Eric and Jill

On Saturday we got to go up and have Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Newey. While there we and several others took Carson to the park. He loved going on the swings and down the slides!

This year for Christmas we got to come back home to California. After a somewhat stressful flight we got to see our fmaily who we haven't seen since we left. This factor is one of my favorite parts of the holidays.
This present here would be my very own Sewing machine. I'll now be creating loads of new things. Top of my list would be clothes and curtains. The texas sun is bright.

This was obviously Logan's favorite Gift.

It makes Christmas morningi so much fun when you have the excitement that little faces bring in. Tyler played Santa for us and handed out presents.

Rules:Post rules on your blog. Answer the six "8" items.
8 Things I Did Yesterday:
*Went to Church
*Took Izzie for a walk
*Relaxed
*Worked on Christmas Presents
*Watch TV
*Listened to Christmas music
*Made Dinner
*Talked with Stephanie
8 Things I Look Forward to:
*Christmas in California
*Buying our first Home
*Going back to School
*Starting a family
*Getting to my ideal weight
*Giving a certain person their Christmas Present
*My Birthday!
*Having my very own Library full of amazing books
8 Restaurants I Like:
*Cheddars
*Freebirds
*Chipole (in Cali. Only)
*Macroni Grill
*Gumby's Pizza
*Chili's
*Pepe's
*Olive Garden
8 Things On My Wish List:
*A shirt from Kohl's
*The Host by Stephanie Meyer
*Glasses with my new very prescription
*Money
*Obedience School for Izzie
*Obedience school Eric
*A home with a backyard
*A Cruise to somewhere Tropical
8 Favorite TV Shows:
*The Office
*The Colbert Report
*The Daily Show
*Kath and Kim
*My name is Earl
*30 Rock
*Dancing with the Stars
*ABC Family Movies
8 People I Tag: (You're It!)
*Allysen
*Amber
*Stephanie
*Sarah
*Nicole
*Brittany Boyce
*Ashlee
*Melissa

This last weekend we got to go to Houston and spend it with the Williams. Its nice having somewhere to go when this town feels just a little small. The girls are also great entertainers who made certain we had a great time. Needless to say it was a great weekend.

Peyton had fun putting on Eric's boots. While we were only there for a few days she probably stepped into his shoes at least a dozen times. She wasn't able to go very far but that never stopped her from trying.

Izzie had a lot of fun this weekend by getting to spend it all outside, something she hasn't done since we got here. She actually had a lot of fun with the girls and after a while wasn't even afraid of them which is another first!

Halli had fun becoming all differnt types of animals. Her cats definately love her as much as she loves them.

So several months ago there was a contest going on within the "Eye World." All you had to do to enter was submit a photo that showed your city. When I heard this I immediately thought of this picture I had taken of Eric up in Skagway. I submitted and then almost instantaniously forgot about it. This afternoon however I received a package in the mail with the new calendar of all the winning photos. Much to my surprise and delight was Eric's picture!

This is the front of the calendar with all the winning photos. As you can see lots of them were very artistic and very good.

My very own, MR. OCTOBER!!!

This was something I learned at a cooking class I went to tonight and it was just so good and yet so quick I thought I would share!
Ingredients:
2 eight oz cans refridgerator cresent rolls (8 rolls per can)
2 medium Granny smith apples, peeled and sliced into 8 pieces
1 cup sugar
1/3 melted butter
3/4 cup Sprite
Cinnamon

Unroll dough and pull apart to make 16 triangles. Roll apple into each triangle and place in a greased 9x13 baking dish.
In a bowl mix butter and sugar. Spread over rolls. Slowly pour Sprite over rolls. DO NOT STIR!
Sprinkle with cinnamon & bake uncovered @ 350 for 35-40 minutes.
Serves 8 (2 dumplings each)
Can serve with vanilla ice cream, cool whip or whipped cream.
Its really easy to make and yet tastes so good! Have fun and I'd love to hear if you like it.

Timeline Tag
20 years ago I:
1. I broke my arm falling off a rocking chair
2. Got a new baby sister
3. Started getting ready for Joy School

10 years ago I:
1. Started Young Womens
2. Starred in our 6th grade play
3. Got ready for middle school

5 years ago I:
1. Started getting ready for college
2. Took first at regions for marketing
3. Graduated High School

3 years ago I:
1. Met Eric
2. Moved out on my own
3. Got my license as an optician

1 year ago I:
1. Helped Eric as he got ready for lineman school
2. Moved in with Logan and Shauna
3. Continued to work at Folsom Opotmetry

This year so far I have I:
1. Moved to College Station Texas
2. Quit two jobs
3. Got a new puppy

Yesterday I:
1. Played for the primary kids
2. Finished reading Eldest by Christopher Paolini
3. Went on a walk with Eric

Today I:
1. Woke up at 8:30
2. Took Izzie for a walk
3. Go to work

Tomorrow I:
1. Wake up earlier
2. Still take Izzie for a walk
3. Still go to work

Next year I:
1. Will still be in College Station
2. Will hopefully be a stay at home mom
3. Will start teaching some community classes

I tag: Steph, Ally and Amber

Adam got to visit us before he left for Korea for a year. I went and picked him up from Houston on Wednesday night and we brought him up to Dallas this morning. We had fun despite that we spent most our time simply talking and laughing. As Adam is probably the one other person who reads both as fast as I do and as much as I do, we had fun going to the used bookstores and looking for books. Even though it was short, it was great to have him out here.

Adam Left at 10:50 am for his thirteen hour flight to Korea. Do not worry though he now has eight books he is excited to read to keep him entertained. He was also thrilled that he'll be getting a meal while on the plane. Its the little things.

Adam has two faces now. One that I grew up with that always looks like he is laughing at something and then this one where nothing looks funny at all. He says he learned this one while at boot camp and can't think of anything other keep every muscle straight.This was Adam all packed up and heading out!

My favorite memory of Adam was when he was very little. A cop was asking each of us some questions for fun that would go on a video later. When it was Adam's turn he was asked the simple question of "what is your name." As Adam is never nervous he confidently replies "I'm Adam Newey Scott Newey." In my mind that's how I always hear his name.

So it's definately true that you learn new things every day. Such as today I am able to add two new words to my vocabulary thanks to Eric's fellow employees.
1st New Word: "Cuz"
Defination: fellow employee; non-related co-worker; sometimes accidently used when referring to wife.
2nd New Word: "Sunshine"
Defination:

So we went to an award's ceremony for BTU where they note all those that had been there for a while. In between these awards they gave away door prizes. We had been sitting there for about an hour and the applause was begining to get pretty weak. However, finally Eric got called for a prize and half the room gets all excited and started whooping and yelling "Sunshine, that'a'boy Sunshine!" Eric's face went red as he had to walk up to collect his prize. They weren't quiet til he sat back down.

FYI: in their minds, because Eric came from California and the character from Remember the Titans came from California, they are the same.

So last night Eric and I went with a group of friends to see Bill Cosby perform at Texas A&M First Yell. It was great to see and as always entertaining to listen to. We're still laughing when we mention some of the jokes.

So after several months of debating what I should do about my current office, today it all got resolved. I will now be moving to a new office that is more focused on people instead of just the money. My new job will be just down the street where I can ride a bike to. It will be fun to try a new experience.

So since neither Eric or I am very good at taking pictures, nothing has been posted for a while. But that doesn't mean we haven't kept busy. We got to go down to Houston last weekend to spend a little while with our entertaining neices and then go and see Britt and Brett. Even though it was just for a little while, it was a lot of fun.
These pictures are obviously our profiles. I have always loved anything classic and it seems everyone in the olden days had a profile of themselves. Usually they are supposed to be drawn but that just really wasn't working for me so instead I got to use photoshop. I had fun!

#1. The Kitchen. So glad that you can't see all the dishes in the sink.

#3. Our own washer and Dryer. It's so fun to think that they are really ours.

#4. Fridge/ Freezer

#5. My Husband.

#6. Kids. Yeah don't quite have any of those yet!

#7. My Favorite Shoes. I love that no matter how many times I wear them, I always get so many compliments.

#8. Our Bedroom and yes that is a blanket. Curtains just don't do the trick at all.

#9. My Closet (I promise that I do have more clothes, they're just all in the laundry. As you can see I don't lack shoes!)

#10. ME!

I TAG AMBER, STEPH AND MELISSA AND LAURA!

The rules are:
1. When you read you are tagged you must stop everything you are doing, grab your camera and begin to take pictures of the listed rooms/items.
2. NO CLEANING and fixing things up.
3. Post them for all the world to see

Oh yes, the final book to the Twilight Series. I can't wait to find out who it ends.

For our Holiday Vacation we got to go to Houston to spend some time with our favorite nieces. We not only got to spend time a the William Families pool but we also had the chance to go to the temple which is always a treat.

Payten had fun with her uncle Eric or as she would call him, "Errrk." He was her new best friend the whole time that we were there, but he was glad to feel so needed.

Yeah, she's fearless!

Aren't they just so cute!!!They only kept us a little busy!