Fun Busy, Busy, Busy Weekend!

This weekend definitely ranks among the best of the summer. The weekend started out on Saturday with Jamie's baby shower. It was the cutest little surfer themed shower and Jamie looked like one of the cutest little prego's I have EVER seen. It is always fun to have an excuse to see all the family and catch up too! She got lots of cute stuff and it is really starting to seem real that Josiah is going to be here soon and that she is going to be a mommy! I cannot wait. We will unfortunately already be in Lubbock when the baby comes but believe me I have the money already set aside for that very important plane ticket!

The next wonderful event that day was Betho's lingerie shower! We threw her a shower at my Mom's house that night and it turned out being so much fun! It was a PJ party and we played games, ate all of Betho's favorite foods like meat queso, red velvet cupcakes, pigs in a blanket and chocolate chip cookies (yes we all gained about 5 pounds), and then just hung out for hours! The hostesses were amazing and helped me transform the house into the cutest, brightest, happiest place! I was so glad I had all of my little helpers or it wouldn't have been half as cute! A lot of the out of town friends spent the night too and it was just like old times in college! We stayed up until about 3:30 and 10:15am hasn't seemed early in a long time, but it definitely did this morning! Betho got TONS of cute stuff and it was just a great night of catching up with friends and getting to spend even more time with family that I don't get to see everyday! I have the best family and was loving soaking up all the good family time this weekend!

Even number 3 of the weekend was hosting our small group (First Family) at our house...well my parent's house...tonight! It was so much fun hosting 2 events in their house! I told Lance that we were meant to have a bigger house because now that we are living in a big house I love cooking and having people over. I have always loved doing this but a 650sqft apartment can only fit so many people! I think our apartment in Lubbock is about twice as big so maybe I can do more of that in Lubbock.

It hit me today that our life in Houston is rapidly coming to an end. We are moving in 20 days and I am pretty sad. I am super pumped about getting our master's degrees and starting fresh in a new place. But at the same time I still feel like it is pretty new and fresh here. We are finally getting connected to a group at church and are just really comfortable here. But God is taking us to Lubbock so off we go! :) I have been constantly praying for us to find a good church in Lubbock and feel really good about finding one. Sometimes thought I kind of feel like our life is making my head spin. It almost seems blurry when we stopped trying to get connected into jobs and relationships here and started trying to make plans and connections in Lubbock. It has been the craziest whirlwind of a year.

I do have to say though....even if they hold me down and beat me over the head with text books at Tech I am going to stick it out! I will not put graduate school off for one more year! It is taking every ounce of my being to start this 2 year program and if I don't take the plunge now I never will! I definitely want to be a Speech Pathologist and there is just no way around 2 years of grad school. So we are putting our duel income, 9-5 jobs, shopping sprees, and spending way to much money on going out to eat behind us and embracing the life of two full times students! Wish us luck!

Here are lots of pictures from the weekend! Enjoy! :)