It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

It's less than one week now until Christmas and I'm so excited! This past week has been a little tiring and I'm looking forward to having a couple days off of work, even if they are spent running around. Last weekend Randy and I went to Dickens of A Christmas downtown with Megan and Brandon! It was really crowded! We managed to get some kettle corn and to see the live nativity, but sadly for Megan and I, we didn't get to ride in the horse drawn carriages. The wait was toooo long according to the boys. Saturday I went shopping with my mom in Lynchburg and then Randy and I went to Megan's graduation party...CONGRATULATIONS... and then to a party that one of the lawyers I work with was having. We were definitely partied out! Sunday we had the annual Sink Family Christmas Dinner and it was a great time!! I can't wait until next year when Baby Sink can join us!!! Randy and I babysat for some friends Sunday night. My brother and sister came over to help so we had 4 adults (if you can call us that) for 2 twins!!! But it was a good time!!

One of my best friends (and also a bridesmaid from my wedding) Ashley got engaged on Saturday night! I'm soooo excited for her and Doug!! And I can't wait to help her plan her wedding...and of course to be a bridesmaid!! :) They are planning on getting married on October 20th of next year...what a great month to choose!;)

Tonight I have my department ornament exchange! I'm very excited...and then my brother and Carrie are going to stop by for a visit!! I'm very excited to see her!!!!! :)

In case I don't post before the holidays, I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!! Enjoy the blessings!!!

FUN!

So, this past weekend Randy and I went to DC to hang out with Ryan and Lindsey Hamilton! It was SOOO much fun. Friday Ryan, Randy and I braved the EXTREME cold and ventured around downtown DC. Randy and I were finally able to get a picture where he proposed to me...almost two years ago!! Funny that it took us this long, but every other time we've gone to DC, it's been raining! Lindsey met us downtown and we went to some museums and then went to the Capitol City Brewery for dinner. Very yummy. The rest of the evening was spent watching movies and of course, playing our new found favorite game...GUITAR HERO!!!!!!!! Saturday was definitely a lazy day, but I think we all needed it and enjoyed it. After being bums all morning, Lindsey and I went to Tyson's Corner to do some shopping while the boys went to the NRA shooting range. We came back and just played MORE GUITAR HERO and had dinner and watched more movies. Sadly, on Sunday Randy and I had to return to the Noke. It was good to be back at our house, but I hated having to leave our friends!! It was such a good time and it just reminded me how special close friends are. I LOVE YOU HAMILTONS!

When we got home on Sunday, I had to turn around and get ready to leave to go to the Carrie Underwood concert here in Roanoke. The Shanks (my other family and my best friends parents) took me out to dinner with them and then on to the concert. Kim and I had such a good time singing along to umm almost every single song!! :) And of course we had fun making fun of the TONS of people who took Care Bears and sweatshirts up to the stage to give to Carrie.

I have to say Happy Birthday(yesterday) to Ashton my cute flower girl and also Happy Birthday (today) to Aubreanna my flower girls little sister!!!! I hope you all had great birthdays!!!

This week has gone by pretty quickly so far. I've spent some amount of time on my thesis and will only spend more time as the week goes on. Hopefully I can get it turned in for another edit tomorrow. WHEW!

Family, Family Everywhere

So this weekend was not as busy as usual, but still kind of packed. Friday night Kim and I were very crafty and made Christmas ornaments and attempted to make sugar cookies. Lucky for us, the ornaments turned out much better than the cookies. :) Randy, Devon and Fey did...boy things in the garage. I didn't venture out there...I decided to let boys be boys. Saturday was really fun. My 2nd and 3rd cousins on my mom's side of the family came in from Arizona to visit. It was so fun catching up and teaching them how to play Dutch Blitz!! It seems now that my family is possibly planning a trip to Arizona!! Sunday afternoon was devoted to my thesis...ughh!! I will be so glad to finally be done with all this research and data entry and whatnot! At the beginning of my thesis, I was really excited and couldn't wait to get results in and see if my predictions were correct. Now I just want to be done, I don't care as much about the results, I just want a 35-40 page paper to turn in and a diploma!!!!

On the bright side, I'm really excited for this weekend. Randy and I are going to take a trip to DC to visit Ryan and Lindsey Hamilton!! We are leaving right after work on Thursday and staying until Sunday!! We haven't seen them since our wedding and everytime we get together it's really fun! I think we are going to attempt a visit to the ESPN Zone again!!!!! I'm really just looking forward to come quality time with some of our best friends!!! YAY!!!

It's all about little girls!

Yes, my weekend was very much about little girls. Saturday, I went to see my lifelong friend Jamie and her brand new little bundle of joy, Emily. I have to say, she is definitely one of the prettiest babies I've ever seen! She was so well behaved too! She didn't cry one bit while I was there. I'm so glad I got to see her, and Jamie too! It was great catching up with Jamie and getting to see her family! After visiting with Jamie, I went to a birthday party for two of my favorite little girls, Ashton, who will be turning 3 and Aubreanna, who will be turning 1 in December. Their mother Amanda and I have been friends since we were little and they currently live in Maryland. While they were in for Thanksgiving, Amanda decided to celebrate their birthdays with family and friends. It was great! "It's mine!" exclaimed Ashton when being questioned on what she got! Of course, Aubreanna could have cared less about the presents and just wanted to run around the room! I can't believe how big they are getting!

Yesterday I went to my sister-in-law Cristen's second baby shower!! It was so much fun and once again she received so much cute, pink, girly stuff!!! I sure hope the baby doesn't surprise everyone and turn out to be a boy!! I guess he'll be cute in pink too, I mean it is the in thing now!

Randy and I managed to get a little Christmas decorating done this weekend as well. We are getting our tree next weekend and I can't wait to put all of the ornaments on! I also wrapped the majority of the Christmas presents we have already bought!! YAY!!! It's better to do it while I have the time because the next few weeks will be crazy, I know!!!

Thankfulness

So, since it's now the Friday after Thanksgiving and while most people are off work, I'm sitting at my desk and I thought I would blog a bit! There are many things I am thankful for this year and I thought I would share a few of those:

1. I'm thankful for my amazing husband who never ceases to amaze me. I absolutely love being married!!

2. I am thankful for all of our amazing friends and family. Not only did I have an amazing trip to North Carolina with all the women on my mom's side of the family on Wednesday (where way to much money was spent!!), but we had two amazing Thanksgiving dinners with both sides of our family! My side of the family always offers a bit more craziness than Randy's, but his side did provide some laughter!!

3. Yet another thing I am thankful for is that Randy and I no longer work at the mall. This is the first year in 5 years where we have not had to get up at a horrible hour to be at the mall. Sure we have to work from 8-5, but it is so much better than 5-4 with all you crazy early bird mall shoppers!!! YAY for being done with retail.

So, even though Thanksgiving is over, the busy holiday season is just beginning! This weekend will prove to be very exciting as I attempt to do a little holiday decorating as well as attend a birthday party for two of my favorite little girls and a baby shower for my favorite sister-in-law! Hopefully I'll get the picture loader on this thing figured out this weekend and can provide some pictures of the holiday and weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!!!!

What is a blog!?

So, between facebook, myspace and blogs, I'm not sure which form of communiation is better to use. Not everyone can use facebook and not everyone likes the myspace thing, so I guess blogs might just win out. After my new sister-in-law sent me the link to her blog, I began thinking that it might be nice for Randy and I to have one. Sure, most of our friends are still in the area, but soon, they will be spreading out and I think this will be a great way for them to keep tabs on us!

So...about us. We have been married now for about a month and a half and loving every minute of it. I am so blessed to have found my soul mate so early in life. I'm also so blessed that I have an amazing new family and will soon have an amazing new neice!!! We are settling into our house and of course, Randy is ready to use some of his tools to fix the place up!

This past weekend was a busy one for us. Randy went to the UVA v. Miami game with the guys and KK, while the girls went to Cristen's baby shower in Harrisonburg! After the shower, I drove to Charlottesville to pick up Randy and have dinner with our close friends Katie and Donald!! It was great catching up and spending sometime with some of my favorite people!!!!