Miss made this picture cologe I love it………Good times!




So Chad is Engaged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He proposed to Katie on Christmas Eve!
Love you guys we are so excited for you.

Christmas

I just want to thank all of you for your support and love!

That is what made our Christmas so special!

So on Christmas Eve we were spent. We had been up since 5:00 am moving into our house. We had been invited to a Christmas Eve dinner at some ward members up in Mont Belvieu, but come time to leave we could barely walk let a lone go to a party. We had to run to Wal-Mart to get a few things for the house and we realized we had no food for dinner. We were going to just grab a frozen pizza but the decided to go out. So we had Christmas Eve dinner at Chili’s, we were happy, no mess and no stress.

We had Christmas Dinner with the Cobabes and there cousins. It has wonderful. Young shin made a delicious ham, sweet potatoes, a cranberry jello, and a fun cranberry cocktail. I brought potatoes a veggie tray rolls, and corn!

This year with moving into our home on the 24th and all the expenses of a new home we didn’t buy to much extra stuff for Christmas, but we couldn’t be happier. Brett’s family has a awesome tradition they call “food sacks” (it was started by Brett’s grandma Loveridge were on Christmas Eve she would give each child a bag of food/treats that they might not have been able to get during the year. I love treats and was more than happy to keep this tradition going) So we each picked out two items for our “food sacks”. I got mint melano cookies and egg nogg, Brett got A&W cream soda and gummy worms. Then I got baskets for the house from Brett and I got him a sports jacket. We also got wonderful things from our parents and siblings! Thanks guys, We loved all of it, it was perfect!!!!!

Tex & Boots

Meet Tex and Boots!
(they are so cute!)


So . . . in our ward there was a family giving away black lab puppies. So we decided to get two (so they have a friend to play with while we are at work). The timing was a little ruff though, we thought the house would be finished mid December and that was the time the puppies would be ready to leave their mom. But with the house getting pushed back we had to push back getting the dogs. So the day we closed on the house we had to pick up the puppies because the family was wanting to get rid of them. So it was a challenge to say the least trying to move and watch two pups.


One of my co-workers made us the gates for the dogs, and we are so grateful but at the time we didn't think about the dogs getting stuck in them but that's exactly what happened.

Tex has so much energy and wants toz of attention. When we put him in his pin he couldn’t stand it and yipped and yipped and was trying to get out. He managed to push his head through the holes a few times and would get stuck. you would think they would learn from that... but nope. We woke at 1:00 am to Tex yelping when we went down stairs to see what was up we found him stuck again! Since then we have resorted to keeping them in the garage until we can get grass in the backyard.

The Big Day!!

We did it!!! We closed on Tuesday the 23rd. To tell you the truth closing went a lot better than I thought it would. I have heard a lot of stories about people having a lot of trouble closing. I am glad we don't have horror stories to tell. It had it's ups and downs but overall things went smooth.

We asked the missionaries and Branch president to help us move. The Branch president brought the young men. With everyone’s help it went fast.

Brett's Creation

Brett had us take 50 different shots of this one so we could get it right. It is a dod peeing on the snowman. . . . . Boys will be boys . . . .

(Brett after he finished his creation)

Bill worked really hard on his and I think it paied off. It was the best one!

Ginger Bread Houses

Getting Ready for Christmas

We Close December 23rd

So, we are supposed to close on the house on Dec 23rd!! (cross your fingers) It has been pushed back from end of November to Dec 4th, Dec 17th, and now Dec 23rd. It is getting close though and it is fun to see the progress that has been made on it. Brett and I go about every week and check on it. We are really excited!

Be Thankful

Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire,If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don't know somethingFor it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your limitationsBecause they give you opportunities for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challengeBecause it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakesThey will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you're tired and wearyBecause it means you've made a difference.

It is easy to be thankful for the good things.A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who arealso thankful for the setbacks.

GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive.Find a way to be thankful for your troublesand they can become your blessings.

Peace, Love, & Light!!!

Thanks to chadders, I can share this will all of you!

Thanksgiving

Halloween in Houston

Our house...well the portion that is built so far.

Help

I am still learning about the whole blog thing. I don't know how to post on your blogs? can anyone help????

Halloween

It has become a tradition to have a family Halloween party! It is something we look forward to each year. This year we were able to have it at the same time we came to Utah for Amanda’s wedding. It was Sat. October 11th and Miss and Chad and his girlfriend came up from Arizona to attend. We have it at Kirsten and Carlen's house. Everyone must come in costume and we carve pumpkins and have taco soup. Meg and Steve were cowboy and cowgirl, Chad and Katie were devil and angel, Miss was a bumble bee, Mom was Pro. McGonagall, Dad was a really scary police officer, Brett and I were not really prepared so we just put some stuff on. Kristen’s family was character’s from Dr. Sues (they always have great costumes) needless to say it’s a blast.

Amanda's Wedding

We flew into Utah on Friday Oct. 10th. Mike picked us up from the airport and we went straight to the church to finish the set-up for the wedding. It looked beautiful!!!! Amanda picked awesome colors (mustard yellow, crimson red and eggplant purple) The Reception was that night and the next day was the temple ceremony. All of it was wonderful. We loved spending time with family. The food was great too she had caramel apples from the Chocolate Factory and brownies with lots of different toppings, spring rolls and wontons! Yeah, delicious! We helped ourselves to lots of leftovers.