2011

Since I blog about 1 time a year, I feel I have to update on my life first. One day I will be a daily blogger and will get to update on fun stuff too.

So 2011, we started off the year a little off. We were on a ski trip in New Mexico and on New Years Eve we came back from a day of boarding Taos and one of our cars got into a wreck by driving off a cliff into a tree. Thank goodness everyone was ok, but still it put a damper on the trip, the new year and getting back home on time. Tim S. just bought a new car, a 2011 Infiniti QX56 with a fun new feature "snow", so we drove it to New Mexico from Houston. We were fine for a few days, but the roads were quite snowy and on the way back from our last day at the mountain, they were on the back roads heading back to Eddie's house and had the accident. Tim S., Diane, Tim P., Sandy , and Lauren were in the Infiniti when it wrecked and Chris, Eddie's date "I don't remember her name" and Eddie were in the 4wd truck. We all had to ride to Albuquerque from Angel Fire, all 9 of us in a truck for 3 hours. It was awful. Then a few of the gang flew back and Diane, Chris, Lauren and I had to rent a van and drive back from Albuquerque to Houston. It was probably our worst vacation ever, which was still a pretty good vacation and we are all happy everyone is alive.

Work was pretty crazy for us this year, it flew by. Chris and I both have a lot on our plates at work. We both still work for Colliers, but don't really work together at all.

We went on a trip to Colorado in March with some friends and some fam came too. We went with Daniel, Kelsey, Tim P. and Sandy, Michael and Tim S. and Diane. It started out as a friends trip because Lauren was gone somewhere, but Tim S. and Diane had to drive up to Colorado to pick up their car. It ended up no being totaled. Crazy. So we chose to go board Breckenridge, it was a good time. We ended up meeting up with Kristi and David, so we got to ski with David a few days and see them out in the town. I remember thinking that Daniel and Kelsey were going to get engaged there, but they actually got engaged a little later this year. Michael turned 21 in Breck with us, so that was fun to spend his birthday with him. He use to always be around and now that he lives in Louisiana we only get to see him a few times a year.

Kristine and Billy got sealed in the temple to the kids as well, which was really neat to get to see. Well I didn't actually see it, but I got to experience the day with them. Chris and got to act like were were parents to all the kids, we trucked around all the kids that day for them. It was fun and silly. A few other fun things that happened with them in 2011 are: Derek, Kris' brother came to live with them which everyone loves having him around. Brody turned 1 and is so freak cute, such a happy baby. Elizabeth grew 5 ft, JK- she is in preschool a few days of the week. Bailey is huge and about to be in high school, which is weird. He has a funny little personality now and is such a good big brother.

I still played soccer most of the year, but my team went away in Dec, so I had to quit until they come back. I miss it now, but it probably is a good time to quit.

Chris and I had our 2 year anniversary this year and it was awesome!!! We went to Sea World. I know this sounds a little hokey, but it was awesome. We decided to go to a fun adventure with the Penguins. It was a new deal they started at Sea World this year, you learn about the penguin and then you get to actually go into the exhibit and touch, feed, play etc with the penguins. It was so fun. They are so cute and it was just a neat experience. The rides were fun too, but it was really hot so we did visit the entire park, but didn't even stay and see Shamu. We are definitely coming back when we have kiddos. We stayed at the Emily Morgan hotel and had an awesome suite and went out to eat at an awesome restaurant on the boardwalk. It was a nice little getaway.

Stephen came home in September, the entire fam came home to see him. It is so good having him back in America, he got to stay for awhile, but is now back in California. We are so thankful he is home. He got to visit in Dec too and come to the lake a night, so its been great having him back. He has a girlfriend now too, she lives here, so I am hopeful he will come home more often now.

We had another fun event happen in September. By fun, I mean not really fun at all. Tim S. had a stroke, well multiple actually. It was really weird, we all noticed he was a little off, but he didn't go to the hospital until he forgot how to drive. He is doing ok, pretty much back to normal now, no after affects. It was just a big scare and we are all very thankful he is still here with us and doing well.

Lauren graduated and got a job at MDPC. She loves it and the best part about her job is she met a great guy, Dan. I am sure she likes other parts about her job, but the best part for me is him. She is so freaking happy and I just love seeing her this way. Only time will tell...

AJ moved down here in March, it has been awesome having here in TX. We get to see her almost every Sunday. She is working for the Dynamo and loves her job. She moved into Eddie back apartment, which is fun. She is a riot and great to have around.

Sandy got into CRNA school. YEA! YEA! YEA!!! We got to see Tim P. and Sandy pretty much every weekend, so we got to enjoy life with them often. Now she is in school and TIm P. is a working bear, so we no longer know them. :)

Missy and Alex got pregnant again!!! YEA! YEA! YEA!!! I love adding to the family. I can't wait to find out if it is a boy of girl. Logan and Alyssa are freak cuties. They are speaking now and have fun names for everything. Jacket= Jack, Logan=Say aka Sally, Alyssa= Sissa, Jenny=GGG, Chris=Tis. Ok=Otay.

Cyndi is at Blinn, or shall I say Walgreen's. She is pretty much working a full time job and going to school on her time off. She lives in College Station and is doing core classes. I have been able to get closer to her I think now and over the last few years then ever before, which I love. She is such an amazing girl. Good head on her shoulders, so sweet and just a fun sister to have around. She is trying to figure out what to do with her life, but aren't we all.

Chris and I went to New York, on a spontaneous trip to see Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds. We got to explore Manhattan, Soho, Tribeca and visit with Margaret and Scott. We stayed the night with them a night, went to a fabulous restaurant-Minetta Tavern. Then we stayed at the New Yorker the following night and met Daniel and Kelsey there. Dan had no clue we were going to be there. It was a great surprise. Kelsey can keep a secret. We did the Dave and Tim concert that night and then explored Manhattan. The 2 other nights we went back to Albany, (we rode the bus, which was interesting, double happiness bus stop). We got to see where they live and then we drove out to Sharon Springs to check out the Beekman Boys Farm. It was awesome. We at at the American Hotel, great food. It was fun.

We got to see the entire fam again in December. We already miss everyone, I wish the entire fam lived right by us.

This pretty much sums up the year. Next blog will be a fun blog I hope, like a craft or something fun. Until next time.