Houston Victoria Girl's Christmas!

What a blessing to have such great girlfriends! This year we had our 4th Annual Houston-Victoria Girls Christmas! It is so much fun to get together with everyone's families and hang out! It is hard to believe that I have known some of you for over 25 years! It is amazing how well all of the guys get along and allow the ladies to chit-chat and exchange gifts! This year was a little crazy with 9 kiddos, but oh, so much fun! I love all of you and your families and cannot wait to get together again! For everyone not in Houston, I wish we could have gotten together over the holidays, as I missed seeing you ladies and cannot wait for this summer's girl's weekend!

Special thanks to the Kotlarz's for hosting this year!

December 29th!

Lots of you have been asking so I just thought I would go ahead and post it here! Unless something changes, I will become an "Aunt" on December 29th. Tammy is still feeling good, just large! It has gotten increasingly hard for her to get up and down and move around so she is now on moderate bed rest. The c-section is scheduled for 12.29 unless the babies decide they want to meet everyone sooner! We are just praying for them to stay in as long as possible so that they are born big and healthy!

Sad News.

This week we received some very sad news. John's beloved grandfather, Pop, lost his battle with cancer. Pop was an extremely interesting, honorable, good man...one I am very privileged to have known and had in my life. He served our country and eventually worked his way from the floor to the top at General Dynamics. He will be greatly missed, but I know he is in a much better place and was overjoyed to be reunited with the love of his life and his son!

Cheryl & Jeremy's Couples Shower

What a full weekend - friends, family, food and lots of celebrating!

Saturday night, Kara & Frank and I threw ANOTHER twin baby shower - this time for Jeremy and Cheryl! It was so great to see friends that we hadn't seen in awhile and celebrate the Schneider Twins! Of course, Cheryl is the cutest little pregnant lady I have ever seen - looks like she just has a basketball sticking out of her! :) Enjoy the pics...

I LOVE THESE BOYS!!!

It's Official - I HAVE MOVED!

YEA! After two years of living with Tammy and John, it was time for me to move on and get out of their house! It was a great 2 years and I have a closer relationship with Tammy than I have had in a long time and a closer relationship with John than I have ever had. We all came to rely on each other a lot!

I have moved into a 2 bedroom / 2 bathroom apartment that I absolutely LOVE! Now if I can just finish getting all this stuff settled and into the right place and the place decorated for Christmas (my absolute favorite time of the year!), I will be a very happy girl! :) Once I am settled (who knows when that will be), I will post some pics and PLEASE come visit anytime!

Tammy & John's Couples Shower

Well...Hurricane Ike ruined our first date for a baby shower for Tammy & John, but thankfully we were able to reschedule. It was not an easy task with everything going on this fall, but we were so thankful to spend the evening with family and friends to celebrate the upcoming arrival of the Jobe Twins! Over the last few months, it has become very evident that God had a plan for Tammy & John and He has been working on his schedule and all I can say is that He is truly blessing them now! They have gotten so many wonderful, beautiful things from family and friends and Tammy has had a very easy pregnancy so far. Makes you realize He does know what He is doing! Here are a couple pics from the shower.


After watching Tam & John play this game where they had to complete "baby tasks", it became evident they have a LOT to learn (but what new parent doesn't???)! I cannot wait to watch them become a mom and dad!

Luke Bennett Scarborough is Here!

My good friends Mandy and Stuart welcomed a precious baby boy into their lives on November 13th. Luke Bennett weighed 6 lbs 13 ounces and is 21 1/2 inches long.

Congrats Mandy and Stu...Luke looks absolutely perfect! I cannot wait to meet him and smother him with hugs and kisses! (Caroline too!)