Well things have been busy as always, but they’re about to get busier!
Young Life is starting up again, Curt is going to China, and I’m starting a new project tomorrow!
Yikes!
So to update as to what’s been going on lately, we had a really busy weekend this past weekend that was primarily focused on *trees!* Meaning that Saturday we went to the Arbor Day celebration where we obtained probably around 20 trees (whoa!) and then spent all day Sunday planting them and clearing out room in our backyard and such… wow, we were pooped! Other than that we've just been hanging out with friends!
Last week we also CLOSED ON OUR HOUSE! OMG this was so long overdue and what a *relief!* It was such an arduous process with our buyers, and closing, and everything and such a nightmare… I’m convinced that Curt and I just aren’t overly lucky in the area of real estate, but we are just happy to unload the house in this down market and are able to move on with our lives without having to constantly remember in the back of our minds that we have two houses… so many praises here…
Curt leaves for China soon, and he won’t be gone long but I’m so jealous! He showed me the hotel where he’s staying for a couple of nights and it is so gorgeous… sigh… the next time he goes back you can count on me being with him!
Other than that, we’re just having fun and all is well overall, though currently a little sad because my great great aunt died on Monday. Lovely Aunt Grace (sister of Granny) who was just so funny – literally would send Ken and I into fits of laughter. Mom went up as Dad can’t get away from work, but Granny is doing ok… Aunt Grace had been really sick since before Thanksgiving and just been hanging on like a fighter, but she lived a really long life (in her mid 90s!) so it’s nice that she’s not suffering anymore.
Well, hope everyone has a good one and I’ll write again soon!
Tasha xx
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
Weekend update!
Well it was a nice week and weekend…
Stayed relatively busy all week for being on the bench, so that helped to pass the time, and then this weekend we got a lot of fun, rest & relaxation and friend time in!
Friday night we hung out and watched Live Free or Die Hard which I *loved* so so so much!! We had a nice dinner, enjoyed the movie, and had a great night and hit the hay early as Saturday was a big day! It started at 6:30 a.m. and we got the bikes together, and headed out for our first major ride for training for the MS150! We rode 36 miles in Kingwood with some coworkers who are also on our team, and overall Curt and I did pretty great considering we haven’t really started training yet! We finished just before lunch so packed up, went home, and decided to go to Potbelly for lunch – yum! Then we got tired afterwards so spent a couple of hours out in the hammock relaxing – it was cooler outside so we lit the chiminea and had a nice fire going and enjoyed the sounds of the windchime… too cool. We later spent the evening with Bill, Heidi, and Chelsea – made brownies, enjoyed English tea, and just had fun hanging out!
Sunday we went to church which was great, and then I headed to Courtney’s for a SLAH party and got some great stuff and saw her new place in the process! Got home around 3:30 p.m., did some chores, then headed over to Danny & Heather’s to enjoy a waffle bar, football, and hot tub fun! There were about 8 other people there, so we had more friend time, and I even got to feed and put Sonora to bed in the evening – sigh – too precious for words!! I didn’t take any pics all weekend, so sorry, but next time I’ll try to remember the camera!!
We'll either close on the house this week (cross your fingers) or in a couple, so we'll see! Hope it's this week, though!
Love,
Tasha xx
Stayed relatively busy all week for being on the bench, so that helped to pass the time, and then this weekend we got a lot of fun, rest & relaxation and friend time in!
Friday night we hung out and watched Live Free or Die Hard which I *loved* so so so much!! We had a nice dinner, enjoyed the movie, and had a great night and hit the hay early as Saturday was a big day! It started at 6:30 a.m. and we got the bikes together, and headed out for our first major ride for training for the MS150! We rode 36 miles in Kingwood with some coworkers who are also on our team, and overall Curt and I did pretty great considering we haven’t really started training yet! We finished just before lunch so packed up, went home, and decided to go to Potbelly for lunch – yum! Then we got tired afterwards so spent a couple of hours out in the hammock relaxing – it was cooler outside so we lit the chiminea and had a nice fire going and enjoyed the sounds of the windchime… too cool. We later spent the evening with Bill, Heidi, and Chelsea – made brownies, enjoyed English tea, and just had fun hanging out!
Sunday we went to church which was great, and then I headed to Courtney’s for a SLAH party and got some great stuff and saw her new place in the process! Got home around 3:30 p.m., did some chores, then headed over to Danny & Heather’s to enjoy a waffle bar, football, and hot tub fun! There were about 8 other people there, so we had more friend time, and I even got to feed and put Sonora to bed in the evening – sigh – too precious for words!! I didn’t take any pics all weekend, so sorry, but next time I’ll try to remember the camera!!
We'll either close on the house this week (cross your fingers) or in a couple, so we'll see! Hope it's this week, though!
Love,
Tasha xx
Monday, January 07, 2008
Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!
Ugh – I know, it’s been ridiculously too long since I wrote, so my apologies!
I’ve decided instead of going through a painfully long blog entry, that I would highlight what we’ve been up to in a picture montage!
We just celebrated Curt’s 30th on Saturday, and it was a blast! I surprised him with a trip down to Galveston to ride in a Stearman WWII biplane, and he had such a great time - he was so giddy when he found out what he was going to be doing! I also presented him with his scarf that I have spent the past few months knitting (he thought it was for Kendyl for Christmas) so he was a true Red Baron pilot… the *real* pilot, Tom, was such a hoot, too! He actually owns the red Stearman biplane that is in “Secondhand Lions” and flew it for the movie (including under the overpass 7 times – whoa!) so hearing his stories from his 60 years of flying was pretty cool. Here is their website if you want more information, but I highly recommend doing this – it’s something different, and what a memorable experience!
Lone Star Flight Museum: http://www.lsfm.org/
Then later that evening he thought we were going on a birthday dinner date, when truly I had invited friends and family for a surprise dinner at Saltgrass Steakhouse, one of his favorite restaurants. He was so surprised that I think he was a little shocked, but we had such an amazing time, lots of great people were there to wish him a happy birthday, and Saltgrass was superb in their service (we were all so impressed that such a large group could be handled so well when it was steak and everything that was served)! Anyway, here are pictures from what we’ve been up to lately, including his birthday which will be at the end:
Steamboat Springs, in between Christmas and New Year's! My family and myself met Aunt Whitni and Parker there, and it was FREEZING! I skiied in 3 degree weather, which was a first for me, but the snow was *FABULOUS* as it had been dumping and dumping... we had such a great time! One of the funniest moments was when we did our White Elephant and everyone kept stealing from one another (not mine though, I liked mine and was hovering)! I came home earlier than everyone else as my poor Curt was at home working, but it was a fun several days with them, and hanging with Whitni and Parker was a blast.
Curt's big flight! Here's a picture of him and Tom, his pilot, in front of the Stearman and flight museum hangar! (Look at that smile, man!)
I’ve decided instead of going through a painfully long blog entry, that I would highlight what we’ve been up to in a picture montage!
We just celebrated Curt’s 30th on Saturday, and it was a blast! I surprised him with a trip down to Galveston to ride in a Stearman WWII biplane, and he had such a great time - he was so giddy when he found out what he was going to be doing! I also presented him with his scarf that I have spent the past few months knitting (he thought it was for Kendyl for Christmas) so he was a true Red Baron pilot… the *real* pilot, Tom, was such a hoot, too! He actually owns the red Stearman biplane that is in “Secondhand Lions” and flew it for the movie (including under the overpass 7 times – whoa!) so hearing his stories from his 60 years of flying was pretty cool. Here is their website if you want more information, but I highly recommend doing this – it’s something different, and what a memorable experience!
Lone Star Flight Museum: http://www.lsfm.org/
Then later that evening he thought we were going on a birthday dinner date, when truly I had invited friends and family for a surprise dinner at Saltgrass Steakhouse, one of his favorite restaurants. He was so surprised that I think he was a little shocked, but we had such an amazing time, lots of great people were there to wish him a happy birthday, and Saltgrass was superb in their service (we were all so impressed that such a large group could be handled so well when it was steak and everything that was served)! Anyway, here are pictures from what we’ve been up to lately, including his birthday which will be at the end:
The backyard in the fall - we actually completed two major projects back here before Christmas, one staining the arbor (so it actually looks different now than in the picture, a more enhanced cedar red color), and two calking the pool, so two huge things to cross off the projects list! We've had fun with the chiminea and hot tub already this year, AND Santa brought me a hammock and stand for Christmas to put under the arbor, so this will make spring, summer, and well all year so enjoyable! We also got windchimes from Santa and they just sound so melodious... sigh... we love our backyard!
The surprise of the season - we're driving up to CP & Judy's ranch and I look to my right at the tank as we're coming in the drive, and there was a SWAN! Talk about the last animal you would think to see in Giddings, Texas - but there she was... a beautiful Mute Swan. They are not native to the continent, so she had to have been bought as a novelty or for a park or something - she ate bread but didn't get too close either so it was hard to tell the extent of her knowledge of us humans, but so beautiful!
Kendyl and her girl, Cottonwood. CW is getting a little old, but hanging in there with the best of them...
Dad's 50th Birthday celebration! We flew in Grandpa Dan as a surprise, and debuted his presence at Grotto at Market Street - it was so classic and he was *completely shocked!* This picture was taken almost directly after it dawned on him and they had hugged... it was too sweet! Grandpa was only in for a few days, but we had fun taking him to my parents new ranch out in Anderson (55 acres of beauty!) and hanging out... As Dad would be in China for his actual birthday, this was early December.
Family photo after the surprise and birthday dinner!
Curt and I at his company Christmas party in early December - this was a perchance shot, but we liked it so much we used it as our Christmas card pic (and because printing these pictures was WAY cheaper than doing a picture collage like last year)!
Our first Christmas in our new house! We picked out our *REAL* tree the first weekend in December (and just took it down yesterday) and it smelled heavenly... Curt also built me my "tree box" so the presents all fit nicely under and it looked perfectly displayed in our front windows in the study!
Church on Christmas Eve night - in front of a *gorgeous* poinsettia tree!
Kendyl, Mam and me in front of the "tree!"
Christmas morning after checking what Santa brought... Maverick went right over to the bunny that Santa left for him and knew it was meant to be his friend! LOL!
Steamboat Springs, in between Christmas and New Year's! My family and myself met Aunt Whitni and Parker there, and it was FREEZING! I skiied in 3 degree weather, which was a first for me, but the snow was *FABULOUS* as it had been dumping and dumping... we had such a great time! One of the funniest moments was when we did our White Elephant and everyone kept stealing from one another (not mine though, I liked mine and was hovering)! I came home earlier than everyone else as my poor Curt was at home working, but it was a fun several days with them, and hanging with Whitni and Parker was a blast.
Curt's big flight! Here's a picture of him and Tom, his pilot, in front of the Stearman and flight museum hangar! (Look at that smile, man!)
Curt's surprise dinner party - this end of the table was a lot of our Young Life friends: Bill, Danny, Adam, Claire, Mike, little Dylan hidden behind Rachel, Rachel, Heidi, and Heather.
The other end of the table was Curt's family: Nonnie, Heidi, Carrie, Don, Greg, Sam (YL friend), and Pa Pa. Nonnie, Pa Pa, and Heidi all came in from Ledbetter which was so sweet!
End of Table #2: Charlie and Carol Sternau (awesome family friends), Judy, Curtis (also came in all the way from Giddings!), Curt, Courtney, Mam, and Mom (Dad was already in Holland - he was so bummed he couldn't be there for the birthday, but also to meet Charlotte! He's a sucker for little girls)
And the other end of Table #2: Fred, little Miss Charlotte, Elizabeth, (me, but I'm taking the picture! :-), Kendyl, Yvonne, and Vinny. These two couples had fun chatting as Vinny and Yvonne are from New Orleans, and are starting the "having kids" process so the conversation was lively!
Lighting the 30 candles! Fred gave us a hand as we didn't want the meltage, but Curt loved his "Cars" cake - KaCHOW!
Curt one of his best buddies, Dylan! Dylan loves Curt so they have fun together whenever we're hanging with Rachel and Mike!
Roomie picture with Curt, myself, Fred, Elizabeth and Charlotte! Charlotte was SUCH an angel all during dinner - and of course such a cutie... she LOVED a shiny green blowhorn the best, though! She was cracking us up!
And funnies with Maverick when we got home with all of the balloons. We tied one to the end of Mav's tail and he was just making us roll with laughter... I'll post a video later when I go through them and find the best one!
Sorry again to take so long...
Love, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and talk soon!
Tasha xx
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