Happy New Year's Eve

Wow...I can't believe it is already 2010! This year has just flow by and many great and wonderful things happened this year. I plan on doing a recap of the year tomorrow on here! Today has been a good day! When I got to work this morning I thought we were going to have to work most of the day, but my boss let us leave at 12!

Here I am with a huge smile on my face when he told us we could leave! After I left work I went to look for a dress for a wedding we have tomorrow and I had no luck at all. I plan on getting up tomorrow and head to the mall to look, since the wedding isn't until 6:00.
We are didn't do much tonight for the new year. We went with my sister and her husband, my aunt, and some friends to a local comedy club! It was so fuuny and a good time. We got a free ticket to get into this country club that was in the same parking lot so we walked over for like 10 minutes..we felt so old..HA!! We all just kind of stood there and felt way out of place, oh how times have changed!

Here are the girls...Me, my Aunt Tina, my Sister, and my Sisters friend Paula! They gave us the little hats when we enetered! Now we are at home sitting on the couch trying to stay awake until midnight! I hope you all have a safe and Happy New Year!

Long Day

Today has been a long day..First I was late for work, I didn't get in the shower until 7:40 and I have to be at work at 8:00, so needless to say I was late. Christian and I were suppose to meet his dad and everyone for lunch at 12:00 but when I called his dad around 11:30 he said he was sick. Well the next thing I knew they were headed to the emergency room with him. Christian and I both left work and met them at the hospital. Christian stayed at the hospital with Paige (his dad's fiance) and I took the kids out to lunch and back to my office with me to grab my computer and to finish a couple of things I was working on. It turns out his dad might have food poisoning or some sort of stomach virus. The reason they took him to the ER was because he was having chest pains but all the test results came back good. So this evening we have all been hanging out at the house while his dad has been resting. Paige and I ran to get us some dinner at Firehouse Subs and it was so good. I always forget how much I like that place until I eat it.

We have had these guys running around the house all week! A 108 lb Lab, Jack Russell, and Grey Hound. Buddy loves the little JR but doesn't pay any attention to the GH. It is so funny because he will not let them play with any of his toys. If he hears them playing with his toys he will go stare at them and then take the toy. I guess my dog doesn't know how to share..we will have to work on that! I took like 100 pictures trying to get all three dogs to look at the camera and all in the picture but it wasn't happening. They were all begging Christian for a treat in this picture! I'm exhausted and getting ready to go pass out! The house is nice and peaceful right now everyone is in bed sleeping!

Christmas Dinner Party

Tonight my office had our Christmas dinner party at a wonderful steak house right near my office. My boss never had a chance to plan a party before Christmas and we all decided it would be easier to do after Christmas. It was nice to go out to dinner with Christan on a Monday night. We usually are always exhausted on Monday's and stay at home. My inlaws are still here today and today when I came home from lunch they had cleaned my house! It was nice of them and greatly appreciated! I'm talking laundry folded, bed made, floors cleaned, and everything. Then when I got home from work this evening we had a new flat screen TV in our guest room! They said it was part of our Christmas gift, but I think it was they just wanted a TV in the room when they are here :) HA. Thank you guys very much!

We are now all hanging out in the living room together and playing UNO (well they are). I'm blogging and watching TV. I hope you all have a great night!

Happy Holidays

I  can't believe that Christmas is over, it seems like it came and went so fast this year. I'm looking forward to New Years and another four day week. I am so not ready to go back to work tomorrow, I have  had a nice four days off!

I hope you all had very Merry Christmas! Christian and I had a wonderful time with our family. Christmas Day we went to my parents. Christians Dad and future Stepmom and kids came in from Floriday Christmas night. We have had a nice weekend together. Today went went to Pilot Mountain which is about 30 - 45 minutes from our house, so the kids could see snow. Living in Fl. you don't get to see snow.

Here we all are including Buddy. We went on a hike and oh my goodness I am so out of shape but the kids and Buddy loved it!

My little family! Buddy was so good today and loved the whole mountain hiking thing, so I'm thinking we might go back in the spring. We only live about an hour from the mountains!

Here we are in this big cave, rock looking thing that was along the trail! Yes and I am probably the only one the goes hiking in a Kenneth Cole Peacoat, HA!!! I didn't know we were hiking I thought we were just driving up and looking at the scenic overlook.

I wish Buddy was looking at the camera in this picture. It would be really cute if I cropped it. Oh well! I must say it was very interesting walking the trail with two kids and a huge dog on ice! One side of the mountain was nice and sunny with no snow or ice and the other side was nice and shady with ice and snow!
After we got through with that we had lunh at Chipolte and it was heaven! After lunch us girls went shopping and the guys went to do guy stuff!

Here am I with Christians future step sister with some crazy sunglasses we found! I love going shopping after Christmas and getting all the deals!
FYI: the reason I keep saying Christian's future stepmom and stuff is b/c his Dad his marrying her this spring!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from our home to yours!

"Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great JOY that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord" Luke 2:10-11

Time to Enjoy

Today was my last day of work before Christmas! I am so excited to have a couple of days off. Christian and I have been cleaning the house tonight and getting ready for his Dad and future Stepmom from Florida. I think I am officialy ready for Christmas and enjoy the season. All of my presents are bought and wrapped, the house is clean, and finished with work! Christian has to work for a little while tomorrow. So I plan on sleeping in and relaxing, then I'm meeting Christian at church at 12:30 for our Christmas Eve program, and then coming home to make Red Velvet Cake Balls! We have to go to my sisters tomorrow night and then we will go to my parents Christmas Day! I hope you all have a Merry Christmas! I'm not sure how much I'll get to post over the next few days but I will try my best!

Wrapping

Y'all I LOVE Christmas time, but I cannot stand wrapping Christmas presents. Not only Christmas presents, birthday presents or anything else through out the year. My back and neck always start to hurt and I get so aggravated at having to cut the paper and then tape it...UGH!!! I am definitely a bag type of girl, but I still like to use pretty wrapping paper, so I suck it up at Christmas time. This evening after work I ran over my parents to see my sister and nephews and then headed home to wrap. Christian wrapped my presents while I was at my parents and then when I got home I finished wrapping his and everyone else. So now I can relax and not have to wrap another gift until next year!

Our tree now looks complete! We didn't really do that much this year, so luckily I didn't have that many gifts to wrap and I still used a few bags as you can see. I also went ahead and stuffed Christian's stocking, so I'm finished. Except for Buddy's stocking, but I can't put it in there until Christmas Eve when we go to bed b/c he will try to pull his stocking down. His has two little bells on it and he always run over to the mantle and hits it with his nose to make it jingle. He is just like a kid when I came home from the pet store with his gifts in the store bag, he went crazy and stared at the bag for like an hour, so I had to hide it! I can't believe Christmas is in 3 days! I'm so excited and can't wait!