New Year's 2010

We celebrated New Year's Eve by going out with some friends to The Cheesecake Factory and then to Dave and Buster's. It was a low-key night, but it we had a blast. It honestly is all about the people you surround yourself with.


I know most people do New Year's Resolutions, but I don't. I refuse to. We have many exciting things coming up in 2010 and can't wait to experience them all.

• Birth of my niece in February


• Finding out the sex of Little Peanut in March - then preparing everything once we find out the sex


• Busy, busy baseball season (March - July)


• Birth of my other niece in April


• Boys finishing up school in June


• Little Peanut's arrival in July


• My 30th bday in August


• Experiencing life with a newborn and infant

2008 In Review

I know it is a few days late, but I had to take the time to sit down and actually write notes for this post. We said goodbye to 2008 and Hello to 2009 with some friends at our house. It was a low-key party, but it was fun and successful. As we sat around the table and talked about babies and kids, we realized how different things are now than 4-5 years ago.

2008 was a great year for us. Here's a quick recap of 2008:

• The boys experienced a Hibachi restaurant for the 1st time (for Allen's b-day).
• My brother and Sister-in-Law moved up to Dallas from Austin.
• Colby turned 10 in February.
• Boys kept us extremely busy with baseball.
• Jason played on 2 softball teams.
• We took our annual trip to Shreveport to see Jason's family for Mardi Gras.
• Our BFF's had an adorable son (our psuedo nephew).
• House hunting, found a house, & closed on a house.
• Jason and I made a quick trip to Wink to see a friend's graduation.
• My 10 year high school reunion - that I was unable to make it to. :(
• Our 1st anniversary.
• Colby tried out for and made a Select Baseball Team.
• Colby was selected as 'MVP' from his team in the Tara Sawyer Baseball Tournament.
• The boys started new schools.
• Tristen began band and worked his way to 1st chair.
• We slowly but surely have been decorating our home.
• Tigger ran away (b/c I didn't latch the gate all the way). Tigger came home 36 hours later.
• Jason bought a 1964 VW bug. (Not that I need a reminder as has taken my garage parking spot.)
• My brother Bear graduated from Dallas Fire Academy.
• Tristen turned 12 in November.
• Thanksgiving and Christmas came and went by so fast.

2008 was fabulous, but I expect 2009 to be even better. Life is about to get pretty hectic for us. Mid-terms for Tristen next week. Tristen leaves for Denver on the 16th. Jason is starting school in later this month. He will be at school 3 nights/week. Colby's birthday in February. Trip to Shreveport for Mardi Gras in February. Colby's trip to Denver in early March. Colby doesn't start baseball until probably late March/early April. Before we know it, summer will be here again! *Possibly* later this (late) summer or (early) fall, we will start trying to have a bebe! :)

NYE 2007

We rang in NYE w/a few close friends. Our friends Chris and Stacey graciously hosted NYE at their new house. It was a pretty low-key evening, but we had fun. Here are a few pictures from our NYE celebration.

...Ready for the toast.......Jason's rockstar hair...

...Jason demonstrating him and Allen on the golf course...