Peyton's new cousin!

On Friday, December 10, Peyton's new cousin Jake Dylan was born. He weighed exactly 7 lbs. We are so excited to meet him.

Happy 1 week birthday, Jake!



Congrats to new parents Teresa and Jacob. (P.s. Jacob is Josh double first cousin...his Mom's sister married his Dad's brother. Crazy! See the resemblance?)

Peyton's 18 week appointment

On Tuesday, November 23 we had Peyton's 18 week appointment. It was fun because they do a full anatomy scan ultrasound to check how everything is going. They said everything looked great. We didn't get the best pictures because he was pressed up against the placenta wall. (it looked like he was playing peek-a-boo) They were able to double check that he is a boy. (whew!) I do wish our sonographer wouldn't have been so weird. She kept calling my son's private part a "winkie" and told me that they "play with it in there." (Lady, just keep to yourself what you believe) Enough of that, though. It seemed like with every measurement he was a week ahead. So maybe we will have him here before Easter!

Here is our little Aggie class of 2033!


This was the best profile shot they could get...my little lovebug ;)

Lindsay's birthday!

On November 29, we went to dinner for our good friend Lindsay's birthday. She chose a yummy new restaurant called Max's Wine Dive. It's a cozy little place at the Quarry that serves "gourmet comfort food." A bunch of us ordered their famous fried chicken, and some got their max n' cheese. It was GOOD...yes, we will be returning.

This was the day that Josh got our new camera, my first attempt at taking a picture! lol


Josh insisted on a "bump" pic (19 weeks)


Kristi and Charlie


I just really love this picture...Lindsay, you need to frame it! (p.s. didn't the birthday girl look FAB?! lol)


Alyse and Whitney


The birthday girl blowing out her candles on the yummy cupcake!


Alyse and Craig


John and Robert (our waitress thought they were "together"...but if you'll remember from this post they are taken by other people lol)

Seaworld!

On November 6, my long-time friend Taylor and her boyfriend, James came in town. They had season passes from Seaworld and wanted to spend the day there. Josh had to study...boo!, so I tagged along with them. Did you know a day pass to Seaworld is $60?!?! They have a promotion "buy a pass for a day, and come back all year". GEEZ, that's steep. I learned my lesson to research that before going. It all worked out in the end because we had a great time. Plus the weather was nice.

Flamingos and ducks


Shamu "Believe" production


Taylor smiling at the dolphin


Me feeding a dolphin


Cute couple!


If you have a season pass and want to go, let me know! I've got to get another use out of it before it expires. Plus we can go see Alyse's favorite show, the Seal and the Otter.

Guest Speaker in Mrs. Russell's Class

On Friday, November 12 I hosted the Department Chair of Mathematics from UTSA in my classroom. All of the middle school students got to hear Dr. Norman speak. I had no clue what to expect, as he never really filled me in during our emails. IT WAS AWESOME! He talked about geometry and nature's desire to save space. He demonstrated this using 3D outlines of shapes and soapy water. The kids were blown away. They are still talking about it, so I'm thrilled that it made an impression on them. Here are some photos from his visit.

Below is an icosahedron: a 20-faced polyhedron (vocab for the day)


A student holding up the cube's bubble with Dr. Norman.


You can kind of see the bubble that formed in this one. They call this a "saddle" shape in Math. The inner bubble would move up and down.


I got to take Dr. Norman to lunch at Turquoise with our Vice-Principal of Academics. (I must say I felt pretty grown up!) He's led an interesting path in Education. My favorite part of the day was when my students insisted on making him thank you cards. I got to read them and they were so cute. Several of them said they want to go to UTSA now so that they can have him as a professor. I told him to watch out for class of 2021 ;)

Thanksgiving 2010!

We left for my parents house after my 18 week appointment. (post coming soon!) Josh took some pictures of my sister, Mom and I cooking on Wednesday, but since we were in pajamas, I've decided not to share them. So Thursday pictures only.

Carving the Turkeys...


My cousins Haleigh and Hunter setting up the appetizers


The men watching football (Josh, Paw Paw and Uncle Lester)


Cousin Clay, my Dad, and Uncle Greg


We decided to give my grandparents their Christmas gift early since we will be with the Russells. We got them a handmade ceramic plate in Turkey. It was so hard to chose one. I met the paint master that designed it!




Family pic


18 week belly pic. I think eating Thanksgiving dinnner made it looker bigger...


My sister knitting our new stockings. She's made 6 and is working on more. She wants to have a bunch of them done for future family members.


I feel bad for not having any pictures of my Mom. She was working hard all day...I feel like she never left the kitchen. We thanked her by helping her put up her Christmas tree and decor on Saturday. Their house looks great. It was such a relaxing week.

Garcia Wedding

Our Thanksgiving started a little early when we went to Dallas for a wedding the weekend before. That Sunday we had lunch at Mamaw's with the Russell side. It was a great weekend. (we didn't take any pictures :( I'll have Mamaw email me some and update this post)

For the wedding we stayed at the Magnolia Hotel in downtown Dallas. It was a beautiful and historic hotel. They had a complimentary cookie bar every night...YUM! The wedding was close by at a warehouse called Lofty Spaces.

Entrance/sign-in area...I loved how the bride had pictures of family members.


Then the candy bar...




The bride and groom made pretty much everything. Here is a paper flower wall that they designed. So simple, yet stunning.


They made lanterns and this hanging that was above them at the altar.


We only got one picture together because SOMEONE took a cab home with a bunch of Aggies to watch the Nebraska game. Can you guess who?


They served delicious Cuban food and had a band. (the bride's father is from Cuba) It was so neat to see a wedding where the bride and groom had put so much work into the decor. They were so happy and smiling at each other all night. Even though I've been to a lot of weddings lately, I still love it!