Sunday, January 20, 2008

Week Two is over, Here comes number 3

Well last week was pretty uneventful for us except for our scare with Clayton on Friday night. For those who don't know, Clayton wrestles for York College in Nebraska and their van rolled several times with all the wrestlers inside of it and one of them past away. Please pray for the family of Brock and everyone around him who is affected by his passing.

We are thankful though that Clayton is okay with only a few scratches.

The past two weeks have been busy but not completely out of control and we are still able to maintain our schedules pretty well and we also get to spend time together. My latest thing that is taking up more time then it should is that my friends told me I should watch Lost when the new season starts on January 31st but that I should watch a few old episodes so I can catch up on everything that is going on. Well I started with season 1, episode one and I'm addicted. I'm now 5 episodes into season 2 and have about 35 episodes to go before next Thursday and I'm not sure if I can make it but I'm gonna try. I know...I should be spending my time doing better things but it's addicting, ask Carter. I've even got him to start watching it with me when he's around and now he's asking me when I'm gonna watch the next episode!!

Monday, January 7, 2008

Last, First Day of School

This morning as I walked to class I realized that it is my last, first day of school. It made me a little sad since I've had so many of them over the past 17 years but on the other hand I'm incredibly happy that I'm almost done with tests, studying, and homework!! I had a class at 9 and 10 then I went to chapel and ate lunch with Carter and then came back to the room and tried to finish all my homework. I did except for a few math problems that I don't understand and I'm hoping Carter will help me with when he gets home from work. I also worked the afternoon shift at my daycare today which will now become my permanent shift and it went well and the new girl I work with is super sweet. The only down side is that the kids are cranky in the afternoon but I'm hoping it was just because it's monday. Then I babysat for a boy for our church and now I'm just taking a break.

Carter's classes went well today although he had back to back to back to back classes. He started at 10, went to chapel and lunch then has class from 12:30-3:20. I'm proud of him and how hard he's been trying to keep his grades up. He's at work right now and actually just called so I'm gonna go.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

PAPA MURPHY'S

After 4 years of living here we found out today that there is a Papa Murphy's! We are soo excited because this is one of our favorite pizza places that we've talked about wishing we had it here!! Anyways, yay for little suprises!!

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Long overdue post...I know

So my computer was saved, but Carter lost all of his information on his computer from the past 3 1/2 years. He is handling it suprisingly well but then again he doesn't really care about stuff like that. I on the other hand would have been crying and freaking out, but that's just how I am.

Now I need to go back to the beginning of break and review all of the happenings. The thursday after finals I went home for a week and it was thoroughly enjoyed. It was fun getting to hang out with my family and just relax and sleep in a little bit. We also had a few functions with the church so I enjoyed seeing everybody from there as well. It was especially fun and weird seeing all the kids I babysat when they were babies who are now in the 2nd and 3rd grade, or the ones I haven't seen in a year so they are all so big. At home I enjoyed my dad's yummy dinners made especially at my request. My brother has also grown so much since the last time I saw him at our wedding. It was also fun having girl time with my mom and sister who I love so much. My mema and grandpa came down to see me and shan too and we always love spending time with them. Also, our house looks fabulous because I haven't seen it since it has wood floors and new paint on some of the walls. My last night there I got to open up some of my presents so I could pack them, including my new suitcases I had to use to get everything back to Oklahoma.


Our Beautiful Living Room at Home, I loved it!










While I was gone Carter spent a jillion hours working, and a lot of time sleeping.

I flew back in on Thursday and then on Friday night we drove to Austin, TX to spend Christmas with Carter's Grandma, Aunts, Uncles, and cousins. Saturday morning I woke up early to attend Carter's Grandmas Personal Shower (she received lingerie) which was akward but not as bad as it could have been. Then we went back to the house and relaxed until it was crunch time to get everything loaded in the cars and head to the wedding location. The car trip should have normally been 30 minutes but because of traffic it took well over an hour to get there and Carter and his cousin had to turn around halfway there because his Grandma forgot one of her teeth on the bathroom counter and she wanted it for her wedding. So we figured the boys might be late no big deal, especially since they probably don't want to watch it anyways and Mamaw will have to live without her tooth. However as the 6:00 wedding time came close we realized that we didn't have the remote to the CD Player and that is the only way to operate it. We panicked as we tried to remember where it was and realized it was in Erics pocket (the cousin who was late with Carter). So we had to wait until about 6:10 when the boys showed up to start the ceremony so they could have music. Overall the wedding went well and the reception too, nothing too eventful there.


On Christmas eve we had the big dinner with all the yummy foods and Mamaws new husband's family came as well. Then we opened all our presents. I got a red peacoat that I really wanted, the hairspray soundtrack, and a book I wanted. I also took some presents from home for me to open to so that I wouldn't miss our christmas as much. Carter got a stack of 6 dvd's a Texas hat and a Dallas Cowboys over the years book with great photography.

On Christmas day we did nothing. We left early so we could beat the bad weather that was supposed to be coming into Oklahoma and drove home. However we did get locked out of our apartment that night as we went to find someplace open for Christmas and all our windows were locked. Usually we can get a Phase Manager to let us in but that week there was nobody on duty and security was no help at all so we were worried that we were going to have to find somewhere nearby to stay because we didn't even have our car keys. Luckily Carter decided to give our side window a try and managed to open it because apparently I only had locked one side of it. Unfortunately it was the most inconvenient window because our table is underneath it and it was full with our christmas tree and other stuff. While climbing through the window I luckily didn't break anything except my gingerbread house and it is definetly a memorable Christmas experience. Although we weren't home for Christmas and it didn't feel like Christmas because of the lack of festivities I know that it will be better next year!
Our Christmas Decorations, Notice the ugly fluff ball. Carter made it and he is so proud even though it is super ugly.
Our last week of break we have spent sleeping in and just relaxing as much as possible. For new year I made a turkey and we went to a friends house for games and bringing in the new year.

Well I know this was long but I just wanted to let you know what has been going on with us and we hope you all had a great holiday season as well!!

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Computer is Dead

So sorry about the lack of posts but my computer has died and I can't load up any pictures until I get it fixed. But a promise a full pictured update when I get it back. Hopefully it hasn't crashed or else I'll lose everything that's on it for the last 4 years!!! It would be awful!!!!