Beautiful Weekend, Wonderful Friends

This weekend was one of the best that we've had in a long time. Friday we got to hang out with all of our High Altitude friends at our annual Christmas party. So wonderful to visit with all of those people that I rarely get to sit down to dinner with. By the way, we also are the proud owners of some pretty awesome White Elephant gifts. Beware if you are on our gift list, you may be getting a new place setting for your table that is heavily advertised with Cialis. (The hostess is a pharmaceutical rep).

Saturday we went out with David and Lisa and their sweet kids to try to get some cute pics for our Christmas cards this year. Lisa does a bit of photography on the side, similar to what we do over at Spell Photography (which our website is in some major need of some updates).

Here is one of my favorites from the day, although I won't be sharing our Christmas card photo -- you'll just have to receive that one in the mail!


For me this is just a perfect portrait of what our life is right now. Just hanging out, not the perfect, put together family, just trying to keep it together one minute at a time :)

And Ryan is becoming a daddy's boy more and more. He loves seeing Jeremy walk into the room. This pictures says it all:
Hmm... it looks like Daddy is a bit smitten, as well.

But more than Jeremy or I, Ryan lights up when he sees Jackson. It is his puppy already. Check out how ready he is to walk the dog :)

Sunday we went out to the same location and did some work for Spell Photography, with some friends who have to be the most photogenic people of all time! Ty and Amanda are the proud owners of my favorite store of all time, Restyle.

The weather was great this weekend, and a perfect opportunity to get out and document some awesome times in our lives.

So I Haven't Given Up

I took a long break, mostly because I kept waiting to get pictures off of Jeremy's camera. I still don't have the pictures. Let's see if I can back track over the last couple of months. I'll add in pics when I get them.

We did alot of travelling in September and October. I managed to visit my family with just Ryan and I, the following week we all went to Mississippi, including the dog. WHO ATE ANT POISON. Ugh. What a trip back to Texas, having to stop for the dog. Again. and. Again.

Then, to celebrate my birthday, I had my wisdom teeth removed. Jeremy's mom came and helped for a few days.

We got all healed up from that, and hit the road again for a trip to Arkansas to visit with Jeremy's sister, her husband, and their little girl. What a drive back :( I'm pretty sure Ryan cried 8 out of the 9 hour drive. Even the state trooper who stopped us for speeding had mercy after hearing the wails.

The following weekend, I was helping host a sweet friend's baby shower in Dallas. What a blessing their little one already is.

And then Halloween -- Ryan dressed up as the Pillsbury Doughboy. It was absolutely perfect. We visited a local Farmer's Market who had a little photo op pumpkin patch.

Then came November .... Parent Commitment Ceremony, Jeremy's knee surgery, and Thanksgiving. Wow -- quite the busy few months. And now it is officially Decemeber. And I hope to resume posting more often again.