and great service. Our room was really nice too. We took a trip to Tulum to see some Mayan ruins on Wednesday, went snorleking on Thursday, and I had a fantastic massage on Friday. Other than that we were just really really lazy. Our biggest decisions each day were which swimsuit to wear, whether to go to the pool or the beach, and what to eat. We also met some other couples who are around our age and it was fun to hang out with them after dinner. There were shows every night-some better than others. I'll put up pictures soon.

a great visit

My parents and brother came to visit this weekend. This was their first trip to tulsa. Marcus was in dallas for work, so I had them all to myself. I did miss Marcus though :). We had the best time and I think I seriously gained 5 pounds. I cooked johnny mozzetta (spelling?), a pasta dish that my grandmother makes for special occasions friday night and we played the wii fit and guitar hero. Yesterday we did some shopping and had another huge dinner at a local steak place. We went to church this morning and they just left a few minutes ago. It is always so sad when I leave their house or they leave here, because I know I won't see them again for a few months. When we lived in little rock, we saw them probably every 4-6 weeks. We are hoping to make a trip to arkansas in april. We have a sweet baby nephew, Asher, that we definitely need to go see! That's all for now, I have to get on the elliptical and try to burn off some of those calories!