Thanks Hubs!!

Ok y'all I just have to brag on my hubs a little bit! He gave me these gorgeous flowers yesterday (for no reason!) I really do have the greatest husband ever. : )

Summer Reading

Ok y'all I have been reading some pretty good books this summer and just wanted to share!! Now, there is a little disclaimer to this first series...IT IS COMPLETELY FOR FUN. I would in no way recommend this to anyone looking for a serious read. OH yes, and be prepared to be mocked endlessly by your husband. Without further a due (?)...

The Shopaholic Series

If you haven't heard of it already, it is a series of books starting with this one Confessions of a Shopaholic about a British compulsive shopper named Becky Bloomwood. The series has about 5 or 6 books ( I think) and they are all absolutely hilarious!

Now if you are in the mood for a more serious read I would recommend Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. All of the books I have read by her are absolutely gripping and this one is no different. This book is about a highschool shooting and all that takes place before and after. This book really made me think about myself as a teacher and how much influence I have that I don't even realize. Its a page turner y'all!

Happy Reading!

Weekend Wrap Up

Well this past weekend we house/baby sat for a sweet family we know from our old church and my school. They have an 8 and 16 year old so it made for a pretty easy weekend. We ate at Panera, saw Kung Fu Panda, swam at their country club pool and put things on the "tab". Yea, they have a "tab". Craziness.
The best part of the weekend came when we were standing outside with the little girl and Chris was trying to get some "fuzz" out of her hair. We soon found out that it wasn't "fuzz" but rather...HEAD LICE! Super! So I got to go to CVS and buy this kit and for almost 2 hours comb little lice buggies out of this girls hair. All the while she's playing her Nintendo DS and asking "Are you almost done?...Are you almost done?" I could tell this must have been a HUGE inconvenience for her. Let me tell you...it was joyous for me. Anyway, we are very thankful to be back in our (lice free) house and done with the babysitting for awhile.

A Few More Pics...

Well one to be exact. I forgot to mention Landon and Stacy's reception! Landon and Stacy got married in May in TN and had their Texas reception over the July Fourth weekend. Congratulations to the newlyweds!

OH yes...and I wanted to mention that I am doing some blog designing! So if you are interested, let me know!!

It's Been Awhile...

Ok...so I gave my blog a makeover!! And that got me excited about blogging again. I'm still trying to figure a few things out about this whole "digital scrapbooking" thing...but I'd say I did pretty good for my first day!

Well we've been busy at the Branigan house lately. We had a busy last semester and our summer has been great! Since I don't really want to back track 6 months I'll just tell you what we've been doing lately!

Two weeks ago Kathy came for a visit and then we all headed home for the Fourth of July weekend! While we were there we enjoyed the Texas heat, the Arlington Fourth of July Parade (a family favorite) and some Fireworks! We also forgot to bring our camera home (boo) so I don't have too many pictures. However, while we were there we did manage to take some pics with my family that turned out great! (Thanks Linds!!)

We really enjoyed spending time with both of our families while we are home and can't wait to come back again soon! One year down here at Seminary and only about 3 more to do!! (Unless Chris decides to stay for his doctorate...which we just won't really think about that right now :)

Happy Anniversary

Well this past weekend we celebrated our 1 Year Anniversary! Some of our friends from church had won a one nights stay at the Marriott in downtown Kansas City and were't going to be able to use it so they gave it to us! We had such a great time. We spread out our celebrations throughout the weekend since we had some other commitments at church and this is how it all panned out...

On Friday night we went to Jack Stack Barbeque and had the most delicious dinner (thanks Gary and Dianna!) We had chicken covered with barbeque meat, their famous barbeque beans and cheesy corn bake. Chris even ordered some bread pudding for dessert! Then we went down to Crown Center to check out all their holiday decor. It was really pretty ...but REALLY Cold!!

On Saturday I went to church for choir rehearsal in the morning and then met Christopher at the movies! We saw the Bee Movie...pretty cute. Then we came home and packed up and headed to the Marriott! Oh yes, I forgot to mention that the Lord's anniversary present to us on Saturday was a fresh blanket of Snow! It snowed big flakes all day and then stopped just in time for us to head to dinner on the Plaza. We ended up eating at the Classic Cup Sidewalk Cafe (thanks Dad and Jenny!). We were going to just stop in and get an appetizer while we waited for our table at another restaurant...but it was so charming and the food was so amazing that we just stayed there! They even gave us a free anniversary dessert!! My pick this time...yummy Chocolate Fudge Cake!

This morning we got up and ate breakfast at the hotel restaurant. The breakfast was part of the free one nights stay. It was so good.

All in all I'd say we had one very memorable, blessed First Anniversary. We weren't really sure how much we would be able to do but the Lord just blessed us and took care of all the details. We are so excited for the many, many more anniversaries to come...













This was the view from our hotel room...




We didn't buy gifts...just cards. I think we should invest in Hallmark. : )

Let It Snow!

Or maybe I should say...Let It Ice...We got a few inches of snow last Thursday night and then this weekend we've gotten some snow/ice. The ice is the not so fun part! But anyway it gave us a good excuse just to stay in last night. We ordered some chinese food and rented March of the Penguins!






Currently it is a chilly 19 degrees!