So happy for you Heather!! Brad is an amazing man who was well worth the wait!!! I love that he included us in the celebration and us surprising you was so fun. Your ring is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!! Love ya!!
We were in Plainview with my folks, sister, and her family for Christmas. Cousin-Love. ;)
Sunday afternoon we went to Brian's brothers house in LBB to have a mini Christmas with B's family. Thanks for hosting us Trent and Kelly, and thanks for the yummy dinner at Las Brisas, Amy and Fred. Loved seeing you guys.
This is Cam's new look and it's not a pretty one. This is her 'pissed-off-why-did-you-take-that-away-from-me-look'. Lets just put it this way: She's going to be a handful!!! She actually did really well at dinner though. I was proud of her.
One afternoon, Cam would NOT nap but she was exhausted so we compromised. ;). B loved every minute of this!!!!
The nursery wasn't open during the Christmas Eve service so she just went with us and did very well. B did have to leave with her for a few minutes, but was able to come back at the very end and take communion.
My Ian and London getting ready to hit the sack to Santa could come!
My mom around Cam's age
My mom as a baby. So cute !!
Thanks for being an amazing hosts mom and dad. We loved being with y'all this Christmas. Love y'all!!
My sis passes her boards!! She's now a CRNA!!!! Great job sissy!!!! They have moved into their new house in LBB and are super excited about this new chapter in their lives. Mel starts her job with Texas Tech Feb 1st, I believe.
I just love that I drop my baby girl off at this winter wonderland every morning. Debi's house is unbelievably beautiful and these pictures don't do it justice, but I just had to snap a few so I remember. She works very hard on her house with every single holiday and it makes it so fun for the kiddos. The inside of her home is absolutely stunning. 10X more decorated than the outside, and I don't know how she does it with 6 kids running around every day! I didn't even put a tree up this year because I didn't want Cam messing with it. For some reason the kids do not touch her stuff and everything is always PERFECT when we drop her off and pick her up. I must learn her secret!!!
The above picture doesn't really show them but she has these moving reindeer that literally drive Cameron wild! When we pull up she goes CRAZY and starts creaming BiBi!!! That's what she calls Debi. ;) so fun! We're beyond blessed to have this amazing woman taking care of our daughter!!!!
Last Friday, my sister graduated from Texas Weslyan University's CRNA school and what a fun celebration that was!!! My parents came to town and we had a blast! To see my sister complete her dream is indescribable. So incredibly proud of her!!! Here are me, London, and Ian waiting for the ceremony to begin!
My parents, Justin, Brian and I, Tami, and Lindsay all went in together to get my sis a Michele watch and she loved it. We wanted to get her something special and this is something she'll have forever!
Ian and London playing around with my iPhone at dinner. We went to Taverna in Sundance Square and the kids were getting antsy
After dinner we went to the new Omni Hotel's bar, Whiskey and Rye, and my dad got to show off his mad pool skillz!! He's really really good!!!
We were having a large time! ;)
Brian never shows PDA but I got a little peck the other night! Love you babe.
My sisters friend, Meredith, and her husband joined us for dinner and post-dinner drinks. Love me some Meredith!!
My beautiful mommy and sissy!
Saturday was Ella's 1st birthday so my mom, Cam, and I went to partake in her 'Onederland' themed birthday party. How cute is that?!?!? Donna did a phenomenal job putting together a darling and fun party!!! She wasn't too keen on her birthday cake but it sure was cute!! It was this huge cake in the shape of a cupcake!!! Thanks for inviting us Baileys! Always a good time at your place! ;)
Saturday night, my parents babysat Cam while me and 9 girlfriends went 'Limi-Light-Looking.' I cannot even begin to tell you how much fun this was! We will totally make this an annual outing. Debra bought a groupon back in July for 4 hours with ASAP Limousine service and we had an absolute blast! There were lots of cameras so I am missing lots of cute pics but below are a few. The first five were taken by my dad, who was in complete AWE by how 'foxy your friends are, Lin'. Those were his exact words. Ha!!! Dirty old man. ;). And he's always said foxy. Never pretty or beautiful. But really, in his opinion, foxy is BETTER than pretty or beautiful so he was totally loving the fact that everyone met at my house beforehand!
We ate at Fireside Pies on Henderson before then drove all through Highland park, then finished up in Plano at Deerfield Village. I've never seen such beautiful homes and light displays in my life!!!! Here are only a few of us and the lighting is bad but still cute! Kristen and Eileen, I'm so glad y'all came! It had been way too long!!!!
Lindsay saw Pistol in front of someone's house so we had to take a picture! She's an OSU Cowboy and actually dated the mascot, Pistol Pete, for a short time while in college. She's so big time!!!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, since my folks were babysitting, Brian went over to Mike Hales' house and they had a 'guys night.' ;). Brooks on the left, Sully on the right.
After some cocktails, egg nog, wine, sangria, beer, champagne, you name it, we had it, (the limo was BYOB) Debra suggests we crash a house party that we see going on while looking at lights. Megan, on the other hand, suggests we carol them instead. Well, we did just that. We all pile out of the limo, with our drink in band, gather around in a circle at the front door, after reapplying fresh lip gloss and fluffing our hair, mind you,... We are all geeked up an they don't answer the door! :(. We hear thousands of people in this house so we know they are in there but Megan is convinced it's because she's not knocking loud enough or ringing the doorbell enough times. FINALLY, after basically beating the door down, this handsome, probably 29 year old, guy opens the door. He is way cute! And had a Kool-Aid grin on his face. Beautiful Megan is front an center and starts us off with, "dashing through the snow... In a one-horse open...,," and we sing like there's no tomorrow! Clapping, stomping our feet, yelling, laughing,...we were a SIGHT!!! We end with 'We wish you a merry Christmas' and walk away. They were trying to get us to come inside, and had we not been on a time limit with the limo, we probably would have, but we had to go! Lindsay Hale was videoing this and it wasn't the real deal because they hadnt opened the door yet so we thought if we started singing they would hear us. Well they didn't so again: after Megan basically took the door down they finally answered and by that time Lindsay had quit filming. But this gives you an idea of the kind of singing/entertaining talent we blessed this party with. LOL!!!!!
After the limo dropped us off, Megan, Jenni, and Kayla hung back for a few more drinks or 'bottles,' if you will, and it didn't take long for us I realize we needed to go to bed!!!! Haha! Such fun, girls, and Deb: thanks for buying that groupon!!!
Just a cute pics of Cam on Saturday in her new fleece-lined Crocs from Bridget and Jim. Thanks y'all. She loves them!!
If I don't blog again before Christmas, may we all remember the reason for the season and the birthday of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Merry Merry Christmas from our family to yours!
Born and raised in Plainview, TX, I graduated from PHS in 1997 & carried on a family TX Tech University tradition from 97-01. I got a bachelors degree in Marketing & moved to Dallas in June of '01 to work for my very first job with Staff Care, Inc. Who would have thought 2 West Texans, who knew a lot of the same people, would meet on Match.com and actually work out? Not me! Brian & I met on 9/19/08 & married at The Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas on 5/15/10 with 94 of our closest family & friends. We recently moved from Dallas to Lubbock be closer to family and allow Brian an opportunity to fulfill his lifelong dream of practicing dentistry out in W. Texas. He bought Dr. Ronald Phillips practice & we could not be more thankful for this opportunity. Our greatest joys are our babies: Cameron Elizabeth, age 3, Tess Leanne, 9 months, and Nixie, our first baby, a toy Schnauzer, who is 5. Life & God are good and we are blessed beyond measure. I have created this blog to capture moments with family & friends as tomorrow is never promised.
