Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Sorry friends...

Many people this week have told me "you really need to update your blog." So sorry for being MIA. This month has been extra busy. A lot of my blog followers have also asked what lights did you decide to put on the house. Well let me just say. We came home with colored lights, when we plugged them in to test them before putting them on the house only half worked. Are you kidding, how does that happen. Maybe they were from last year. So then we took them back to Walmart and decided to we would head to lowes, maybe there lights would be better. I helped put them on the house, i was so excited about our lights. Then we walked to the street to look at our house with the lights and realized our house really doesn't look good with lights. Makes it look older than before. Our house is very flat, even if we put them on the peak of our roof you wouldnt be able to see it. And we got the LED cool white lights so they had a blue look. Just didn't love it. The next evening when they came on there were like 10 out at the end of the house. Oh well. Then we go out of town for a little less than a week, we get back and only 8 lights are on.... ARE YOU SERIOUS. We don't have the receipt anymore so guess we are just out that money. We will not put lights on our house again... well maybe when we decide to move. And really only my 4 neighbors on our dead in street saw them. On to our trip we took was to New York. Taylor (yes i said his name) and I went to New York for our first anniversary last summer. It was hot but still so much fun. I couldn't wait to go back but really wanted to go during Christmas time. So that is what our gift was to each other, a trip to New York during Christmas time. It was a lot of fun. We had already done all the tourist things so this time was more about whatever we wanted to do. My brother in law lives there, so did more of the things the locals do. But of course we had to go do the touristy Christmas things. It was beautiful. Weather was perfect 42-46 during the day. Except THe last day was VERY cold but no snow. Taylor was pretty sad, he wanted it to snow so bad but i was ok with no snow.

Taylor and I at Rockefeller Center. I have always seen this tree on TV and in Movies but never realized it is a REAL TREE. Beautiful. This was going to be a Christmas card pic but didn't get around to it... Sorry i didn't send out pic this year. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

Our favorite thing we did get to do while NYC was the 9-11 memorial. It was so weird how loud New York is, but standing at the memorial was so quiet. It was very emotional. We got back from New York at 8pm, Taylor and i went straight to bed and then off to work at 6 am then next morning. I didn't plan that very well. Speaking of work. I love my job as a L&D nurse. As of Yesterday i am now off orientation. I also got to learn to srub. Which means to assist the Dr in the OR for c/sections. It is probably one of my favorite things. Yesterday we did 3 before noon. Then another that afternoon. I know that doesn't seem like a lot but it makes your legs hurt standing all day. But so fun. Needless to say today i am off and just sitting on the couch.

Here are a few family pics of us kids at Christmas. Funny that i still say kids, guess i should say siblings and our significant others. My borther, sister-in-law and nephew spent their last Christmas in North Carolina at their house this year. So it was a very different Christmas not being with them. Hopefully next year will be different.
At my family Christmas. Taylor, Me, Ashley and Michael... only 4 more months until their wedding!

At Taylor's family Christmas. Hamilton, Kate, Me and Taylor.

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year.


Friday, January 7, 2011

The Holidays...

I feel December just flew right by. It is always so hard for me to blog on the computer. I usually just do it on my phone but then i noticed how bad my pictures always look. So i have a lot to share with you.









Christmas 2009 was The Sweet Man and My first Christmas as a married couple. It didn't go so well. AS a Nurse at a Hospital i of course had to work and then there was A LOT of lack of communication between The Sweet Man and me and our families. Since we were going to North Carolina to spend "Christmas" at my brothers after Dec 25 i thought we would spend the actually Day with his family. My family did not LOVE this at all. Then another issue of lack of communication came up and the two of us spent the weekend after Christmas separated. Both of us with our parents him in our hometown me 2 1/2 hours away with my family. Needless to say, I was going to make sure this year was DIFFERENT! It was very organized and soo perfect. The week of Christmas my Brother, Sis-in-law, and nephew came intown. I worked the beginning of the week so i had off while they were intown. Christmas Eve was with his family and Christmas Day with mine. It was soo great. Thankfully I didn't have to work either nights this year. But did have to work New Years Eve....but it was soo worth it. I have no idea why i didn't take but just a few pictures.


Christmas Eve we did get off our "schedule" and had breakfast with my family. This is with My father's side of of the family. We have such a good time with the kids. Christmas is soo wonderful with children around. They are soo excited and happy. All of us only get together maybe 2 times a year, so the moments we are ALL together are perfect.Lenzi, Hollis, Lexi



This time is very special. Every year we take a picture with my 97 year old Grandfather. This is where my nephew Hollis got his name.


Great-grandchildren with Papaw


Grandchildren with PapawJason, Monica, Papaw, Ashley and Me



We spent the rest of Christmas Eve with The Sweet Man's family. We goot soo many great gifts. We then went to one of his family friends house that has a party every Christmas Eve.


Christmas morning we woke up early and headed to my parents house to see what Santa had brought and then open gifts from each other. We did get one present early, or atleast the girls, we all get Christmas Pj's.



Hollis was so funny opening all of the gifts we got him. He opened everything and was excited about each gift. Look at him take a look at this new sweater!


Christmas day all of my Mother's side of the family came to Texarkana. We normally go to Little Rock to spend Christmas at my Grandmothers, but this year they came to my parents new house. We took Hollis to see The Sweet Man's family and hang out with his cousins and all the kids there. He has so much fun and was such a hit.


We are so lucky to both have such large close families. Already looking forward to next year.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Party time...

We enjoyed our visit to Fayetteville for annual Christmas Parties. It is so fun even though we have moved off we all come back to the same Christmas party that we have a for many years now. The weekend always goes by too fast. This year my friends had a 1st annual party that will hopefully continue year to come. How perfect they were on the same weekend.

First party of the night which was at Katie and Britani's house was a lot of fun. I didn't get to stay long enough because we had to leave for another party. So during the day i went to their house to help with preparation! I love and miss these girls so much!

Mary, Lindy, Me, Scarlet, Lauren, Britani, Katie

Then to the fourth annual tacky Christmas Sweater party. This year The Sweet Man won! I sadly can't say I had anything to do with it. Him and his secretary made it. The night was great, always fun seeing everyone all dressing up in their sweaters. We are already planning for next year!

Not sure what happened to the bottom of this picture but i still like it!


Ben, Rhys, John, Taylor

Me and Jessica

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Santa came early....

Looks like Santa came early! Last night we had our Christmas party at work. Every year we draw names and keep it a secret until we bring the gifts the night of the party! Look at all the wonderful gifts I got from my secret person, Mandy!



And I forgot about this movie basket! With a movie gift card and tons of snacks. For the date night with the Sweet Man!


Other gifts from the a few girls. For me and my babies, miller and Lottie!


Last week was Mandys birthday and we had a little surprise party for her at On The Border.
Me and the birthday girl, one of my favs!


Everyone at dinner!


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