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!!!