Howl at the Moon...

This title is exactly what our crazy Vizsla Trigger did tonight. Everyone knows that Trigger is like that crazy child that you can never take in public, because you are scared of what he might do to embarrass you. Well today Trigger discovered the moon. Dustin and the boys were outside this afternoon, playing some pre super bowl washers. Dustin came running in for me to come outside "to see what my son is doing". Whenever he says that phrase to me, I truly never know what to expect. So sure enough I walk outside and to my surprise he is barking and howling at the moon. Trigger has a personality and attention span of a two year old, so you never really know what he is thinking or doing for that matter. The moon was driving him crazy. He also believed that we could grab the moon from the sky and give it to him to play with. He was extremely aggravated at us when we would not go into outer space and bring the moon down for him to use as a chew toy. Here is a picture of him barking and howling at the moon.(Notice Millie's facial expression, she uses it a lot when she feels he is being idiotic.)

Couples Shower

Dustin and I had our couples shower at Armadillo Palace last weekend. Thank you so much ladies who put on our wonderful shower. Dustin and I are truly blessed to have such great friends and family. They reserved part of Armadillo Palace from 3-6 and we ate, drank, opened presents, and partied it up. We got a ton of great stuff off our registry, and also had an awesome chocolate cake! Thanks Ash! Here are a couple pictures from our shower.

What do you think??

So Dustin and I were very excited to head out to Katy Friday to look at what they have done to the house. We arrive and they had 2 sides of the house bricked! YEAH! It was already dark so we did not get to see a whole lot, so we decided to come back Saturday. We headed back out Saturday had lunch with my Mom, looked at furniture, and headed to the house. Here is what it looks like now....


Here is our dilemma. We can not decide if the color of paint used on the trim is to light/yellow. What do you think??? Please let us know, if we are going to change it we have to let them know this week. I say it looks fine, but Dustin thinks it is to bright.

Will the Stress Ever End?

So as you all know, I am planning our wedding. Some how it creeped up on me and it is only 3 months away!!!! So at this point I am freaking out! Every time my Mom tells me another thing she needs to add to "her list", I get a stomach ache and have to leave the room. Although I have to say, in a half a week we have accomplished ALOT. There are so many small petty things I had forgotten about. For one example SHOES! Who forgets about shoes??? Of course I do! I really just want my wedding to be planned and I just show up and enjoy it, is that to hard to ask for? No seriously I have enjoyed the planning, and spending the time with my Mom, sister Court, and future mother and sister-in-law. Today we tried on my dress with my jewelry, and shoes; I have to say I look GOOD! My Mom just keeps saying, "I can not believe she is getting married". Along with the stress of a wedding lets add a house being built to the mix. The house has had a couple hiccups this week, but Dustin resolved them quickly. Hopefully the snowball effect of stress will melt away soon. For the sake of my sanity and everyone around me that is!

It has been awhile....

WOW...its been awhile since I've posted anything. Guess I'll just get everyone up to speed on whats been going on. Dustin and I are building a house in Katy in the Pine Mills Ranch subdivision. The house is coming along well. This past weekend Dustin, his Dad, and Reagan went and did some extra wiring on things. Thanks so much Papa Clark for coming in and helping us out. We could not have done it all with out you! Here is a picture of the house so far.
This week we have a orientation with the builder to do the sheet rock and then they start on the brick as well. They said it should be done by February 12, so I guess we will see what happens!. We also had a very busy, wonderful holidays! We left for Lufkin Christmas Eve, and Dustin and I agreed that is something we will never do again! The traffic was horrible and we were both starving, and it took us 3 hours to do a 2 hour drive! Once we got to Lufkin we had a wonderful time. We went to the Clark Christmas, and I got to meet all of the Clark side. After stuffing my self with every kind of food imaginable, we went to Aunt Sandy's for Chinese Christmas. That was fun, and I loved watching all his baby cousins opening presents and parading around. Here is a picture of Harley's first tractor ride on the new tractor.

Christmas morning we went to Granny's, again ate to much food, but had a great time. Friday was Granny's 80th birthday so we went to lunch at Cheddars and went back to the house for cake and presents. Below is a picture of Granny, her kids and the grand kids.


Saturday the 27th we packed back up and headed to Katy for Christmas with the Boeer's. That night we went to the Taste of Texas, my favorite place to get a steak, and once more stuffed ourselves beyond belief. You would think with a wedding in 3 months I would have shied away from all the food. Here is a couple pictures from the Taste of Texas.

Sunday morning we got up and opened our presents. This was Ryder's first Christmas, and of course he got more presents than any of us did! Here he is in his cute Christmas onsie.
Monday morning we got up and went to Eagle Pass to the Trigon Tubulars Camp. This has been a tradition that we have done for 5 years. We all had a blast enjoying the time in south Texas especially the sunsets by the campfire.
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Thanks to everyone who made our Christmas so enjoyable!

Dad's 60th Surprise Bday Party!

Last week Ryder and Courtney came in and we of course had a blast! Along with them Ashley and Dustin's Mom came too! They came in Tuesday afternoon, and we were putting some last minute details on Dad's surprise party. I took at least 500 pictures of Ryder cause he just looked so darn cute in his man pants! Wednesday we took a trip to Pearland to my sisters friends Celia's to do Ryder's first photo session. Oh my, he was so adorable. He was posing and laughing, he knew he was as cute as the poster baby for Pampers. You can go online and look at his pictures at www.celialewis.com, click on client proofing and the password is "ryder". We then did a little shopping, as girls with their Mom do! Thursday the grandparents came in to have lunch with Dad on his actual birthday. Saturday was the big day. About 3 o'clock we headed over to my parents to "watch the TSU vs. SFA game", aka set up for the party. Dad left with Mr. Collins to go look at a rifle and we got to work. All the guests came and we SURPRISED Bubba around 6pm. Thank you everyone so much for attending this special occasion he really enjoyed knowing how many people care about him! A special thanks to Ashley and Phyllis Clark for coming all the way from Lufkin! We really enjoyed ya'lls company! Below are some pictures from the week!

It has been awhile....

Sorry I have not updated in such a long time! We have had a lot of exciting changes going on and we need to share them with everyone. First Dustin and I signed the contract on a house in Katy today. They should start breaking ground by the end of November...IF everything goes as planned. We missed the Tech game yesterday to go and talk to the builder and get all of our ducks in a row. Before we went to talk to them we discussed with a lender how much we could afford to pay, including taxes. Yesterday we decided on our floor plan, and today signed all the papers to get the ball rolling. Thanks to Cynthia with Newmark Homes, and our relator Lori for putting up with my 8 billion questions on everything! I am really excited that we now do not have to throw our money away in rent every month. I am also excited that we are deciding every small detail with our house, so it will truly be our home. I am also extremely excited because, BABY RYDER COMES TO KATY THIS WEEK. My sister and Mr. Ryder will be arriving on Tuesday of this week and staying till Sunday. I am so excited to hold, kiss, and love on him! I will post pictures later in the week of how cute he is.