One Year Married

It's been one year since we were married in Las Vegas.

I am so lucky to have such a great husband (and great family and friends). We had a blast in Vegas last year, something we had always talked about and now have stories to share about it. It's been a growing experience. Lee and I have been together for five years and now married for one year. I'm excited to grow old with him and share so many more memories with him. This is only the beginning. Through thick and thin, he's right by my side, my best friend.

When you love someone you'll do anything 

You'll do all the crazy things that you can't explain 

You'll shoot the moon put out the sun 

When you love someone 

You'll deny the truth believe a lie 

There'll be times that you'll believe 

you can really fly 

But your lonely nights have just begun 

When you love someone 

When you love someone you'll feel it deep inside 

And nothin' else can ever change your mind 

When you want someone - when you need someone 

When you love someone 

When you love someone - you'll sacrifice 

You'd give it everything you got and 

you won't think twice 

You'd risk it all - no matter what may come 

When you love someone 

You'll shoot the moon - put out the sun 

When you love someone 

Spring Break 2010 - New Orleans or Bust!

At the last minute, Lee and I decided to go to New Orleans. We had saved money from our tax return to use on a vacation and LA was always an option... but became more of an option when SHSU made it to the Big Dance -- Basketball Championship.
We left early on Wednesday (St. Patrick's Day) and returned on Sunday afternoon. Thank goodness for Xavier, he watched the pets. We were hoping to take the dogs with, but hotels weren't as pet friendly as they advertised, and it turned out to be better anyways. Had more time with just my Lee. <3 We went to Bourbon Street, the zoo, the aquarium, the French Quarter, Frenchmen Street and everything in between! I had never been to Louisiana and definitely never have been to New Orleans. It was a blast. There was so much to do and so many things to eat! We spent the most money on parking and food! It was so much fun though. One night we just walked up and down Bourbon Street and another we spent walking down Frenchmen Street enjoying the free music! We did spend one night low key and had dinner and saw Bounty Hunter (which I really enjoyed). All in all, it was a great trip. Lee and I had never traveled solo together to vacation, so that was really nice. We are really thankful to have our "Tommy Boy" (Tom Tom), he helped us around without massive planning or map-questing. Much needed for the both of us.

On another note: Lee finished all of his classes and only has ONE test left between him and his teaching certification! I am so proud of him! :)

Birthdays & Ren Fest

Friday the 13th was my hunny bears birthday! After work we went out to eat with some friends to Cheddars. Jenn, Rob (Rebecca was sick), Lionel and Kristie came out. It was a lot of fun.
Jenn came over and we had some ice cream cake and hung out a bit.

I got Lee a SHSU phone cover, a Touch N Brush for the bathroom and his choice of a turtle/tortiose. Jenn and Rob & Rebecca got Lee gift cards to PetSmart.

Saturday morning, we started the day off taking the dogs to the dog park and let them run around with Rob & Rebecca's pups (Boomer and Spyder). Snickers swam in the pool and they all ran around and wore themselves out! After the dog park we took the dogs over to PetSmart to pick out Lee's real birthday present -- his turtle or tortoise! After over an hour and a half (and a bit more spent then we thought...lol) we got little Louise!



We introduced the other pets to Louise. They all were pretty interested in her. Louise likes her head rubbed and loves her lettuce. She is happy in her new habitat and we are happy to have her. I wasn't sure about getting a turtle, let alone, a Russian Tortoise, but I really like her and I love how happy she makes Lee! The toroise is set to live about 75 years, so a will should be made soon. Crazy that tortoises can live that long! :) Stay tuned for more pictures of Louise.



Today (Sunday), we went to the Texas Renaissance Festival ("Ren Fest") with a good group of friends. We decided that instead of a big party we could all go out and do something, like Ren Fest! Lee (and Lionel) had never been. It was so much fun. We ate lots of great food, saw all kinds of people dressed up and crazy, and played lot of games.

All in all, it was a great weekend that I spent with the greatest hubby! Love you baby!

Weekend of Laughter

This weekend was a blast!

On Friday my sister came into town. We went to see the Michael Jackson movie "This Is It." Lee went to see "Men Who Stare At Goats," he didn't want to see the MJ movie. Shame on him! :) JK. Sammie didn't really want to see it either, but I was determined to see it whether someone went with me or not. Luckily, I guilt tripped Sammie into it. She went into the movie as a person that disliked MJ and came out loving him. It was fabulous!

Saturday we went to the Aggie Pet Zone open house. It was a lot of fun. That is where the pups are going for XMAS and that's where Gussy goes for playcare. We love it there. We got a tour of what is to come and got to see some of our dog friends. Becca brought Boomer and we brought Gus.


After a while, we headed out to Houston to see Rosemary, Jorge and the baby, Jayden! :) It was so great seeing them. I hadn't seen Jayden since he was born (well technically 1 1/2 or 2 weeks after he was born). He is now 4 months! Time flys!


We headed over to the House of Blues a bit early and I'm glad that we did. We (Lee, Sammie & I) had gotten general admission tickets and it was standing only. So we got a great spot by getting there before others. There were at least 300 people there last night -- a lot more than we thought! It was a great show. The Comedians of Chelsea Lately. The comedians were: Sarah Colonna, Loni Love, Heather McDonald and John Caparulo. All hilarious! My faves on the show are those three women, but John (from Ohio!) was really quite hilarious. John was Lee and Sam's favorite of the night. We got some pictures afterward, which just topped off the night for me. Fabulous time! Can't wait for the next comedy show... Lee and I would like to see more, we enjoy laughing and it's affordable (compared to most concerts!).

Now onto the week and Lee's birthday!! :) Getting excited...

6 Months

I have been married to my best friend and the love of my life for 6 months now...
I can't wait to grow old with him. This is only the beginning.

Love you Leson.

Walking On Sunshine....OOOooohhh...

It's still raining here (on and off). It feels like we had months where it did not rain, and Mother Nature is playing catch up... It cools the temperature down for a bit. But I'm ready for real fall weather. :)

Salem loves the cool weather because we can open up the windows.


I ordered a new ring.

It stands for equality for marriage. It was $10 to the cause and I am very happy to stand up for all my gay, lesbian and trans-gender friends. :) I believe that everyone, no matter who they love, should be able to be married. So, I am proud to wear my ring. You can get more information from their website here.



This was a picture of the sky from this past weekend. Lee took it from the Target parking lot. The sky was absolutely gorgeous.


Meet Leeroy...

He is a newbie to the animal shelter. We, as staff, love him. He is a young calf, and he is super friendly.
We also have a potbelly pig named, Hamilton. He is also very friendly, but second to Leeroy in cuteness.


Last week, I was having a sorta rough day and my hubby (being his awesome self), decided to get me a little something to cheer me up. No, not flowers -- SpongeBob. h how he knows me so well.

And it's a Halloween story! "SpongeBob SppokyPants"


Congrats to Miss Judy on retiring. <3

Fun and Plans

Last night we went and saw Jeff Dunham at the TAMU First Yell. It was soo much fun! I wish we could afford to do stuff like that all the time. :)
We laughed all night long. Good times. His opening act was really quite good as well. He was called "The Guitar Man", Brian Haner. You should look them both up on YouTube if you haven't heard of either of them.
The Aggie traditions prior to the show (hence the "first yell" title) was a little odd. I guess because I'm not an Aggie, and I really don't want to be one. Their traditions are just sooo crazy! LOL!



Plans for the holidays.
Thanksgiving - my family
Christmas - Lee's family
New Years - my family

Finally, a schedule. Lee and I really needed to figure it out, that way we didn't have to try and split actual holidays. Way too stressful and too much driving.

I need to post pictures of our new place. Next post, I swear! :)
Can't wait to head back to Huntsville for some Bearkat Football. Miss everyone there.

Three...Two...One - Go

I can never think of witty titles, as of late. Oh well.
I've been working a lot lately. It took a toll on me this weekend. I think I would like to spend my Sunday lounging. Lucky for me, Lee only works 3-10pm. YAY! So we can sleep in and cuddle some and have no rush to get up or out. Need some Lee time before he starts up the fall semester (on Monday). It still feels a bit weird that he is starting school again, and I am not. But, I have no desire to go back to school. Maybe take a graphic based or web based class here and there, but nothing like another degree. Plus, I'm proud to be able to support Lee while he gets his masters and I will be here to support him if he decides to get his PhD as well. He is such a smart man and I am confident that he could do it all. I think we all know that. :)
I have been trying to walk the dogs every evening, even if it's only 15-20 minutes (although the goal is 30 minutes a day). So far so good. They love it. And they are getting better at walking together on the leash, which is good!
Salem has the spare room blocked off, as of now, so that he can enjoy some of his mice and catnip toys without having to worry about Snickers or Gus eating them. We just baby-gated the room off. Gus is irritated, but Snickers could care less - who would have though...LOL.
My Britney Holiday is soon, September 16. I'm super stoked. I need to make shirts for Sammie and I. It will be exciting.
I signed up to be "Bold and Bald" on September 17. You can sponsor me, by clicking HERE.
No, I will NOT be shaving my head. I will be wearing a bald cap. I know I have talked a lot about shaving my head and believe me if I could have made it to that event at the Children's Hopsital in Houston, I would have. But this is an event is a little bit different. You can read all about the event HERE on their website, www.beboldbebald.org.

Just a taste!! :) HAHA

Life is like a box of chocolates...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEN!


I was going through some old pictures and it is so crazy how much Gus has grown. :) Everyone always tells us "he's so small and cute." Well look how much he has grown! Still cute, just gained a little bit of height and some crazy hair. The picture on the left is when he was 5 or so weeks old. The picture on the right was from yesterday, Gus at 6 or so months old. He is getting so big! We can't wait to move into the new place...ONLY about a month away -- then Snickers and Gus will have the yard they need and want to play in all day and night!


Lee doesn't get very many weekend days off and the ones he has had off lately, we have traveled out of town or been doing something. So today was a day to be with eachother. It was so nice. We were able to sleep in with the pups. Meet Rebecca and Rob for lunch. Wander around the mall for a bit. Saw Bruno in the theaters (with some of our free passes, review coming soon...). Picked up some needed and unneeded items at Target. And we ended the night with a Harry Potter movie marathon. Simple and cheap fun things. I love my husband and I love being able to just have a simple days to ourselves. Ice skating is on the agenda for the next day off -- we have passes to go. We would have gone today but because I injured my toe on Thursday I didn't think putting on tight skates would be a good idea. You all know I'm a clutz and so it should be to nobodys surprise that I even hurt my toe, let alone almost lost my big toe's toenail...eh! I know, I know.

Lee works tomorrow. I plan on cleaning up the apartment, watching some Spongebob and get ready for the week. Same ol, same ol.

Post #233

I know it has been a while. This week has been crazy and Lee's work schedule, when he is home, I want to spend time with him, not my computer.

This week, I worked Monday and almost all Tuesday. Then Tuesday night through Thursday I was out of town at a Basic Animal Control training. The great thing about my job is they really want everyone to be cross trained, which I think is awesome. So, even though I have no aspirations of becoming an animal control officer, I was able to see what they did and went through the basic course. I will know in 2-6 weeks (after the grade everything) if I passed. :) But I felt pretty confident about it, but we all know that tests are not my strong point.

Yesterday (Friday), after working most of the day, Lee and I headed to Dallas. A lot of riding in the car for me this week, LOL. We are spending our down time with his family and then tonight we are going to my cousin Brandon's wedding here in town. Brandon is my Uncle D and Aunt V's son, in case you didn't know. :) I'm kinda excited. I got a cute dress and I am expecting a fabulous and fancy wedding. Tomorrow we head back. Back in the car....ah!

On a super exciting note -- I GOT TICKETS TO SEE BRITNEY SPEARS IN HOUSTON ON SEPTEMBER 16. I'm so excited!! Nothing can bring me down, oh no. Been a fan forever and I have never seen her in concert, now is the time...even if she is miles away from my seat, I will see her.

All for now, pictures later. :)

Catch Up

I know, I know...I haven't blogged in a long time. It's been crazy busy at the shelter and when I am off work, I want to be spending time with my hubby and the furkids.

Gus is just about finished with his training class at Aggie Pet Zone. Bless Shannon, she has been so amazing with the dogs and I have seen improvement in Gus. His graduation is next week. Him and Snickers are getting along so great. Like brother and sister, they play and bicker and then the next thing we know they are cuddled up on the futon sleeping away. So cute. Salem just ignores them both, LOL, he will walk on the furniture to get away from them and get to me and Lee. It's funny.

I had my six month evaluation at work this last week. Yes! I have been there for 6 months now, and I still love it. The evaluation went super well and I think I have set pretty good goals for the upcoming year.

Lee is working at Lowe's. I know it's not his favorite job, but it will be good until the summer is over and will give us some extra moving and setting everything up after the wedding money. Like car insurance and phones! :)

All in all, things are going very well. Couldn't complain.

Wedding & Reception

I thought I would post some more pictures from the wedding and reception. All of our pictures can be found on our wedding website - www.krystleleson.shutterfly.com

We had a wonderful time in Las Vegas in April and in Manor/Austin this last weekend. We are so thankful for all of our family and friends that were able to come out and support us. Thank you to all of you.

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Hitched in Las Vegas


Viva Las Vegas


Reception in Manor/Austin

Bluebonnets

Took some pictures in the bluebonnets this last weekend. Got a few good ones and a ton of goofy ones. LOL. Thanks to Melissa & Rachel for taking them for us...

14 Days!!

14 days...I can't wait! :)
This was a picture taken back in 2005, back when we first starting dating. I just love it, he is so crazy and cute. :)


Sammie is in town visiting, it's nice to have her here. :) We have been hanging out, playing with the dogs and shopping (well, browsing...lol).
Hopefully we will go take some pretty pictures tomorrow with Sammie's new camera!