12 Days of Christmas-Day 8

Day 8: Least favorite thing about the Holidays

{One} Taking down the Christmas Tree... I hate taking the lights off, I have decide next year we are getting a pre-lit one!!

{Two} Wrapping gifts...I love to buy them...hate hate to wrap them

{Three} Mall-I hate having to go to the mall to shop

{Four} Money-I hate having to worry how much I am spending on each person. I just wish I could shop till my hearts desire:)

{Five} I hate when its over-I am always sad the next day because it is over. Christmas is my favorite holiday.

Have a Wonderful Night...tomorrow is Wednesday...whooh 1/2 way done with the work week:)

12 Days of Christmas-Day 6

Day 6: Gift ideas ... For ME!!

This will be easy for me. I usually don't want much. Now that we have Lily it is always just about her. Kane and I are not into giving each other tons of gifts every year. We usually save our money and buy something for the house or go on a vacation. This year is no different. This year we are going to BRECKENRIDGE...whooh. I am excited to finally get out of town for awhile. Lily has only seen snow once, so this will be fun for her too:)

I do however want a new camera. So, if Kane happened to look at my blog (which he never will) he will know I want a new camera. I trust his judgement...so any camera will be fine:)

Most of all...I love to give. I rather give everyone a Christmas present and not get any. I love love to shop for people!!!

Now go link up and tell everyone what you want for Christmas!!!

12 Days of Christmas-Day 5

I was out of town for Day 3 and Day 4...so I am just going to skip those. I did not want to skip Day 5 because I love to watch Christmas movies!!!


Day 5: Favorite Holiday Movie/TV Show Special

My Favorite Movies to watch are:

1) Charlie Brown Christmas

2) The Christmas Story

3) The Grinch

The Grinch has to be by far my favorite. I can watch either the Jim Carey one or the original. I usually watch that and put up my Christmas tree:) Which by the way I need to do it!!!

12 Days of Christmas-Day 2

12 Days of Christmas-Day 2
Day 2: Black Friday/General Shopping Tips & Tricks

Hmm...Black Friday my only tip or trick is don't waste your time unless there is an awesome deal that you just can't live without. And you better be there at the crack of dawn (which most crazy people are) I have actually only gone shopping twice on Black Friday. I went once with my friend Valerie. We got up at the crack of dawn, got some Starbucks and headed out. We were crazy. I got a few good deals, but not anything SPECTACULAR that I could not live without. Honestly, the best part about it was spending time with a great friend:)

The second time I went I was 4 months pregnant with Lily. That may be the reason for the bad experience. Thats all I have to say about that tip!!!

So, my tips are:

1)Don't go when you are pregnant...you will be miserable

2)Save your money and time and go another day!!!

12 Days of Christmas-Day 1

Day 1 Christmas/Holiday Traditions

I am going to actually try to stick with this one in hopes to make my blog more interesting:)

Kane and I have always tried to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with each family. When we moved to Las Vegas, we would spend Christmas with friends. There was a few years that we came back for the holidays and of course we would make time for both families.

Now that we live here in Texas, we spend both holidays with both families. The way Kane and I do it is, we trade off each year. For example, the first year we will spend Thanksgiving Day with his family and that Friday. We will spend that Friday evening and Saturday day with my family. Most of the time it works out that way.

For Christmas, we will spend Christmas Eve with Kane's family and then Christmas with my family. We try to spend either a few days leading up to Christmas or a few days after with each family. Most of the time it will work out this way. Then the next year we will flip flop.

Now, that we have Lily, it is more important to me that we spend quality time with her. She is still young, so we do still try to see our family, but eventually there will be a time that we have Christmas at our house with our family.

Here is Lily on her first Christmas Eve

Lily on Christmas Morning (Dec 08)

When I was a kid, I do remember my mom baking all kinds of goodies the night before. I want to start that same tradition with Lily.

Here is Lily making cookies last year at my parents house.

I don't have many Christmas/Holiday traditions. I am looking forwarded to starting many with Lily and Kane.

Now you go link up and do the 12 days of Christmas Challenge:)

Hubs and I

I saw this on Amanda's blog over at My Life in the Making . I loved getting to know her and her hubby since she is a teacher friend of mine, I thought it would be fun to do too. I hope my 3 followers enjoy getting to know Kane and I!!!

1. What are your middle names? Mine is Marie and his is Benjamin Kane...yes he has two:)

2. How long have you been together? We have been married for 9 years and 2 months. We were together for a year before we got married.

3. How long did you know each other before dating? We met on my 19th birthday, which was September 12th, we started dating that following January. So, about 5 months.

4. Who asked who out? He asked me out. He actually asked me out many times before I finally said "YES"

5. How old are each of you? We both had a birthday in September...I turned 30 and he turned 33.

6. Did you both go the same school? No on both High School and College. I went to UNLV. He is starting back at Lone Star College.

7. Are you from the same home town? No...he is from Paris, Tx and I grew up in the military. I call Killeen, Tx home.

8. Who is the smartest? I have to say him:)

9. Who majored in what? I majored in Elementary Education and he is going to major in Political Science or Criminal Justice...he is unsure right now.

10.Who is the most sensitive? That would have to be me hands down!!!

11. Where is the farthest you two have traveled together as a couple? We went to Jamaica for a belated honeymoon in 2005. Loved it:)

12. Who has the worst temper? That would be me again hands down:(

13.How many children do you want? I want just one more. He only wants one, but we will have one more!!!

14. Who does the cooking? I do majority of the cooking. Since he is laid off he has been cooking for me:)

15. Who is more social? I would say me. I enjoy hanging out with friends and family, he rather stay at home and hang out with Lily and I.

16. Who is the neat freak? That would be me again...I get that from my mom:)

17. Who is the most stubborn? Hmm...I think both of us are stubborn at times!!!

18. Who wakes up earlier? He used to get up before me, but now I am up before him!!

19. Where was your first date? Oh gosh...it was probably to a restaurant. I don't remember.

20. Who has the bigger family? I have one more sibling than him, but extended family...maybe him...not sure on this one!!

21. How do you spend the holidays? We usually only see one family on Thanksgiving. We alternate each year with families. For Christmas, if we spent Thanksgiving with Kane's family then we will spend Christmas Eve with Kane's family and Christmas with my family, vice verse. We always try to see both families for a few days leading up to Christmas or for a few days after Christmas. Other holidays, just depends what everyone is doing!!!

22. Who is more jealous? Neither of us is!!!!

23. How long did it take to get serious? Well, Kane and I had many ups and downs before we got serious. When he went off to Iraq the first time, I decide to take a break, when he came back I wanted to take things slow again. From that point it was probably about 1 month when we got serious about our relationship.

24. Who eats more? Haha...I say him, he can eat!!!

25. What do you do for a living? I am a teacher. He used to work for Baker Oil Tools in their Test Lab Facility. Now, he is stay at home dad:)

26. Who does the laundry? We share it!!!

27. Who's better with the computer? Me

28. Who drives when you are together? We both do:)

29. What is your song? "Amazed" by Lonestar. That is our first dance song. When he went to Iraq the second time, I heard this song at a George Strait concert and just balled my eyes out when I heard it!!!

Now its your turn my three followers:) Let me know if you do it so I can learn all about yall:)

Update on Us

Well, its been a crazy year so far...school year that is. It is my fourth year teaching and I finally feel like I know what I am doing. That is crazy to say, but I taught 2nd for two years and then was moved to third grade. I always thought my third year would be the easiest year. But with being moved to a new grade level and that grade level being a TAKS grade I put alot of pressure on myself to do well. I had a great year last year and I was looking forwarded to this year. So far, it has been wonderful. I am comfortable with the material and I am actually enjoying every minute of it:)

It's been even a crazier year for Kane and I. The beginning of the year was not very exciting. This summer Kane and I started making some big changes in our lives. He was very unhappy at his job. Therefore, we decide that he needed to start pursuing other careers. We put our house on the market in September in hopes that he could join the Navy. Well, the house hasn't sold yet, so the Navy thing not sure its going to happen:( That's okay...he has tons of other options out there. Well, just recently he was laid off:( Now, he stays home with Lily while I bring home the bacon...haha:) Just joking!!! He is going to take this time to find the job that he wants. He has many leads already on a few jobs, but we do not want to jump into anything until he makes sure that is what he wants to do!!! So, we shall see where this adventure takes us. In the meantime, our house is still on the market and I am picking up tutoring and selling lots of SCENTSY!!!

Here is a few pictures of us in the last couple of months:

Lily at her 1st Astro's Game (August)

My surprise Birthday Dinner (September)

Jennifer, Isabel, Me, Anabel, Amanda, and Wendy

Lily at a pumkin patch in Dallas. (October)


Us at the pumkin patch in Dallas.

Lily as Jessie for Halloween. She loved this costume:)

Well that is what we have been up to the last couple of months. Nothing to exciting, just alot of changes in the last couple of months. I am a strong believer that everything happens for a reason and one day we will know that REASON!!!