Our New Home

Well we finally did it! We bought our first house. It was very stressful and nerve racking for sure!!! After looking for months we found the perfect one. Its in Rosharon, outside of Houston. Its kind of in the middle of nowhere; which we love. We have only been here a little less than a month, but absolutlely love it.

It is bigger than we imagined but we decided it was better to get a house too big than too small. Its 2800 square feet with four bedrooms, 3.5 baths, and a game room. It has a decent sized yard for a subdivision.

We are slowly decorating it..... Still need some beds for up stairs but it feels like home for sure!!

I will add some more pictures once I get them onto the computer.

Wedding Party

Well I have been doing some of the planning for the weddding, but still have a long way to go! I have chosen all of the attendants for the wedding and OD still has one more to choose.

I will be having 2 maid of honors Amanda and Kim


This is Amanda and I. We have been Best Friends for about 4 years now and she recently moved to Corpus. Why she could not have lived there the 12 years I did, who knows... She is married to Od's best friend his best man and also they have a little boy Landen who is one of the Ring boys. Expensive wedding for them too..HA HA


This is Kim and I. We have been best friends since 7th grade and I love her to death. She is also married and has the cutest little girl Maddie, who is one of the flower girls as well.

Next is my sister Nicole. Its tough because she lives so far away but we get to see eachother at leat twice a year =) She also has two adorable kids who will be the second ring bearer and the second flower girl.( I will show them off later)



Amber is the next bridesmaid and I met her when I worked at HEB and we became very close very fast. She is getting married in July and I am her maid of honor =) Cant wait!!! She is going to make a beautiful bride.



Next is my friend Jennie who I have knows almost 4 years as well. I worked with her at the day care and have been friends with her ever since. She just moved back to Houston so I am glad to be close to her again.



The last but certainly not least bridesmaid is Kat. I have known her since working at HEB as well. She is my little Martha Stewart and so glad to have during this wedding process.



NOW TIME FOR THE KIDDOS

Ring Bearers
Landen



Nate



FLOWER GIRLS
Maddie



Courtney Lynn( who loves her Uncle OD more than me)



Because I am having 2 Maid of Honors OD will be having 2 Best Men as well

Marcus



Stephen



J.C.(Sorry J.C. I had to use this one)




Daniel



USHERS




Holy Cow that took me a LONG time. I will update when we get the last groomsman chosen.

What we have been up to.....

OD graduated in May 2008 from Texas A&M University. Gig'em Aggies!

He earned his degree in Construction Science and is now a general contractor for Satterfield & Pontikes. He loves his job, but has had his ups and downs. After Hurricane Ike, his job sent him to Galveston and he had to work on repairing the schools down there. It was a bad time for us because he was gone all day long, come home and eat dinner, and then go to bed. He had to work seven days a week for a few weeks until the schools were ready to go again. He has recently been on a project building a new Highschool in Pearland, TX.

As for me, I am STILL in school. Dad calls me a career student and I feel that way most times. I have transferred a few times so it has put me back a little. I have recently transferred to University of Houston after OD got his job. I am earning my degree in elementary education and have always thought I wanted to teacher the older ones like 4th or 5th grade. I think I have recently changed my mind to the little ones like kinder or 1st. I will finally be done December 2010 after seven years......

Our dog Lucky is loving the new house and he is 4 1/2 now and still as spoiled as ever...

Hey everyone! Thanks for stopping by our page. We are really new at this and I am still not sure how to make this thing cute. People have been telling me to start a blog to keep everyone up to date with the wedding, the house, and everything else going on. So here we are!!!

Well A LOT has changed recently. After 8 years of dating we have finally gotten engaged this past November. The ring is beautiful!!


















Here is the story for everyone who has not heard it yet...
Well we had been looking for rings for a while and went to lunch one day. We passed by a Kay Jewelers and saw that they were having a sale. So during lunch I nonchalantly said "hey Kay's is having a sale." He surprised me by saying "Lets go look." So we did and found "the ring" well they were having that sale and the lady asked OD if he wanted to sign up for a card. He looked at me funny and I decided to go sit in the truck while he did whatever he was going to do. Well I sat in the truck for 30 minutes, and when he finally came out he did not have anything in his hands. Not a business card, receipt or anything!!! I was so bummed, but I put on a happy face, I thought...He says he could tell I was sad. Anyway, so we went and did some more errands then went back home. I was sitting on the couch watching reality TV which he hates so he went into the bedroom to watch football. Our friends were coming over later that afternoon to watch a game and then go out. So I thought nothing of it when he came out to the kitchen and started doing dishes. He asked me to get his phone from the bedroom and I got up and started walking in the room. I looked up and saw the ring box sitting on the bed. I gasped and froze in the hallway. I was speechless and turned around and OD was right behind me and asked me to marry him. Of course, I was one of those girls who started screaming and jumping and did not say yes for a minute. But obviously I DID!!














Us before going out to celebrate. Love this picture!

Our friends Kelly and Daniel came over right after and then went out with us that night. The were our neighbors in the apartment and now have become our neighbors again, but that's another story.