The Abraham's

WOW! I haven't posted in a long time...so much has happened since November! We are engaged and getting married August 2nd! I can not wait to marry the man of my dreams and spend the rest of my life with Chris! He makes me feel so safe and loved! I love that he loves me for me!

We got engaged on December 13th! It was the most perfect day! This is a long story...but wonderful in my eyes! Chris gave me a hot air balloon ride as a gift for my birthday in November. I have always wanted to go on one. We had it scheduled for December 13th, but the weather was very cloudy so we were unable to go. It was actually a blessing in disguise because everyone kept telling he was going to propose to me on the balloon ride, so of course I was thinking of it! You know how a girl thinks...Haha! We had found out the night before that we weren't going to be able to go and we both already had the day off, so Chris suggested that we go ice skating at The Galleria around the huge Christmas tree. Chris said he has lived in Houston his whole life, but never went ice skating there. I had never ice skated at all, nor had I been to The Galleria during the holidays to see the tree. We went for lunch to The Cheesecake Factory and then went ice skating. We skated for awhile with me holding onto the edge mostly! Chris wanted to skate to the Christmas tree, but I told him I was good at the edge where I am safe and can hold on! He said he would hold my hand, so he did and we eventually made it to the tree. We took some pictures of each other and together, and when he was putting the camera back in his pocket he got down on one knee (on the ice and wearing skates...very impressive) and proposed! I said YES with tears! We didn't notice anyone else around us until people started cheering and clapping. It was wonderful! I seriously never even thought about getting proposed to the whole day, which is exactly how I wanted it. It was perfect! Here are some pictures of our magical day!!! Enjoy!!!

San Antonio Weekend

It has been awhile, but I am just now having time to post my pictures from our San Antonio weekend. I took Chris for his surprise weekend! We went to Sea World, where it was extremely HOT! We both hadn't been since we were little so we enjoyed it. We rode the rides, saw the shows, and had fun! Shamu was AWESOME! We stayed near the riverwalk and enjoyed dinner on at Casa Rio on the riverwalk on Saturday night. Sunday we walked around town, went to the riverwalk, visited the Alamo, and went to the Buckhorn Saloon and museum. We finished our trip off by driving down the mission trails on our way home to visit all of the missions! It was a great weekend. It's always fun to go somewhere even if it's only for a weekend!!!!

8.20.2007

Ready for a new class of Monkeys....

WOW! I can't believe that the summer is over and a new school year is starting. I am really excited to get back. My Kindergarten team teachers think I am crazy for wanting to come back. Shannon has starting calling me "Miss Suzy Sparkle!" I really do love teaching! Lesley came and helped me out in my classroom last week! I loved having her help....she keeps me motivated to get things done! We had Meet the Teacher Night tonight! I got to meet 14 of my new kinder kiddos...I am excited to get to know them better and share with them my love for school! It makes my heart smile watching them come into the classroom for the first time; some really excited and some (like one little girl said) "kinda scared." I love the hugs I get when they don't even know me yet! I absolutely-positively can't wait to start my 2nd year, especially after meeting them tonight! I truly didn't think a class would ever be more exciting than my first, but I know I am gonna love this upcoming year just as much! I hope I have this feeling for years and years to come!!!! I can't wait!!!

7.30.2007

Year and a half of Happiness!

Me and Chris celebrated our one and a half year "dating" anniversary this Saturday. Can you believe it's been a year and a half...I can't believe he has been filling my life with such happiness for that long. I guess time really does fly by when you are having fun and loving life! He is everything I want in my life and more! He loves me for me! And I love that! He suprised me with roses and took me to dinner at Carraba's! I get excited thinking about what the future holds...

7.27.2007

A Weekend in New Orleans

Chris and I decided it would be fun to take each other on surprise trips. This past weekend he took me to New Orleans! It was amazing. I absoulutely love the city! It wasn't what I expected it to be like at all. We drove down on Friday evening and got to our very cute and quaint Hotel St. Marie in the French Quarter. Once we got there we had a very thirst-quenching and strong Hurricane at Pat O'Brien's! One drink was enough for me! On Saturday morning we ate New Orleans famous beignets at Cafe Du Monde. Cafe Du Monde is the original French Market Coffee Stand. Beignets are fried dough covered with mounds of powdered sugar! They were yummy! We enjoyed some sight-seeing as we walked to the National World War II Museum! It was a very interesting place; we could have spent hours there! I learned alot from the museum and Chris! He is one smart cookie! We then drove to lunch at Franky and Johnny's, where we bravely tried friend green bell peppers. They were really good. We drove through New Orleans Garden District to look at the huge, historic homes/mansions on our way to the Mardi Gras Museum. It was a trip in itself driving there. We were driving into a "scary" part of New Orleans, but Chris kept on going and we ended up right where we needed to be! We got to see some of the damage from Hurrican Katrina along the way. The Mardi Gras Museum was great! It is where the props and floats for the Mardi Gras parades are housed. We got some fun pictures too! We then quickly made our way back to the French Quarter to meet for a Historical New Orleans Cocktail Tour! Our tour guide walked us through some of New Orleans oldest/most famous bars to and gave us insight into the unique cocktails made famous theres...it was history with a twist! We enjoyed a drink at each bar! Chris and I enjoyed drinks such as the Pimm's Cup (tasted like spiked iced tea with a cucumber...refreshing), a mojito, a hurricane, Voo-Doo (vodka grape slushy drink), Abscence (licorice flavored drink), and Sazerac! We were walking light on our feet after our tour was over. Ready for some food we got ready and headed to dinner at K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen. It was the most amazing food ever! It all had such distinct tastes. I enjoyed gumbo along with stuffed soft shell crab, and the BEST twice baked potatoes! Chris had blackened fish! We were so full but managed to enjoy dessert! We planned on going to Bourbon Street but it started pouring down rain! On our way back we stopped at the Coushatta Casino in Kinder, Louisiana. We didn't win any moo-lah, but enjoyed gambling among the senior citizens! We would have definitely won an award for being the youngest there..haha! Chris made a perfect trip even better my stopping so I could get the final Harry Potter book! It was an amazing trip and can't wait for Chris to find out where I am taking him!