Thoughts of a Decade

The end of another decade y'all. The end of a decade. Remember what you did for 1999 going into Y2K? We were out in Oklahoma celebrating Worthley style. That was awesome. I was about to meet Michael too, one year after that we were dating. A lot has happened in the past 10 years, but I really feel like 1999 was last week. I'm excited for 2010! Some really good things are about to happen. I wonder if I'll still be blogging in 2019? Yikes. No huge plans tonight. I'm waiting for my black-tie event with balloons falling on my head and dancing the night away to a live band. Maybe next year, right? I'm thinking 2010 is going to be better than 2009. I can't wait!

Tis the season to get married

- 2 weddings next month (Yeah Brett!)

- My sister is getting married in June

- Carolyn and Travis get married in May

- An unnamed best friend will surely be getting married next year

- I have currently attended 33 weddings in the last 2 years

Here I am waiting for Heather to try on a gorgeous dress:

Bibble

Brianna's first pet ever. She named him Bibble. No one likes to feed him though, so we shall see how long he lives....

Cosmic Christmas

I read Max Lucado's "Cosmic Christmas" yesterday and loved it. You should pick it up if you haven't yet. Clearly fictional but at the same time, the spiritual speculation seems right on. Imagining the spiritual realm of the First Christmas makes the reason for celebrating Christmas so awesome. It gives more meaning to the same Christmas carols we sing every year. At our Christmas Eve service, there were some songs that I could barely choke out, "Glory to the Newborn King." I imagine the thousands of angels singing praises to God and I get chills. I can't wait until we get to be part of that!

Joy Williams released this awesome song a few years ago and every time I hear it, my heart melts. My friend posted this song as well, but just in case you missed it - Here With Us.

Home for Christmas

Dorothy didn't lie: there's no place like home.

Snow Day #2

Heather's the middle child. She burried Brianna.

Preston building a wall of protection against the snowballs.

We are posing.

The back patio

Heather makes a great target for snowballs.

Brianna trying really hard to hit Michael!

Snow Day #1

Michael and I drove up to Manassas to get snowed in. We debated where we'd rather have to spend the weekend and "home" won out over Cville. Here are some fun shots of our snowy day.

This is last night - 2 hours after the snow started falling
This morning after brunch all of us put on our snow gear and played outside. This looks like my siblings and I are very sweet but this was taken after an all out wrestling race to the swing set to see who could get down the snow-covered slide first.

Michael, Preston and Dad started the first round of shoveling

It's been a while since we've played in the snow together

I doubt we got as much snow as Charlottesville ( I hear they're at 26 inches) but we got at least 16 inches. Sledding was horribly cold and windy, maybe tomorrow will be better for that. I love me a good pseudo blizzard.