We Love Schmale!!

Last weekend Joey and I ventured off to Austin, TX because one of our favorite people in the whole world--Miss Jessica Lynn Schmale--lives there and donated her mad photo skills for the weekend. We spent the Fourth of July at Muleshoe Ranch where Jess, Jillian, and I laid out by the water and Joey attempted to go mountain biking (due to a bicycle malfunction, he was unable to complete his entire journey). We ended the day by watching fireworks over ATX and then got a good night sleep for our big day to come.

During our "photo shoot", we were completely at Jessica's disposal and had an absolute blast. She did a fabulous job capturing our personalities for our engagments and we are more an impressed with her skills. We ended the day cliff jumping at Pace Bend (Jess even jumped off!).

To see more awesome pictures, visit Jessica's blog.

Jess,

Thanks so much for putting up with us and our "personality" for an entire weekend! We had a blast, the pictures look fabulous, and we love you soooooo much!

Joey and Claire

An Ode

My mother--Renee Claire Borne--is one of the most talented people I know. She and I have not been the closest of mothers and daughters, but we have a mutual understanding that we don't have to be 100% involved in each others lives 100% of the time. She has always been "that mom" who taught French and Science at my school, coached the Science Olympiad Team, sponsored the cheerleaders, made every single one of my formal dresses, made and decorated all of our birthday cakes, cooked every night like a true Cajun woman, cleaned up after 3 disgusting children and one disgusting husband, put together a Mardi Gras Ball, and at the same time still managed to keep up with THREE soap operas a day!!! I mean are you getting the point? This lady is superwoman!!!!!

But, ladies and gentlemen, I do believe that she has outdone herself this time.

About a month ago, Renee Borne opened up her very own quilt shop in Lafayette, LA.

I am not even kidding.

Hundreds of bolts of fabric.

Bar codes.

A scanner gun.

A credit card machine.

I mean...it's legit!

She decided to call it The Borne Quilter--get it...our last name is Borne!! HA! So clever!


I am working at the shop this summer as I plan Joey's and my wedding. Which brings me to another reason why she is superwoman. Not only is she running a brand new quilt shop, she is also organizing yet another Mardi Gras Ball (she's the Dame Commander again), and she is helping me plan our wedding!

Can someone give me a ditto on this woman being SUPERWOMAN!?!?! (Chicks, I want to see those fingers in the air!!)

So, this blog is dedicated to my mom. She's so stressed right now, but still has time to laugh with Joey and me to tears at midnight, cook us chicken yum-yum, teach us how to have at least a little bit of etiquette while planning this wedding, and still manages to keep up with The Young and the Restless, All My Children, and One Life to Live!

P.S. You can see pictures of the shop here. Part of my job has been doing computer stuff and I made this website a couple of days ago. It's nothing fancy, but it'll do the trick for now.

Confessions of a Sonic Junkie, Part II

For all of you in the heat of the south this summer, I would like to recommend my newest favorite Sonic drink (Joey loves it too):

Strawberry Lime Slushie

Seriously--they are delicious.  They even have chunks (sorry Brookie) of strawberry and pieces of limes at the bottom--an added bonus!!  And they are so cold that they make your insides fool your outsides that you are actually cold instead of dripping with sweat.

So, if you are looking for a cool summer drink from the drive in we all love most, try a strawberry lime slushie--it won't let you down.