Just Living the Life...: January 2008

Sunday, January 27, 2008

It's Been Awhile...

since we've updated our blog! It's Leigh again - taking over the keyboard. While we haven't been up to much - seems like we've still been busy. A couple weekends ago we had a night on the town to celebrate Dana's birthday. 3 couples in total - us, brad/dana & adria & mike went to the hip part of our side of town - sugarland town square. We dined at an italian restaurant and went through our fair share of wine which made our story telling more animated and loud and we are definitely sure the people around us wish they sat further away. We ended the dinner with a round of shots - which I smartly didn't take mine and matt went against better judgement and took both :-). We ended the night with loud music listening to soulja boy on brad's patio - which we actually got a call from the neighbor to turn it down - I guess we are still trying to act like we are in college.

My folks came to visit last weekend and we had a great time. Riley loved seeing her Gigi and Deks and it is always entertaining to see Dad and Matt challenge each other to the wii. Mom and i lunched and shopped and just really enjoyed being together.

I am still sad I can't run the marathon - I went back to the doctor for a follow up visit and my fracture is healing - albeit i tried to run yesterday and it was a mess. I am still in pain and the dr said that the moment I feel it - i should back off as it will only make it that much longer to heal. I reckon i will be cycling away on the stationary bike for quite sometime while my leg continues to heal. We are going skiing with brad and dana at the end of February and I am hoping my leg doesn't give me trouble. But hey - if it does, dana and I can hang out at the warming hut while the guys tackel the mountain :-)

We are preparing for Riley's 2nd birthday - we can't believe our little angel is already 2!! We are planning a Shrek themed party as that seems to be Riley's favorite character. She is constantly asking "where's shrek? donkey? princess?"...let's hope i can pull it off and get all the party supplies in time!

This past weekend I was due to go to Arlington for my sister-in-law's baby shower. I was SO disappointed i couldn't go - i came down with a cold and I took riley to the dr the day before our travels and we decided it was best not to risk us all being too sick and getting my folks sick as a party favor for our visit.

Not sure of our superbowl plans but we'll be sure to update the blog after the weekend.

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Leigh's Promotion

I am happy to announce that last week Leigh got promoted to Director at her company, Sirius Solutions! She insists it isn't a big deal, but it is! Director is a high-level position in her firm and they have recognized all her hard work over the last few years. I'm extremely proud of her! In addition to Leigh, her good friend and co-worker, Ashley, got promoted to Director as well!!

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Christmas '07

Another holiday season came and then flew by yet again! For whatever reason, this year more than ever seemed really fast...does this mean I'm getting old?? Regardless, it was a great time. We spent the holidays up in Arlington with Leigh's parents. On the way up, we went right through the cold front pushing south, and it ended up a 35 degree difference from when we left Houston..and 0f course I was wearing flip flops and shorts. It ended up being perfect cold weather for the season and made it feel like Christmas! I did some traditional Christmas Eve shopping and then we shared the day with Leigh's parents, Rob (Leigh's brother), Erin (Rob's wife), Hanah (Rob and Erin's daughter), and Leigh's Uncle Traci. We fried a couple turkeys, ate a wonderful meal, and ended opening presents later that evening. Riley seemed to understand Christmas a little more this year, but watching Shrek and Barney was still more exciting that opening presents :-) Here's the pics from the holiday:

Daddy reading The Night Before Christmas