Thanksgiving & Christmas

It's been awhile since I've posted but between work and wedding planning, there is little time left for anything else...except the gym (I DO have to FIT into a white dress after all).

For Thanksgiving and Christmas, Wes and I made the family rounds. We spent Thanksgiving in College Station where we ate too much, took part in some early morning "black Friday" shopping and delivered Thanksgiving meals to those less fortunate. Of course I also had to watch the tu vs aTm game that day.

For Christmas we also went to College Station for the first part of the break. My brother had flown in from Chandler, Arizona so we spent Christmas day opening gifts and eating too much again. Christmas night it was back to Fort Worth to unpack and re-pack for the visit to IL. We stopped in Glen Carbon, IL our first night to visit Wes' mom Jan, exchange packages, and drop off the nieces and nephew presents. Then it was off to Elmwood, IL to visit Wes' dad, step-mom, and step-sister. We spent a week eating tons, watching movies, and playing in the snow. My first time to ever go sledding - it was FANTASTIC.

Wes and I really enjoyed all the time we got to spend with family and friends!! Pictures from all the traveling can be found here.

Hugs & Sunshine!
Sarah

Happy Halloween!

I got to spend Halloween weekend with my entire family including Mom, Mark, Mark's Girlfriend - Chrysta, Wesley and of course Megan. You can see all of us in this photo in front on my house. We had a wonderful weekend which included girl's trip to Sam Moon (if you haven't heard of it, you're missing out!), Canton (one of the world's LARGEST flea markets), eating at some of our favorite restaurants, handing out Halloween Candy (we had 90 kids come to my house) and taking a quick tour of Downtown Fort Worth and the Stockyards. Here are some of the pictures. I only wish we could have more weekends like this. I love my family!!!

Love,

SKY

Jon's Wedding in Tennessee

Wes' cousin, Jon, got married in Tennessee on September 12 so Wes, Megan and I drove my truck to Tennessee for a long weekend to take part in the festivities. Wes and his dad, Dave, were both groomsmen in the wedding. Unfortunately, I didn't do a great job of taking pictures at the rehearsal or wedding, so this is the ONLY wedding photo I have; courtesy of the wedding photographer (Doesn't Wes look so handsome?!?! I think so!). Perhaps Dave's wife, Di, has some she can share with me :-).

In addition to the wedding, we drove to Tennessee so that we could haul a 16' trailer home loaded with work benches, paint and miscellaneous garage supplies. These were all items graciously given to us by Wes' brother and sister-in-law, Vince & Haley. They recently moved from TN to WI and didn't have room for everything, so we inherited it. Here are a few pictures from the drive to/from TN. The picture of Megan is how she spent nearly the entire drive to/from.

It was a short trip, but we got to spend quality time with family and friends. We owe a special thanks to Susan for opening her house to us and allowing us to spend the weekend there. Staying there felt like home and was far better than any hotel we could have found.

XOXO,

SKY

September Birthday Weekend

First and foremost, sorry I haven't posted in awhile. Between wedding planning and work, I haven't had a lot of time to update. However, I'm in Colorado this week (Oct 5 - Oct 9) and hope to have some time after my training class to update everyone on the wedding and our lives.

So here is hopefully the first of several updates: The first weekend in September we had a birthday weekend (My mom's birthday [Mom S] is Sept 2 and Wes' Birthday is Sept 25) in College Station. Wes' mom, Jan (i.e., Mom J) was in town from Illinois and my brother flew in from Tempe, Arizona. We spent the weekend at the aTm season opener football game (we won - WHOOP!), touring the George Bush Presidential Library, the boys working on the sprinklers, and eating, eating, eating! Here are some pictures from that weekend. Fun times were had by all, including Megan!

**HUGS**

Sarah

Family Togetherness

Mark (Sarah's Brother) and his girlfriend, Chrysta, were in town the last weekend in June to spend time with us and Sarah's mom, Susan. Not only did we eat more than we should (mom S's cooking is AWESOME) we spent plenty of time shopping and even had an opportunity to go bowling. You'll notice the brotherly love that Mark and Wes are expressing in one photo! Mom S also spoils our dog, Megan, this time giving her a bone to occupy her time.

HAWAII!!!!

Before Wes proposed, we had started planning a trip to Hawaii with my brother (Mark), his girlfriend (Chrysta), and two others. After seven fabulous days (5/18/09 - 5/25/09) on the Big Island, Kona to be exact, we understand why so many people choose Hawaii for their honeymoon. The only downfall to Hawaii is the flight home :-( . Everyone asks how the trip was and all I can say is "it's exactly what you expect - beautiful!". I've posted a few of the 1500 pictures we took; I'll spare you having to look through them all.

Hugs!

Sarah