FBA Class of 98---10 YEAR REUNION!!!!

Yes that's right....I'm old! We went to my 10 year reunion last night. It was so fun and so good to see friends that I literally have not laid eyes on in 10 years. It was a little crazy to say the least. Here are some pics...I had to include some from 1998.



Erin (Castleberry) Lamb and I in 1998.




Erin and I---2008!



My Blogging Buddies---Melody and Erin




Nick and I



My friend, Jonathan Santos...I have literally known this guy my whole life. And you may recognize him from a Dell Computer commercial.




Kati (Clinton) Robson and I in 1998.



Kati and I in 2008!



This girl and I go way back----to 4th grade!!! We were the bestest of friends and it was SO good to see her and catch up!

Our Christmas

We had such a good Christmas Eve and Day. We spent Christmas Eve at Nick's parents house with his mom's side of the family. Then we went spent Christmas Day with Nick's dad side of the family. We drove to my parents home last night to do Christmas with them and will be here until Sunday because we are going to my 10 year High School Reunion Saturday night. Here are some pics from the past few days.


Maddie wearing a new necklace her Aunt Kristi gave her.




Little Carson's First Christmas




Christmas Eve morning, Maddie parked herself by the tree and was flipping through the toy magazine.





Decortating cupcakes with Grandma.





Spreading out the Reindeer Food. (on daddy's feet)




Reading "The Night Before Christmas"




Saying Goodbye to Toonin....she was very sad about this.




Christmas Morning



The Famous "Ponyville"...for those of you who do not know...Maddie has been asking for this for a long time. She was so excited!



Nick built Maddie this Doll House.










Santa was good to Wyatt too.




Maddie and her friend Bella on Christmas Day.




Webb and Carson




Nick and Wyatt

Merry Christmas!!

A child has been born---for us!
The gift of a son---for us!...
His names will be: Amazing Counselor,
Strong God,
Eternal Father,
Prince of Wholeness.
Isaiah 9:6 MSG

A walk down memory lane....

I simply love everything about Christmas. I love the smells, the excitement, the traditions, the family time, the food, the songs....everything! Today I was looking on some of my Christmas photo albums and decided to share some pictures of years gone by.




My brother and I playing our new Nintendo.




The Christmas before I was married...2002.



Maddie's first Christmas...2005.







Sweet Girl



Maddie's Second Christmas...2006







Wyatt's First Christmas...2007









Christmas morning..2007




Nick reading "The Night Before Christmas"



Spreading out the "Reindeer Food"

Barrett/Douglas Christmas

This weekend we went to Ferris for my mom and dad's side of the family Christmases...is that a word...I think not, but I am going to use it anyway. We drove to mom and dad's Saturday morning and celebrated Christmas with my dad's side of the family. Here are some pics.



My cousin, Ashley, and Wyatt.



My cousin, Zach, Uncle David and my dad.



Maddie got to play with her cousins, Olivia and Madison.




Visiting!



Then Sunday we headed over to my mom's cousin Rhonda's home in Cedar Hill to celebrate Christmas with my mom's side of the family.



Maddie with all the gifts...where else would she be!



My cousin Jessie, Maddie and my cousin Ame.




Rhonda and Maddie



The guys talking



Wyatt playing with Sha-Sha (my mom's sister)




Uncle Jame and Maddie



Wyatt finally fell asleep on Rhonda



Uncle Jame and Wyatt


We had fun getting to see everyone and visit!

Jewelry Party

My sweet sister in law, Kristi, makes the most beautiful jewelry. Today we hosted a jewelry party at my house so she could show off some of her latest stuff. We had such a good turn out and so much fun getting to visit with everyone.