Detox

So today is day 5 of my cleanse. I have to admit I am pretty proud of myself! I didn't know if I was going to be able to make it past day 1. So for those that don't know what I am talking about, I am doing a cleans called "The Master Cleanse" or "lemon Diet" It is were all you drink for 10 days is a mix of lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper. It is supposed to give you all the nutrition your body needs to be healthy but by keeping it simple your body can use the extra time pulling toxins from your body. Everyone in my family has done it at some point and Brett and I tried it last year and only lasted 1 day(I think cuz we didn't have any real reason to be on it, we were just trying it cuz Meg and Steve were doing it). I decided to try it again cuz I have been on a sugar binge for the last little while and when I tried to stop eating as much sugar it was no use. This cleans is also designed to help break bad habits. So now with a reason behind the cleanse I am finding I am doing just fine, and I feel wonderful, light and clean!
-If you want to know more about the cleanse check out / or we have a pdf format of the book that tells you all you need to know. http://therawfoodsite.com/mastercleanse.htm
Good Luck Dad! (he is on day 2)

Brazos Bend State Park

So we are finally settled enough that with our spare time we are starting to explore Texas. Last weekend we went camping with some friends to Brazos Bend State Park which is known for alligators!!! Yep we camped by the alligators and other animals, we kept having a raccoon try to get into our camp and steel our stuff, he managed to get a tackle box and fishing reel. It was really fun to be right there looking at alligators in the lake. We spotted about 20 and everyone said that was not very many that on sunny days they are all out sunbathing. 20 was enough for us, we loved it.

So Mike and Lisa got the family tickets to come visit Brett and I in Texas. They were here two weeks ago. We wanted to give them a real Texas greeting so we made sure to dress appropriately (cowboy boots and hats and the whole get-up, Brett was actually trying to put pigtails in my hair but I stopped there) they were here from Thursday night until Monday afternoon. Here is a run down of what we did;

Herman Park(took a train around the park)
Holocaust Museum
Whole day at Galveston (rode the fairy and played on the beach)
Gave them a tour of UH
Had a Texan BBQ lunch at Pappas BBQ
Played card games
And just enjoyed each others company

Here are some pics of the trip;

Wes was the only one that was brave enough to get in.

Here is still a lot of damage from Hurricane Ike

We all loved the way the houses were up on stilts

Sod

So we got a backyard now. We had the missionaries over and they helped us with putting in the sod. It took all day but we did it!

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.