To say we had a busy November would really be an understatement!
We started November (actually the end of October) with a Birkner family birthday get-together at the farm. Darrin had to work so he didn't get to go :( but I rode with Jackie, Stephanie, & Bond down there. We had a wonderful day celebrating all the October/November birthdays and spending time together.
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| The "Birthday Tree" |
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| Proud Great-Grandparents |
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| Just Horsin' Around! |
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| Sistas! |
Then we parted ways for the weekend in mid-November to participate in the Bachelor/Bachelorette parties for Bo & Patricia. I have no pictures from the boys' famous trip to New Orleans (this is most likely a good thing), but snagged a few of the girls' trip to Austin before my camera battery died - I'm getting really good at the whole dead camera battery thing. The ladies trip involved cruising around Austin in a LIMO!
(If any of you have the pics of the group in front of the limo please email them to me!! jamielbarton@yahoo.com)
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| Bride-to-be in her devilish getup! |
A winning Aggie football season left us itchin' to get back out there and watch our boys play one more time so we caved and bought tickets to the A&M vs nebraska game. Wow that turned out to be one heck of a good time! We won and there was a record-breaking attendance level. Aggie football atmosphere at it's finest. :)
(Apparently I didn't get any pictures from the game which is slightly surprising of me. Guess I was too busy getting ready for Sunday...)
This same weekend was jam-packed with activity! Mom & I helped host a baby shower for Abby & sweet baby Emma. That's right, she's sweet even before we get to meet her. :) Emma got "the hook-up!" with all her fun gifts and we're all looking forward to meeting her in January.
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| Made this Diaper cake for Abbs - I plan on blogging about how to make one eventually |
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This cake was every bit as delicious as it is adorable
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| Best Friends!!! |
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| hostesses |
Then came Thanksgiving!! And do we have much to be thankful for this year or what!? (Not that we don't EVERY year) We had a wonderful time with both my Dad's extended family and Perch's extended family. I even braved the Black Friday crowds for the first time ever in "Shop-a-thon 2010" My cousin Michelle and her friend are crazy enough to do this every year. We shopped from 10pm Thursday night until 7am Friday, then Darrin & I headed up to Dallas and I spent all afternoon shopping with Martha, Darrin's cousin Tawney, & Aunt Tess! You'd think I would've gotten it all done over those few days, but no. hehe It was definitely a fun experience!
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| the Lampley sisters |
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| OK, so last year's family Thanksgiving shot we were in a little bit dressier clothes, but this is the REAL us! :) |
And last, but CERTAINLY not least, we rounded out November with our very first Anniversary!!! :) We actually celebrated a few days early while we were in Dallas at a restaurant called Houstons. It was PHENOMENAL!!! mmmmmmm :) Sunday - our actual anniversary - we had a relaxing afternoon that consisted of Pizza Hut and a Harry Potter marathon. haha We were so exhausted from all the traveling!
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| Our 1st Anniversary - and our Christmas card picture :) |
I got a pleasant surprise Monday morning though, when I received a beautiful basket of flowers, chocolates and a teddy bear at work! (For those of you that don't know the Barton men, this is a BIG deal!! :)) I was SOOOOOOO excited!
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| Aren't they pretty!? :) :) I love my hubby!!! |
It's been a wonderfully, busy, hectic, exciting, and perfect first year and we look forward to 99 more. (Yeah, just 99 - I only made Darrin sign a 100 year contract. :))
Thanks for reading this far - if you did! :) Merry Christmas in case I don't post again before then (ahem, let's be honest here...I won't!) :)
