Catching up.

Well it's been almost a year since I last blogged. Who knows what has been going on! James & I stopped TTC which has been a major adjustment for us. Caleb Graduated high school and moved out to live on his own. Tina is now a Junior and get this, a varsity cheerleader! Crazy things have happened to us! We also just got a new puppy named Casper. I am going to add some photos to here. I know most of you follow me on Facebook! I will get back to actually writing blogs and stories soon!

My Sweetheart!

Tina went to a homecoming dance with Brianna last week and these are just a few pictures from that. I love my baby girl!

Tag You're It!!!!

I was tagged by Val. So I had to do 4 things.

1. Go to your 4th folder where you store your pictures.
2. Select your 4th picture no exception.
3. Post the picture with an explanation and link it back to your tagger.
4. Tag 4 people to do the same.



This is a picture of the little girl I baby sit Abbie in her exersaucer. She was about 4 or 5 months old in this picture. She is such a cutie!!



I tag Misty, Lisa, Lindsey & Nina!! Lets see those pictures!!

It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Christmas has come and gone and all I can say this year is WOW!!! We are truly blessed by the friends and family we have and were able to spend a wonderful holiday with. We started our celebration on Christmas Eve with a nice Turkey dinner, with dressing, green bean casserole, potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie and apple pie. James, Tina, Trey, Caleb and I all ate dinner and afterward we opened gifts. We got a Wii as a family gift, and Tina got Guitar Hero World Tour, Trey got a Motorcycle Helmet, and Caleb got a jacket and a PSP that he bought for himself. Here are a few pictures, I also have a family picture from my grandparents but they are on my Grandma's camera.









Christmas Day we went out to my Grandparents for Lunch. We had Mexican Food, which was enchiladas, tamales, chips, salsa, beans and rice. It was all so good!!!! We had a really good time and visited with all of my family. My cousin Nicole surprised everyone and flew in from Pittsburgh, PA!! After we left my grandparents we went strait to James's parents house, where they were also having tamales, among other things. lol I didn't even try to eat again because I was so full from a late lunch. When we finally got home it was almost 8 p.m. What a wonderful Christmas!!! It was so amazing to spend with family. :)

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

Last Wednesday the 10th something amazing happened here in little old Bryan, it snowed!! Yes, that's right, SNOWED. Not just little flakes that didnt stick to the anything but actual snow, that left a layer of white fluffy goodness on everything it touched. How amazing! Now for those of you that dont know, this is Texas, it really doesnt snow here. I think I remember it snowing and sticking once when I was about 4 or 5. The kids really enjoyed it and loved playing in it!! There are a ton of pictures to follow. I took over 100 pictures so I tried to pick a few but it was hard!!! Just in case you're wondering Mocha did not care for the snow at all!! He ran promptly back inside!!




When the snow first Started!



About 30 mins. Later.



Tina looking mad at me.



Caleb making a little snow person.



Tina starting to build a snowman!



How beautiful!!!



My car covered in snow!




Tina and the Beginning of her snowman.

Green with Envy!!!

Well we have been talking about painting our living room for a really long time. We even have not put up some new pictures and frames that we got because we were going to paint. Well since we are getting a new dining room table on Wednesday I decided to try to paint the living room and dining room before the table got here! So we worked hard on it for 2 full days and finally it is finished!!! I had a really hard time picking a color, but I knew that I wanted green so we finally decided on Pacific Pines as the color. It is beautiful. It feels so much more like home now and I can not wait to start on other rooms!!! James is such a great painter so it was nice that he was home it took him about 30 mins to roll the whole room and the rest was really just us doing the edges and moldings. The finished product is spectacular!!

Tina Painting!!!!


James Painting!!!!


Mocha Helping!!


The Finished Product!!!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, the most wonderful holiday of the year!! You get to spend time with your loved ones without the pressure of the gift giving. Every year we spend Thanksgiving with my Grandparents and extended family. This year being no different, we had a wonderful dinner at 5 p.m. at my Grandparents house. It was all very good and yummy and fattening I'm sure. I thought I would make a list of things I was thankful for. I am going to try to keep the list down to 25 things!! We'll see how it goes.

1. My Family
2. Our Friends
3. God's Love for Us All
4. Clean Water
5. Fresh Air
6. A Home
7. Food
8. Jobs
9. Children laughing
10. Sweet Pets
11. Freedom
12. Warm Showers
13. The Feel of the Sunshine on your Face
14. A Cool Breeze
15. The Words "I Love You"
16. Sweet Babies
17. Rain
18. Warm Showers
19. Washing Machine and Dryer
20. Good Health
21. Rainbows
22. Honesty
23. Starbucks
24. Books
25. Technology

Wow!! I did it. Just 25 things was hard to narrow down!! I am thankful for a lot of things this year. James because he listens to me and loves me unconditionally. Christina for her kind heart and generous spirit. Caleb for his understanding and loving soul. My grandparents for their unconditional love and support. Trey for his strong presence and great sense of humor. Happy Thanksgiving!!!