I know, I know...

...it's been a month. I hope I haven't kept you waiting! A ton has happened or as Cody would say, "a Washing-ton"!

First, we went into the Houston area to go to a surprise birthday party for one of Cody's fraternity brothers. He turned 30! (Cody's is coming up in March). It was a great time. We were able to hang out with the Ellers again as they put us up for the night.  Lots of fun there!

Then, we had a great Thanksgiving. We got to see lots of people from both sides of the family. So that meant that we did a whole bunch more traveling.  We were supposed to go to Abilene, but my mom wasn't feeling well, so we decided to make a trip to Conroe and The Woodlands.  It was a good thing that we decided to go at the last minute.  We were able to visit with Cody's grandpa.  We had lunch with him, his grandma and his parents.  It was fun!  We were worried about his grandpa still, but he was cracking jokes and telling stories.  Luckily we have those good memories because his grandpa passed away that night.  He was 92.  We sure are going to miss him.  They had a viewing for him later that week.  Cody says it was his grandmother's way of getting his grandfather to do something he didn't want to do, even after he died!  So funny!

My company had it's annual Christmas party.  This year it was at The Gary Keller  of Keller Williams' house.  We had a good time mingling with people.  Ask Cody about the fireplaces and he'll be happy to share!

This past weekend we went to Abilene- finally!  We got to hang out with my little sister, Amber as well as Mom & John.  We had fun Christmas shopping for a family with 3 kids that live at the Salvation Army in Abilene.  While the ladies were combing Wal-Mart for great deals so the kids could have some cool clothes and fun toys, the guys were at Lowes shopping for flooring for my parent's house.  I think Cody had a good time telling John all that he knows about floors/flooring and he got to help pick out what they will get in the future.  I foresee another trip to Abilene in our future so we can help them install it!