Showing posts with label New Years. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Years. Show all posts

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Late Updates!

I haven't blogged in a little more than a month - so we'll just go for a photo dump!  It's been a pretty plain month though.  The weather has been fairly warm, though we did get a little bit of ice once.  I immediately hopped online and bought a set of YakTrax for Eric and me, so he doesn't fall while working and I don't fall on Squish.  Currently, Mom and Alan are in Mexico and Ashley is on her way home.  Eric is house sitting for them, and I can't wait to have him back at home next week!

A shot of our 2011 Christmas tree.  We never decorated it, but I used it to hold all of our Christmas cards and the Rainbow fish that Kelli and Tracy made for me!

 I had Cameron, Caleb, and Colin over for a fun night while Paul, Deb, Brian, Jen, and Eric wrapped up the winter mini-tour at Old Chicago.  We had a great time!

We house sat for Papa while he was in Michigan visiting the Murray's.  Addy came along so we didn't have to leave her home alone.  By the end of our time there, Addy and Frisco were coexisting fairly nicely! 

New Year's Eve at the Green's, in Smithville.  We played "Truth Be Told", which isn't nearly as fun with people who aren't as close with one another. 

Ready for 2012! 

Eric's champagne and my sparkling juice! 

Cheers!  It's Squish's year!!! 

Addy on the drive home from Papa's house. 

After holiday break, Kelli and I discovered that we had another person moved into our office!  It was a bit stressful to happen with no notice.  But we have since rearranged our office and it's all worked out! I actually think I like the new configuration a lot better.

Eric and I spent a nice chunk of savings and Christmas money on a new computer.  Brian helped Eric choose all of the parts and build it, I set up our wireless headphones on the TV and the computer, and now all we need is a wireless keyboard and mouse so we can use it on the TV. 

Mom got Alan a helium shark for Christmas - here it is peeking out of Alan's car. 

Alan was an instant pro at using the remote control to maneuver it around the house. 

 
He used it to intimidate the dogs.

 Such a cool toy!

Ashley bought me a dress preservation service before the wedding.  Since then, my dress and the kit have been tucked away in our closet...oops.  So two weeks ago I tried the dress on (and it still fit!) and packed it away! 

So sad to see my dress go, but it will be clean and in a preservation box when it comes home.

Friday, December 31, 2010

Day 195: New Years Eve

On our first, married, New Years Eve, we had a pretty typical day.  Eric left for work in the morning and I scrambled to put the new nightstands in our bedroom.  It was pretty easy to move the bookshelf out from my side of the bed and carry the nightstand over.  But there wasn't enough space on Eric's side of the bed...so I had to move a 300 pound dresser just a few inches to the right.  Once those were in place, I spent most of the day in bed, playing the Sims 3!

Sadly, I left my phone at Steven and Leslie's house yesterday, and didn't figure it out until it was too late to go get it today. 

After Eric got out of work, I picked him up and we headed to babysit for a friend of mine, Chris Minor, from church camp and other youth events.  Because we were babysitting, we bought a bottle of sparkling white grape juice to ring in the New Year!  Lucky for us, Chris got us a bottle of champagne because he felt bad that we were babysitting on our first married New Years.  We had that first, so we would be fine for driving home afterward, and enjoyed watching some cheezy game show (Minute to Win It) and Anchorman.  Right around midnight we tuned in to the "live" New York event with Dick Clark and Carson Daly.  The kids slept through it all and we had a really good time!

Beautiful! 

They don't match, but they work great! 

We're definitely not dressed up, but we had a great end to 2010!


Grape juice toast at midnight!

A midnight kiss <3