A trip home to family...

My weekend was just what I needed! I decided to go to Horton for the entire weekend. Whenever Michael and I go, it's always so fast due to either a holiday or the fact that Michael works every Sat - which means we can't leave town til after 5 on Sat afternoons. So, I decided to come for the whole weekend by myself. I stopped in Topeka to see my wonderful friend, Karen. It was good to catch up and play with Andrew and Ryleigh! I played a little b-ball and got my hair done with lots of bows and a braid...I can always use some pampering! From there, I stopped in Holton to visit my brother, Brad and see his house. We chatted a bit, then I finished my trip to Horton late Friday night. On Sat, Kelsey and I picked up Jason and ate at Breadeaux Pizza. It was good as always. My friend Paula was working and we visited for awhile. Then we went back to Jason's house. Chelsie had just gotten home....we hung out there for most the afternoon. After eating dinner, we met my parents and Brad at home and played some good old fashion Pitch and other card games. It was a lot of fun!

Sunday, we went to church and had lunch, then I headed back to KC to see my husband! We didn't get to hang out too long though. I had girl's night bunco. I met up with some friends, then we went to Lisa's house. It was fun to chat with everyone...and I ended up with the most wins and collected $35! Luckily I had Monday off since I didn't get home til almost midnight! It was a wonderful and relaxing weekend. By the way, Michael had a good one too. He hung out with friends both nights and is now an expert at guitar hero. :) Oh, and he cleaned out the garage so his 1965 Impala fits in it...nice for him to work on it, but not good for me with no space to walk to the deep freeze. Oh well...could be worse things to deal with.

Here is a couple pictures of the awesome crosses Michael got me for Christmas!

Girl's day and a birthday

Friday, we went to Dave and Buster's for date night. Ate, then played some games. I broke a nail getting crazy when hitting the NOS on a racing game. It was a fun date night! Sat, I met my friend Jackie for lunch and a movie. We went to Bride Wars, perfect chick flick! Sat night, Michael and I went out for our friend Kristin's birthday. It was fun. El Patron has pretty good food, then we headed to the Cashew.

Sunday, we went over to Michael's sister's. Jeff made homemade beer and Italian sausage. He did a great job on both!





Friday, we went to Dave and Buster's for date night. Ate, then played some games. I broke a nail getting crazy when hitting the NOS on a racing game. It was a fun date night! Sat, I met my friend Jackie for lunch and a movie. We went to Bride Wars, perfect chick flick! Sat night, Michael and I went out for our friend Kristin's birthday. It was fun. El Patron has pretty good food and they sang and played for Kristin! Then we headed to the Cashew for a few drinks!

Sunday, we went over to Michael's sister's. Jeff made homemade beer and Italian sausage. He did a great job on both!

Bowling

Ok, I'm still a week behind, but hope to catch up this week with two posts.
My sister came to visit Friday! We went out to eat, then bowling with friends. Sat. day, Kelsey and I went and saw Four Christmas's and then did a little shopping. We went to the AMC on 119th. The show time was only for the fork and dine, but since it was daytime, the tickets were $10 each and $5 of it goes towards a food/drink purchase. It was really nice there and exciting since we'd never been to one of them. There's a HUGE bar when you walk into those theaters...and inside the theater, they come to you to get your orders, crazy place! Kelsey left around 5 to head home. Michael and I stayed home Sat night...watched movies and hung out. Sunday, we did about the same...went to church, then came home and watched movies. It was nice...I'm super old now...not wanting to go out that often! We watched Eagle Eye last night, it was pretty good....crazy action packed!

Christmas!!!

Michael and I had a very busy, but great Christmas! On Christmas Eve, we headed to my parents' house. My mom had dinner for her side of the family. It was yummy and then we opened presents. Afterwards, we headed to Christmas Eve mass. On Christmas, my family got up and opened presents from Santa and each other. Then, we all went to my aunt's house for Christmas with my dad's side of the family. This year, we had Italian food for something different. It was really good! From there, we left for Michael's parents' house. We opened presents from everyone, then had another great meal! Finally, when we got to our house, Michael and I exchanged our gifts to each other...then headed to bed since both of us had to work the next day. It was a wonderful holiday with so much good food and gifts, and it was great to spend time with our families! I'm exhausted again, just thinking about it!

Midget Races...and more...

Last weekend was busy, but fun. Friday night I had my holiday party at work. It was a nice, refreshing party where everyone just relaxed and ate bbq and had a few beers. Afterwards, Michael and I went to date night. Since I'd already ate, I just got a salad and dessert...yummy!

On our way back home, he took my by a business on Metcalf...they have a wonderful display of lights that are in sync to a radio station.


Sat, I ran around trying to finish Christmas shopping while Michael worked. After he got off, be brought Braydan home and we headed to Kemper Arena for Midget Races. Ok, ok...before you get too excited at the images your head, they are little race cars on a dirt track. It was still fun though....Braydan races a micro car, but he didn't this weekend.


Sunday, we headed to Michael's parents for a dinner with all his extended family.




That evening I met up with some of my friends for our Christmas Exchange at Tomfooleries on the plaza. It's always great to see friends! Monday; Lynsey, Jeff, Tyler, Morgan, and Jason came over. We had spaghetti and watched Christmas movies...it was a perfect way to put us in the holiday spirit! This week has been crazy busy...I'll post soon about Christmas!

Won't you take me to...Funky Town?!

Ok, we've been super busy these last couple weeks! Can't believe Christmas is next week! We've been working on shopping, but still have a few more to get...then we need to get busy wrapping!

This last weekend, Michael and I went to date night at Texas Roadhouse. Sat, night, we met up with some friends and headed to Funky Town. It's always an experience...an interesting one. It's a good time, but you don't want to go more than a couple times a year.

Comments = Food Donations

Ok, I got this wonderful idea from Josh Solar's blog. He asked for bloggers to copy and spread the idea! For every comment that is left on either of my blogs on any post, I'll donate a canned food item to Harvesters. They are a wonderful organization that helps thoughout KC! This way, I get the excitement of reading comments and you get the satisfaction of helping give food to the needy!

Here's the rules to get this started! All you have to do is:

Leave me a comment on any post in either blog, and I'll donate a can for each comment!
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Thanks!

The Williams Family

On Thanksgiving, Michael and I met my wonderful friend Karen in at the lake in Horton. She wanted to get a good family picture for their Christmas cards. It was super cold, so we did them fast! The kids were cold, but still had lots of energy to run around and play! To see more click here.

My Birthday and Thanksgiving!

This was a very exciting and jam packed weekend! Wed night, Michael and I headed to Horton. We celebrated Michael and Jason's birthday with my family. It was fun, we hung out at Jason and Chelsie's new house. They've done a lot of work to it and it looks great! Thursday was Thanksgiving and my birthday. It was a little unconventional. My cousin Kyle Domann was in a car accident the night before by Atchison. He is ok, just super sore...his cousin was hurt pretty bad though. He still is critical. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers. Since we didn't have dinner at my Aunt's, we met the rest of the family at Perkins in Topeka. I've never ate out on Thanksgiving, but it was actually a nice dinner. After dinner, Kelsey came back with Michael and I to Shawnee. Michael had to work on Friday and Sat, but Kelsey and I got in line at Walmart at 4:15 in the morning. It really wasn't too much caios. We ended up getting the TV that we wanted and a few other great priced items! But, I have no desire to go back next year. The worst part was waiting in line for a couple of hours, but we came home and took a nice long nap... now we have a fun toy! That night we went to Houlihan's for dinner then watched a movie that night. Kelsey left Sat morning, it was fun having her visit!














Sat night, we celebrated my birthday with friends. We ate at TGI Friday's, where I got an awesome balloon tiara and septor. Then, met up with more friends at Kite's. It was a great time, with a good turnout!





















Sunday, we got up and met Michael's family at the tree farm to pick out everyone's trees...since we had tagged ours a few weeks ago, we got to pick it up. That afternoon we got together again for Thanksgiving dinner and to celebrate my birthday. Dinner was great and I got awesome dessert plates from his family! Love them!!!

New Photography Blog...

I decided I needed a more professional blog. I have been going on more and more photography sessions and needed a place to show them off without all the random other posts from my every day life. I'll still update this blog, but the new one will only have photography related posts! I've been trying to learn more and expand my knowledge on lighting, flashes, Photoshop, and other camera options. If anyone has any advice or tips, I'm always open to them! Check it out to see what I'm up to, click here.