Happy and Healthy 2012

OHHHH It's been awhile!! Hello again blogging world :)  I have been so busy chasing the kiddos and keeping up with work during the holidays the last few months! The good news is that we had a wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas season with family and our lives are slowing down and getting back to normal!  YAY!!  There a lot of things in the works at the Orr household as we get ready to start the new year and I'm excited about the changes!! 1st things 1st, Dillon and I will be headed to Mexico soon and we are back on the diet/healthy train!! I have slowly been losing since June (Livi was 4 months when I quit nursing and started watching my calorie intake).  In June, I weighed in at 182 pounds (yikes) which was about where I was at post-Kenwood pregnancy as well.  As of this morning, I'm down to 159 pounds  with my final goal at 135....24 pounds to go!  It's definitely a slow process but my doctor says that the slower the better because it will be easier to maintain versus dropping 25 pounds in a month.  Still frustrating though!  We would all like to have immediate results for our hard work :) but I'm being patient and not doing anything too drastic that I can't stick with it!

Next on the list is re-organizing and de-cluttering the house!  We've been in the new house a little over a year and somehow all our closets and cabinets are just piling up slowly but surely! It's been tough to stay on top of the house with two little ones running around, but if I can get organized NOW it will be easier to maintain (sorta like my weight! haha) I am STRIVING to do a 30-day house reorganization starting with one room/project at a time.  Day #1 was taking all the Christmas decorations down and organizing them into separate bins with printed out labels (Tree ornaments, stockings & tree skirt, Christmas village, Greenery&fillers, lights, etc.)--Day #1= SUCCESS!!! Sorry, I didn't take any before and after pics of Day 1 :)

Day #2 was yesterday...another success!! Yesterday I focused on the fridge and pantry in the kitchen.  You would not believe me if I told you that just by de-cluttering boxes and organizing things into bins that I have SO MUCH extra space in my pantry it is RIDICULOUS! It almost looks empty! It's awesome :)

BEFORE:

AFTER: --can you believe this has ALL of the same things in here? Just organized! Crazy how much space clutter takes up!!

Yes...we like Cheerios.

 Each bin/basket got a tag--:

I used free printable tags I found on Pinterest and printed file labels to stick on them....then I used packing tape to "laminate" them and jute twine to tie them

Even Dillon has his own "Smoker & BBQ shelf"  :)

Todays project: My craft closet in the guest room....OHHH this should be fun (not)

Pinterest Recipes=SUCCESS!!!

Well, it's official.  PINTEREST isn't a TOTAL time-suck :)  I am 4 for 4 good recipes that Dillon and I have liked!! YAY!! So, whats the dish on these good meals?

1.  Buffalo Chicken Rolls:  ...the only difference is I shredded the chicken and left out the blue cheese crumbles....I also did a sweet&spicy BBQ version, Dillon was a big fan!

2. Brown Sugar/Balsamic glazed Pork Loin:  I shredded the pork and served it over white rice
3. chik-fil-a knockoff nuggets: DELISH...I ate them with honey, D had BBQ, shocker.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST:
4. S'mores cookies: I may or may not have made these several times....and they may or may not be on the menu for dessert tonight too!!! ;)

"BOOMER SOONERS" GAME DAY

Well, it's another Sooner Game Day in the Orr household!! We LOVE Game Days and we almost treat them like they are holidays...yes, we are obsessed :)  We sung "Boomer Sooner" when Kenwood woke up this morning and he very matter-of-factly told Daddy "we watch football...TOUCHDOWN!"  We are proud parents :)  Dillon took his morning Saturday drive to the donut shop....and

Kenwood got a FOOTBALL donut!

My little Sooner babies played and worked on Kenwood's GIANT Dinosaur puzzle:

And Olivia loves the "Boomer Sooners" too:

BEAT FLORIDA STATE!!!!!

I love NEW things!

Well, Dillon went to Dallas with his dad for a short little trip last night and today so I've been catching up on laundry, house cleaning, etc....I've been a bit behind because I've been SOOOO {thankfully} busy over at The Design Studio!! I also finally got to play around and order some of the stuff I've been wanting for myself...and a birthday gift for my Mother-in-law {I won't post it yet but it is darling and says "Mimi's Sweet Treats"--don't worry I didn't give it away, she doesn't check the computer}! Can't wait 'til they come in and I'll be sure to take real pics and brag about how excited I am! :)

Ordered this tray for us--Dillon and I need a tray in our bathroom to hold some everyday toiletries on the counter...this is perfect, our bathroom cabinets are black and our bedding is light blue! I kind of copied this from one I did for an order...I just loved the trellis on the tray!

Here are the lunchboxes I made & ordered for the kiddos {FINALLY}:

And last but not least..just a funny little notepad for kicks:

Free printable @my Design Studio today!! Sooner fans only please :)

I am soooooo excited about football season!! We are HUGE fans in the Orr household--looking forward to tailgating @ the Sooner Club this season with my in-laws AND my mom and aunt for every game! We are one big Sooner Born and Sooner Bred happy family :)  Here are some photos from last year:

"Olivia's 1st OU Texas" {in my belly}

GAMBLE LYNN ORR

Introducing....Miss Gamble Lynn! We are insane.  I cannot believe we got a puppy!! Dillon came home yesterday from working at the rent house and said, "Babe, how far is Altus?" Um...I was a little skeptical about this sketchy 2hour drive to Altus and what was so dang important that he had to go to ALTUS, OKLAHOMA of all places!

I got this picture while he was there:

"Dillon's 2 picks" was the title of the email.....

I told him to pick which one he thought would be the best....he got the lazy one :)  She just lays around all the time...it's WONDERFUL!  So far she is soooo good with Kenwood and so laid back! Hopefully Owen can teach her the ropes on how to be "the perfect dog"

 INTRODUCING....GAMBLE LYNN ORR

Owen is already a great big brother

She loves to snuggle with Kenwood...and he loves her too!

Why am I so busy?!

Head over to my design studio and find out!! I am currently in the process of updating the O.Ink Blog...but it'll be up soon--I will hopefully be getting better at staying consistent with both blogs so you can all hop back and forth---I will also try to post a fairly decent amount of FREE printables at O.Ink too, so you won't want to miss those!  Until then, enjoy the Etsy Shop and "LIKE" us on Facebook and ..... ENJOY!!!

YA 'MON!!!

Dillon and I went back to Jamaica at the beginning of July...we honeymooned in Negril at Sandals and loved it so much we decided to go back to Jamaica....this time we stayed at SECRETS in Montego Bay.  It was GLORIOUS!!!! We had a 1st floor room which we could literally walk out our patio door to the pool. We stayed in the "Preferred Club" which had a private pool & bar for our part of the hotel only....it was really fun because we got to know several people after spending the days with the same people at the pool all week....I really enjoyed actually meeting people from around the world and chatting and talking about our similarities and differences.  We met a wonderful couple at the bar on our last day from a small city outside of London.  I wish we could have spent more time with them...they were so down to earth and I was completely obsessed with their accents....apparently Dillon was too b/c he started talking to them with an English accent {on accident} which they thought was HILARIOUS!  I also caught him speaking in a Jamaican accent {on several occassions} when he didn't even realize he was doing it! Again, hilarious.  Unfortunately we didn't get alot of photos because we spent the majority of our time reading by the pool or by the beach and drinking and then going in for an early nap before we had to make it to dinner! We were LAZY all week and it was HEAVEN!!  Here are some photos from the trip:

View from our room

On the patio---the chairs were NEVER full--it was awesome

Chillaxin' by the pool

My drink servant....this didn't happen but once or twice, there was a lady that would come by every 5-10 minutes and get a drink order.  Her name was "Petal" and we always made her surprise us with the next concotion!

The infamous "Bob Marley" drinks...danger zone.