Cotton Bowl

I know Texas Tech did not win the Cotton Bowl, but it was a really good time...until we lost. Here are some pictures.








Post game-- very sunburn. It was a very sunny day!

Jerry's Perfect Christmas Gift

This year, Jerry truly out did himself! He got me tickets to 4 musicals!!! It was the perfect gift! He also got me the soundtrack to Legally Blonde the musical (so I could sing along at the show), the Rent soundtrack (NO DAY BUT TODAY!), Garden state Soundtrack (one of the most amazing soundtracks of all time), and Scrubs soundtrack (soundtrack high five!) I'm looking forward to Rent the most, the lyrics are absolutely amazing.

Santa Fe

For Christmas we went to Santa Fe with Jerry's family. It was so much fun! We stayed on the Glorieta camp grounds in a lodge. The lodge was perfect, it had 8 rooms and 4 bathrooms and was a perfect fit for us.

We arrived on Saturday around lunch time. We ate lunch and then walked around the town square in Santa Fe. I love Santa Fe, it's so different from any other place. One time we walked into this store that sold very expensive jackets, next thing I know there is this beautiful Great Dane in the store just hanging out! I wish I could do that with Lucy and Rowdy... yeah right, she would destroy the store. Then we went to the Loretto Chapel where they had this amazing staircase. It was so beautiful.
After shopping, we went back to John and Susan's house and did Christmas and ate Gumbo.

On Sunday we woke up to an amazing breakfast prepared by Deanie and Granny. Later me, Jerry, John (Jerry's uncle), Susan (Jerry's aunt), Holly (Jerry's cousin), Drew (Holly's fiance), Haley (Jerry's cousin), and Bretton (Haley's boyfriend) went skiing. I usually snow board, but I wanted to try something new so I took an all day ski lesson. I like skiing, you don't fall near as much, but when you do fall it's so hard to get up. Everyone else stayed back and went sledding, including George!


After skiing all day, we came home and played a game where we split up into 3 groups and were asked questions about the family. My favorite question was about the Christmas Adam Party and the "Who said 'Are you naked' when they were 8 years old to random people in a hot tub thinking they were family members." Apparently, when Jerry was 8 he watched these music videos by Ray Stevens. One video called "It's Me Again Margaret" had a line that said, "Are you naked." Later, he thought his family was in the hot tub at a hotel and said, "Are you naked." I love hearing these funny stories about Jerry. Later that night we went into Santa Fe and looked at all the lights.



On Monday we went and bought shoes at John's store, the Running Hub. By that time, we had to catch a plane to go home. Santa Fe is such a unique place, I love it!

Tametra Wright

On Saturday, November 15 Tametra Wright was killed by a drunk driver. Tametra was a sweet, kind hearted young lady that will be missed. She was a Bowie Volunteer wrestler and Lady Souljah. It is not fair that her death is a result of someones stupidity. She's in a better place now and she will be missed. My prayers go out to the family.

Detroit

A few weekends I ago, I was fortunate enough to travel to Detroit with Papa Harley, Uncle Nathan, and my mom. In Detroit my grandfather was honored as one of 36 greatest players for the Lions. I had no idea that my Papa Harley was that great of player. He truly is a legend. I was so proud and got to meet so many interesting people. I'm so grateful that I got to go.

Holly is engaged!

Holly Lumley (Jerry's cousin) got engaged this weekend to Drew Eakins!  Holly was meeting him at a chapel at Glorieta and she walked in and saw a letter.  The letter said to follow all the other letters.  Each letter she received was a letter from a family member.  Then she came up to a box and it was a bible with her future name on it  (Holly Eakins)!  Then he came out of no where and proposed!  How romantic!  Then they came back to Holly's house where her entire family was there and all of her friends.  I'm so excited for them!  I love weddings!!!!

       

I survived my first 6 weeks

I have officially survived my first 6 weeks! Wow! I've been very busy learning new programs, all of my students names, and keeping up with due dates. Although I have been incredibly busy, I wouldn't have it any other way. I get bored too easily.

Good things that have happened so far in the past two months:
Things to look forward to:

• I'm going wedding dress shopping this weekend!
• Shreveport with friends- October 17
• Step Show- October 28
• Texas Tech vs. UT on November 1st--- GO TECH
• Santa Fe with Jerry's family- December 20

I love the fall. It's such a beautiful time of year.