Mr and Mrs Hodges!

Last weekend, Colby and I had an ADULT weekend in Oklahoma City.
My Aunt Cathy and Uncle Bruce, graciously flew ALL THE WAY down here to babysit Cade for the weekend. And well, considering Cade had fever when we left which was followed by a lovely course of explosive diarrhea, I think the correct choice was made!!

My sister-in-law Mandy married the love of her life- Adam. I can remember her coming to visit us down here when Cade was 1st born, and I could tell she was beaming! Then she told us about a new guy from work that she had met. I could see in her eyes that he was the one. And the rest......

We started the weekend out at County Line for the rehearsal dinner, it was great, and reminded me of Austin!




When we left dinner, that's when the front began to blow in. The temp dropped 30 degrees in 2 hours. We woke up Saturday morning to snow on the ground. And it proceeded to snow ALL DAY. Snow AND 40-60 mile per hour winds does NOT make a bride happy, but have no fear! It was still an AWESOME, FUN, and GORGEOUS wedding!!!!!


The wedding took place at a little, intimate, rustic chapel connected to a gorgeous reception area, Briar Rose Place.
This bride allowed herself to forget about the BLIZZARD and focus on HER MAN!!!









We had a blast!
Congrats Mr and Mrs Adam Hodges!

Hmmmm.... Well...........

So I see a pattern here.....
I am ALWAYS behind on my blog.
So I guess I should say sorry, but I have a feeling this won't be changing!

A few weeks ago I visited Oklahoma City for the 1st time. I went to celebrate my sister-in-law, Mandy's, bachelorette party. I had a BLAST!!!!! I love all the women that came along. I was excited to meet her best-friend and bridesmaid Carla, she is crazy! We head to Oklahoma City again this Friday for the wedding and I cannot wait to hang out with all these ladies again!
There are some pics I will not post on here, for fear my life may be in jeopardy!

The cousins, Jen and Mendi, and my sister-in-law, Alicia


Me and Carla


Me and Mandy, the bride-to-be


And of course I have to put up some pics of Cade. He is SO excited about the weather being nice. He LOVES LOVES LOVES outside. And he loves his car! He was hoping to pick up some chicks!


And the girls have become his best friends. He walks around barking all day. So funny!!!!


And here is my HANDSOME hubby! He went up looking for bad guys in the DPS helicopter. He wasn't successful, but he had fun trying!


And on a more serious note. At church last Sunday, a great message was taught. It's interesting how our society correlates busyness with success and importance. But have you ever just felt too busy or burned out?? Well that's because busyness is not healthy 24/7. Jesus took many moments to rest, rest his soul, sleep, and pray. Remember: Without a rhythm of rest, our hearts become hardened

Valentine's Weekend

This weekend has been fantastic!
Yesterday I had a hydrotherapy massage followed by a 90 min deep tissue massage.
Then last night we went to Lansky and Brats for a romantic dinner.
We have been babysitting our friends Boxer this weekend as well, and Cade loves him and loves his kennel!
I promise I didn't lock him up in here!
Happy Valentine's Day friends and family xoxoxoxo

Lots of emotions and confusion

Just a vent post........
Sometimes we wonder why God puts us in situations, we wonder but we know not to fight it because we know it's right.
Oct 2008, being moved to the valley took me and Colby by surprise. We never knew the challenges and difficulties we would encounter. We both had/have major job challenges, our son was (hopefully stays in the past) always sick, we live soooo far from family/friends, we didn't know many people here, and so on and so on. It's been SO tough.
It's really hard for me to complain and whine considering I know we have so many blessings but sometimes I just want to :(
Today has been one of those days.
I am confused, unsure, and just not clear on what my purpose is here any longer.
It's been tough and difficult.
I know I have to keep thanking God for those awesome blessings He has given me and my family. I know I have to keep trucking and keep my head up.
Enough of the saddness, sadly I don't have time to be!

Family and Darker

We went to Houston this past weekend and it was too wonderful!!!!!
Friday night I was able to visit an old high school friend Amanda Langston at the FAMOUS Gringo's. It was so great to catch up with her, it seemed like no time had passed! I wish we would have gotten a pic, but hopefully we will see each other soon again!

Then Saturday we attempted pictures with Cade and his 4th cousin Sarah (the 2 babies on my mom's side). Well as you can imagine it was a DISASTER!!!! Sarah was a PERFECT angel and Cade, well, he was HORRIBLE!!!!!!! So we were able to capture many cute pics of Sarah and just one with the two of them, and Cade's expression was the same as when he saw Santa last month. I will post as soon as we get them, just for a good laugh. I hope Cade out-grows this whole separation anxiety thing, it's depressing, embarrassing, and just ridiculous (or RI-DIC and my MIL likes to say)!

Saturday afternoon we had our family all together. It was so great to see everyone. I hadn't seen Kim (my cousin I grew up with, she's almost like a sister to me, I lived with her for a few years when I was little) in over 3 years, my cousin Beth (Kim's sister, bridesmaid in my wedding) since my wedding, Brittnie (Kim's daughter) in over 2 years, Rodney (my 2nd cousin) in about a year, and I had never met Sarah (Brittnie's daughter, newest addition to our family). It was a very nice visit and I truly hope we never go this long again without seeing each other.



Aryn and Anna also came by for a short visit. Anna is a doll. Her hair is getting curly and she makes you melt!


Another high school friend of mine came by as well, and we didn't get a pic either :( Brandy has a 3 yr old baby girl named Ellery. She is the smartest kid I have ever been around. It's amazing all the stuff she knows and can do! But if you know Brandy or if you have read Brandy's husbands abstract about some quite/passive stuff, you would know where she got it from!
Besides the Cowboys losing on Sunday before we flew out, it was a great trip!
Oh the darker part of my title, my hair. It's my natural color with a few highlights on top. I had no idea how dark my hair had gotten. But I love the new look! If you don't like it, well sorry, it's staying :)

Christmas at the Langford's

I will let the pics tell the story.......



















That about sums it up!

Wow! Santa

Last year


THIS YEAR, hahahahahaha


I think separation anxiety has began......