It's Been A While, Again...

Well Christmas and New Year's came and went. On to another semester at school. I got a great Christmas present this year, a digital SLR camera. It has been a lot of fun, I am still learning but already have taken lots of great pictures. The camera really does make it a lot easier to get some good shots. Here are some I like a lot:








I decided last Wednesday (before I got strep throat) to dive back into the world of html... I haven't gotten too far yet, but it is interesting to design a webpage from scratch. I'll have to share when I get something cool made. I never really like the templates I find, so maybe I can do better.

I really want to open a photography business and quit my "real job." I hope someday that happens :) My mom offered to buy me a backdrop and some lighting for my birthday to take a family portrait. Sounds like fun! I am hoping this summer maybe to put up a website to promote myself. Shawn might even join me. He is an experienced studio photographer and is interested in creative photos of outdoors stuff: leaves, animals, etc. I am more into pictures of people just being themselves. So, we'll see what happens! We have already decided on a name and I have been playing around with logos, mainly just cause I get bored and have nothing better to do. (Ok, I have tons to do, but I'd rather play with logos.)

Good news yesterday! My sister took her NCLEX-RN test to be a registered nurse and she passed! I knew she would, even though she was skeptical! She is really smart and a very hard worker!! I knew she would do well. Seriously, I am lazy compared to her. That is one reason I am hoping she will come help me pick out colors and paint some rooms in my house sometime soon. Come to think of it, I might need to invite several friends/workers ;) I have a lot of walls to cover in a weekend.

Shawn decided I could do what I wanted with the house, but he didn't want to be there for it. I decided that sounded good, so sometime soon he will go away for a weekend and come back to a newly painted house.

Ok, back to my class now...

Swingin'

Yesterday at Star School waiting for Shawn to get through driving the bus.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

I am excited about decorating for Christmas this year. Shawn and I went to Wal-Mart and got some maroon and silver christmas ornaments. Gig 'em Aggies! And I even made a wreath out of come cedar branches I cut off of a tree out by our house. I put a red bow on it. It looks a little scrawny, but I got tired of getting scratched up by the cedar. Oh well! We are supposed to get our tree this weekend, so that will be fun. Shawn is going to cut it down at a Christmas Tree Farm.

Shawn has some big ideas for what he wants to get Ashilee and Brytini and Bryce. We'll see what happens!

Misty's wreck

There has been a lot going on lately. Recently a good friend, Misty, (the twin sister of one of my best friends) was in a car accident. She fell asleep at the wheel and hit a tree. She was in ICU for a week or so, and she had a cracked pelvis and a sliced spleen. She had a lot of mucus in her lungs, so she was on a ventilator for about a week. Things seemed to be getting better, though, and they moved her to her own room and after two weeks of being in the hospital she was moved to a rehab facility nearby. That was on Thanksgiving.

The very next day she was moved back to ICU. Her lungs filled with fluid. She had pneumonia. One of her lungs collapsed, and one of her lungs had a blood clot in it. (Not sure if it was the same lung or not) She is only 25, and she is fighting for her life. They said they almost lost her Friday night. Anyone that reads this, please pray for Misty!

Brandy (her sister) is set to get married December 22, and we are not even sure if Misty will be out of the hospital by then. We aren't sure what is going to happen. It is heartbreaking. She had been driving back and forth to school and that is when she fell asleep while she was driving.

Toe-tally fun!

Just a cute photo of our Henry (also known as "Hank" to some...)

Finally a Bridesmaid!

Brandy is getting married! December 22, 2007! So I get to be a bridesmaid now :) Woohoo... And hopefully the bridal shower will be December 1. Hopefully that all works out! I'm excited for Brandy and Will, and it's only going to be 5 days before our anniversary.

Fall Festival Star, TX

This weekend we had the Fall Festival... I helped run the cakewalk, and Shawn did the concessions stand. They also had Bingo, so when we were done at around 9:30, we went over there and it didnt' end til 1am. We won some little things, and a couple of useful things, too :) One was a bionic wrench, and also we got a cute pot for a plant that has a little chalkboard on the side of it. Here is a picture of Shawn in his Rodeo Clown getup... I did the face paint!

Pics from David's Wedding

Here are a couple of pictures from the wedding! One cute one of the kids, and one with Brandy and Leigha :) and of course, one of all 6 of us as we scrambled out to get to the wedding on time...

I finally talked to Pam after a while, and her Pinning Ceremony is December 13, a Thursday. She is graduating from nursing school and she will be an RN. I don't know if I'll be able to make it, but I would absolutely love to, cause I know it's been a long road to get to this point, and she did it!! I am really proud of her, she never quit and she has done so well with grades and everything. Now she just needs to move closer to me. Then it would be perfect :)

Anyway, we have a fall festival this weekend, the 27th, at school. And guess who was voluntold to put on a cakewalk? You guessed it, me. There are supposed to be around 100 cakes, and I'll probably be making quite a few of those. My classes are going to take over the home ec room and bake all day Friday. That part should be pretty fun, anyway... We have a concession stand to do this Friday, too! It is going to be another busy weekend!

God's grace

God is good! We got to go to David and Whitney's wedding this weekend and I finally got to see Brandy's baby! Leigha is a cutie :) It has been a long time since I saw Brandy, a few months I guess. She looked great! I think motherhood agrees with her. And we had fun hanging out til around midnight. We finally had to give it up though, cause we were going to church the next day at 9 at Living Hope!! www.lhbc.net I love that place! We really miss all of our friends who go there, and the authentic way that people live out their Christianity. Praise God for bringing us all back for a visit. We also got to introduce the girls to the whole family, so that was fun. I'll post a picture someday, but I am on Shawn's computer, so I can't do a whole lot...

I am at school right now and I am bored... I have things to do but I don't want to grade so I don't have anything else to do ;)

Wedding Weekend

This weekend my cousin David is getting married ( www.whitneyanddavid.com )... We have got new dresses and the boys have tuxes. We are ready :) And I finally get to see Brandy's baby!! She is already 2 and a half months old! Can't wait to see everyone, and I should have some great pictures to show, too!