lindsey faith is 1!

Can you believe that she is already one?! My sister finally emailed me pictures from the big party on big day which was actually January 3rd… too precious! 

100 books

So one of my New Year’s resolutions was to read more… thus, I made a list of 100 books to read over the course of the year… yes, I know, that’s over 8 books a month, but hey, a girl’s gotta dream  :). Besides, some of them I have read before so they should go quick…

1. 2666 by Roberto Bolano
2. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
4. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
5. A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers
6. A Widow for One Year by John Irving
7. A Year by the Sea by Joan Anderson
8. Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull
9. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
10. Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Loma Lanvik    

nye ‘09

New Year’s Eve… can I say more.  I’m not so sure what Ellen is doing… Yes, Sadie wore both of those lei’s the entire night (such a festive puppy!!)… and that is Thomas and I at the end of the night… yikes. 

We had a great time!  We hung out at the lake house which was FABULOUS — though not so fabulous the next dayyyy.  Yikes, again.  The ribs at the end of the day helped :).

goings and comings

Wow, it has been too long!  I don’t even know where to begin.  I guess to start, I will sum up my summer! Thomas and I went on a fabulous vacation to the beach!  It was amazing weather, the surf was beautiful.  Most importantly, I did not get sunburned!  We played plenty of volleyball, read a couple of books… so relaxing.  I love this family tradition and cannot wait to go back next year!

Me and Thomas

After vacation, we headed to Amarillo to see my new niece! Libby Kate is absolutely beautiful and looks exactly like my brother.  That brings the count up to 5 little ones in the family under the age of 5 – they are all precious children that I just cannot get enough of.

The week before Amarillo, however, Thomas closed on his very first house! It’s in Cedar Park and perfect. I love it. Currently, we have been spending our weekends painting, installing, and demolishing, though not in that particular order. My favorite room right now is the kitchen – it is absolutely beautiful. When it’s officially finished, I will be sure to take a bunch of pictures. Though I can’t speak for him, I’m going to say that Thomas’ fave room is the burnt orange office. Just a little obnoxious. We couldn’t help it :).

Yea… so my weekends are fabulous but my weeks are just as great! I have been keeping so busy up at work. The project I’m working on just moved into the design phase which means so much more detailed work and rework. It’s so interesting though and it keeps me busy and my days very full. I am just so very blessed to have such an amazing job that I really enjoy (you know, minus the being located in Houston… but that’s a different story).

Sadie is begging for her walk – oh she is doing wonderful too! – so I better wrap this up for now. 

XOXO—