Time To Stop & Breath...

Well the last little bit has been kinda crazy... From New Beginning's... Baby Shower... a planned trip... to an unexpected trip... I now have taken a moment to stop and breath! To start at the first... all of my invitations turned out great! Everyone loved them... I then began planing a trip to Alabama with my family to go visit my Grandpa... whose health was not so great... we got the trip all planed my work time was covered and I was gearing up for the baby shower and New Beginning's when I got a phone call from my mom saying that my papa had passed away Thursday night. Suddenly all my plans and everything now changed! So I did the baby shower Saturday morning... went to a birthday party for Dallas' cousin Jackson... began packing for our 12:30ish flight to Birmingham! My dad, mom, sister (Jayme) & her little boy Ryker began our trek! I was way impressed with how good Ryker did on the flight and the whole time. So we got in to Atlanta to discover our 9:00ish flight was canceled! LUCKY US... we ended up on a flight leaving at 10:00ish not to bad... so we found our gate and took a nap! We ended up in Birmingham got to our hotel at around 12:00 on Sunday! I requested a shower... my mom and Jayme headed to Walmart to get Ryker supplies... and my dad got Ryker to take a nap... we then headed to Papa's house to visit all of our family...almost everyone was there! I saw cousins I don't even remember the last time I saw them...(Just from pictures) and we sat around a talked all afternoon and got to spend a lot of good time with my family. Monday was the viewing and funeral... It was such a nice day...On Tuesday we spent a little more time at Papa's helping my Uncle Terry package up Papa's fish for the long ride to Florida. We got to spend some time with our grandma Mary and had a nice peaceful time at the cemetery before we headed back to the airport... It was a rushed trip... but so wonderful because of the time we spent with family and the joy in celebrating Papa. Pictures will soon follow!

aNy iDeaS...

Well as of right now not much is going on like in almost every other post i write... But I need help with ideas!!! I am planning a baby shower for my friend (any good invitation ideas, food anything) Last shower I helped with my mom did, so my mom had all the good ideas!

Next I am helping to get ready for New Beginnings... (we are doing a thing with feet and shoes(Soul... Sole)) get the idea. again any great ideas for invitations, they think i am creative and can come up with anything... Right now I am... I won't say stumped just foggy... hence a sinus infection coupled with a head cold... Lucky me I get to go to work tomorrow... oh well!!! Enjoy the snow! Ya RIGHT!

Another YeaR Older...

I do like that, being another year older... I might not like it for too much longer... I will just post about both mine and dallas birthdays at the same time since I think I neglected his... We will start with his Dec. 26 (I didn't forget this year!) Well Dallas got what ever he wanted for dinner, he wanted my homemade Schnitzel with garlic red potatoes. Lucky Him... He had his knee surgery two days before Christmas so other than dinner he laid on the couch. Yay Him! As for the present he wanted a new fly fishing rod, instead he has now decided to get a new stereo system for the fj. Happy Birthday Dallas!
As for me my birthday week started on Sunday Jan 18, with dinner at the Roberts, we had great food and my parents gave a Wii Fit (which I love). On to my Holiday Birthday (thank you Martin Luther King Jr.) Dallas surprised me with my little zune (in red). And a great dinner at Corbins (the best molten lava cake ever!) My birthday week will end with dinner at the Penrod's on Sunday. Lucky Me! I do love my birthday week!

NoT QuiTe a ReSoLuTioN...

Well I am not one for resolutions... I just end up disappointed when I end up not following through! So I have decided that I am just going to try my hardest... to go to the gym as much as possible and try harder in my church calling, and last but not least try to be nicer to other people that bug me. Not a tough task but something I really struggle with! Wish me good luck! OH ya the other thing... try to take more pictures to post, I always enjoy pictures the most so I will also work on that!

BRiNG oN SPRiNG...

I think that mother nature thinks she is funny... 4-12 inches of snow one day... 45+ degree temp. the next, I guess that is not that warm but the sun is taunting me if nothing else! It screams at me "look at me, look at me, but if you try to come out to bask in my warmth you WILL get frostbite!" I enjoy weather change but how can i appreciate it if I don't complain about it.
Not much new going on the Holiday's were the Holiday's, too much food, lots of family and this year alot of time at home with Dallas! It has been nice but I did enjoy going back to work, I also enjoyed Dallas going back to work too! But that is about it not much else so I hope everyone else will enjoy the sun and frostbite with me! Bring on Spring...

DaLLaS' SeCoND NeW KNee!

Well Dallas had his knee surgery today! It was a long day for both of us... We were at the surgical center at 11:00 (a half hour early... the weather was horrible) they took him back and I waited and waited... made a beanie (new project, Scott Linsley from my work taught me how to crochet them) then they came and got me and took me to recovery... He did way good and it went super well... they fixed the meniscus, cleaned up a bunch of stuff from his first surgery (back when we were dating) and he is now home (we got home around 5:00pm) sleeping on the couch (he can't get up the stairs to the bedroom, plus he thought that it might be too dangerous... i guess i kick!) So now it is my bedtime so I can go to work tomorrow! Hope you all have a great Christmas!

CHRiSTMaS...

Today we had a Christmas type lesson for Young Women class, what our pres. does is a little different. Every year we have a Christmas Breakfast, we go pick up the girls that don't usually come, in pj's or what ever, and this year we had an egg pizza; cinnamon rolls, and juice & fruit. Then we give them there Christmas gifts this year, a bell ornament and a yarn scarf (thanks Lacey) and share a favorite Christmas memory or our favorite Christmas story. I am so thankful for the two young women we have right now. I feel that I am so blessed to have this calling to teach me how to serve others. Our Young Womens program is few in numbers but I think that they have great faith and that helps me to appreciate the job I have to help the ones who are not quite there yet. Well that it my little spill for today! Hope you all have a great Christmas!