Happy New Year, y’all!

It’s hard to believe that 2011 is gone! I don’t know about y’all, but I’ve got pretty high hopes for 2012. 2011 had some great moments, but some tough ones too. In the last couple of months, I’ve really been thinking a lot about the future, especially 2012. I’m finally starting to feel like myself again. I’m not so great with “new year’s resolutions”, but I do have some things I want to accomplish in 2012.

Today, I’m joining in with Regina to share 12 things I want to accomplish in 2012! This list has been in the works for several months.

What are your goals for 2012?

I was pretty excited to see it because one of the cast members is Suz Steece!

I have been following Suz’s blog Steece’s Pieces for several years, and I just love her! She has the cutest little family, and it was really cool to see a blogger on TV that I’ve followed for several years!

The show follows a group of moms of multiples. It shows the friendships between the women as well as life raising multiples. There were lots of fun kid moments and lots of momma drama :) I was a little disappointed that there wasn’t more of Suz and the fam in the first episode, but I’m excited to see the rest of the series. The first episode was available online, but I’m not sure if the rest will be. I sure hope so because I’m excited to see more!

I also watched Toddlers and Tiaras.

I just really don’t have any words to describe it. Momma and I watched three episodes, and it was just a whole lot of crazy. One episode was with the rat tail/drag queen family. I just do not understand these people. At all.

What did you watch this week? Link up your TV talk with Neely and me!

Hey y’all!

If you read my 5 Do’s and a Don’t post on Neely’s blog last week, you know I absolutely hate Christmas inflatables. In the few days I’ve been back in my hometown, I’ve seen them EVERYWHERE!

Momma and I found a lot at Walmart.

Momma thinks they are kinda cute.

I think they are disgusting.

Just in case you need a visual to understand how atrocious these things can be, Momma and I drove all over town taking pictures. Yeah, the things I do for you bloggers…

An inflatable boat?? It says ‘Hooked on Christmas’. Seriously?

Super scary Santa

TOO MUCH! TOO MUCH!

Pretty sure a snowman and a polar bear were not present at the birth of Jesus. Just sayin…

I was really surprised that our teeny tiny town had so many! There were quite a few houses that had them, but they hadn’t inflated them the day we were out driving. That is too much craziness for one town, I think.

Ok y’all, please promise me you won’t ever have these things in your yard! Please! If you do, don’t be surprised if you see your house’s picture up here next year :)

Hope y’all are having a great Thursday!

Hey y’all!

I can’t believe the end of 2011 is upon us. This year has gone by so fast, and what a year it has been! Here is my 2011 recap!

January

This little blog turned a year old! 

February 

April

My Momma came to visit.

I met Karen Kingsbury!

We went to Dallas for LTC Convention.

I got to hang out with Neely for a bit!

I also met Chad!

I got to meet Pioneer Woman!!

We hugged! :)

I met some wonderful girls at Dallas Blogger Meet-Up.

May

Colby graduated from college!

Regina and Joey came through town, and we got to have lunch!

June

I survived a “tornado outbreak”.

My blog got a wonderful makeover from Jenn!

I helped build Momma and Daddy’s house :)

I spent a wonderful week in Chicago with Neely and Meghan! Best vacation ever!

We saw NKOTBSB in concert!

I got to meet Rebekah when she came to town!

Hey y’all!

I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas with your families. I am still hanging out in southeast Oklahoma with my family. It has been wonderful to spend a few days down here with everyone. Here are a few pictures from our Christmas!

Christmas Eve, we went to Mom-mom and Grandaddy’s house to have Christmas with all of the family.

Mom-mom and Grandaddy with the grandkids

Cousins!

C made a sweet ornament for me!

Our tree!

After Mom-mom’s house, we went home to exchange gifts with just the four of us.

Awkward arm shelf :)

I got some really cute clothes!

Taylor Swift’s Journey to Fearless DVD!

Daddy got an iPod touch

Momma got a new digital video camera

Colby got a watch

Hershey had a great time playing in all of the wrapping paper

I got money for my BlissDom ticket!!

We opened our stockings on Christmas morning before church

After church, we went back to Mom-mom and Grandaddy’s for lunch.

Marcel came over to exchange gifts. He and Colby played air hockey and Wipeout on Kinect!

Jessica and I exchanged gifts on Christmas Eve

She got me a ladybug necklace from Vintage Pearl! I loooooove it!

Sweet P and Aunt Ashley!

She had the cutest Christmas outfit! “Little Miss Glamorous!”

It’s hard to believe that Christmas is already over! We had such a wonderful time!

The winner of the My Memories giveaway is Mia! Mia, I will contact you!

*Don’t forget to check out my post on In My Twenties!*

Hey y’all!

Between Christmas shopping and Christmas parties, I have watched absolutely NO real TV this week, so I really don’t have anything for y’all today. I’d love to see what y’all have been watching! Link up with Neely and me!

Hey y’all!

Today, I’m borrowing a little Christmas quiz that I saw on Amber’s blog on Monday!

Hands down, hot chocolate. Preferably from Starbucks with peppermint in it :)

Santa usually does a little bit of both. The big item will be unwrapped along with a couple of smaller ones. The rest will be wrapped.

Always white. I think they look so much prettier.

Nope, we never have

At my parents house, we usually do it the weekend of Thanksgiving because it’s usually the last time Colby and I are home before Christmas. Up here, I usually try to have it up pretty quickly after Thanksgiving.

Dread it. It’s pretty to look at as long as I can stay inside, but I hate being cold, I hate when the snow gets yucky, and I hate having to drive in it. I would rather it stay away.

I have been ice skating once, my freshman year of college. I went with the guy I was dating and some friends. I could roller skate and roller blade, so it was pretty easy for me. It was fun!

I do! My favorite gift is a sweet doll named Robin. This doll went everywhere with me. I still have her, and I hope to pass her along to my little girl one day!

Definitely spending time with my family. It’s nice to get away from the craziness of every day life and just be together. Also, I love getting to eat Momma’s Paula Deen brownies :)

See questions 6 and 14.

I love our ornament tradition! I blogged about it on Regina’s blog and In My Twenties recently.

I have a silver bow at the top of my tree.

Of course both are lots of fun, but I just love giving! I love seeing someone’s reactions when they open something I’ve picked out. It’s exciting!

They aren’t bad, but they are messy!

I don’t really watch many Christmasy TV shows, but my favorite Christmas movies are Elf, The Family Stone, and Love Actually.

“My Grown-Up Christmas List” turns me into a puddle.

*NSYNC’s “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays”, duh.


Hey y’all!

I hope y’all had a wonderful weekend! Mine was really busy, and I am POOPED!

Friday night, I babysat J and A. We had a great time, and we made paperplate snowmen I found on Pinterest.

They were soooooo much fun!

Every time I take pictures of the kids with their crafts, they always want to take my picture with mine! Romeo jumped in the picture too.

Saturday afternoon was Tracy’s babies’ 1st birthday party!

They had an adorable Thing 1 and Thing 2 party! Tracy did a fantastic job.

Me with the birthday babies and their sweet momma!

It is incredibly hard to believe they are a year old already! Time has flown by, and God has brought them so far this year. Tracy and I had a few moments to talk about how scary things were when they were born, how little they were, the day she went into preterm labor, the day she found out she was having twins (after I’d been teasing her about having twins), and the day she first told me she was pregnant. So many prayers have gone up for these sweet babies, and God answered our prayers in such a phenomenal way! Birthday parties are so special, but this one was extra sweet!

Sunday evening, my Q group met for a Christmas party. We shared a wonderful meal and had a Christmas ornament exchange. I was a terrible blogger and took no pictures :(

One of the ornaments from our exchange last year came back this year, and it was the first ornament opened.

Yeah, that’s a Michael Jackson ornament. We decided that it should come back every year and go home with someone new!

A couple of fun things are happening around here this week. First of all, I am so excited to announce that I am joining the team over at In My Twenties as the Tuesday blogger!

Neely, Heather, Jessica, and Leslie are all great girls, and I’m thrilled to be blogging with them. My first post goes up tomorrow, and I would love it if you would check it out!

Also, I will be guest posting on Neely’s blog on Wednesday for her 5 Do’s and a Don’t series. Be sure to stop by and read it!

I hope y’all have an awesome week!