Here Comes Christmas!

As promised! A Christmas update!  
  
Saturday morning I had a team Christmas party for my basketball players (6-8th graders)!  We decorated sugar cookies, played dirty Santa, watched Elf, and attempted Catch Phrase (eh turns out their vocabulary is not extensive to cover all the terms (baroque = barbecue) , nor do they have any idea who the famous people are..(Buzz Aldrin).  But we still enjoyed ourselves! 

 

Christmas Ornament for the Girls

Gotta have the Red and Green!

A cookie decorated especially for Spencer! 

I think everyone had a swell time! It went so well I may have to do an end of the season party too!!

On Sunday I took on the task of baking all to the Christmas present goodies for myself and Spencer's coworkers! Rave review so far!

The famous Mrs. Fields cookies!  

I made cinnamon almonds as well!  (Sorry forgot to take pictures during the process!)

I used a Pinterest recipe and they are scrumptious!! ( I think I got Spence addicted! He kept eating them before they were even finished!)  Here's the link! They are so easy to make! And are a great gift for neighbors and coworkers!!   http://wincountry.com/blogs/post/kbrixton/2012/oct/18/cinnamon-almond-recipe-crockpot/

We also gave ourselves an early Christmas present! An IPad! As you can see Spencer is quite happy with the purchase! 

Merry Christmas too all! Not to worry I will be making several more posts in the next couple of weeks! We have lots of exciting things coming up! Spencer's Birthday, Christmas with both families, and I am attempting a DIY restoration project for a dresser turned TV console!

T

The Christmas Season is upon us!

ho ho ho! As the Christmas season is closing in I find myself scrambling to finish getting up all my decorations, wrapping presents, and prepping for my Lady Gamecocks team Christmas party tomorrow morning.  16 middle school girls in my house, this should be interesting! Pics to follow!!

T

New to this blogging buisness

So I am not doing a good job of keeping this blog updated! I'll definitely have to work on that!  I am thinking I want to start incorporating recipes/cooking! Just some updates since my last post.  We had our family pics done! Haven't seen them all but here's a sneak peak!

As you can tell, I didn't wear either outfit (see previous post!) The red dress looked too formal with Spencer's attire (but you will see it again!) And they were out of the navy dress in my size until about a week until we were supposed to take pictures..I ordered it online and it got there the evening we took pictures! Oh well! 

We got a kitten...that lasted about 2 days, Chipper just wouldn't have it

 

Halloween was a success, Spencer was a Lumber Jack and I was the infamous Honey Boo Boo Child

All in all, life is good! Hectic and busy, but definitely very good! It's been 4 months into married life and no major complaints yet! ;)  

Until next time! (hopefully it will be a bit sooner than this!)

T

Thanks Berry!

Not sure how many of you are familiar with The Chive, but it's a website that posts funny photos and videos.  The Berry is the female version of this! I read it every morning when I get to work! Anyone can submit photos or videos to the site and the authors add them to blog topics as they choose! After several tries I am proud to say that Spencer and I have made The Berry! Although it's not anything as wonderful as winning the lottery or the Braves going to the World Series...it is pretty cool (to me anyway!)  If you have a chance take a look, browse around the site and maybe you too will become a Berry Addict!  The link for our pic is below! 

http://theberry.com/2012/10/05/morning-coffee-39-photos-275/


Much love amigos! 

T

Family Photo Attire? Need ideas!

Spence and I are taking our first family photo's with the pup this month! These will be on our Christmas card so tell me what is your favorite!! This is what Spencer will be wearing...

The shirt picture is a bit blurry, but the colors in it are navy and red. Chipper will have a red bandanna  Now here is my dilemma! What should I wear?! I have it between these two options, let me know which one is your favorite or if you have an even better idea!!!

OR

T.

#VFL

It was another Vol filled weekend again for the Streets.  Our beloved Vol's played the Florida Gators in a sold-out match.  Although we didn't win, we still love our Vol's! And we still had fun! 

 

As much fun as we love to have, we are staying pretty busy with more serious endeavors.  Spence is in the middle of football season and Grad school is proving to be most time-consuming! I am still serving on the CAB for KD and I love it, especially now that recruitment is over! Before we know it Spence and I both will begin basketball season at Sulphur Springs coaching the boys and girls middle school teams (this should be interesting)!  We also start our first try with meal planning this week! We'll see how it goes!

A Very Orange Labor Day Weekend

          Sorry it's taken me a while to post but it has been a busy week! We had a pretty fun 3 day weekend if I do say so myself!  Spence and I had a crowd of friends over to celebrate the start of the college football season by watching the Vols kick some Wolfpack booty!  GBO!  It was pretty exciting/nerve-racking to put everything together but I though I turned out great! We had a great spread and most everything was gobbled up!

Spence manned the grill...

And we all enjoyed a cold beer!

 We really enjoyed everyone's company and are so grateful that we have a home in which to share such wonderful memories with family and friends! We also purchased a new fridge this weekend! I can say I'm so excited that I finally have room for more than a box of waffles and ice cream in the freezer!  

As much fun as we had on our long weekend this next shall prove to be even busier! I am on the Chapter Advisory Board for the Kappa Delta Chapter here and it is recruitment time!  So late nights and several cups of coffee are calling my name! Will post some pic and stories of how things go! 

T  

Small Beginnings

Hello All! Many of my friends have gotten into this blogging business, so I decided that I would start one to keep all of our friends and family updated with all the exciting happenings of newlywed life!! Love you all!