Dining room sneak peak...

A few weeks ago we got furniture for our dinig room....you could call it a 1st birthday present for the house! Can you believe we have been in our house for a year this month, I can't! The dining table and chairs were delivered, but we are waiting on the buffet until the last week of March or early April. We painted the room green too! I love it! Once we get the other piece of furniture I can finish decorating... :)

Sarah's Surprise Bday Weekend!!!!!

This past weekend was my dearest friend Sarah's, birthday!!! Her mom and sister planned to take her on a surprise getaway for the weekend to her Aunt Jan's house in Austin. She didn't know where they were taking her or what they were doing. I was part of the suprise too! I showed up at Jennifer's house on Saturday morning before they left! She opened the door with a huge smile on her face and jump in her step!!! It was great!

We headed to the Austin area for a fun girl's weekend. Her cousin, Callie, came from TX Tech to celebrate with her too. We stopped at a cute cupcake stand called, Hey Cupcake! I gave up sweets for lent, but the looked and smelled delicious! We shopped, ate, shopped, ate, AND shopped and ate some more! :) We had dinner at Steiner steak house, which overlooked the lake and the sunset! It was yummy and then after dinner, we sat by the fire outside the resturant.

Sarah got some great gifts, including a very special scrapbook that her sister Jennifer made for her. It included notes, letters, and pictures from people who love and care about her! It was a great gift that brought tears to all of our eyes!
I am glad I got to spend the weekend celebrating with her and her family! I love you guys!

Here are some pics from the weekend. I forgot to turn some of them...ooops!

SURPRISE Baby Shower!!!!!

My neighboorhood friends and I had a surprise baby shower for Miranda at our house on Saturday! She is having her second girl so made it a diaper and gift card shower! I thought she would have suspected something, but she was truly surpised...YES!!! It was fun!

Here she is walking in the door...


Scarlett wants to help open presents...


Firethorne Foxes!!!!! These girls make living here so much more fun!
Heather, Tracy, Judi, Miranda, Cathy and Lacey

Texas Size XX-Big!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am talking about a cinnamon roll!!!!!! :) My friend Miranda wanted a weekend to relax before baby Cora comes in March, so we went to Austin for the weekend. We stayed with her sister-in-law Dawn in Austin. We traveled to San Antonio to make a dream of Miranda's come true...have a taste of the biggest cinny (as she calls them) at Lulu's!!! It was HUGE!!!! It was way bigger than we expected AND only $5.99!!!! I had to bring one home so Chris could have the experience too! We outlet mall shopped, ate out, and enjoyed the day! Take a look at the size of this thing....

Claire's Baptism and Pawpaw's 85th Birthday

I went home the first weekend in January to celebrate 2 very important things, my cousin Claire's baptism and my Pawpaw's 85th Birthday! I was glad to be there for both!

Brian and Shelley were so proud as they watched their little angel be christened into the catholic church! Her godparents were Brad and Teri! They had a yummy lunch after at the church hall!



My amazing Pawpaw celebrated his birthday on the same day! He turned 85 but is still going strong! He is such an amazing Pawpaw and has worked so hard to make our family as tight-knit as we are! He is truly one in a million! There is no other person whose heart is as big as his! We had a pizza party and a yummy cookie cake that my mom made! One funny moment was when he got a snuggie! He wasn't quite sure about it! It was cute!

Claire's Baptism and Pawpaw

Newest Firethorne Fox!!! :)

Actually I should say...firethorne baby fox!!! I don't know what a baby fox is called?!?!?! The newest addition to the neighboorhood gang arrived in December! This is a picture of when I first met and got to hold precious Addison Westenmeyer!

Christmas 2009

2009 was the first Christmas we spent in our new house! Here we are with our new Christmas tree! :)

House's First SNOW!!!

Our house got it's first snow on December 4, 2009. It was the earliest snow to fall in Houston on record! We had an early dismissal from school at 1:40. There was way more snow that had fallen at school earlier in the day, but this was the sight when I got home.

Claire Elizabeth Kopriva

Claire Elizabeth Kopriva arrived on December 6, 2009! We got to meet her a week later! Brian and Shelley are amazing parents and Claire is so precious!!!

Train Ride and Bethlehem

To celebrate Chris's mom's birthday the family went on a train ride from Cedar Park to Burnet. In Burnet, we walked through a re-enactment of the city of Bethlehem. It was a neat experience. We spent the night at Greg's apartment in Austin and celebrated Debbie's birthday too!

My 27th Birthday!!!!

I got to celebrate my 27th birthday several times with the people I love! I celebrated with Chris's family the weekend before, family and friends on my actual birthday, and then with my family the weekend after. I am lucky to almost share a birthday with my Dad. His birthday is the day before mine! So needless to say...I partied for a week! :)

Shelley's Baby Shower

We had a baby shower for Baby Kopriva on Saturday, November 14th! It was lots of pink, yummy food and a great time! I made the diaper cake for the registration table. It turned out really great! She got lots of exciting things!

Scarlett's 1st Birthday Party

Sweet Scarlett turned one on November 9, 2009! Here are a few pictures from her adorable Ladybug birthday party! My mom made her ladybug cake too! It was delicious, but Scarlett wasn't quite sure about it! Miranda made the labybug pinata! I was her project helper! It was a fun day for their family! We are glad we were a part of her special day!

Halloween 2009

We celebrated our first Halloween in our house by having a little Halloween party! It was spook-tacular and we hope to make it an annual event! I dressed up as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. I have always wanted to be Dorothy. Chris dressed up as Billy Mayes! :)