Merry Christmas!

We Had a WONDERFUL Christmas this year.  It was Great seeing family and friends.  We got some great gifts and of course cherished the time we got to spend with our loved ones.  Saturday Night we threw Tiffany and Brandon an engagement party at my moms house and we had a BLAST!  It was great seeing her and I continue to try and persuade her to move to Houston. Here are some of our Memories from This Christmas:

Also, I got a Flip video cam from Archies Mom and cant figure out how to upload a video from it to my blog.  ANy help?

Fun times

It's been a while since I updated.  Woops we have been busy! SO I'm going to give a recap.
December 8th I had a Junior League social at this neat wine bar off Rayford Sawdust.  It was fun mingling and enjoying wine with friends.  Here are some snapshots from that night:

Me and Jennifer

The Boys!  I wish you would have seen this pic before I asked Brandon to "squat down"  He is so tall especially standing next to Archie and Jason.  I wish I was tall :( The VanSickle boys are sure to be Superb athletes with their parents height. 

The Ladies

This Is Archie holding Lucas Whitaker.  We had dinner at The Nances and for the first time Archie was willing to hold the baby AND fed him.  Yes this is a milestone.  I'm working on him....

Then Thursday Dec 17th Natalie had her second Annual Naughty & Nice Christmas party.  The Naughty part is because we have a Panty exchange and play the white elephant game.  The nice part is we all bring an unwrapped gift to donate.  It was a great time!  I remember pointing out that last year at the party Allison was pregnant and no one had babies.  This year Four girls have babies and two are pregnant.  Times are changing :)

Tiffany, Jenn, Erin

Good times

Friday Dec 18th I decided to have a Birthday party for all our friends that have Decmber Birthdays, including Archie.  I cooked a Big Yummy Gumbo with Potato salad.  I think it came out great except I cooked way too much!  Here are some pics from that night.

The Birthday Boys and Girls

Blowing out their candles

Archie biting into a brownie bite that i cooked too long.  Had to toss em

My Birthday boy!  And yes I did dye my hair darker this time and I have not yet decided if I like it yet... 

Today (Sunday) I decided to take down the Christmas decorations.  I know its too early but I just felt like it.  We wont be here for Christmas and Archie was here willing to help me put it all back in the attic so I took advantage of the time.  Im kinda a scrooge this year but really for no particular reason.  So we opened our stockings which that was nice.  Mainly so i dont have to keep putting my gift back in my stocking since i have secretly been using the lipgloss Santa put in there for me :)  Archie liked the things Milo and Scooter bought for him too.  I am really looking forward to these next two weeks off.  Wednesday we leave for Lake Charles and come back Sunday.  Saturday the day after Christmas I am helping my mom throw an engagement party for my Best Friend Tiffany In LC and I can not wait to see her to congratulate her in Person.  I am so happy for her and love her like a sister.  I pray one day we will live close enough to visit all the time.  So I guess thats it for now!  Hope everyone is great.  Merry Christmas!  much Love

Pergola and snow

Archie has been Hard at work Building a Pergola.  Its a trellace type thing over our back porch.  Remodeling our back porch is our Christmas present to each other this year.  The Pergola is the first part then we are going to put slate over the concrete and Archie has started on a Garden for me.  The Garden is the thing I am most Excited about!  I can't wait to grow more of my own veggies and etc.  Spinach, Tomatoes, onions, broccoli, So many options!  I already have a good amount of my own herbs growing but i would love to have more.  I really do enjoy spending time out there and look forward to the new look.  Below are some Pics of Archie working on his project.  I still have to stain the wood but here is phase one.

Putting in the last boards.

And then it snowed today in Houston.  And while I was working I decided to take some picture at some of my offices and around town.

gas station as I wait at a red light

And as you can see the snow really did not stick too well in Spring.  This is a Pic of our house.  It was fun though driving in it!  The snow was much better downtown.  I was hoping to snuggle up with my honey and some hot chocolate this evening but once again he went hunting.  Did I mention how I am SO Over this hunting season???!!!  I'm Beginning to think Milo and Scooter don't even remember who their daddy is!  Just kidding!  Kinda :).  Hope everyone is well.  Much Love!