Happy #9!!!

9 years ago today on a beautiful, sunny, and cool afternoon I said "I Do" to the love of my life.

I want to thank Lonnie for being my best friend, my soul mate, a wonderful father, a wonderful son and a great person. I can't wait to see what is planned for the rest of our days together.

Happy #9!

02-02-02

Since then our love has grown in number and in strength.

Here are a few things we have experienced in our 11 years together:

Housing- 1 apartment, 1 duplex, three houses

Location- College Station, Richwood(Lake Jackson), The Woodlands

Jobs- 10 total between the two of us

Children- 3!! Mallory, Morgan, Case

Dogs- Brynn(9), Broadie(10)

Cars- 7(tends to be an area we need to work on :))
Vacations- Jamaica, Vegas, Orlando, Cancun, San Antonio, Boerne, Colorado, Destin, Del Lago, Pointe West-Galveston, Louisville, to name a few....

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

1 Corinthians 13:13

Happy Anniversary

Cotton Bowl 2011

This past weekend we headed to Dallas for the 2011 Cotton Bowl. We stayed at the Gaylord Hotel in Grapevine which was awesome. We arrived late Thursday evening and met up with the usual, the Perronis and McKinneys.

Fightin' Texas Aggie Band

Jerry's World (Dallas Cowboy Stadium)

We were invited to a pre-game tailgate at Bob's Steakhouse. It was a lot of fun and we got a lot of cool Cotton Bowl memorablia.

As you can imagine when we get together there are always lots of laughs(usually Seth induced). This picture speaks for itself!

Billy, Football legend Gene Stallings and Seth

He was so nice to continue to pose and take pics with us.

Me and Barry Switzer! I tried to get a pic of his ring but Lonnie said that was a bit stalkerish :) Let's just say it gave "bling" a whole new meaning.

Just hanging out with Governor Perry. Someone didn't tell Evan he was in the shot.

Lonnie and Leslie: Cotton Bowl 2011 Gig 'Em

Jenn, Me and Paige

Thanks again to the McKinney's for organzing everything. Athough the game was a bummer, we still had so much fun and can't wait for our next get together! Maybe next year Aggies.

Ugly Sweater New Year's Party

For New Year's we decided to have a party in honor of our old neighbors Josh and Kenna who were in town visiting. They moved to Cali about a year ago and we have missed them every day since! I also decided to make it an ugly sweater New Year's party because I have been wanting to have some sort of costume party for just about forever. We included kids since most people with kids don't have plans on New Year's or can't get a sitter. We had so much fun and were so glad to ring in the new year with old and new friends. Here's hoping 2011 is another blessed and wonderful year!

This picture cracks me up. Brynn bringing in the New Year.

Stacey, Sarah, Paige, Kate, Julie, Me, Kenna, Eva, Jenn and Bella(a few of the couples were party poopers and didn't dress up but we forgave them!)

The Fellas: Chris, Bear, Drew, Chad, Seth, Evan, Josh, Lonnie and Mike

Ugly sweater participants

Seriously could be the funniest picture ever. Lonnie(aka the tourist), Seth(aka Cousin Eddie) and Evan(aka ???)hahaha

Paige was so cute. Could totally have been an elementary school teacher

Unfortunately the pics don't do my sweater justice. The shoulder pads were out of control!

If we voted on best dressed the McKinney's were the winning couple. Down to the velcro shoes details they looked great!!

Leslie and Kenna

Thanks again to all our friends who were able to make it. At one point we had 13 kids under the age of 6 at our house and not one major incidence(except Morgan locked in the garage - sorry Morgan!) Happy New Year!