Crab Stack

T-5 days until summer school is over! It honestly hasn't been that bad...except for Physics. I am taking an English and Physics class during summer this year to get ahead. I have been putting off this Physics class since I entered college for one simple reason: I strongly dislike science. It has never been more clear to me now that I was not born to be a Physicist.

Needless to say after a stressful week of trying to understand Physics I was so excited when I recieved a call on Friday that my monogrammed swimsuit bottoms were ready! Clint and I are having our engagement party on the river, so I decided that I wanted to monogram a pair of my bikini bottoms for the occasion. They turned out fabulous!

Also on Friday Clint made our favorite appetizer from Saltgrass Steakhouse at home! We have a good friend that works there, Kaitlin, and everytime we eat there we always have to order a Crab Stack. It is so good! It's a $15 appetizer at the restaurant so since we love it so much Clint decided to try and make it himself. It turned out so good and it was relatively easy.

Clint's Crab Stack

-3 avocados
-Pico de gallo
-Lump crab meat
-French's French Fried Onions

1. Make a cylinder funnel out of computer paper and tape it together.
2. Place it on a plate
3. Peel and slice the avocados into tiny cubes and place at the bottom of the funnel
4. Cut up the crab meat and place on top of avocados
5. Add pico de gallo (as much or as little as you like)
6. Top with French's french fried onions
7. Slowly remove the cylinder so all the ingredients are stacked ontop of one another
8. Enjoy with chips!

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Double Date Night

Yesterday was jam packed with activities since 10:00am! Well the beginning of the day was not too exciting due to the fact that I spent it at summer school. Thankfully next week is our last week!:) I am so excited.

My mom, brother Cole, and his friend Adam drove down from Houston on Thursday. My mom and I drove to South Austin to try on wedding dresses while Clint took the boys to show them around Texas State. He is trying to convince Adam to come here on a football scholarship! (Do it Adam!!)

Meanwhile my mom and I had absolutely no luck at David's Bridal. The dresses were all beautiful but none of them really jumped out at me as "the" one. Once we were done we decided to eat dinner at one of our favorite places to eat together, La Madeline! I ordered an amazing cup of tomato basil soup, ceasar salad and pasta salad. It was so good! I could eat their tomato basil soup every night!

After dinner my mom and I headed back to the apartment to meet the boys. After a long day everyone decided to sit around the couch and watch "Swamp People". I had never seen the show before but was intrigued. It follows the lives of families that catch alligators and live on swamps. The best part of the show is the people. They are hilarious.

Look at how focused everyone is on the show, haha. Can you spot the two furry babies?

After that amazing display of intellectual television we all decided it was time to call it a night.

The next morning after class my mom, Clint, Cole and Adam picked my up and we headed straight to New Braunfels to float the Comal River. It took us close to an hour to find a parking spot! It was crazy. We thought we could beat the system and parked in the Schlitterbahn parking lot, but we got kicked out:/ After finally finding a place to park we blew up our toobs and headed to the river!

We enjoyed relaxing on the river and soaking up the sun, but when we got home I realized how tired being outside all day makes me. But then Clint informed me that he had planned a surprise double date with our friends Grant and Christi so there was no time to rest! I was immediately excited 1. Because I LOVE doubling with Christi and Grant because they are hilarious and awesome. 2. I love surprises!!

Our surprise double date took us to the Corral Theater in Wimberley which is an outdoor movie theater that shows movies under the stars!

We were under the impression that the Corral Theater was picnic style. So Clint and Grant had packed blankets and tons of pillows for us to lay out on on "their huge grassy field" as Clint thought. We were definitely wrong but it was still so much fun! We saw the premiere of Cars 2 so we were surrounded by tons and tons of precious little kids who were so excited to see Lightning McQueen!

We had so much fun! I loved how I could look up at anytime during the movie and see so many beautiful stars! Clint did such a great job planning this double date:)

Dress Coma

Wow it is so hot outside today! Gotta love that Texas heat. Clint and I decided it would be the perfect day to lay out by the pool. As he was getting ready I noticed that Bo and Belle were looking especially precious this morning. I grabbed my camera and attempted to use them as models for a "photo shoot" of some sort. I tried to get on their level by laying on the ground but I think they just thought that I wanted to play with them because they would just attack my face with kisses. I did manage to get some cute ones so here are Bo and Belle's modeling debut on my blog:

"Are you looking at me?"

Hard to Get

"This is my Derek Zoolander face"

Big ears are all the rage this season

"Hi"

"Don't Worry, Be Happy"

Haha ok now on to something actually productive. I am currently stressing out to the max about my wedding dress! Two days ago my mom recieved a phone call from our consultant at Alfred Angelo, Pickles (yes that is her name) and she informed us that their particular store was relocating so all of the dress are 50% off. We jumped on the opportunity and I drove to Houston to go and try on the dress I had in my mind that I wanted. The only catch was you have to buy it off the rack as is. However, the dress I wanted was in great condition and was my size and would only little minimal altering. It sounded perfect!

But...

I put on the dress and decided it wasn't "THE" dress anymore. EEEEK! Back to the drawing board! My mom, Allie, Clint's mom and Laura, my future sister-in-law were all there with me and I had to start from scratch trying on new dresses. I almost went into full-on panic mode. I was ready for this huge stress to be lifted but now it was back!

However, the best part is I enjoy trying on dresses so its fun for me. I am just ready to know which one will be my dress! My mom and everyone laugh at me because all of my favorite dresses are complete opposites. They literally have nothing in common. One is very couture, one is classic and elegant and one if fun and flirty. I really don't have a preference, I just want it to look great!

So after 3 hours of trying on dresses my head was spinning. We decided to call it a night and head home. Ever since then my mom has been emailing me countless dresses to look at. I probably have about 30 saved on my computer! I am definitley in a dress coma. Oh and guess what!? My mom is driving in from Houston as we speak so we can go try on some more! This time we are expanding our horizons and tackling David's Bridal!

Wish me luck that I will have a dress soon!