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.

My First Dog Brady

My dog Brady, that I have had since elementary school, passed away on Thursday. My Dad called me at 10:30 Thursday night, and asked me to meet them at the animal hospital because Brady was very sick. She was vomiting blood and could not control any movement in her body. In a panic I got ready and woke Dustin up to take me, I was a emotional wreck and could not drive. By the time we got there she had already passed away. I gave her a final kiss on her little head, and said my good byes. She died in my Mom's arms on the way to the vet and let out 2 barks before she took her last breath. Friday we went and gave her a funeral in Weimar at our farm. Brady was 15 years old, so she lived a long happy life. She was the sweetest little dog, putting up with me dressing her up in doll clothes and pushing her in my red wagon around the neighborhood. It's gonna be hard to go to my parents house and not be greeted by the little black dog, crying to pick her up and love on her. Brady will be greatly missed, as she brought so much joy to our family. She was a very loyal, loving companion for all five of us. Here is a picture of Brady opening her last Christmas present. This was her favorite thing to do!

Getting Back to Normal

Since Ike came it has thrown our week all off. We both did not work much last week so this week we are just trying to get back to normal. It is hard, because Dustin still does not have power, so we are trying to make due with my TINY 600 square foot apartment. Along with the small space with 2 people and 2 dogs, I have a deep freeze in the middle of my living room. Yes thats right a freezer, sitting right next to the TV. Since power is a touch and go, I had to go to Amber and Chris's house to wash clothes. Amber and I made a slumber party out of it since the boys left Friday to prepare for the Aggie game. We ran errands, went shopping at the Galleria, and got Pei Wei to go so we could watch the NEW 90210. All went well till around 12am. I got up to take Trigger and Millie to the bathroom and when i walked out of their bedroom I found myself standing in 3 inches of water! Water was every where, all over the apartment, and not just a little it was ALOT of water. So in a panic Amber and I are trying to figure a way to clean up this huge mess. It turns out the washing machine never turned to run the cycle and just kept filling up, over flowing and drenching the floor with water. We started with filling 2 cups and dumping it into the sink, moved to bowls, and eventualy sweeping it out the door. Around 3:30am we finished. Right when we lay down the maintence man comes, GO FIGURE. He missed the clean up and came to bring a fan to dry the carpet. At the Aggie game the next day we both were exausted from only sleeping 3 hours. Hopefully this weekend will be alittle smoother! We also got to stop by Morgan and Justin's to see Mr. Weston. He is absolutly adorable and I will post pictures of the little man later on in the week.