Monday, June 18, 2012

Catchup: March & April 2012


March

  • Visit from the Stabeno family for Birdie's volleyball tournament. She was my little flower girl (or Junior Bridesmaid, really) 2 1/2 yrs ago...

...and now, look at her!


Me with all the Stabeno kiddos at the volleyball tournament. Brought back memories from when my sisters played. Love these crazy little kids!

  • We {successfully} hosted our first Bible study in our home! We were blessed to stumble upon a couple down the street that were starting a Bible study with couples in the area from the same church we have been going to! We finally jumped into the rotation and hosted dinner & Bible study for nearly 20 people. I took on the daunting task of making manicotti. It was definitely a success, but a lot of hard work. We love that God hand-picked every one of these couples to be in our lives right now and are so fortunate to be a part of this incredible group.
I will call this "Manicotti Madness" but mmmmmm delicious!

April

{Truth be told, the first 3 things all actually happened over the span of 4 days!!!}
  • Darrin & I took a mini vacation to San Antonio and went to Six Flags, La Hacienda, the Quarry golf course, and the Cheesecake Factory. We had so much fun reliving the memories in our old stomping grounds!
  • Bridal shower for my sweet San Antonio friend, Sammy.

Me & the Bride
Beth, Sammy, & Me - Beth is Sammy's maid of honor and I have truly enjoyed getting to know her over the last few months.

  • We hosted the entire Lampley clan at our new home for Easter. They went to our church with us for a special Easter service (and the choir and Pastor did a phenomenal job) then we all came back for Easter lunch that I made!!! I felt so blessed to be able to share my home with my family who has shared so much with me. Thank you all for coming! 

The entire Lampley gang!
All because two people fell in love. <3
Sweet Sisters
Hubby & Me! He was so sweet to wear his pink shirt for me. ;)
 The rest of the month was filled with date nights to the Rockets game, enjoying God's beautiful creation, picking up Chrissy's WEDDING DRESS!, weekends with our Houston friends (both new & old), craft projects (just Jamie, obviously) and a 90th birthday lunch for Darrin's Mimi!

Even a weed can be beautiful
Can you guess what my craft project was??
Sneek peak!! I will post a blog for this later 
Halftime entertainment (Baby Crawl) at the Rockets game. We actually know the green family and little Colten won!!!
Whew! I think May needs it's own post.


Sunday, June 17, 2012

Catchup: January & February 2012

*Sorry for the massive delay in completing my catchup posts. I couldn't find my camera cord for the longest time, and once I did I had made myself too busy again! ;)*

2012 ~ The beginning of a new adventure in a{nother} new city!

January:

  • (This was technically December) Martha & Eric came to visit. We all went to watch the Aggies win the Meineke Car Care Bowl and they stayed to ring in the New Year with us (even though we all rang the new year in through the backs of our eyelids, hehe!)

  • Darrin started as an Industrial Outside Salesman with Crawford's new Industrial branch! I am so incredibly proud of what he has accomplished in such a short time and so blessed to call him my soulmate and partner in crime for life!
  • Surprise birthday dinner for Perch & Reece!
  • Wedding dress shopping for Chrissy & an afternoon at the Bridal Show!!!! This was especially fun because we got to share it with our sweet friends the Gallihers too. Kelly and Chrissy got engaged the same day and will both be getting married in a few short months. (Obviously, I won't post pics. The dress is the big secret!!!!) Wedding stuff is so much fun! :)


February:
  • The craziest painting extravaganza ever!! Aunt Tess & Uncle Tommy came to town and helped us paint 4 rooms in our house!! Perch came too and he & Darrin put in a chair rail in our dining room. Talk about a transformation!!! They even inspired me to tackle one other crazy painting project I had my heart set on. This one's so good it's getting it's own post so you can see the "before and after"s. Stay tuned, it's great I promise!!! 
  • Nate & Hannah's wedding!
Me & my handsome groom at rehearsal dinner
The real Bride & Groom! Mr. & MRS. Greig!!
Again, I missed out on getting ANY pictures at the wedding because we were too busy dancing and having fun. Check out Maleigh Canon's Blog for the official, and BEAUTIFUL, pictures! If you look closely you might just catch us cuttin' loose and dancin' the night away! Here's one of me & my love compliments of Canon Creek Photography: