Welcome 2012!! We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas, and rang in 2012 just as they wanted! Wesley & I had a wonderful Christmas. We started out with Christmas a few days early with Moo Moo & David. They got us a new chest freezer, dishwasher, Wesley an electric branding iron, and me a beautiful Montana Silversmith bracelet. We were very blessed with all of this and very grateful! On Wednesday the 21st we headed out for Billings, early, because a snow/ice storm had moved into Montana and we didn’t want to be on the roads at night. We stayed at a hotel that night, then got up at 3 AM to catch our flight out of Billings. We arrived at the airport about 4:15 AM Thursday morning, got our bags checked, and waited for our flight to take off. About 5:45 we boarded the plane, and pushed back from the terminal right around 6 AM. We taxied to the runway, and then the pilot came over with the most dreadful words possible – “Ladies & Gentleman, due to the snow storm in Denver (our connecting destination), our flight has been delayed by an hour. We are going to bring drinks around, and play a movie, and hopefully we will be cleared for takeoff about 7 AM our time”. GREAT! To make matters worse, Wesley & I were not sitting together on this flight. Somehow our seats got mixed up…so he was 3 rows in front of me. Bummer. Not only did I have to fly an hour sitting next to strangers, but now I had to sit an hour on the runway of the airport waiting to take off…for an HOUR! We finally took off about 7 AM from billings, and arrived in Denver about 8:15 AM. Neither Wesley nor myself even knew we had landed in Denver, and not because we were asleep. It was for two reasons – 1 the pilot was just that darn good at landing the plane, and 2 it was snowing so hard and so thick that if I were to have stuck my hand out the window of the aircraft, it would have been lost in the snow. Now THAT…is snow!
Denver proved no better for us. We were delayed another 2 hours (almost) because our plane was coming in from Colorado Springs, and they had an even bigger snow storm than Denver. So, we had to wait for our plane to get there. We were lucky they didn’t cancel the flight, because they were canceling flights to Colorado Springs left & right. We finally landed in Austin, TX about 3:30 PM…3 hours behind schedule! Oh well…at least we got there! Needless to say, by the time we got to Brenham, we ate supper with my parents, and went to bed!
Friday we got up & did some last minute shopping errands in Houston. That city was a zoo!! But, we were in and out in no time so it turned out to be good. Then that night we had our favorite Mexican food for supper…Mariachi’s! We love that place!! In the process I got to see some old friends there, too, so that made it even more special to go to dinner there!
Saturday we spent the afternoon at my Dad’s side of the family. My Aunts & Uncle all come to my Meemaw’s house & we play cards & board games & open gifts. It’s a lot of fun! Wesley got a great tool bag holder thing (I’m not really sure what you call it, but he LOVES it..stores all his tools in it) from my Meemaw & Popo, and I got a gift card from them to JC Penny’s. Then we got a beautiful cross from my Aunt Tina, and a pretty bird house & water holder for birds from my Aunt Diane & Uncle Steve.
Sunday, Christmas Day, we spent with my Mom’s side of the family. We got LOTS of goodies from my Granny & Papa. We both got clothes, and Wesley got some nice tools, shirts, and different things for the house. I got clothes, boots, and gift cards. Then we went home that night & had Christmas with my parents & sister & brother-in-law. We got even MORE good things!!! Wesley got lots of tools that he absolutely loves. He was like a kid all over again the other night when he was opening all the wrench sets, sockets, pliers and all, and organizing them in his bag! Then he got another nice shirt and a nice Hooey hat. I got some brown boots, clothes, and more gift cards. It was wonderful! Then we each had something nice in our stockings. We all got lottery tickets & car scents and different knick knacks from my parents. We were very blessed and so thankful to be able to get to spend Christmas with my family in Texas, and with Moo Moo & David beforehand.
Monday we were pretty lazy, although we did run to College Station to take some pants back that I got for Christmas, and exchange them for a different size. Then we spent the afternoon packing all our Christmas gifts & goodies in our check in suitcase, and our clothes in our carryon bags so we didn’t have to ship anything to us! It worked out perfectly.
Tuesday we got up early, again, to head back home to Montana. It was pretty emotional leaving my parents at the airport, but we are so grateful for their love & support and can’t wait for them to come up to see us and where we live! We didn’t have any delays getting back home, but it was another exhausting trip having to get up at 4 AM (3 AM Montana time) to make our flights. We got back to Montana about 1 PM and neither of us were feeling good at all. I think we both caught something on the plane, because we are just now getting to where we both feel better.
Tuesday evening we had dinner with his parents & sister Mandy and her boyfriend Matt. They gave me a nice sweatshirt, and Wesley a nice handmade headstall for his horse. Then they gave us a picture of our brand, a D hanging D, that Matt handmade. And finally, they gave us a huge cowhide rug to put in our house! We are still trying to decide where to put our cowhide rug at…but it will probably go in our living room! Then he opened his present from his sister Christi and her fiancé Clint. She had a beautiful 11X14 photo enlarged of Wesley on his horse Champion from their branding last year. It is the most gorgeous picture I’ve seen. She did an excellent job on it! We are hanging that in our living room, for sure!! All in all we had a wonderful Christmas and are so blessed by God for everything we have!
I was home sick from work Wednesday because I still wasn’t feeling well at all. Wesley was feeling pretty bad Wednesday too, but today we feel a lot better, and are hoping it continues and we continue to get better!!
Tomorrow we are ringing in the New Year by attending a wedding of a friend of the family. I will certainly take pictures of Wesley & myself because we are going to be all dressed up. We will be there most of the evening, but will be home in time to ring in the beginning of the New Year in our new home together. We are very blessed with each other, and hope everyone has a very happy and safe New Year!!!
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