It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

Well, I know it's a little bit early but I put up christmas decorations on Sunday.  Drew was giving me a hard time for putting them up before Thanksgiving.  In my defense, we are leaving tonight for Phoenix and I won't be back until the second so I wanted to get them up before I left.  I just adore Christmas decorations!  My favorite thing that we have is our Christmas quilt that my Grandma Maksym made for us.  She gave it to us for our first Christmas as a married couple.  It is so special to us because we know it must have taken her forever to make and it is adorable!  Anyway, here are some pictures of our apartment to get you all in the holiday spirit! I hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving!  

Our Christmas Quilt

We only have room for a little tree but it's cute

The Auction

Last night Drew and I went to my school auction. I have the best husband! Not all of the husbands go but Drew has been both years. Anyway, the theme was You Should be Dancing. People could dress in 70's or cocktail attire. More than half of the parents were decked out in their go-go boots and short dresses and dad's in swirly shirts. Everyone looked great! We didn't bid on anything. Drew really wanted to buy the chocolate lab puppy or the football signed by Peyton Manning, Ellie Manning(sp?) and their dad. I wanted the two week stay in Tuscany. There is a family at my school who owns a huge villa there. The trip even came with access to their Maserati and Lamborghini! If only we had an extra $50,000 laying around! Lets just say going to this auction is a great way to feel poor haha. Anyway, the dinner was very nice and delicious. Then, we spend the night dancing and talking to parents. They had a great band and the dance floor was packed all night. We had a wonderful night!!

Me, Angie and Meredith(former SVDP teachers)

Corrie and Kurt (my teaching partner)

Drew and me

Halloween

Last night we hosted a Halloween party with seven of our friends.  The party was at Sean, Nathan and David's loft.  They have a really cool converted warehouse and they actually live in the G unit.  The title of our party was The BOOz BALL and we had so much fun!  Drew dressed up as the oil man from the movie There Will Be Blood and I was an elf.  We saw some very creative costumes!  Some of my favorites were: Julia Roberts from Pretty Woman with the white and blue number and the tall boots, frogs that were hilarious, David was LeBron James and Sean was Big Ben Wallace.  They both wore stilts and painted their bodies black.  There were also American Gladiators and Nathan was Beetle Juice.  Afton was even sweet enough to bring me birthday cupcakes with candles and everything.  We had a great time!

The G Unit

These are our friends Chris and Katy

Our Friends Brian and Lisa (ninja turtle and Carrie Bradshaw)

Me, Drew and my friend Sarah

The G Unit

Sean's parents, Sean, me and drew

The Hosts Minus Afton

Utah Girls Trip

Last weekend I went to visit Karaden, one of my best friends in Utah.  My two sisters and our other best friend Christina all went for a girls trip.  We had a blast!  It was fun to get a glimpse of what Karaden's life is like.  We went to Karaden's in-laws cabin one night and spent about four hours in the hot tub chatting.  We also went to Park City one day for lunch and a little shopping.  Actually, everyday we were there we went shopping.  I really had to restrain myself! Anyway, the best part of the trip was getting together with the girls again.  We all grew up on the same street and were inseparable when we were younger.  I love them all and I can't wait for the next girls weekend in Houston! 

This is at Karaden's in-laws cabin.

Here we are in the car driving to Park City.

This is in front of Karaden's House. 

Here is her family room.  Her house is adorable!  Every inch is decorated.

This is her kitchen.  It is decorated with desserts.  Isn't that cute!

Here I am with my sisters on one of our shopping sprees.  I miss them!

Oklahoma City Girls Weekend

We had a girls weekend in Oklahoma City.  The party consisted of Drew's sisters Louise and Patricia, Maggie our sister-in-law, Drew's mom Paula,  Maggie's brother's fiance and me.  We had a little pajama party on Friday night at Maggie and Robby's new house.  We had such a great time!  The only bad part was that we were missing Lynn (our sister-in-law).  She was missed but at least we got to i chat with her.

Here we are at Maggie and Robby's new house. 

This is towards the end of the night. 

Little Robby III.  He is adorable!

Hurricane Ike

Here are a few pictures that I took 5 days after the hurricane.  The debris is pushed off to the side of the roads so that you can drive.  My school finally got power on Thursday so we had 10 days off.  We will most likely have to make the days up though.

Hurricane Ike

We survived the hurricane. I already had a trip planned to Oklahoma City. I left Thursday night so I missed all of the action. Drew stayed at his friends loft. It is a converted warehouse so there aren't any windows on the first or second floor. They said it was crazy! The wind was unbelievable. Drew went and drove around downtown the next day and he said it was like a ghost town. There was crap everywhere, windows were broken and stoplights had blown over. Millions of people are still without water or power but luckily, our apartment has both. All of our friends are staying there. The grocery store opened today so they were able to restock on food and water (and I am sure beer).

I am still in Oklahoma City. I was supposed to leave today but the Houston airport is closed until Tuesday. School has so far been cancelled Monday and Tuesday and Drew does not have to go to work tomorrow. Thank you to all of you who kept us in your prayers and sent thoughtful emails or gave us a call.