Engagement Pictures!

Shane and I took engagement pictures over Christmas break.  We had a lot of fun, and are so excited with how they turned out.  I am now even more excited about our photographer Larra Palermo after the wonderful job she did on our engagement pictures.  We hope you enjoy them as much as we have!

Boyd Family Weekend

This past weekend my dad's side of the family all got together.  We have not all gotten together since my Nana passed away last February, it was a fun reunion, though she was deeply missed.  We met outside of Dallas at a really neat retreat house, that was very large and able to accommodate our growing family.  Everyone brought their favorite treats, and many of Nana's wonderful recipes.  When the Boyd family gets together we eat and play games, so there was a lot of both of those going on this weekend.  I didn't take many pictures, but here are a few.  We really enjoyed getting to see all of my cousins, second cousins, aunts and uncles, and can't wait to see everyone again in June!

Christmas Time

It seems like I have been behind with this blogging thing, so to catch up this post is all about our Christmas break this year.  We spent Christmas day with the Boyd family, and enjoyed a lot of fun games and family time.  We did everything from homemade gingerbread house competitions (yes, everything is a competition in the Boyd family) to playing Rockband, and I think everyone had a lot of fun.  Shane was in Texas for almost 2 1/2 weeks, so we had a giant wedding to-do list that we completed together.  We registered, took engagement pictures (blog post to come), completed premarital counseling, picked wedding food, found a temporary place to live, started the process of making my wedding band, made honeymoon reservations and probably more I can't think of at the moment.  I am also happy to announce that I finally found my wedding dress!  Aside from wedding plans we had a lot of fun just relaxing together.  We met up with a few friends in Kemah one night, and enjoyed walking around the boardwalk.  We spent a few days in Odessa visiting and relaxing with the Darville's.  Shane also went to Army's bowl game in Dallas, and cheered on Army for a win against SMU.  I think we all had a good time seeing his family and spending New Years Eve playing games with friends and family.  We hope you enjoy some pictures of our Christmas break!

 Shane was great with our registry gun

 Taking a break from registering, and getting a massage at Bed Bath & Beyond

 The cutest 1 year old around!

 Between my engineering fiance and father, and construction brother cutting gingerbread became an exact science, and quite the ordeal.

Shane and I with our beautiful gingerbread house!

Everyone hard at work

All of our masterpieces

 At Kemah Boardwalk

 Joseph and Shane having a ball, shooting off fireworks.

 After three years together, Shane and I finally managed to make it under the century tree on campus. 

All Academy Ball 2010

We attended the All Academy Ball in Midland again this year with the Darville's.  It was a great night with many good friends and family, and lots of dancing.  This was our third All Academy Ball together, and by far the best.  We never would have guessed that three years ago when I flew to West Texas to go to this ball with Shane it would lead to a lifetime together.  Three years later, and we are five months away from getting married!

I thought it would be fun to go back and look at pictures from the past three years.

Our first ball in 2007

 The second All Academy Ball we attended in 2008

 A friends wedding Christmas 2009

 This year's Ball 2010