December Happenings:
The socks that I turned into snow people with my mother-in-law came out so cute! I personally think my snow-woman looks like the crazy bird lady from Mary Poppins. This was another pinterest inspired project.
I could not be more proud of my husband. We drove back sideways (I had "down" to Fort Worth but Robby geographically corrected me on my directions) to Fort Worth for Robby's graduation on December 16th. We were so blessed by the friends and family that were there to support us. Robby graduated with his Master's in Marriage and Family Counseling. We learned tons from our time in seminary, and it was an incredible time of growth for us!  |
| The McGowen clan |
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| Our first friends we met at our apartment complex. We had our own little supper club! |
Our Christmas Tree!
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| Sweet Bailey, who has permanently been visiting her Grandparents and Duke! |
For part of Christmas, we drove to Austin and had a fantastic time! On Christmas Eve we continued the McGowen tradition and drew names for the gift that we open on Christmas Eve. However, we changed things up a bit this year and all went to Target with a $15 limit to buy a gift for our person. It was tons of fun trying to hide our gifts from each other so that no one would see what we were buying them. The McGowens' totally spoiled us this Christmas with tons of gifts!
On Christmas day we drove to Granger, TX where my grandparents live. We had a fun day playing our family card game- Canasta. The whole time that we were playing, I could not help but think about when my sister and I were younger and would try to cheat by passing cards under the table...it was never successful! haha
Bring on 2012!!!!!!! We are super pumped for the adventures life will bring us this year. Our prayer is that God is glorified through our lives this year, and we grow more in Him daily. This year, I tried to make more realistic new year's resolutions, so I am dedicated to eating more ice cream this year. I have been very successful so far! haha
We decided to go have a swanky New Year's Eve by going to Dallas and attending a fabulous party at our friend's house. We then stayed at a hotel down town and enjoyed some champagne, cheese, bread, and strawberries from Whole Foods! Oh how we miss Whole Foods...even though the same strawberries that are normally $.99 were $4.99 just because it is Whole Foods lol.
Well, thanks for getting a little caught up with us on our life. Sorry for the spastic placement of pictures- I am still trying to figure out how this whole blogging format stuff works. =/ There is more to come, and Robby says that he will make his first post soon!
