Happy Friday!!!

HAPPY LUKE WEEKEND Y'ALL!!!! 

This is not Photoshopped....beeeeeee jealous!

Also-today I'm guest posting over on Britt's blog. Go check it out! She's one of my most favorite people ever!

Recently...

...Cooper is getting his eye teeth. So...that's...fun...Yeah fun's the word. Or hell. Take your pick. Pretty sure teething is the work of Satan, himself.

...This weekend is a BIG weekend in the Beyer household!!

Why?? These guys are coming to town and this lady is going to BOTH nights!!

I die a million times over.

Stalker...er...Super fan status: This weekend will make my 13th and 14th Luke show. It will be my 2nd and 3rd for both Lee Brice and Cole. (Yes, we refer to them as Cole and Luke in our house-first name basis ya know hahaha)

...Thanks to these guys, I get some MUCH needed cousin time in my life on Friday night!! 

That pretty much sums us up. Jon says he's never seen two cousins be so close so...yep. 

...I'm trying to get back on this blogging routine, but honestly....some days I barely have time to breathe and if I have to choose between time with my family and blogging..my boys are going to win every time. But I am working on new posts next week..and doing my first guest post this week, actually! Super exciting!!

.....Come back next week for a glimpse for how I plan out our meal plans and how we keep our groceries within our budget.

Friday Football Link Up

Hey hey hey!! I'm back this week linking up with Erin (who I get to meet in December-no big deal!) because....bust open the booze and hand over the chips and dip..oh and don't talk to me at 9:00 on Sunday mornings in a few weeks because Fantasy Football Now will be on....that's right...it's almost here...FOOTBALL SEASON!!!

Now--I am more of a pro football girl myself but I know plenty of people who are just as excited, if not more, about college football so...celebrations all around!!

Our fantasy football draft is Sunday so to celebrate-I thought that I would give you my top five fantasy football tips! And if you haven't played before--I highly recommend them!!

1. Know your league. What type of league is it? How do you get your points? See--back in the day, you used to get all your points by your running backs because stud running backs were the hot ticket. Foster, Peterson, Charles, MJD. You know 'em. Now a days..there are few teams that base their run offense on one solid RB. Now they have 2-3 that will cover the runs so that means having All Day (any League watchers?) sounds like a phenomenal idea but in the end-you will more than likely get your points by getting a solid receiver in the first round. Possibly the second round as well. You're going to need at least two really good receivers. Then...pick up a QB! 

Proof

2. Kickers are always last in my book. They're easy to swipe up when you're in bye week hell. 

Hi Adam!!

3. Pay attention to bye weeks. They will bite you really hard. It's inevitable...your best players are usually on a bye on the same week. 

This is me during bye week hell every season. Also, I thought Erin would enjoy this picture! haha

4. As silly as it sounds-know what team your players play for. Duh, right? Follow me-you have Andrew Luck and Reggie Wayne for your QB and one of your WR's. Luck throws 6 INT's and Wayne has a fumble and 55 yards for the day. Your match up probably just went down the toilet. Nothing wrong with putting your stock with one team, but be aware of the risks.

 

5. Playing fantasy football gives you a reason to jump on this show's band wagon. We LOVE it. I legit cackle when we watch it. But I feel like you don't really "get" a lot of the humor unless you 1. love football and/or 2. play fantasy. Also-that show is not for the easily offended type...you've been warned. 

My goal in life is to be Jenny McArthur. She's my hero. And I wanna grab a drink with Taco. Just watch an episode and thank me later! (Source)

Hopefully these tips will help you DOMINATE your fantasy season this year! Good luck!!

Thanks Erin for hosting this link-up! Happy (almost!) football season!!

Where I've Been...

...well...

There are huge changes in the Beyer household coming up!!

We're working on some projects around the house-including a complete over haul of our closets, cabinets, etc.

We're doing this so we can list our house in the spring!!! 

Is this really even happening???

Oh and...we've started really working on revamping our budget so we can put a nice down payment down on our new house.

I can't wait to share with you how we are running our household now! We've made a lot of changes in a month!!

Sorry I've been MIA. Life has been crazy! I promise to update soon!

Looking Back-Our first five years of marriage

For as non photo heavy as the wedding recap posts were...well...you've been warned..I'm more than making up for it.

Our first year of marriage was truly a learning experience. We were learning how to be husband and wife. It truly built a foundation for the years to come.

Luke Bryan concert

Christmas

at our friends' engagement party

July 4th

We started our second year of marriage off with a late anniversary trip to Disney World. Our second year was full of making great memories and taking a few vacations!

our resort in Disney World

Disney World

Halloween Haunt

Tree lighting

Colts game

Christmas

Chicago

North Carolina welcome center :)

Wilmington

During this vacation, Jon worked so hard to make one of my most favorite memories I have to date. After much map questing and even asking around...he surprised me by finding Dawson's house!! I legit cried and took in every single second of the entire experience. I snapped a million pictures and sat on the dock FOREVER just looking out and taking everything in...he didn't even bat an eye.

Dawson's house!!!

Our third year of marriage was the hardest for us, emotionally. But brought us SO close. Closer than anyone will understand. Shortly after our third anniversary, we found out we were pregnant and we were SO excited...only to lose our baby four days later. And then we had the same damn thing happen two months later. After many (and I do mean many) tears and hugs, we decided to take some time away from baby making and regroup from it. Honestly-we went all out and had such a blast and really got back to just being us for awhile.

Grand Ole Opry

Halloween Haunt

Thanksgiving

Children's Museum

Merry Kiss-mas!

Oh hey-the Super Bowl came to Indy!!

Myrtle Beach 2012

Charleston

 

Our fourth year brought a lot of changes our way...

At my friend Jesska's wedding...we had a litttttle secret we were keeping...

SURPRISE!!!

It's a boy!!

Christmas

And on February 13, 2013, our lives changed for the better and we were blessed with this amazing little man

our first family picture with Cooper

Our fifth year we were learning how to be parents and still finding the balance of being husband and wife.

Jon and I snuck away for a little getaway in Gatlinburg

We celebrated this guy's first birthday:

Virginia Beach

Washington, DC

Recipe-Crockpot Mac and Cheese

Excuse the quality of the Iphone picture-our digital camera battery died and our new battery hasn't came in yet.

Recipe found here.

This recipe had me at "4 ingredient". I figured I couldn't mess this recipe up!

I did half the recipe though since we only have three people and honestly-I still threw some of it away even after a few days of leftovers.


Ingredients:

Elbow macarroni-4 1/2 cups
2 cups of cheddar cheese (the recipe called for grated but I used shredded)
1 package of cream cheese cubed
4 cups milk
salt & pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients in slow cooker bowl. Cook on low for 3-4 hours, stirring occasionally.

I will emphasize the stirring occasionally. I was able to come home half way in between the cooking time and stir it which was a very good thing because otherwise I could see the mac and cheese being more difficult to stir before serving.

Super easy side and definitely something that we will put in our rotation!

Weekend Recap-Fruedenfest and Elmo balloons

What a great (and yet another busy!) weekend!!

Our sitter was on vacation this week so my parents watched Cooper while we were at work. 

Friday my mom sent me this picture:

Lunch was delicious apparently!

Friday night Jon and I met some of our friends for Fruedenfest (German food and beer festival). We had so much fun! I didn't take too many pictures because when it was light out it was raining and then it got dark and the pictures didn't turn out very well.

Yum!!

Love this guy!

After Reggie's vet appointment Saturday morning, we picked Cooper up and enjoyed some family time.

Look at our boys sharing a snack

Saturday afternoon we had a birthday party for one of my little cousins who turned 1.

Cooper was obsessed with the Elmo balloon (which is now in our living room)

my aunt makes the BEST food-Cooper clearly agrees

Two of my other cousins offered to take Cooper on a ride in the wagon. I didn't think he would go since I wasn't going...but he was all "Bye mama!"

Sunday we just relaxed and did some grocery shopping, laundry, and prepared for another busy (and exciting!) week ahead! I can't wait to share our recap for next weekend--I'm already looking so forward to it!!