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Hello, friends! We hope to find that you are all doing well. I have been away from the blogging world for almost a month! Our schedules have been packed with school, work, family, friends, holidays, celebrations and among all that, still trying to find time for ourselves. Time and life never seem to slow down, but we wouldn't want it any other way! 

Easter weekend was spent with family.  Our Easter tradition is to attend 7AM Mass as a family and then go out to breakfast afterwards. On Easter Sunday, we woke up ridiculously early... around 5:15 in the morning... to start getting ready for church. If you want to beat the crowds and not have to stand at church during Easter and Christmas Mass, it's important to arrive early! Crazy! My parents and sisters met us at church. It was a beautiful Mass and a beautiful sermon. After church we headed off to Ihop for breakfast. We had a grand time enjoying breakfast, telling stories about past Easters and laughing with the fam. My mom still spoils us with Easter baskets every year filled with all our little favorites. So thoughtful! 

For the past two Easters now, someone has taken the time to surprise us and decorate my parents house on Easter morning! This year they filled my parent's front yard with filled plastic Easter eggs, added decorations to the front porch and wrote sweet Easter messages with sidewalk chalk. To whoever you are, thank you for all you did and thank you for spreading Easter cheer! We appreciate you taking the time to make us feel loved! 

Our bellies were full with breakfast goodness and we were all ready to head back to our own houses for naps. After a several hour nap, we woke up, changed into more comfortable clothes and headed out to Haslet to spend time with some of my extended family. My cousins, Rob and Leslie hosted Easter dinner at their house. They grilled out, enjoyed some of mom's traditional bunny cake & we were able to visit with each other and relax. Can't think of a better way to end the weekend.

Angel and I with baby cousin Myles

Easter isn't Easter without this cake! 

Added this printout to our living room

The week after Easter was busy with the normal hustle of the work week. We tried out a new recipe and it ended up being a win. We love this season of being able to put something on the grill for dinner. 

I snapped this picture of Colt while on his phone. Like many other couples, when we have down time to watch tv and hang out, we also like to be on our phones. It was a hassle to always have to go plug your phone into the wall and charge it. The struggle is real, ya'll! Colt came up with this life hack of adding a "charging station" inside our couch cushions. You never have to leave the couch to charge your phone again! Love doing life with this guy! 

Trying out the new charging station 

Stuffed Jalapeno and Cheddar Turkey Burgers. This recipe is a keeper!

Leg lifts while vacuuming 

Colt making homemade guacamole one night

The weekend after Easter weekend was our cousin's birthday. Myles turned 3 and we loved being there to celebrate his little life! Colt had class that weekend but he was able to show up towards the end to enjoy at least the end to the festivities. 

Right now my job has had lots of activities going on. It's called for some late evenings and exhausting days but it's all been so fun! A field trip to Lego Land, PTA Bake Offs, Our school district's Film Festival, teacher trainings, and professional development just to name a few! 

SO impressed at Legoland! 

Built out of Legos! Incredible! 

One of my students qualified as a finalist at our Film Festival. One proud teacher!!! I just love his little tuxedo and this little guy!

This past weekend was my sister's birthday. We kept it pretty low key and celebrated at my parent's house. We grilled fajitas, had cake & ice cream and of course opened gifts! If you know Angel, she is a huge Dwayne Johnson fan and she loves ANYTHING that represents her alma mater, Notre Dame. Here's to another trip around the sun! We love you, kitty! 

Colt got to see some of his high school buddies this past weekend as well. His friend Graham was in town from New York and they were able to meet up and have a guys night. I can't believe I've known these guys back when we were only 14 and 15 years old! I've known Kris, since Kindergarten! Wow, how life passes so fast! Seriously, where does the time go?!

From L to R: Graham, Kris, Matt, Britton, Colt

If you have ever had to remove your comforter and duvet cover, wash it, and then had to stuff your comforter back into the duvet cover, you know this is no easy task. For our king size comforter, this is a 2 person task and a true test to one's relationship! This is a picture of me actually getting inside the duvet cover to smooth out the comforter. Then Colt thought it was hilarious to button me up and trap me inside. Just another day in our lives, people!

I have been so drained every day this week and I have pretty much fallen asleep on the couch every single night. Poor Colt has had to wake me up to tell me to go upstairs and get to bed. Getting 7-8 hours of sleep a night hardly ever seems to happen for us! Sometimes it seems life is too short to sleep! I did manage, however, to update our kitchen chalkboard!

This weekend is Colt's birthday weekend. It also happens to be TCU's MBA Alumni Weekend. Tonight we will be getting fancied up and attending the MBA Alumni Gala. Until it's time to get ready for tonight's festivities, I am going to lay in my bed, enjoy my bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch and catch up on Grey's Anatomy. Undisturbed. ;)

Hoping all of you have a relaxing and super fun weekend ahead! We love you all!