Thanksgiving 2012

Hey y'all!  I hope you guys had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  I must admit, it was very difficult for me to get a lot of work done on Monday and Tuesday of last week because I was so anxious to get to my family, but I managed to plow through, and before I knew it, I was headed north on I-45!

This year we did a little something different for Thanksgiving...we had breakfast at my cousin's new house, and then headed to the Dallas Cowboys stadium to see them take on the Washington Redskins!!!!  (We had Thanksgiving dinner on Friday...)

I'll be honest, I was totally going for the Redskins!  Many of you know that RGIII and I grew up together in the very same church, and such!  He is also a Baylor Bear!  So, there was no way I could NOT root for my homie...regardless of where I was...lol.

During the National Anthem...I LOVE that part of games...

This was during the coin toss!

My entire family came to the game, but we pretty much split once we made it into the gate!  LOL!  I sat by my sweet Granny!!!  This is my cousin Eboni!

Before I left to head to the farm, I put up my Christmas tree.  I wanted it to be up so that I wouldn't have to do it when I got home.  I know that most people wait until after Thanksgiving, and I will do that after I have my family...right now, it's all about convenience.  Every year I have the thought/prayer that it is the LAST tree that I put up as a single gal.  Only God knows right?! LOL..  Here she is in the flesh!

I LOVE my tree.  I love the holidays.  I love Christmas music, and how people just tend to be a little nicer during this time of year.  I DO NOT like the food comas I encounter, but the food is so good! I'll be at the gym tomorrow morning...I can feel the dressing, mac and cheese, and sweet potatoes in my thighs...lol

I came back Saturday and was home for about an hour before heading to Marcus and Malitta's gender reveal party.  I am happy to announce that my little bundle of love NEPHEW will be here in April!  I love him so much already...I can't wait to kiss his little cheeks and feet! 

Danni came down for the party, and IT WAS SO GOOD seeing her.  We hadn't seen each other since M&M's wedding in January, and we had a lot of catching up to do.  I love my sweet friends, and I love my little nephew!  I can't tell you how lucky I feel to have amazing friends in my life.  Not everyone can say that, and I am truly blessed.

I'll leave you with a little video I took during the big reveal moment.  It is so precious and captures just how excited we all are!  I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

'Twas the Night Before Christmas...

It's Christmas Eve, and I'm sitting around with my family. We just finished watching a video where my cousins and I, my Mom, and my Aunt Sheila at my Aunt Jennifer's wedding!!! HI-LARIOUS!!! We can't sing...not well anyway, but boy did we try. Good times, and so special to watch since my Aunt Sheila passed away in August.



I've been having such a great time with my fam in Mississippi. My cousins and I have enjoyed SO many laughs....I miss being around them!

I've been to the mall EVERYDAY this week....and that is NOT an exaggeration. I'm all malled out (GASP-- I NEVER thought I'd say that). So far, I've gotten all the gifts, but I've wrapped nothing. I'll get to it I suppose before our exchange tomorrow.

The only thing I asked for this year were shoes, and I can't wait to see how Santa delivers. I.love.shoes!

We went to church tonight...the Christmas Eve service. A couple of pics from this week are below. Enjoy!!

I've been thinking a lot lately about 2010, and what I would like to accomplish, but honestly, more importantly, what I want God to do in my life. 2009 was a great year, but I really am looking forward to what's in store for 2010. One thing I can say that I will be working on is transparency, transparency, transparency....UGH! That is SO SUPER hard for me....I'd much rather stay vague, ambiguous....SAFE....I'm working on it, but it is not easy for me.

Anywho...I've rambled on and on about a ton of things, but I've got presents to wrap and family to hang out with! Merry Christmas friends!









And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth Luke 1:14 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Christmas Time is HERE!!!

Is that Charlie Brown song stuck in your head? OMG! I can't believe it's been well over 2 1/2 months since my last post! I promise to do better in 2010. In fact, I'm getting a snazzy new blog layout to go along with my committment to "blog more!"

I LOVE this time of year! Yesterday, I checked my mail, and had 7 Christmas cards!! It was so awesome getting to see my friends' families, and to see the creativity of the cards. Now only if I can get mine in the mail...they're coming people...hang in there!

For the sake of truly getting in the spirit, I'm posting the decorations I've put up around my apartment. I'm so proud of everything that I found. Can you guess where the majority of my decorations came from? Yep! Hobby Lobby! Southern Living is a close second!

So, without further adieu, here's my Christmas 2009 Tour:










Here are some of my favorite ornaments:








Here are a few pics from the Junior League Holiday Market Committee Christmas Party:







What are your Christmas plans for this year? My Mom and I are flying to Mississippi to be with her family. I honestly can't wait. I love my cousins to death, and I'm already planning the activities for us to keep ourselves busy. Not to mention, I haven't seen Karmen since August, and she's talking so much more now! Taboo, talent show, shopping, and just sitting around reminiscing. It's one of my most favorite times of the year.

Let's not forget about the food. I gained 3 pounds over Thanksgiving, have been working my butt off to lose those pounds, and a few more, only to have a reserve for the damage Christmas is sure to bring. When you get my Mom, my grandmother, and my Aunt Mickey under one roof cooking together....oh.my.goodness! Don't worry though...I'm packing my work-out clothes, and Mom and I are already planning to run the neighborhood MANY times!


I'll be back with more pics and stories as the rest of this Holiday season unfolds. Until then...later gators!