Exciting News!

We got some exciting news today! A while back, we were contacted by the folks at AllFreeCopycatRecipes.com about our copycat O'Carr's chicken salad recipe. Remember this post from awhile ago? 

Now it is featured here on AllFreeCopycatRecipes.com. Go check it out!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I know, I know, we're in January!  Christmas and New Year's have long passed.  I've been away from posting since I accidentally deleted our blog header.  I've spent far too long trying to learn how to put it back... and I'm still unsuccessful! So if any of our lovely readers can help, don't hesitate! :)

So if I rewind time back a month, we were celebrating Christmas and New Year's in beautiful Fairhope, Alabama!

I have a slight massive obsession with my hometown!  We only live 2 hours away now, but I love to go back and spend time there.  I could dedicate a full post to Fairhope, but I won't... at least not now anyway!

Instead let me show who I spent most of my time with!  This is sweet Abbie!

My cousin (Andrew... here's your first shout out!) and his wife (Amanda... hi!! :) ) had this precious girl in June.  I took more pictures of her than anyone or anything else.  She is just so fun with the greatest little personality!  Sadly, I accidentally backed up my new phone and lost so many other pictures, but you'll get the drift.

Lord help y'all when I have a child!  The internet may explode with the ridiculous amount of pictures I'll probably share.  Luckily, Andrew and Amanda's bebe gets to be the superstar for now!

We had so much fun getting everyone together!  Andrew, Amanda, and Abbie came down from Kentucky/Tennessee.  Aunt Denice, Seth, and Chloe all came from Tennessee.  We ate way too much, laughed a lot, and had a pretty sweet (or about 10 pretty sweet) amazing home made Christmas dinner!  Andrew and Seth would probably melt down if I showcased Abbie and ignored their cooking.  They are pretty much pros in the kitchen, so I ate and ate and ate.   If you ever turn down one of their homemade cinnamon rolls (except for Mary, because cinnamon is her sworn enemy forever) I'm not sure we can be friends.  That's just hyperbole of course.... or is it?  Out of all their cooking, there was only one tiny little kitchen mishap.  Andrew's cut was pretty painful... but there was no blood in the food - so we all moved on pretty quickly!

After a super fun (and way too fast) visit, the family headed back to the great white north (and yes, I realize Kentucky and Tennessee are both southern... but they're too cold for my thin blood).  We found sometime to take family photos thanks to my fabulous in-laws gift to my parents!  This is a rare occasion when we can get my dad and brother to take a picture with normal faces...

Dad missed the sunglasses memo

Hawkins and I celebrated the New Year in downtown Fairhope with Nic, Mary, my brother, AJ, and his girlfriend, Laura.  We had a great time hanging out and watching the fireworks!

  

I hope each and everyone of you had a fabulous holiday season!  

Coming Soon!

Happy 2013 (a little late) from the Edgars!

What's in store for us this year? A lot of house updates! I think the people at Lowe's are starting to remember us.

I know I keep promising before and after pictures...they are coming soon, I swear! My aunt got a new camera for Christmas so she gave me her old one. It will take waaaay better pictures than my iPhone so I promise to do several house updates soon. Our bedroom and the kitchen are almost finished. Here's a sneak peak at what we're currently working on:

1. Replacing this lovely light fixture. Let's just say that it's not really our style :) My mom bought us a new fixture as a housewarming gift. We plan on putting it up either this weekend or next weekend.

2. Taking down wallpaper and painting the guest bedroom. Almost every room in our house needs updating. The people who lived here before us took great care of the house, but everything just needs a little updating. I'm currently working on taking down the wallpaper and border. We plan on painting and finishing the room this weekend!

3. Finishing the kitchen! Our kitchen has come a looooooong way. Wait until you see what it looked like before! We made a trip to Ikea between Christmas and New Years to buy some shelves for our empty wall.

I'm slowly adding decorative pieces and it's really starting to come together! I plan on painting the table and fixing it up a little bit, but it works really well in the space. 

There are lot of other small updates that we plan on doing...putting up blinds, hanging curtains, switching out fixture, etc. It's going to be a busy year, but we're looking forward to making it our own! Stay tuned :)

Better Late Than Never

And we're back! I can't believe we didn't post for so long...the holidays (National Championship included haha) FLEW by! So even though it's a little late, here's a quick holiday update from the Edgars... (Please excuse all of the iPhone photos)

This Christmas, we realized that we are officially an old married couple. Wanna know why? We got a lawnmower and a grill for Christmas...and we were excited about it!

On Christmas Eve, we went to our church with Dustin's mom and stepdad for the candlelight service. I look forward to that service every year. Not only is it a beautiful service, but it's a fun time to reconnect with people that I haven't seen in awhile. It doesn't feel like Christmas if we skip it!

That night we had my parents and Dustin's parents over for an Italian feast. Dustin's stepdad is an amazing cook--he made Stromboli, spaghetti, homemade meatballs and bread. Check out this delicious stromboli that he made for everyone:

Don't worry...it tastes just as good as it looks! On Christmas day, we opened gifts and hung out with our families. Love getting to spend time with my sweet Granna.

My niece, Bailey, uses her own money to buy everyone a gift at the Dollar Tree every year. We look forward to it because the gifts are usually pretty hilarious. Here's a good example:

Yup, that's right...she bought my dad a tattoo sleeve! She also got this ridiculous, high-tech Connect 4 launcher game. Poor girl didn't even get to play that much because the adults took over. I will forever remember Christmas 2012 as the year I finally beat my brother at something :) 

The day after Christmas, my friend Becky and I went to Meghan (and Byron and Baby H). Becky is cool and lives out in Colorado so we only get to see each other every few years. We had so much fun getting to visit to and from Nashville. Even though it was a quick trip, we enjoyed getting to visit with Meghan and see Baby H's nursery. Can't wait to meet him or her :)

So food, games, family, friends and fun...that about sums up our Christmas! Hope all of our lovely readers had a happy holiday too :)