Monday, January 31, 2011

Colby's 28th

Well, since January is almost over I need to acknowledge Colby's birthday! He finally caught up to this old lady and joined me in the late 20's! :) We are actually only 3 1/2 weeks apart, but since its Dec/Jan, we were born in two different years, which makes it feel more of a difference. For Colby's actual birthday, which was on a Thursday, I cooked him a yummy dinner for when he got home from clinic. We had a birthday date on that Friday and went out to an excellent seafood place downtown, which was fabulous! We spent a little time in Barnes & Noble killing time reading magazines. And then to Colby's surprise, we went to a hilarious impromtu comedy show downtown.  We laughed so hard! They use people from the audience throughout the show, and lets just say we were in some random company that night- don't think they could have planned better "stand-ins."
The best part of the show, was that it was free! True story- back on our anniversary in May, we took Rocky to the dog park and there were some people there filming. We didn't pay much attention until they approached us to be in the video. The guy told us to email him and he'd hook us up for tickets. We've been busy and hadn't found a time to go, so when I was planning his b-day date, I decided to email and what do you know? He still honored that after 8 months! We will definitely go back again as willing paying customers, as it was a great show!
Happy Birthday my love! You are the greatest blessing that God could have possibly put on this Earth for me, and I am so grateful. I'm so proud of all your hard work, and know that we WILL make it to the other side of this crazy season of life. I love you! :)

 My Birthday boy laughing at me for taking his picture
Warm Delight desserts for 2 and a candle to blow out! (he got his real birthday cake at small group-Thanks Patricia!)
Happy Birthday Colbs!  (On his actual birthday)
 We had gotten home from date night and I realized we didn't take any pictures! Colb had already taken off his tie, but he's still oh so cute! :)

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Ski Trip!

I have NO idea what the heck my blog is doing  with this whole font change but I'd rather not waste time figuring it out- so here it is...simply stated! :)

Probably the highlight of our year was getting to go skiing with friends! We had been planning the trip for like 6 months, I requested off of work way back, starting saving,  and when it finally came, we were so excited! The best way to spend our Christmas/b-day money- so thanks fam! I worked the 26th and the 27th and when I got off of work on the 27th we hopped in the car and didn't get out until we were in Colorado the next day! Yikes- long drive but luckily I was exhausted after working and slept pretty well in the car. We drove to meet Colby's sister Kaylan and Austin in Lubbock and since Austin is a paramedic on night shift, he drove the rest of the way overnight! Seriously- he was amazing to drive so much! We were very grateful! It was awesome to get up to the mountains, to see the beautiful landscapes of God's creation, to relax and spend time with friends, but oh my goodness was it cold!!
 Warning- lot of pictures- but I love them! :)
Hey Kaylan!
 Austin- our fearless driver!
 Andrew and Colb rocking the glasses after being in the car all night
 Hilarious! And let's face it- we all looked like this at some point! Love you Andrew!
 After we got there and got settled into the condo- we went sledding!!!
 First round didn't go so well- haha!
 "Colby! Ahhh....Colby!  COLBY!" - Me screaming down the hill
 My "it's not fun unless there's a waiver" husband getting some air
 In one piece! And Cold!
 Colb and Andrew
 Our condo was right by the lake- it was gorgeous!
 So so pretty
 We went to the Dam Brewery on the first night for some yummy food!
 Group Shot- Keystone 2010!!
 Brad, Daniel, and Andrew on the quad
 Austin and Kay ready to go!
 Andrew and Colby on day 1
 Brad and Colby up on the summit
Us freezing on the lift- on day 2 (but it was like 8 degrees that day-no worries)
 How Great is our God!
 He can move the mountains!
 He is Mighty to Save!
 The trees are God's great alphabet:
With them He writes in shining green
Across the world His thoughts serene.
~Leonora Speyer
 That's me in the green rockin' the snowboard- but oh my knees, not as young as I used to be, ha!
 Starfire- a racy black on the last day with the town below
 Austin and me- the lone boarders on the last day
 Sweet- we look hardcore, huh? Not.me.
 A break to warm up on the last day- it was so cold the camera lens was fogged completely over- this is my hat hair
 The 4 troopers skiing on the last day. -19 degrees, -31 windchill! Crazy- um yes, my face was so frozen and it was the coldest I have ever rode in, but we had to make those lift tickets count! I might add that Kaylan broke her wrist on day 1 and Colby cracked his heels on day 2 so they couldn't come the last day but would have been there, sad! And yes, Colb is working those crutches seeing patients! :)
 This is how all the evenings went- game nights! So fun! Love these friends!
 Catch phrase- "say it ghetto- Dat sun!" :)
 Ringing in 2011 a little early because we were tired!
 The whole gang- great trip! Thank you Lord for that blessing!

Friday, January 14, 2011

Updates!

Trying to update the blog before school starts next week! Scroll on down! I also back posted a few here and here if you're bored. :)

One quick pic of our good friends the Steins, when we got to see them after a 2 year assignment in the Peace Core in Swaziland- love them!

Christmas with the Fam

We went to my sister's house for Christmas this year and it was a lot of fun! We were so thankful for her to host us all (since there's a lot of us!) and also for us both to be off work and able to travel. It was a quick trip and we had to drive back on Christmas day so that I could work the 26th, but we really enjoyed time with family.

My brothers taking the dogs for a walk
 The boys playing some bocce ball
 The fam at church on Christmas Eve- so great to all be together
 Christmas Eve traditional soup meal with birthday cake for Jesus
 The other table- with our party popper crowns
 Merry Christmas!
 The girls
 And the boys
 Yah, this is really more like it
 The reindeer gift distributor-hilarious!
 Christmas morning- Rocky getting excited about his present from Grammy
 It's a stuffed reindeer! And he loves it! Takes it everywhere and even snuggles on his pillow with it. Thanks Grammy!
 Cousins
 Lizzie and me
 The whole Fam on Christmas afternoon
 Christmas Day lunch
 And the other table- with more poppers, yay!