Christmas 2007

My aunt wanted to recreate her favorite picture of our family, I think it is from 1988. We tried....the older picture isn't too clear since it is a picture of a picture. But we gave it our best shot. I will add more Christmas pictures later! I think Joe out grew everybody in the picture...

In the back of the old picture, my Granny, Debbie, Papa Love, and my Dad and that is my brother and I in the front. We tried to stand like that in the new picture, but Joe and I covered Granny and Debbie up! :)

Team Christmas Party

We had a great time on Saturday night at my work Christmas Party. Here are a few pictures I wanted to share, hopefully more to come....we took quite a few of the entire "Team" jumping into the air....they should be funny!

Christmas Party

Bryan and I hosted our Christmas party this past Friday evening. Last year was so fun, we couldn't wait do to it again. We had a theme this year, "Ugly Christmas Sweater Party." Everybody was suppose to wear their ugliest Christmas sweater. It was hilarious. My brother's girlfriend Elizabeth won for the gals, and Bryan Williams won for the guys (he was wearing a fitted sequined vest). We also did a dirty santa exchange, with a 10 dollar limit....so everyone had to be creative. I was excited, I ended up with a bottle of Robert Mondavi, and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on DVD....I think Tyler spent over 10 dollars on that...but I was still excited! It was a fun evening with lots of our friends!

Birthdays and Babies....

First, I am so excited about Baby Annalyse Wilson! She is beautiful, and was born Thursday November 29th. Which is one day before Bryan's birthday. We drove to Batesville to meet her on Friday, and I love her already. Brandi and Zeke are doing well. I wish we lived closer, so I could see her more often! Saturday we celebrated Bryan's 30th birthday, and hung out in Little Rock. We went to the Clinton Presidential Library, and checked that out....something we both had been wanting to do. And then we ate at Benihana on Saturday night. Lots of his family and several of our friends were able to make it. We had a good time...our friends from South Carolina even flew in for the evening. This next week, we are getting ready for our Christmas party on friday night. Last year, it was SO fun, and I can't wait for Friday to get here!

What I love about the holidays.....

These are some of the things I love about the holiday season, and a few that I am especially excited about this year:

1. Christmas trees.


2. Christmas lights.


3. Baking.


4. Eating.


5. Seeing everyone in my family.


6. The story of Joseph, Mary, and Baby Jesus.


7. Carol of the Bells.


8. Silent Night.


9. Christmas in Dixie.


10. Buying gifts.


11. Exchanging gifts.


12. Christmas Parties.


13. Snow.


14. Cold weather.


15. My favorite pair of sweatpants.


16. Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies my aunt makes.


17. My brother!!


18. Decorating.


19. Going to my Ma's.


20. Home Alone.


21. 24 hours of A Christmas Story.


22. My friends.


23. My new singing trees at Bryan's house....thank you sweetie.


24. After Christmas sales.


25. Champagne.


26. New Year's Resolutions and fresh starts.


27. Buying Angel Tree gifts.


28. Sitting in my dad's lap...yes, I still do!


29. Riley's first Christmas.
30. Annalyse will be here!


31. Loving my friends, near and far.


32. A trip to Las Vegas, NV with my best friends!


33. A trip to New York, NY with my best friends!


34. Being so lucky that I have so many people to love, and that love me!


35. A Loving God....and remembering the true reason for Christmas.

A Few Things I don't like....

1. Taking down the decorations and toting boxes to the attic.


2. My clothes shrinking. :)


3. Feeling rushed.


4. Parking lots.


5. The words: A wintery mix. I prefer snow...or clear skies. :)


6. Missing my friends that live far away!

Thanksgiving has come....and gone.

This is my favorite time of year...and I can't believe that Thanksgiving has already flown by. Bryan and I had lunch with my family at my Aunt Lorie's house in Fayetteville. Everyone had a great time. We had entirely too much to eat, and my Grandmother brought the turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes with gravy...yum! She's the best cook ever! My Aunt Carol made her famous hot rolls....I think I could sell them and go into business...they are that good! :) After eating we drove to Branson to spend the weekend with Bryan's family. Bryan's mom, dad, brother, sister-in-law, nephew, and grandmother were all in Branson when we arrived. We had a great time visiting, shopping, and eating. We had dinner Friday night at Big Cedar...which was my favorite! It was SO pretty and cozy, and the food was great. We are getting ready for Bryan's birthday on Friday...(the big 30th birthday)....we are going to Little Rock to eat at Benihana, which is his FAVORITE place to eat. He thinks it is just myself, him, and our friend Patrick. Little does he know, that all his family, and tons of our friends are coming....even our friends Tiffany and Frank who live in Columbia, South Carolina are making the trip. He's not aware of this blog just yet, and I won't tell him until after Saturday.....shhhh. :)