Fabulous Valentine's Challenge : Day 7

Jumping back on the challenge wagon after a day off yesterday... today's topic is to write about why I love blogging.  Well, let's go back to January 2011 when I started this blog. You can actually read my first post here. I read a lot of blogs, mostly recipe and home design blogs at first. Some of my favorite recipe blogs are Picky Palate and Two Peas & Their Pod. I thought well, since I read so many, I should try to start my own. Just for my friends and family. Basically I thought I would be less annoying to my facebook friends if I had a blog and didn't post 398 pictures of Oliver a week. So I came up with a cute name, Bases Loaded, which is a pun on our last name in case you were wondering and the blog was born! As you can tell from my header, this blog is about "everything you need to know about Emily, Eric, and a crazy dog named Ollie". I like pretty things so about a month of so in, I had my blog customized and I love having a fun and clean look!

 Meet Eric, Emily, and Ollie

So what is Bases Loaded about? Well… a lot of everything! My husband Eric and I got married on June 19, 2010 and I started this blog about a year ago to share our lives as newlyweds with our friends and family. Little did I know I would enjoy blogging so much and I would expand out into the blogosphere.

 You can see more pictures from our wedding from the recent Valentine's Challenge here

It has been about a year since I started this blog... a lot of posts are about this guy.

This is Ollie, our German Shorthaired Pointer, and the current love of our lives. No kids yet. Just the dog, but we love him lots! He is about two and half and just a big puppy! He can be the craziest dog or the most loveable dog. Within seconds. He definitely fills our lives with joy and we don't know what we do without him.

 I also run and blog about it....

You can read about my most recent half marathon here

I try to cook but who am I kidding, Eric is the real chef around here. I like easy recipes!

Here are some of my favorite recipes that I have posted. 

Cheesey Corn Dip Appetizer

Chicken Spaghetti 

Pork and Green Chiles Casserole 

Soft Brown Sugar Cookies 

I promise to start cooking and posting more!

Eric's family has a ranch and we enjoy going their to spend time in the country with the cows, horses, and donkeys! So you can expect some posts about life in the country!

As you can see we live a full and fun life! So blogging has become even more than just a place for pictures and recipes. I have found some great blogs out there and started making some blog friends even. I never thought I would actually have followers (strangers!). I thought I would never get past the 14 followers I got of friends and family when I started, and here I am today with like 65... Not huge, but wow, thank you to all of you that read and comment. I appreciate each of you (and the silent readers... Hi Mom and Dad!)

Thank you for stopping by!!