A New Year is Here

Well, well, well. Can you believe that today is the official end of 2008? What a year it's been! I turned 25 and lived to tell about it! Chris and I have had huge life altering events, like hmmm....living with his parents! Chris got to go on tour, I finally finished my wedding scrapbook! I got to spend Christmas with all my brothers for the first time. Quite a whirlwind when I think of it all.
You know, I try not to make new years resolutions because something always seems to get in the way. For instance, I've had a gym membership since March and have been maybe 6 times total. Now, that's not doing anything at all for my butt! So, this year, I've decided to set goals, and with the goals comes rewards. January seems to be promissing, but we'll see about the following 11 months!
Goals:
January - buy business license, buy camera and officially launch Lauren Thomas Photography Company. reward=$$$
February - actually do something for Valentine's Day
March - Spring Break in Washington, DC (that's what we're shooting for) reward=trip and scrapbook!
A few more to mention:
Make A's this semester, actually go on a real vacation, do something special for my birthday.

I think my number one goal this year, however lame it may sound, is to love myself for who I am. This is something I have always struggled with and maybe this year, I can learn to accept me for me. Maybe I can stop caring that I don't look like such and such or can't wear a size 4. Just maybe I can focus on taking care of me just as I am, and that attitude will overflow into getting healthier and bettering myself.
We'll see.

Well, we're off to Charleston tomorrow and I can't wait. See, a trip - that's the way to start off a new year! We've never done anything for new years before! Happy New Year's everyone!

Christmas in Texas

So this year we went to my Dad's in Texas for Christmas. We had a great time. However, the drive out there is always brutal! There is absolutely nothing exciting about I-20! My dad is a great cook, so we had a ton of gourmet meals! Yummy! I LOVED being able to hang out with my brothers! I wish we all lived closer. Christmas day was special because it was the first one I got to spend with all 3 of my brothers and my niece and nephew. They are such little hams! Here are a few pics from the week. I'm a sucker for the goofy face pictures. What can I say... I love them! Now, on to packing for New Years in Charleston.

5 More Days...

Well Merry Almost Christmas!!! This month has been a whirlwind! It seems like there's a party every weekend and Chris has pretty much been on tour all month. It's been fun though! I love Christmas! It's my most favorite time of year. We leave in a few days for Texas. I'm really excited. I wanted "25" to be a year of firsts, and Christmas with my dad and all 3 brothers is defintitely a first! Yay! I'll put up some pictures next week.

Something else super exciting is that I got accepted into the College of Education at KSU this week! I'm officially in!!!! Almost done! :)

And how could I forget.....Meg from Kansas (Whatever blog) commented on my blog! It has truly been the highlight of my blogging experience! I love her blog and stalk it frequently! :) It made me feel so good!

As the year is drawing to an end, I am definitely thinking abour resolution time! Ick! I will wait to blog about that closer to New Year's!

I hope everyone has a FANTASTIC Christmas!!!!

Christmas Spirit

Well hello!I've got a couple of websites to bring you some holiday cheer! Click here to hear an absolutely hilarious version of Oh Holy Night. This guy sent this audition to his church choir. Poor guy!
On another note, Chris is on the raod with David Glenn and playing harmonica for the Christmas tour. You can click here to see a little video of Chris playing.

Enjoy!

Renewed Life. So Funny!

Honestly, this is one of the funniest things I've seen! This is a real band. My friends, this is why Christians have the reputation of being lame. I promise we are not all like this! Enjoy!

Christmas Time Is Here

It's my absolute most favorite time of year!!!! Oh yes, it's Christmas time! I love the decorations and the spirit in the air! By the way, Atlantic Station in Atlanta is having snow every night at 7pm!!! How cool is that? AND they have a special holiday store--set up outside like an old timey village! Oh I'm so excited!

Tomorrow night we're going to the Christmas Tree Lighting at the Marietta Square. Super excited about that too!
Sunday, Heather is going to take pics of me, Chris, Maddie and Nate. Chris's mom has been asking for this for 4 years! I'm just excited about that too!
But do you know what I'm most excite about?...........SCHOOL IS OVER THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!! Oh praise the Lord! I'll have the rest of December with no school! That is just fabulous!
We're going to Texas for Christmas day with my dad and brothas! I hope it's cold. Christmas just isn't Christmas if it's hot!

Happy Wednesday!