March Madness

So a few things to report this go around!
We are a 1/4 of the way through the year and already so much has happened! Ok not THAT much but more than usual for me!
Luke is officially moving here mid-May! THat is the most exciting thing thats going on right now is the anticipation of that! We can't wait to be able to see each other and be together like a REAL couple haha! And tired of the lonely weekends and nights! 2 more months!
Last weekend we went to Luke's best friends wedding, he was the Best Man! Jon and Crystal make a beautiful couple and it was a beautiful ceremony! I think they'll make a great life together!

Don't we clean up nicely? haha

Here is their wedding cake! The most unique cake I've ever seen in person for sure, but totally represented them and their unique personalities.

Also over the weekend I was blessed with the opportunity to spend time with and get to know Luke's mother, Terry and sister, Grace! They are sweet and good people and I look forward to knowing them better! Spending all day long with them with out Luke around could have been incredibly awkward and uncomfortable BUT they were super nice and didnt make me feel out of place at all...and in my opinion I won them over a little :P

It was an exhausting but fun weekend, though, as always I was sad to leave. But I will see him on the 1 of April and then again on the weekend of the 10 of April!

So last week the whole family went to eat at Abuelo's! It was Shannon and Eric's anniversary and Aarons birthday. So mom, dad, Skye, Kip, Mikey, Brian, Marcel, Donna, Eric, Shannon, Aaron, Wyatt and me all went out to eat! It was good to see everyone and spend time with family! I love our little family. We might not be a large family, but we're a good family and we love each other unconditionally.

Funny thing, when the waitress asked if we were celebrating a birthday or anniversary Marcel and I said, yes, both...so when they brought out the desserts they gave them to US thinking it was OUR anniversary lol!! It was too funny...Marcel probably thanks God thats not the case! :)

Next Tuesday (March 23) I will be having surgery on my left foot. I have an "accessory Navicular" bone, which is just what it sounds like, an accessory- or -extra bone attached to my navicular bone. It causes a lot of pain and discomfort so we're going to go in on tuesday and cut it out. Im excited about what possibilities I will have have after recovery. THe shoes I'll be able to wear and I cna start walking again.

I'm gonna stay with the parents for a few days at least after surgery, I dont think that navigating the stairs would be wise at first. I should only be in a walking boot about 4-5 weeks afterward to let the wound heal. Im keeping my fingers crossed for a whole new time after surgery! Hopefully this is what I need, my eyes are fixed, I'll get my foot fixed and then Luke is moving here in May. It's gong to be a whole new start to life and I am really looking forward to it!

Rambling

Just a few updates to report.
I went to the Dr last week and my eyes are ALMOST at 20/20!!! Praise God for giving someone at some point the knowledge and gumption to invent laser eye surgery! I was always prepared to always have bad vision and never be able to see, and even after having the surgery was sure I'd have to wear contacts/glasses onve my eyes healed. BUT that is not the case, at least not now! So excited!! Prayers were answered, and the blind can see!
KENDALL HAD THE BABIES! I am so excited for them and continuing to pray for them as they grow and develop and stabilize! The pictures are wonderful and I can't wait to meet them! Their little family is not a family of 5, they are so Blessed. God does listen, He does provide, and He continually blesses us. Im so happy for them. Welcome to the world Hallie Evelyn and Rylan Jackson! I can't wait to meet you!!!
Mike is playing basketball, he seems to be having a ton of fun! It is so much to watch and he is growing so fast! I can't believe he will be 10 this year! Such a good kid!
Luke will be here this weekend for our first Valentines Day! We have a weeknd of fun stuff to do, Im making a big dinner friday, saturday dinner then "The Wizard of Oz" at the community theatre, and sunday a lot of relaxing and maybe a movie? (Dear John. MAYBE) Can't wait to see him! Its been a long month! just a few short months until Luke moves to Midland. THat will be a wonderful day!
Not much else to report...Work is work...nothing new on that front, The parents are doing great, as is the rest of the family.

Holidays

This was a great holiday season! Luke and I were blessed to spend Halloween, THanksgiving, Christmas and New Years together this year! The first of many I am sure :)

On Halloween we went with my family to the Texas Tech game but we also carve jackolanterns together. This was the first time Luke had ever carved pumpkins before! we had a good time! Here are some pictures from that night! :)

AND the final product!!

Thanksgiving ws fun. We had it at Skye & Kips house, Luke was here for THanksgiving. Mom and Dad were in Denton at my mom's sisters house so it was just us and a few friends. Food was good, Company was great, good time was had by all!

The friday after thanksgiving, Brian and I drove to Denton where Mom and Dad were and met the Maberry clan for the weekend. ON saturday we went to the new Cowboy Stadium to watch Texas Tech vs Baylor. It was a great time! And boy, What a stadium!

Goin' Band! My favorite part of the games! :) They never disappoint!

Christmas was awesome, Luke and I enjoyed each other and spending it together! Christmas eve we went to a Candlelight CHristmas Eve service at Midcities Church, then we drove and looked at Christmas lights, when we got back to the apartment I heated up some apple cider, and Ashley came over and we played the Wii....Christmas morning Luke and I got up, opened each others gifts then got dressed and went to Mom and Dad's. What a great weekend!

Santa definately came!

Yes, he kicked our butts on Wii bowling...I declare a rematch!

New Years weekend, I drove to Waco on New YEars Eve and we forced ourselves to stay awake to watch the ball drop! then crashed! :)

On Friday we just hung out all day, Went to a movie (Avatar) and enjoyed each others company. Onn Saturday we drove up to Denton and had Christmas with Mom's side of the family. Another great long weekend!

Im always a little sad when the holidays are over, but it was a great couple of months and Luke and I got to enjoy our first holiday season together. He has become part of the family and everyone just loves him. We are excited for all the holidays to come...next up? Valentines day! :)

I expect lots of gushy, cliche Valentines Day crap! :) and he should expect the same! :P

Anyway Welcome 2010! :)

2010

Its a new year and new beginning. What will this year hold for me? I dont know, I could have never predicted what happened in 2009. But I am looking forward to it!
A few things I do know are happening this year, my best friend is bringing two beautiful little miracles into this world in the next month! I know that the love of my life will be moving and we will be able to see one another every day and no more pain and heartache on sundays. No more teary morning phone calls :) I know that my youngest nephew turns 10 and my oldest turns 20 his year. Hard to believe...I will be 27 years old. Luke and I will have been dating a year on May 24. My parents will have their 45 wedding anniversary! Wow, isn't that incredible? THey're amazing, and such role models for me to have grown up with, what a wonderful model marraige, two people who love each other unconditionally and have stuck by one another through bad times and good, sickness and financial troubles. And 45 years later they're still in love, they're still best friends, and what wonderful parents they have been. I am so proud to be their daughter.
Im looking forward to 2010. I think this is going to be a great year filled with blessings and wonderful things. Life can be hard, but it is also beautiful and wonderful.
I have been blessed with an amazing and supportive family, the best friends I could have ever imagined, and God lead me to a wonderful man who loves me unconditionally. EVery day I thank God for these people, if everyone was so lucky to have these types of people in their lives the world would be a much happier place.
God has great things in store for me, I know, Im trying to listen and hear what he is telling me and see the road he is leading me down. I feel at peace with where I am headed these days. It took me a little while to get here, but I am here. God is good, patience is key, he's always talking to you and trying to show you....


Ps 27:14, "Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD."

PRK

I have always had bad eyesight, I got my first glasses right befor emy 8th birthday and never looked back. Im not even sure I remember not ever having to have some kind of corrective eye lense. I got my first pair of contacts at age 12 and REALLY never looked back...Well they have progressively gotten worse and worse since then. This year at my annual eye appointment my Dr. suggested we go have a consultation for laser eye surgery. Well we've been through this and I was terribly disappointed when the surgeon informed me that my eyes were too far gone, that she wouldnt consider me as a patient and that I should wait 5-10 years down the road when a transplant option may be available. I was heart broken, so we decided to go to another laser center in Lubbock. Lo and behold they decided to take me on as a candidate for PRK (Photorefractive keratectomy) the most invasive form of laser corrective eye surgery and I decided to do it. THe fear was that in the next 10 years contacts would no longer be an option for me and my glasses were SO THICK, oh my gosh. I had to wear them for like 3 months befor the surgery I cried when I came home from the Dr with my new, ridiculously thick glasses. I did learn to like them though, I think I photographed well in them lol and from the front they werent nearly as thick, or at least didnt look that way. Everyone was great and encouraging and supportive so that helped.
So here I am in glasses, for the first time since I was 12...



So On Friday, November 6, 2009, my life was changed. Mom and I drove early that morning to Lubbock and got to the laser surgery, i got right in, filled out all the required paperwork, and got prepped for surgery. When the surgeon came in to meet me, they had already taken my glasses from me, so I couldnt make out his face at ALL, i had no idea what my surgeon looked like. They were all very kind and encouraging. They lead me into the laser room and I layed down in the chair, the nurses/aids were everywhere, it was a very well oiled machine- everyone had their place and their job- the surgeon walked me through what was going to happend and when and what to expect, so my eyes are numbed at this point but they numbed them even more and begame the surgery, left eye first. Laser was on that eye for 80 seconds. That is probably the oddest sensation I've ever had in my life. then the right eye, 84 seconds on that eye. After they cleaned off my eyes, buffed them and what not I sat up and I could see the surgeons face! Seriously I went in there seeing a glob of colors...and 164 seconds of a laser I could SEE faces! INcredible. So after 45 min-an hour "recovery" time (mom could not believe I could see things like the time on the clock on the wall) We went to the hotel and laid around all day, I was supposed to sleep but i was so keyed up and anxious I didnt get much sleeping done. So I watched TV :) we spent the night in Lubbock, got up went to a follow up Saturday morning then headed back to Midland.
This was my awesomely cool eye gear after surgery.


I was out of work a week, and few days after that week 1/2 days and what not. My eye sight has improved incredibly, BUT im still not at 20/20- two months later I am still healing and every day is different, I have good days and bad. my eyes switch one minute my left eye is clear the next it is not...but My Dr says that is normal and will fade over time. Im hoping in the next 2-3 months I will be able to get a glasses presciption and see things crisp again. It was a great decision, even with the problems I have been having, its better than relying on contacts and glasses to see anything. I dont have to worry now about getting up in the middle of thenight and walking into a wall, and if I do walk into a wall its not my eyes fault :)

Football has come and gone

The family, Luke and I went to a few football games this season...I love football.



One reason I knew Luke was for me is when I got him talking abut football, fits right in with the family and always something to talk about! I always knew I woul dhave to find a man who enjoyed sports, and boy does he ever! I introduced him to Texas Tech football this year, even though he is an LSU fanatic - he accepted the challenge of attempting to be a Red Raider fan, and endure the roller coaster ride with me :) In return he introduced me to LSU and Saints football and I am growing accustomed to the idea that someday we will probably have a Purple/GOld or Black/Gold room in our house :)
My parents had tickets to a few games and Luke was able to go with us to a couple of them, as well as my Dad's brother (Uncle Charles) and his family! Mike played flag football againt this year too, its so fun to watch! They just run around and grin...too cute. I love football! Sad that it is over now...here are some pictures from out football adventures....







Brian, Mom, Dad, Aaron, Marcel, Me, Donna, Aunt Iris & Uncle Charles

"Guns Up!"

Michael tearing it up on the flag football field! :) Always with a grin on his face....

Me and Mom... I love this picture






He is such a brat! I had no idea he was making that face and everyone around was laughing their rearends off...lol brat! We retook the picture though :) and he behaved!

Summer ended...Fall begins

What a Great summer it was! Lots of fun things happened this summer. Brian and I drove to Ft Davis to meet Mom, Dad and Mike for the weekend in June. It was a good time! Always fun to camp out and relax with the family. Michael loves that place.

I went to the races with Skye and Kip and the gang for the first time this summer. It was a lot of fun, it was a special event night so there were SO MANY people there, but we had a good time filled with great food, beer, cars and awesome company. Here are a few pictures of the day/night at the races.

My birthday was July 30, 26 years old...MAN time flies! I can't believe Im in my late 20's! I got these wonderful flowers from Luke for my birthday, they came a week early (to my office) haha! But that was great because I was able to enjoy them all week and make all the other ladies jealous. I will say this much, not only were they beautiful BUT they stayed that way for like 3 weeks! I have never in my life had flowers last that long. Job well done babe! :) (He was very proud of himself. )

The Mobley's had our first reunion in many many years in August! It was SO great for everyone that could be there to get together. It was miserably hot and humid, but we had awesome food and great company. I was in charge of putting it together and this year Im hoping to make it bigger and better....speaking of I should sart getting ideas for locations of the reunion. Reunion 2009 was in San Angelo at San Angelo State park. Here are a few pictures from the day.

The biggest thing that happened this summer was I fell head ofer heels in love with the most perfect man in the world for me. Luke Benjamin Ellis. THis man has changed my life in many positive ways, God brought us together in the most crucial time for both of us. This is the man I plan to spend my life with. We had a great summer, getting to know each other, talking for hours on end and falling in love.

I dont know what else to say about this summer but that it was wonderful! Possibly one of the best summers of my adult life anyway :) It definately gives me more hope for the future and I count my blessings and Thank God every day for all of these amazing gifts he has given me.....