Best of 2009

Best Movie: Keep in mind I do not watch movies til they come to redbox. And I don't watch R rated movies. Probably per pure entertainment value my favorite movie this year was Star Trek. I do look forward to seeing Avatar and Sherlock Holmes though!
Best Book: My to read list is huuuuuge this year, and unfortunately I didn't get through much! But I did love The Poisonwood Bible, Ahab's Wife, and East of Eden. Oh and Name of the Wind was one of the best fantasy I have read in a long time.
Best Place to Live: I've only lived in Lubbock this year. And I did not appreciate the snow.
Best TV Show: Still Chuck. My will power alone saved it for another season. I still love Lost though!
Best Video Game: Mario Kart didn't come out this year, but I got it this year, and I have played it plenty!
Best Home-made Dinner: Garlic mushroom chicken! Brett hated it, of course, so I will probably never make it again. Sad.
Best Deal: $750 for a Nikon N90. And I won $500 in a writing contest, so it was really only $250. You can't beat that!
Best New Hobby: I sew now, did you hear?

Yes I backdate.

At least I've blogged!

Where the Wild things Trick or Treat

Check out the pumpkin patch this year. :P Brett was so busy this semester, we never made it to a real patch. But we still found some good pumpkins!!

I wish I had gotten a picture of everyone's pumpkins! We had a great concept this year. Unfortunately, no picture. Oh well. Juliet had a lot of fun cleaning out her first pumpkin! And as usual, Brett's pumpkin looked the best! So we got a picture of his, but not even lit up. How lame is that!

Well, I worked really hard on Juliet's costume this year, and I think the concept was lost on a lot of people because I made her pink instead of the traditional Max white. Oh well. It was fun to make. Next year maybe I'll go with something a little more mainstream so she won't be mistaken for a pink demon squirrel.

Happy Bertday!

For Brett's Birthday we went to the English Building to launch his toy parachute men he got for his birthday (from me, along with other stuff! but we didn't launch his other stuff off the english building.)

Then we had warm chocolate melting cake with the Pratts! (not pictured. Sorry Pratts!)

Brett is officially a quarter century old!

Foutzs at the Fair!

Last time we went to a petting zoo, Juliet was terrified of the goats. Not so this year! She was chasing sheep, poking goats, pulling duck heads (just like her daddy!) and sticking her finger into bunny cages (bunnies may bite!).

And although she looks like she is a little scared in this photo she is actually laughing hysterically. Not hysterically like going crazy hysterically. She was very happy.




The lovely girls enjoyed their fresh squeezed lemonade. Hattie wasn't too pleased with finding a seed in hers. Melanie was less pleased to find a bee in hers. No picture included.



Yes this is a deep fried snickers. Neither of us had tried it before. Oh man it was delightful. Brett also enjoyed the deep fried funnel cake, deep fried pepper jack cheese, and deep fried hot dogs. I didn't really enjoy my pulled pork sandwhich. I should have asked them to deep fry it for me.

All in all, a good day!
p.s. and yes, Bensen was there. Poor baby gets no lovin'.

She's TWO???

I can't decide about this two year birthday. I am a little torn. On one hand -- she's already 2? My little baby girl is growing up so fast! But then I think, she's only 2? It seems like she has been in my life forever. I wasn't really me until Juliet was here, and how could I only have been me for these 2 short years?
But no matter how I feel about it, the calendar proves it has been only two years already.



She had a great birthday! Even after we sang and she blew out the candle, she was still singing Happy Birthday the rest of the day.
We love you Juliet!

Selfy Cruise

I've never really been into selfies since there are usually two of us. But since there was only one of me during this cruise, enjoy the selfy shot!

At the resort before embarkation. First vacation (without kids!) since we got married!

The view from my parents' balcony on the ship. The water was incredibly blue!

Roatan Honduras, reminded me a lot of Chile. But since I didn't get a picture of the city you'll never know why!



Nothing better than having Denice when your husband isn't around!




About to do the zipline.



Crazy fun!





Relaxing on the deck.




Boat in Belize.




Lamanai ruins -- ancient ancestor?? (This is the Mask Temple)

Climbed the high temple and felt it for days!!


Jaguar temple. Belize is hot and humid!!




Ship's Lobby. Valor was just about the dumbest theme a cruise ship could get.




Ocean view dining.


Cool blue bird man in Cozumel. It rained on us the whole day. It was warm though!


Enjoying my deliscious fruity drink in the Ivanhoe theatre.


Well, that was my cruise in selfies!! For a more detailed account (and pictures of other people) check out my facebook album. (coming soon!)