Mardi Gras 2008

Although today is Fat Tuesday, we won't be celebrating! Perhaps we will celebrate at home! LOL! We went to Shreveport for our annual Mardi Gras trip this past weekend. We left town on Friday and returned on Sunday in time for the Super Bowl. The weather this year was great! Last year it was a bit on the chilly side. This year we had a 65 degree sunny day. We decided this year to donate most of our beads to Aunt Bonnie so she could take them to the elderly at nursing homes. We kept a few 'special' beads and we came home with lots of cups and other goodies. Can't wait until next year!

Tristen - about to eat a smores.

Colby, Meg and Tristen - patiently waiting for the parade to start.

Colby and Me - (love the port-a-potty background!)

Throw me some beads, Mister!

Graphic Designs

Notice my new blog header? It is courtesy of Delovely Designs. Charlotte created it for me, as well as a Bachelorette Party invitation (I'm throwing a B-Party for a friend). She has been so great and easy to work with! Definitely contact her for any graphic design needs you might have!

Busy..busy...busy

The year is already off to a busy, busy start! From birthday parties to baby showers to weddings to baseball tournaments, our calendar is filling up quickly.

Colby has 2 pre-season tournaments that his team is playing in. One is Feb 15- 17 and the other one is Feb 29 - March 2. His team from the fall season is staying together for the most part. They have 8 returning players and are starting practice back up this Saturday. Tristen will go back into the draft due to his team not staying together. Colby's coach called Jason and asked him to be the catcher's coach and will be attending a 2-day coach's clinic in the upcoming weeks.

My brother and his wife are moving here this weekend and so it will be nice to have them right around the corner from us. They'll get a taste of life with kiddos! :) I know Bear is super excited about watching the boys play baseball and practicing with them.

Abby's 4th B-day

Abby (our niece) turned 4 years old on Friday! She had a skating party today and here are a few pictures!

First.....

Hibachi restaurant for the boys. We went to Jinbeh for Allen's b-day. The boys had never been to a Japanese restaurant, much less a Hibachi restaurant. They were fascinated by it all. Tristen learned how to use chopsticks, and learned he liked ginger salad dressing. Colby attempted the chopsticks, but is like me....can't do it! Here are some pictures from our evening w/friends...

Jason holding Natalie, our friends' daughter (he was practicing for our little girl we'll have one day!)

Aww...We are famous!

The vendor I used for our wedding invitations recently redid her website - Velvet Rabbit Studios. If you look under Real Brides - you will see our wedding featured! Yes, this lady is located in Australia, and as crazy as it sounds, I did order my wedding invitations from her. Crazy, eh? She did an amazing job and I'll post a picture soon of her amazing work! Just wanted to share. :)

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...