A Very Merry Christmas!

We had a great Christmas this year - it was SO busy! But we were blessed to be around all of our families this year, and that was perfect for us! Instead of detailing out our Christmas, I'll show it to you in pictures! Clever, right?

We headed to Shreveport first to celebrate with my dad's side of the family. We had a blast staying with Jack and Katherine and visiting with the Adams' side of the family!

Yes...I got a snuggie!
Jeremy with Katherine and Misti - my awesome sister-in-laws!

Then we headed back to Houston and hosted our very first Christmas Eve Party for my family. It was really fun! We did presents, played Christmas Bingo (and had gift cards as prizes), had tons of yummy food and of course played Rock Band. Some of Jeremy's family stopped by the party, too! It was definitely a fun tradition that we started!

Alex and Drake had a blast at our party - check out my hat - it makes me a "pro" chef!

Me and my girl, Bailey (my 10-year old niece)Playing Rock Band!


After the big party, we had our own Christmas, just me, Jeremy and Charley. Here are two of our favorite gifts! The scrapbooking machine is mine and the framed newspaper front page is his.

The next morning, we headed to the Bull house for Christmas with my brother's family. It's so fun to have Christmas with the kids - their excitement is truly what this season is about! It's so exciting! After we did presents, we had Christmas lunch with lots of the family. It was great seeing everyone!

Just showing off my wrapping job on Mom's present (I got her several kitchen things for her newly redecorated kitchen)!Bailey got a new Bible cover (and she's wearing her new Abercrombie jacket we got her)!

I got this amazing new cookbook - The Pioneer Woman - I seriously feel like me and this lady are friends! I'm excited to cook some of this yummy food!

The morning of the 26th, we went to Baton Rouge to have the Ford's Christmas. It was really fun - Jeremy has a really fun family! We opened gifts, ate dinner and played games! We had a great time!

Mr. Charlie (my FIL) got an outdoor heater! He's holding our new nephew Brayden!With my Christmas money from Mimi, I bought this fabulous new purse! I'm in love!

Whew...Christmas was fun, but a little exhausting! In the middle of it all, Charley ate M&M's, spent one night throwing up all night (now we have a taste of what its like to have a baby...we'll still hold off on that one for awhile, thanks Charley), and then to top it off, he got a Cherry Eye. I'll spare you the photo of his eye - it was disgusting! We thankfully avoided $500 eye surgery, and now we put drops in his eyes everyday. Sweet dog...

Hope you all had a blessed Christmas!
Love,
B

Christmas at the Ford's

I'm so proud of our Christmas decorations! Jeremy is a great helper, and we are really excited about Christmas this year! It'll be our first married Christmas to be at home together.

To celebrate, we will attend church on Christmas Eve, and then we are hosting a Christmas Eve party for my famliy which we are super pumped about. Once they leave, we will open our gifts (except our stockings). On the morning of the 25th, we will head to Deer Park for more celebrating and Santa with my family! We will open our stockings when we get home that day! It should be a really fun time! We will also squeeze in heading to North Louisiana to see my dad's side of the family before Christmas, and to BR to celebrate with Jeremy's family afterwards.

Here are our decorations that we are so proud of! Humor me and comment on them :)

My Christmas dishes! I'm in love with them!

Our beautiful tree!

My Southern Living decorative stocking and the greenery I added to it!A close up of our tree and some of my favorite ornaments!Our banister wrapped in garland, poinsettas and lights - J helped alot with this project!

Our stockings hung by the fireplace :)

Merry Christmas! 11 days until Jesus' birthday!

She's Back...

Hey Friends!

First, I'd like to give a shout out to my girl Jenna for having such a cute blog background that I was inspired to steal it and make one of my own. She's too creative for her own good :)! Thanks my BFFEAEAE!

Sorry I have neglected to blog at all lately - even during National Blog Month I didn't post one time. That's simply embarrassing people.

I've seriously been a "worry wart" lately - so much so that I cannot even sleep well at night! It's been a stressful last month or two with work and cheerleading. My precious girls are competing at their very first competition on Saturday. Please pray that all goes well. We have two days left of practice and I'm not 100% confident we will pull it together. But, they always manage to surprise me, so hopefully that's the case on Saturday!

I hate being a worrier. I read this quote the other day that said "Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere." Simply said, yet profound. It spoke to me.

I also read another quote that said "More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them." Wow, right?

I get my quotes from @iheartquotes on Twitter. They update multiple times a day and I really like a lot of theirs.

Anyway, hopefully the next time I post it won't be with such a worried and heavy heart. It is the "most wonderful time of the year" after all, and I know that it will be!

Love,
B

Shopping for Christmas Cards

I'm on the hunt for our Christmas card! What websites do you use for your cards? I'm always looking for something really cute, pretty or clever. I'm a little obsessed and love nothing more than receiving all of your adorable cards in the mail!

This was our 2008 card (sample from the website, obviously).
Any suggestions?

Sincere Apologies...

Have I really resorted to only posting new blog entries twice a month? Seriously? That's a little embarrassing, if I do say so myself. I'm so sorry that I'm depriving all of you of the incredibly fascinating things going on in my mind and in my life....wait, never mind, nothing fascinating is actually going on. My bad.

In all seriousness, there have been a lot of things going on that have been so super heavy on my heart. I'm contemplating going back to school, so my life lately has comprised of studying and college visits. I'm not entirely sure I want to become a full-time student again. Not to sound lazy, but I'm not sure I'm up for going to school all day and then studying all night. When would I have any kind of life? I would have no balance at all. And when I don't have balance, I kind of lose it. I'm just praying that the Lord shows me the path He wants me to take and that I'm wise enough to listen to what He's saying.

I'll keep you all posted on my big decision...and by the way, I hate decisions.

XOXO-
Brittney

Where Have I Been?

I know you're puzzled - where has Brittney's Blog been lately? I'm here people, calm down...I've just been busy and reluctant to get on the computer in the evenings, what with my 7 TV shows I've got going on! Instead of giving you the boring details of the last few weeks, I'll just bullet point some highlights of my life right now!

• I'm dying to dress Charley up for Halloween as something so ridiculous that it just mortifies Jeremy - this is true love people, in its finest form! This is what I want him to be!

• My new favorite show is Glee! Has anyone else seen it? It's so awkward and absolutely hysterical! It's one of the only shows I actually watch on the night it comes on! Crazy, right?

• I cured my shopping itch last weekend by spending way too much money at the Galleria - its dangerous territory I tell you! And I plan to go back this week! Ha! But, seriously, I have NO work clothes! All my clothes are from when I graduated college and I was 30+ pounds heavier. So, I stocked up on a few new pieces, and a ridiculously expensive headband. But I needed it - I'm obsessed with girly headbands!

• I'm really excited about this weekend - no traveling for football and a weekend of fun with friends I don't get to see very often. It all starts Friday when I have lunch with my BFFE Jenna, and then Saturday night I'll be livin it up with Kim, Josh and Carl (otherwise known as the fab 4). I have really great friends!

That's about all I've got for you. I'm off to make my infamous pasta for dinner tonight. It's yummy and the easiest thing EVER!

XOXO (yes, I'll be watching Gossip Girl tonight; love me some Chuck Bass)
Brittney

Blah, Blah, Blah...

Sadly, I really have nothing exciting to post about. Life is pretty much same ole, same ole. Which is fine, I guess.

We are going on our first LSU football road trip next weekend and its a full weekend with the nephew's baptism, baptism dinner and then tailgating the next day. I'm sure it'll be a whirlwind.

My cheerleaders are doing great - of course! The football team hasn't been winning, but my girls always out cheer the opponents cheerleaders. And, that's really what's important, right? :)

I had a really fun Labor Day swimming with my nieces and nephew. I'm pretty much obsessed with them. It was fun to have handstand contests in the pool again. I haven't done that in forever! Sadly, I never want to ruin my makeup or get my hair wet. Its days like this I'll always remember, not the ones where I didn't just dive in and play...something to think about I guess.

Maybe my next post will be more exciting, or at least include pictures :)

Love,
B