Ode to my car

Tomorrow I will be selling my long time friend to Carmax.  I went to get a quote from them last week and Micah and I have decided to sell it to them as the "hassle free" option.  As I was walking to my car after getting my quote I started.....crying!  Now, I haven't been that emotional about anything that pertains to moving yet and I'm pretty sure there is something wrong with me if the first thing that makes me cry is my car.  However, the more I thought about the more it made sense.  


This wonderful car was given to me when I left home for college.  I am so blessed to have parents that not only gave me a car but gave me a Firebird.  It was the fun, fast, cool car.  My friends and I have many great memories in that car.  We used to drive around campus with the T-tops off and try to find people to yell at. I love driving with the wind in my hair and sometimes would take the tops off and drive just to drive.  This beloved car also got my pulled over 12 times!  That is no exaggeration.   I have actually been pulled over 14 times but 2 of them were in other cars.  Who doesn't love to pull over a young girl in a Firebird with out-of-state tags?  Although it was frustrating, it does make for some good cop stories.  The Firebird drove Holly Fasold Jackson, Christina Wiemers, Kendra Anderson, and myself to Louisiana to surprise Anna Dobbins Jamison for our Fall break. On our way home we should have ran out of gas on the Interstate but somehow, the car made it to a gas station.  Going on a girl trip in the Firebird became tradition. The next year it drove the same people to Houston.  Why my friends agreed to ride on 11 hour and 8 hour car trips in the back of a Firebird, I will never know.


I understand now that saying goodbye to my car is not just about moving across the world.  It is about saying goodbye to a period of life. Saying goodbye to the fun, care free days. Saying goodbye to cool cars and hello to Mom cars.   So long dear friend.  I hope someone has as much fun with you as I did!

Going Away Party

This past weekend was our going away party.  We had a huge crawfish boil at my parents house in North Houston thanks to my sister and her fiance.   It's very nice having Cajuns in the family that are able to cook some amazing food.  I need to start out by saying thank you to my parents for more things than I can count, Selena for the food, Micah's parents for the beverages, and Chad & Traci for brining all the tables, chairs and table cloths.  On top of all that everyone helped so much with getting everything ready.  


The weekend started on Friday with everyone (our family, micah's parents, Selena's family, and Chad's family) all staying at my parents house.  It was a blast.   We sat outside to the early hours sitting around the fire pit just talking.  I love family time like that and know we will greatly miss it.  


Saturday morning we started with the preparations.  Instead of describing I will just post some pictures. 

         

As the final touch my friend Lindsey once again made me an amazing cake. This time I "ordered" it from her.  She does such an amazing job.  The left side is a desert scene and the right is a crawfish pot with edible crawfish coming out.  

Micah and Adam were in charge of the cooking.  Micah cooked the Jambalya before the party and Adam cooked the crawfish before/during.  We had a good time looking at all the live crawfish before they were cooked.  My nephews had a great time picking them up by their antenna and I think Bailey may have even picked one up herself but I'm not sure about that.  

We had a bunch of great friends show up and tons of family.  It was a great party and we felt so blessed to have so many people join us at our party.  Love you guys!

Spoiled birthday girl

Yep, that's me. The most spoiled birthday girl ever. My birthday was this past Saturday but I need to start a little farther back to get the true effect. When Micah went to Saudi I used his iPhone. Needless to say I had a hard time giving it back. I kinda threw a fit like one of my kindergartens would but it didn't seem to work. Then one miraculous day while I was out shopping,  Micah went and bought me one! I was super excited and very happy thinking this was my birthday present.


On the morning of my actual birthday Micah took me to the mall. I was very confused as to what we could be doing at the mall. As we were walking through i saw this line :

And the next thing i knew, Micah was getting in it! At the moment i still didn't understand. He had to slowly explain to me that my real birthday present was an iPad. Even after being told, I was in so much shock I wasn't really understanding.  Now, I will admit i didn't even know that I wanted an iPad but i had told him i wanted an e-reader. So, being the researcher that he is, he decided an iPad was the best decision. I LOVE IT! Ive already downloaded several books, games, tv shows, and am even typing our blog on it right now.

On top of all that, we had dinner with our friends Brooks, Lindsey, & Gavin. Lindsey made me my very own cake! I think she knows that my favorite color is purple.

Then Micah and i had some yummy cheese and chocolate at The Melting Pot.

 

What a great birthday!