Christmas ski trip in New Mexico

This year we spent Christmas in Taos, NM.

 Haden and I had never been skiing before so it was a new experience for us both. This was also the coldest climate I had ever been in, at one point it was only 4 degrees!! Skiing was a blast, but my favorite part was the snowmobiling we did the next day. The trail that we took seriously looked like a winter wonderland... I felt so blessed to see it all.

Haden was a natural, he's such an athlete he can just pick anything up and do it!

It was so great to be able to spend this time with my family, between school and everything else I really don't get to see them much anymore but this trip really was amazing.

After NM we spent a few days in lamesa where we did Christmas. We got awesome stuff, including season 5 Big Bang Theory, my set of traveling bags and pj's, and a portable dishwasher!! We had a great time there too, Haden's home in lamesa is so relaxing, it's one of my favorite places to hang out. We then came back to Angelo and spent NYE with Rob, Miranda and Harper. Harper was so funny, I just love her. I love every member our families, and felt so blessed. We had such a blessed Christmas trip!

Haden's 24th

So this year, Haden had about a 2 week birthday celebration. First, we went to Lamesa on Wednesday for his birthday on Thursday.

 

Thursday morning Haden got up to open his gift first thing. Ok he is in his Hugh Hepher robe. Every time we go to Lamesa he wears this like you can see in the pictures. I really have no idea why?!?

   

He got Schlitterbahn tickets, Teresa got him a lot of nice clothes, and Jimbob got him a golftech lesson. I'm not sure what he was most excited about!

Then, we went to Hobbs for some gambling, since it's only an hour away. He actually came out on top, and everyone else lost. He finished off his day with a golf scramble with Jimbob

The next weekend the celebration continued with a trip to San Antonio. We stayed at this awesome bed and breakfast, and went to the river walk!

   

And the next day we went to Schlitterbahn. I had never been so it was interesting! As you can see, it was insanely packed. I couldn't believe they even let that many people in! Crazy!

 

Anyway, we had a great time. Haden thinks this birthday was better than last year (when I was in Connecticut for 2 months he came to see me half way through, on his birthday he had to fly back. It was pretty sad). Happy Birthday Hadey, me and Toby love you!!

My 21st

On May 10th I finally turned 21!! Haden and I decided to go out with my friends to dinner then to the bar to buy my very own drinks. We had a really great time. First, we did dinner at Chilli's

 

Also, pictured across from me, is my friend Ashley. She turned 21 on the exact same day as me!

 

We really had such a great time, I honestly had no idea what there was in downtown San Angelo! My friends were awesome and so fun. Anyway, the next day Haden and I drove to Lamesa to meet Teresa and head to Ruidoso for the weekend. The only pictures I managed to get were a view of the room!

 

So I played Black Jack, Slots, and even played Craps. We had a really great time. I had never been up there but it was beautiful. Thanks to Haden and Teresa for such a fun weekend! And since then, Haden is always talking about how he just wants to go back. Haha!

Honeymoon in Mexico

Anyone who knows Haden and I knows that we moved a little quick with our relationship. I know we shocked our families when we got engaged after less than 7 months of dating... and then again when we insisted on getting married only 5 months after!In fact, We got married less than 1 year after our first date!
So, it was the middle of the semester when we got married (and I was taking Quantum mechanics, Solid State physics, and Thermodynamics). The semester was way too intense for us to go anywhere so we decided to wait until spring break 2012 to go on our real honeymoon.
And we decided to go to Mexico!
We flew into Cancun but stayed at White Sands Palladium about 45 miles south of Cancun. Here is the resort we stayed at:
 And here are just a few fun shots of us!
       And yes, in the last picture Haden is lounging on the beach with a shirt on... BECAUSE he burnt so so so bad the very first hour we were on the beach and was burnt the whole trip!
Here are some highlights:
Best moment: couples massage!!! So relaxing... Oh or the beach!
Scariest moment: Being woken up in the middle of the night by some creatures stomping around on the roof!
Funniest moment: I wanted a coconut so I picked one up and took it back to our "bungalo" thing. But we didn't have anything to open it with, sooo Haden took it outside and started banging it on a tree! I was peeking out the door and I saw this huge raccoon creeping up and I tried to warn him. Anyway, the raccoon got within about 5 feet of him before he noticed. When he saw him, Haden panicked, threw the coconut at him (and getting it no where near him), and then took off running like he had seen a bear!! Hahahaha!!
Haden's favorite part: The all inclusive food and drinks! (Especially the steak dinners!)
So that's a summary of our honeymoon!

Our new little Puppy!!

I wanted a puppy so bad, and I foolishly made a deal with Haden that we would adopt after we made the mistake of going to the pound. We wanted to adopt every puppy there! Anyway, I after that I wanted all kinds of puppies that I saw for sale but Haden was adamant on adopting. So, when we saw this add for this little guy we had to go check him out:

When we went to the pound to see him he was so playful and excited to see us. So, when Haden was at work, me and Joleyne went to adopt him!

But of course when you adopt from the pound, the puppy has to be neutered and have a chip placed in him before you can pick him up. So a few days later we went to the vet to pick up our little Toby!(We actually named him "Tobias" after a really goofy tv show we watch called "Arrested Development", but we usually just call him Toby)

 

And here's a picture of our new little family!

Now here's just a few funny ones we have taken of him. He is such a crazy dog! I must say though, the pound said he was a border collie mix, but at about 6 months he still only weighs 12 lbs! He is the ultimate mut: He jumps like a jack, has fur like a border collie, his tail curls like a pomeranian, he is spotted like a blue heeler... the list goes on and on.

  

As you can see he has turned out to be quite the character. We love our little Toby!

Our first holidays together

Since this is our first year being married, it was our first time sharing holidays. It was so weird having 2 Thanksgivings and 2 Christmas's but I honestly loved sharing them with Haden. These were the best holidays I ever had and I look forward to many more :)
First Thanksgiving: We did the Skeen Thanksgiving first in Brady
 Then, we drove to Lamesa to do Thanksgiving with the Popnoe's
(This photo is courtesy of the HouserHouseBlog... somehow I ended up with no pictures!) At the Popnoe Thanksgiving I witnessed for my first time "JimBob classic" where all of their family (among others) get together and have a basketball tournament! Unfortunately, Haden had to work all day so he missed the whole thing!
Not Christmas we kind of did the same way: Brady first then on Christmas day we traveled to Lamesa. First some pictures from Brady. I always love love love doing Christmas with my family. It's one of my absolute favorite days of the year.
  Then we were off to Lamesa! It was interesting to do Christmas with another family. My family always does it with just us, but in Lamesa they did "Popnoe Christmas" with the whole Popnoe family! Here are some pics:
  Again, do to another lack of pictures, these Lamesa pics are also stolen from the Houser Blog!