Oh, Christmas Tree....

This is our pretty little tree :) Actually it's 9.5 feet. It's a lot of work to get this sucker up but it always looks so great when we do!

My very own pair!

Apparently, Chip decided he had enough of fighting with me over the house slippers and went out and bought me my very own pair :) Now we no longer have to share! Plus, these fit my foot better anyway!!!

Questia's Holiday Party

Awe....aren't we cute!?!?!

BEAT AGAIN!!!

For the 2ND TIME San Diego beat the Broncos 48-20!!! LT scored his 29th touchdown of the season, breaking the NFL single-season record!!! PLUS we won the AFC West Division!!! I couldn't be more excited about my team!!! Woo Hoo! GO CHARGERS!!!

Baby It's Cold Outside!!

Since Houston has become quite chilly (I can hear Daron snickering now) I decided to get the man who refuses to not wear shoes the perfect gift...House slippers! :) He was to embarrassed to model them (he doesn't have attractive feet) so I did it for him! They are as comfy as they look! Now the only dilemma we seem to be in, is deciding who's slippers they really are....his or mine! :)

Annual Christmas Dinner

Each year, Kirk, Denise, Chip and myself all get together for our Annual Christmas Dinner! This year, we went to The Melting Pot. For those of you who have not been yet, you MUST go!!! It's fantastic! They bring your food out to you (uncooked) and you cook all your food at the table. It's a 4 course meal with a cheese dip as a starter, then a salad of your choice, then your main course...ours consisted of Lobster, Steak, Chicken, Shrimp, Potatoes, Veggies...all very good! Then of course is the dessert! Melted chocolate (ummmmmmmmmmmm) and everything from strawberries to brownies to dip in it! For those of you who know me, this is the point of the meal when I had felt I had reached heaven :) We decided after dinner to stop by a piano bar and do some dancing (well, Denise and I danced...with each other then with some old men). We packed up our leftovers and even some dessert to give to a homeless person on the way home. It was a great evening with great friends! I can't wait for next Christmas!!

Lucky Man :)

Well my boss invited all of his direct reports to a Rockets Game in a Suite! It was fantastic! We had a great time! There was food, drinks, good company and oh yeah!!! The Rockets Dancers stopped by for a picture! I volunteered Chip (he was resistant at first) but I think in the end, he's happy that he did it!

Christmas for Granny, Meem & Pap!

For Christmas this year, we (my mom, dad, aunt Donna, everyone) decorated reefs and trees for Granny, Meem & Pap. This is a picture of what they looked like! I think it turned out great!

Chip & Sarah

Nothing special going on at the moment...Chip and I are getting used to our new gym and are still on our quest to becoming the real Ken and Barbie!! (hehehehehe) You can check it out at: www.lifetimefitness.com. He got himself a personal trainer for Christmas so I'm sure in 30 days he'll look even more fantastic then he does now!!! I am still pluggin' away - slow progress but progress none the less. I'm sure by the time we die, we will have reached our goals!!! :) We'll have to update with full size pictures soon!!! Eeeeek! That could be scary!!! We also treated ourselves to the best Christmas present yet I think :) We bought a Serta Memory Foam Mattress pad and some 800 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets!!! Say it with me people....AHHHHHHHHHHHH! They are fantastic! It's like sleeping on a very, very soft cloud! Best money we've spent in a while - besides the new gym of course! It's perfect for our aching bodies after a long workout. The dogs (who sleep on the bed with us) seem to be sleeping better too which is important :) I think Jack likes to watch the foam pad pop back to it's original shape after he's rolled out of bed in the morning. We have 2 Christmas parties to attend this coming week. One is just for the CEO's staff and we'll be enjoying a Rocket's Game in a suite he's rented and the other is Questia's company party which is on Friday night at the exotic Omni Palace!! (NOT) Kirk & Denise are getting married in less than 28 days so everyone is busy running around making final wedding preparations. I'm meeting her for her final dress fitting on Wednesday after work and I can't wait to see how it all finally comes together on the 30th! Everything sounds like it's just going to be beautiful! I love weddings!!! :) More to come!!

It's ROUGH being good :)

Man! I can pick teams!!! Chargers won again over Oakland. :) (You would think that would be getting old but it's not!!!) I'm so excited that we are doing so well! I was hoping we would beat the Raiders - especially after winning against the Broncos but you never know!! :) Go Chargers! Go Chargers! Go Chargers! The Broncos played their first Thanksgiving game on Thursday against Kansas City and lost. They have also decided to bench their starting QB "Jake the Snake" for the rookie, Jay Cutler in Sunday's game against Seattle. I'm dying to see what happens!

Thanksgiving Vacation

Our Thanksgiving vacation was great! Chip's wasn't near long enough but I was fortunate to have the whole week off! I had plenty of time to clean, do some laundry and sit around and eat, eat and more eating! Thursday was packed full of family fun :) We went to Chip's mom's house in the morning and then it was off to my parents house that afternoon where I got see the whole family! My grandpa, my sister and her kids and my brother and his kids were all able to make it! Both dinners were fantastic :) After a serious turkey hang-over, we were finally motivated enough on Saturday to go join Lifetime Fitness (The new and amazing gym by our house) to work off those Thanksgiving pounds! We are very excited and although we loved seeing everyone and all the food - we are hoping for a low calorie Christmas! Yeah right! Unfortunately, we were not able to spend the day with Kirk & Denise but I thought this picture of Kirk was too perfect to pass up! Something about a man and a turkey! :) Dead sexy!

Battle at the Unerfusser's

Well it happened...Sunday, the Broncos "Barfos" played the Chargers!!! Chip was confident in his team telling me that the Chargers would win "When Hell Froze Over"!! Well, as it turns out, Texas is feeling a bit chilly this morning cause the CHARGERS WON!!!! I'm super pumped!! My team is doing fantastic! It was a close call but we beat them and in the end, that's all that really matters!!! GO CHARGERS!!!

Meet Flush :)

He's been talked about and even impressed people with his ability to survive Sarah, the "official" fish killer!!! I thought it was only fair to finally meet Flush :) Isn't he fabulous??? He's pretty excited about being famous now!

A tribute....

Who knew I had SO much talent?!?! :) I decided to surprise Chip with some beautiful graffiti in his garage :) Mantastic isn't it?? Much to my surprise, he was less then thrilled and has requested it return to it's original, boring, white color...I say, where's my tribute??? LOL

Renaissance Festival

That's right!?!?! After 7 LONG YEARS of waiting and promises...Chip finally took me to the Renaissance Festival on Saturday! WooHoo! It was a BLAST! Plus, we were able to go with the upcoming newlyweds Kirk & Denise!!! Come on people...say it with me...Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww :) Newlyweds :) They are SO cute!! Just give them a few years!!! Hahahahaha! Just kidding. Anywho - back to the Ren Fest...Lots and lots of strange and freaky people out there!!! We saw The Dead Bob Show and The Bird Show! Beautiful creatures - a wee bit scary when they are whizzing by your head! :) Denise and I rode an elephant and even threw knives!!! The boys were SO thrilled to learn we had no talent doing that!! Whew!
Something I did have a talent for was EATING! Oh my gosh! 80% of my day was spent walking (thank goodness I needed to work something off) and eating! From turkey legs, the sausage on a stick aka The King's Weenie (hehehe), to scottish eggs.....it was just endless. :) We did manage to squeeze (and I do mean squeeze) into this cute little get up and take a photo with the boys prior to leaving. We are winches (surprise, surprise) and the boys are musketeers! We had a lot of fun and some really great memories....it was worth the wait!

Talking with Daron

After a few drinks of our new vodka, Chip and I decided it had been entirely too long since we last called Kanab :) So, we picked up the phone and gave Daron & Jen a ring. Not much of a shocker but Jen had already slipped off to bed but we did get a chance to talk to the big D! Chip was rather impressed that we were on the phone for 26 minutes as most of his conversations never last more than 60 seconds :) We all talked and caught up on "old times" and what were doing for the holiday's. We also managed to watch the UT game which was just embarrassing but made for good conversation :) You can't see it (mainly because my huge forehead is in the way) but we are holding the phone (Daron is on the other end and we know he's smiling) and this is a recent pic of me, Chip and Daron!

New Fan's

Well we couldn't have "the kids" miss out on all the football fun! I decided to make them these super cute bandana's to wear on game day!!! Of course, that's Jack supporting the Broncos and Bailey is supporting the Chargers! Chip tells me that the footballs look like giant terd's but I did not have white puffy paint to do the laces. So, just encase it's unclear, they are footballs!

Cortney's Big 3 0

That's right! Cortney Ann turned the big 30 this past weekend! I've reminded her and her older brother that I am 1 year, 1 month and 17 days younger than her :) I love being the baby! Too bad that won't last much longer!!! I think Kirk & I are the last ones in our 20's for one more very short year :) We had a great time seeing her and the family this weekend and I forgot how funny she is after a bottle of champagne! :) Happy Birthday Cort!

Sunday Football Update

For the most part, we all won yesterday! I'm telling you - we've picked some great teams this year!!! The Chargers, The Broncos and The Saints all won their games yesterday and the Patriots barely lost to the Colts.

McSteamy vs. McDreamy

They are both so HOT! HOT! HOT! In my next life, I want to marry Matthew :) He's my McSteamy :) That's only of course cause I'm married to my McDreamy in this life :) Such a lucky, lucky girl! Clearly, I'm a huge Chip, Matthew and Grey’s Anatomy fan!!!