Merry Christmas!!

Josh & I took our picture for our first Christmas card. I know it's cheesy but Christmas is my favorite holiday! I came home from work last week & Josh had bought our tree. It was a nice surprise. It's actually been cold in Texas this past week so we got to break in our fireplace too.
Here is our family photo for our card!We also got to go to Six Flags this weekend. I have never been and it was Josh's company picnic so we got tickets for $15 (which included parking!) It was cold but we had a fun time.
I am tall enough to ride!


Waiting in the cold to ride the rides Riding the train around the park.

Thanksgiving

Josh and I had our first Thanksgiving together since getting married. We got to be with both families so it was a lot of fun. After Thanksgiving dinner, we went with Josh's mom & sister and saw A Christmas Carol in 3D. It was a lot of fun and a cute movie.We also went with my brothers, sister in law, nephew, and mom to the Christmas Tree Farm. Eli had a ton of fun & was more interested in the "train" hay ride than the trees.


"Austin Angels"
We had a good trip home and are looking forward to Christmas. We put up our tree & once I finish decorating I will post pics of our house :-)

First Halloween

This was our first Halloween as a married couple. It might sound silly but we were excited to have pass out candy for the first time in our house. We bought decorations, I made Rocky a super dog cape, and we bought a ton of candy. After all that, there were only 3 groups that came to our door. I guess nobody really goes trick or treating anymore now that all the churches & schools havae their own parties. Oh well! We still had fun watching scary movies together. Here is a picture of Rocky all dressed up!

Now that Halloween is over we have a ton of things coming up: Josh's birthday, Thanksgiving, finals, both our dad's birthdays, Christmas, my birthday, & our 1 year wedding anniversary! Hopefully I'll be able to keep the blog updated through all of that!

Our New House

So it's been a long time since I've updated. We've been so busy the past couple months. We finally moved from Maryland back to Texas. We are so happy to be back. Josh has finally gotten settled back at work. After a year of being out of school, due to back surgery, I start school this week. I am excited but nervous at the same time. But mainly just ready to finish!
Here's a few pictures of our new house. Next time I'll post some pictures with all our furniture in it.






And here's the boys snuggling in our bed :-)

Rocky and the Laser Pointer Video

I think I finally got the video small enough to upload so here you go:

Rocky & the vacuum

As most of you know, Josh has been off work the past couple of weeks. Today was a rainy day so this is what we do to entertain ourselves, introduce Rocky to the vacuum! Here is a video of what happened:




Rocky definitely thinks he's smaller than he really is:



I've been having trouble uploading the video of Rocky chasing the laser pointer but as soon as I do I'll put it up :-)
Josh and I will be in Oklahoma the weekend of June 20th for a wedding. It will be a short visit so we probably won't get to see everybody that we want to. We were in town in May for Josh's sister's graduation. Here are some pics from our visit:


Meghan's graduation





At Mother's Day dinner


Eli loves to put on my Ugg boots

Eli talks to Josh on the Phone

I was looking through pictures and video on my computer & I found this one. Back in March I was back in Oklahoma visiting family but Josh had to stay in Maryland. One day he called & Eli took the phone from me & this is what happened :-) Just felt like sharing!!

Sarah tagged me so here it goes...

What's your current obsession? Trying to get my back to be back in normal shape. My goal is to do a cartwheel by then end of the summer. If you know me you know this is harder than it sounds lol

What's your weirdest obsession? ummm dr pepper???

What are you wearing today? Jeans & a tshirt

Why is today special? Not exactly special but Rocky is sick so I'm taking care of him

What would you like to learn to do? I agree with Sarah, sew. But also, shoot a gun! haha

What's the last thing you bought? Rain boots!

What are you listening to right now? The news talking about what the always talk about-swine flu

What's your favorite weather? Sunny!

What's your most challenging goal right now? Trusting God with Josh's job situation

What do you think about the person who tagged you? She's an awesome sister in law, great mother & wife :-)

What's your favorite guilty pleasure? Pop ice haha

Favorite vacation spot? Playa del Carmen was beautiful!

What would you like to have in your hands right now? A remote (to a new tv ;-) )

What would you like to get rid of? I'll copy Sarah's- insecurities

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go? Since it's wet & cold out I'd say the beach!

What language do you want to learn? I really want to pick Spanish back up

What super power would you like to possess? Flying!

What your favorite thing about the city you live in? Umm.... haha jk It's so pretty in every season. In the fall & winter you have all the trees & in summer & spring you have the beach!

What's your favorite piece of clothing in your closet? My ugg boots, I can't lie

What's your dream job? Nurse & whenever we have a family(not any time soon) be a stay at home mom

If you had $150 now what would you spend it on? Bills, groceries, etc. When did I become a grown up?????

Do you admire anyone's style? I wish I could dress like Eva Longoria. She's small like me :-)

Describe your personal style. Jeans, tshirt, flip flops. Thats about it haha I wear a dress to church now & then

Who's fashion show would you want tickets to? Chanel :-)

Who's closet would you like to raid? Emily has a ton of Coach stuff.... hehe

What are you most proud of? Me & Josh. We really had to grow up recently. Getting married & moving 25 hours away from everyone we know. We definitly are each other's best friends.

If you could choose one person who had passed to have lunch with who would it be and why? Lucille Ball- I love her & I think it would be fun!

Okay, Idk anyone else with a blog so Christin? You're it

Washington DC

Last weekend Josh's mom & sister came to visit us. It was a lot of fun. We ate at a hibachi restaurant, went shopping, went to DC, & also hung out and watched movies. Here are some pictures from their visit:











We had so much fun! We are now looking forward to coming home to Oklahoma May 20th thru the 25th for Meghan's high school graduation :-)

Rocky!

Josh and I have just added a new member to our family! He is a German Shepard and Lab mix. His name is Rocky! He is a year and 4 months old. We don't get to bring him home til Friday but here are some pics of our visit from today.






And here is Jack. He started snuggling up with this towel & we figured out why. We had sushi the night before & I guess it smelled like fish!!

Trip Home

This past weekend I went home to Owasso to visit family but mainly see Eli! When that little guy tells you he misses you, it breaks your heart! It was really nice seeing everyone but at the end of the weekend I was ready to come home to Josh! Here are some pictures from the weekend:

It was bath time! Grandma dried his hair with a towel which resulted in a mohawk!



Eli doesn't really like to pose for pictures

Hello!

We thought this would be a good way to keep all our friends and family updated on how we are doing up here in Maryland :-)
So far we are really enjoying it here. We just painted our living room & kitchen. It looks so much better than the boring white it was before!!


Our next step is sanding then re-staining the coffee table & end tables. Decorating your own house is so much fun!
We'll keep you updated!!