The LaPrade Lifestyle

GUEAX TIGERS!!! LSU beat UNC sat 30-24 LSU lead! Wahoo! Great way to start the season tigers!! We will be supporting you guys in purple and gold!!

My loves! We took Parker with us to Sonic on Sunday and he loved the sonic car hop guy coming right up to the car!! haha!! no not so much but we did enjoy sonic blasts on a hot day! yumm!

Alina and I had frozen yogurt the other night at a yogurt place off lakeforest!
It was so good!
A cool summer night with healthy yogurt...what more can a girl ask for!
Great time catching up and talking about life!

Another girls night at Square Burger in downtown McKinney!
The sweet potato fries are amazing!

Ross and I had tuesday off the other week and so we went to see a movie! We saw the Switch with Jennifer Anniston and Jason Bateman! Super cute movie! I laughed and cried...the kid in the movie is adorable! A cute chick flick!

These are the fun things that I am doing these days to enjoy life and relax from a wild month at work!! I am thankful for a loving husband, family, and friends who care! :)

Leopard print is hot this fall!! I think I need these two items
to look stylish for the season!
The shoes are Antonio Melani from Dillards and the gorgeous
bag is of course Coach!

Fun in the sun!! well it is 100 degrees outside so we need to get a tan of course! ;) Friday I had off and it was wonderful!! I slept in and then went for a workout at the gym. After all of that I slept at the pool for a few hours until I went to Lorin's pool were we girl talked and enjoyed the sunshine and water! Lorin is working nights like Ross and so we don't see her as much so I was super excited when she had some free time on friday that we could
hang out and catch up on life!
We were the only two girls at the pool so it felt like
it was our personal pool in the backyard!

Lorin and I enjoying a lazy day at the pool!

Also, on Friday we had a family dinner for Tyler who is heading back to California to finish firefighter school for the fall. He will hopefully be back in December and be successful fireman in town!! He recently got a new truck that he is so proud of so I had to get a picture of him and his new pride and joy!! We are all so proud and excited for him in his adventures in life!

The rest of the weekend I worked hard at JCP and in my free time watched Dexter season 3! I first watched season 1 and then 4...Ross always starts random shows that I have no interest in then tells me all about them and then the next thing I know I am hooked! ;) I watched the 1st and 4th season while skipping the 2nd and 3rd so now I am catching up before season 5 comes back! I just finished season 2 and can't wait to get into season 3!!

Hey! So our weekend was not very eventful but we did enjoy being together!! Ross had the weekend off and so we got to hang out! Friday night we went out to On The Border and we got to sit outside! Ross hates sitting outside but I sweet talked him into it and we had a great time!
We talked for a while and enjoyed the sunshine!

Saturday night we hit the gym like a good married couple would! ;) I ran and Ross did the elliptical and weights! We compete for who burns the most calories in a workout! I know dorky but it pushes me to go further!! Ross is pretty intense with the weights once I got him into the gym! For the rest of our amazing sat night we watched Brooklyns Finest and relaxed.

We also hung some new art work in the living room area. I like the colors of the piece and the funkiness with the edgy circles! haha! Circles go with comic book heroes right?

Hope you guys had a great weekend!

What wild week so far! Back from vacation and in full work mode now! On Monday night Ross and I both had the evening off and we headed over to the LaPrade house for some family time! Lorin and Logan were making dinner and we discussed our big vacation adventures with Ron and Nora! Lorin made yummy chicken, potatoes, and asparagus for dinner! Lorin did a makeover on Nora and she looked like a diva once Lorin was done! ;) It was great to get to hang out with everyone on a weekday!! Parker and Toby are very friendly these days...can't you tell by the picture above that they are bff? haha!!

Logan and Ross talking guy talk!

Lorin doing a makeover on Nora!
Today I ran 4 miles to start working on my mileage again to go
more than 3 miles on my workouts! It was nice outside but I was
soaking wet in sweat when I got back! I tried half of the 5 hr energy
drink in berry flavor before the run and it seemed to work so I may
be adding that to my daily work/workout routine! ;)

A few weeks ago we got a coffee pot and this is my favorite flavor to make!
Today I had to do "wifey" jobs so I thought with a
little flavored coffee it might be a little bit
more enjoyable for my day off! Well at least
I accomplished my cleaning that was
so kindly assigned to me by my loving husband for the day! ;)
he is so sweet!!
It's almost Friday!! oh yea!! :)

Here are a few pics from our vacation! San Antonio and S.Padre Island!

Ross and I at the Alamo...it was so hot we toured it quickly and then got an ice cold snow cone!

We walked on the Riverwalk and then did a boat tour on the river! It was really nice and we both enjoyed it! We went to the mall and looked at all the touristy shops! We also had yummy mexican food on the riverwalk as we people watched which was very entertaining!!

This is Ross as soon as we hit Padre I had to show him the water! See how excited he is!?
Beach days....we tanned, boogie boarded, relaxed and enjoyed the sun!Ross and I with our super cool boogie boards!! Ross got me one with an attachment to my wrist so that I would not loose it in the ocean! ;)
Ross and Tyler went really far out!

Pool Day!

Isn't he a hottie?!

We went dolphin watching one evening and we did see quite a few!! Ross really enjoyed it and I enjoyed the soothing sounds of the waves on the boat!

Mom and Tyler

Ross, Me, and Tyler

Ross, Dad, and Tyler....Dad's other nickname for the week was Tommy Bahama!!

Lots of Dolphins

Dad and Tyler went fishing a few days and this was one proud fisherman!

Tyler was really excited about me taking pictures...

We went para sailing! Ross decided it was a vacation must and I agreed....scared of heights but I agreed! We had a boat ride for about and hour and spent 20 minutes in the air about 450 ft above the ocean! It was really pretty once we got up in the air but I was so nervous and did not want to move afraid that I might fall out of the sling I was in! The crew took pics and dipped us into the water twice!

Hold on tight here we go!!!

One night at dinner on the water.