goodbye to 05

Well we are home now. It was such a good break and I really had so much fun hanging out with my friends and fam! We got there Friday and of course immediately went to Sonny's, yummmm. Saturday we spent the say relaxing, wrapping the last of the presents and shopping a little bit and then we went and got ready for the Christmas eve service. It was a good time and I always love the candlelight part! anyway, afterwards we came back home and the Guice's came over and Justin and the boys watched Christmas Vacation while us girls just hung out in the kitchen of course. That night we went to sleep and i was so excited about sneaking out and filling justins stocking! i like being sneaky! anyway, the next morning we woke up and opened presents and got our stocking stuffers. I got justin these Arnette sunglasses he likes and a cd and dvd and some jaguar stuff and he got me some cd's i really wanted and some candy.

afterwards we got ready for church and headed out. Church was...interesting...didnt really feel like church, but whatever, thats another blog entry. it was good to see a lot of old friends and friends of the family that morning. we took some pictures and then headed out to leah and dicks for christmas! it was so fun to be able to play with my little claire, she is the sweetest baby! i did however really miss asher, which is weird because i never knew him or saw him, but i feel like he should have been there and it was just weird being able to play and love on Rachaels little baby and all Leah had was a broken heart. it was neat being able to sit in his nursery with her though and just talk about stuff. She really has come through a lot and to see the way the Lord has healed her heart and continues to is just amazing to me. I love her so much.

Well the kids opened up all their presents, they really are the sweetest little kids in the world, i just love them! Afterwards we went home and took naps and then that night we basically just hung around the house and played Justins Tiger Woods, of which I beat him in! YEA! Monday we went shopping and had lunch with the Lohse's and Elizabeth! They are such great friends. Its so neat to come home and hang out with your friends, but now youre all married, it was different, but fun! anyway, we continued shopping and then that night we headed to Merry Beth's for what we thought would be a few minutes but was a couple hours longer. We played Tripoloy, which is my new favorite game, and then headed home after ward since it was getting late, and I felt not so good! the next day ash came and got me and we went wedding gown shopping. she seriously looks beautiful in everything!!!! it makes me sick, we met christi and my justin for lunch at paner and hung out. it was a good time. we found some dresses that day that she really liked and some bridesmaid dresses too, that girl really is on the ball! that night Justin and I went to Christi and Justins to hang out and have some dinner. I really do love hanging out with them. We had so much fun just talking and then of course bowling. I love watching justin when I take him places with people who are my friends because he seriously just starts talking to them like he has known them all forever, he is so easy and i love it! anyway we left the bowling alley and headed to the movies where the Croleys were waiting and we went and saw Cheaper by the Dozen 2. We took Grace to see the first one in Tallahassee last year and we told her we were gonna take her to see the second one, plus she loves Justin and so we just had to go and see them more than just at Christmas! We had so much fun with them. Those kids just love on you and i love being around them. I got to just hold little Claire during the movie and she is so sweet that I never wanna put her down. We got home and got in bed since we were waking up early the next day to leave for tally ho to see the Manny fam!

We got into Tally the next day and went to Longhorn and met Justins fam and had some lunch and opened Christmas presents. Justins parents got him some awesome Jaguar stuff and I got a really cute FSU fleece that I love! Not to the mention all the other stuff they got us and the cash that really helps out this poor couple! We really have the greatest most generous parents and are so appreciative of them. We went to the mall and to starbucks and then of course to MOMO's since Justin cant go to the hassee without hitting up momo's pizza! slices as big as your head i say! it was so great to spend the whole day with them. We came back home that night to Pcola and my brother was in town so I hung around the house with him and then we hit the hay. I was really stressed about Thursday, which I know you think is dumb, but I seriously had like 10 people that I love that I wanted to see so bad and had no idea how I was gonna do it all. Well I went said goodbye to Ash that morning and sent her off to Tampa, had lunch with Emily and then played at Target and loved on my little nephew pup Harley,
then I went to the credit union to see my sis B and also opened up IRA Roth accounts. Then we headed home and got ready to go out that night. Jo came over and saw me and then MB got there as we were about to head to Taras to go eat so then I kidnapped Jo and MB and put them in my car and took them with me. We all headed to Sidelines and had a good time with Tara and Morgan, whom are leaving for England in like 9 days and i cant believe it! Anyway, we spent the night laughing and loving on each other! I just have such a good time with those girls!
Friday morning came all of too quickly and it was time to load up and head home to Ohio. we left and stopped by the Croleys on the way out to see the puppies Grace was wanting us to see. I really do want one of those beagles, they are the cutest things! I am so lucky to have such an awesome family and it was hard to leave them all. it was so hard huggin my mom bye, and giving claire back to rachael, closing the door behind Merry Beth, all of it was so sad because I know I cant do it again for months. I was telling Justin that I dont mind living somewhere other than my home town, i just wish it was a little closer, that we lived in a place that made it more feasible to travel home when i needed to or really wanted to because a friend got married or engaged or was having a birthday party. i really am so excited about coming back for my little tori's wedding!

well this concludes our session of Everything I did Last Week. haha! have a good New years Eve!!!!!!

ill be home for christmas...

I am actually in the car right now driving to Pcola! Of course the roadtrip isn’t all fun and games because you get tired and antsy and whatnot, so I have decided to take this opportunity to update =) I have spent the week running around like a nut trying to get everything ready to come home today. Justin had another game on Monday night, which was annoying to watch, I just hate bad officiating. Tuesday night we hung out with Jenny and Kyle and gave them their Christmas present and played a game and just hung around the house. Wednesday night was Halo night at the house so it was hard to get anything done with 10 guys screaming killing spree every other second. Oh, and last night we had made plans to do fun fun stuff with the Dinclers and the Regans. Therefore, I had to work getting all packed up, working, and cleaning the house around these things. You may ask, clean the house? I just cant stand to go on a trip and come back to a disaster, which we do have a small one but its not such a big deal that I will feel overwhelmed once we return.

Well, last night was really fun. We all headed to Joe’s Crab Shack because little Haley had been craving some seafood. Our friends Korrie and Kenny met us there too. We stayed there forever it seemed and stuff ourselves and then headed out to Sawyer point to go ice skating. I was so excited and my friend Brian had never even been before so he was a little excited too to get to do it. When we got there however, it was closed, tear. So we walked around and looked at all the lights downtown and took pictures and played with a random horse that a police officer was riding. It was a good time, even though the skating did not play out. We all left and headed back home, but I was sad to leave our oh so fun friends back in Ohio. I never thought we would make such great friends but they really have made us feel like we have a home away from home now. Ohio still isn’t the greatest and of course I still miss everything and everyone back home, but its nice to finally feel connected and part of where we do live.

This morning Justin and I decided to open up presents from one another. It was fun to be able to have our first Christmas in our home by our tree. He was really cute and put sweet or funny things on my presents, like to: Beauty from: the Beast, or to My Beautiful Bride from: the guy you left everything for. It made me smile! Anyway, he also got me some good stuff and was really thoughtful about all the gifts. I just love that boy! Mostly I got clothes because that’s what I always ask for, well and a puppy, but that will come in time.

Well right now we are a little north of Birmingham and oh how I wish we were there, its been a long trip it seems. Justin got an iSight for Christmas though so he has been playing with that while I drove and now he is driving so Im trying to keep myself occupied. We’ll be there soon enough I suppose! YAY!!!!!

sniffles

I hate being sick. I seriously sneeze every 30 seconds. My nose is runny, my eyes are itchy, and my throat hates when I try to swallow. Its just not very convenient. I dont wanna get out of bed, i dont want to run my errands, and i certainly dont want to actually get ready. It really just is not very convenient to be sick.

On another note. We are heading to Pensacola on Friday and Im so excited!!! I just want to see my family and friends that I never get to see anymore. I cannot believe I have gone this long without seeing them. This past week has been a little busy trying to get everything ready to head out. Cooking all the food so it wont go bad, finish christmas shopping, taking care of all the bills, packing, its just crazy! Monday, Justin had his first basketball game! He did really well and his team won too! He scored the most points, I was so proud! haha! he is just the cutest little baller! We spent the rest of the week working and whatnot and then the weekend was pretty relaxing. We hugn out at the Regans all night Friday and played madden and went to ihop and stayed up way to late on Saturday. Needless to say since we stayed up way to late, we ended up missing the first service at church and rushing to the second. Afterwards we came home and watched the jagurs until Brian and Haley got home and then justin went to watch the game in HD since he loves Brians TV and me and Haley went and worked out. now let me tell you about our work out! i would be so skinny if i had a cardio theatre and could watch a good movie while running! I love that place! it was so awesome. Anyway, well we got home and finished watching the game, jaguars won! GO JAGUARS! this is for Justins mom since she got us these awesome shirts! Last night we watched Miracle on 34th Street, I really wanted to get more in the christmas spirit! Justin is so patient with me! I know he so does not enjoy any of the movies I like but he toughs it out. I just love him! Like I said, I have been sick, and he has cleaned the house for me and cooked his meals and not asked me to do anything! He is just the sweetest boy! Well, Im off to finish cleaning up and packing and whatnot. Got a few errands to run so please pray I feel a little better so I can function normally, im just so blah and i hate it! love you all!

let it snow let it snow let it snow

well, Justin and I had a fun weekend, busy, but fun. the weekend basically started thursday for me since it snowed all day and i didnt really have to work and the whole city pretty much shut down. It took me three hours to drive home from like 25 minutes away. It was so scary for me, i am a bad driver as it is. Luckily everyone drives so stinking slow because of the snow so there was not much of a chance for me to get in a bad wreck since we were going 5 mph. anyway, thursday night everyone was just in their houses trying to stay warm and stay out of the snow since it was impossible to drive. we had brian and haley over to grill out and watch the snow fall and ended up just spending the night relaxing in our house. it was fun, justin is the grillmaster you know. anyway, friday justin ended up actually working but me and jenny both didnt have anything to do so we went and ran errands and shopped! for like the fifth day that week. we are addicts. anyway, friday night 6 of our friends and Kyles parents, went and saw the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and it was soooo stinking good! we all really enjoyed it. afterwards we came back to our apartment and attempted to play trivial pursuit but well, we suck at it. so saturday, justin and i relaxed and then he had to go practice with the band at church so me and jenny sat up at starbucks for like two hours just to get out of the house. That night Justin and i went to my work party with my highly intoxicated co workers who crack me up and i love to death. it was a good time, i won a doorprize! haha!

well sunday church was good! didi really got worked up and i love when preachers turn red because they are just so excited! anyway, of course after church we went to BW's and ate wings and watched the jags game, however the colts dominated like usual. at least my fantasy team won! so the rest of the night i sat at my house incredibly bored! and the night didnt get much more interesting. I ended up going over to brian and haley's to play madden but since me and haley arent that interested in the game we just sat there and watched and talked. next time our husbands decide to be nerds we are having a girls night!!! so tonight the boys have a basketball game so hals and i are going up there to watch them kick some butt! woo hoo! anyway, i guess maybe ill clean or something now, i really dont like not being busy, its a disease.

ill be home in 11 days and i cant wait to see everyone, get ready to play people!!!!!! and have a great week!

our stockings are hung by the kitchen with care

sorry im so bad at this guys. I really dont have much to do during the day so you would think i would sit down and write, but nooooo. Anyway, lets catch up...well as you know, we had thanksgiving, haha. well justin and i went to jacksonville for about 5 days and it was soooo good to be with family and back in the south. We left on a tuesday and picked up sara at Milligan college, where it was snowing, and i liked it, and then we headed home to florida! we got in about 10 and it was just soooo good to see his family. I love them so much. It was so neat to not be sleeping on the bunk bed in aftons room anymore, it was weird to be in Justins room! i know thats weird, but it was neat. well we had a great thanksgiving day and grandaddy loved my cranberry relish! and everyone loved my pumpkin cheesecake. i mean this was my first thanksgiving as a domesticated woman, i had to make an impression! well of course the next day i had to go shopping. i got some good stuff and then me and afton headed back home to relax for a while and then the whole fam headed back out to the st johns town center for the night to shop and eat. the rest of the weekend was spent napping, playing with friends, burning my lip on a skewer trying to roast marshmellows, and fsu losing to florida, boooooo. it was really hard to come back to ohio after the fun and warm weather, but it had to happen. we dropped sara off and headed back up here and got back sunday night. so all last week we worked and decorated the house for christmas, went to brian and haleys and stayed til like 1 am every night, i think they want us to go home sometimes, watched the amazing lost ( i cant wait til the new one tonight ) got a gorgeous christmas tree that i love looking at, and looked at our potential house. the house is soooo cute, behind all the junk. lets just say its a fixer uper. it has potential but it will take a lot of work. i think maybe we saw it too soon because it is being worked on and has a ways to go. even then, we will still have to do a lot of work once we get in. we'll see what happens.

oh yea, go noles! who woulda thunk we would blow up v-tech. we actually get to go to a BCS bowl. i was excited about that. we went to brian and haleys to watch the game thinking we were totally losing and we got there and brian was like, hey you guys are winning!

so even though jenny and i go shopping everyday and spend way to much money, and spent too much last night, im actually off to go shop some more, so i gotta go meet up with that chickadee and spend lots more money on all of you! i love christmas time! have a good rest of the week!