Celebrating 2010

Although we had plans to go BIG (with Cristie and Michael) in Dallas for New Year's, Drew could not get off work for New Year's Day. So, in order to ensure that he made it to work the next morning... we celebrated with friends, here in Tyler. We hit our faithful karaoke hot spot for quesadillas, drinks, and music (as well as Marla's birthday)! After Jason and Drew were able to sing some of their favorites, we all headed out to the next spot for some dancing. We had a BLAST ringing in the new decade with some of our closest friends. Katie and Sean had us over to visit around the fire until we finally had to call it a night at 3 am. We were able to see the Brawners one last time, on Saturday, for a little bit more Christmas before they headed back to Florida :( Guess we'll just have to go see them this summer for some SUN! For now... it's back to reality and back to school :( YUCK!!!

ChRiStMaS FINALLY came!!! :)

Christmas has been busier than any other year and we stayed home! We asked for it though :) We really wanted to host ChRiStMaS for our families this year: Christmas Eve Day with Drew's family was spent with Turkey, Ham, Dressing, Spinach Madeline, Cheesecake, Pumpkin Log, lots of presents, and SNOWFLAKES... Christmas Eve was so precious and so SPECIAL as we read about Mary and Joseph in our new festive jammies, around the fire, with hot chocolate and marshmallows... Christmas Morning was sooooo fun watching the kids tear into the fun surprises from SaNtA and some blueberry muffins from daddy... Christmas Day with my family (the Rozeans) was spent with Prime Rib, more Turkey, Green-Bean Casserole, more Spinach Madeline, Pumpkin Pie, and even MORE presents... the day After Christmas with the rest of my family (the Babins) was spent with Shrimp E'Touffee' and a SLEW of more presents!!! We LOVED, LOVED, LOVED spending the holidays with our families! I'm so sad to see it go... or, could it be that I'm just NOT ready for another semester of this school year?!!

More Photography!

Here are some of my recent photoshoots :) I feel so lucky to have such trusting fRiEnDs and FaMiLy who are allowing me to create special memories for them! I've been very busy with Family Christmas Card shoots and a Wedding Engagement photoshoot... hope I've had some happy customers. Photography is so fun, especially when the subjects are absolutely BeAuTiFuL! Oh, I thought I'd throw in a couple of our Christmas Card photos as well :) Thank you, Sarah Faye, for taking such great pictures!!!

Caleb accepted Jesus!!!

On "Thanksgiving Eve" Caleb decided that he was ready to accept Jesus into his heart as his personal SAVIOR!!! We are so excited that he has taken the first step to live his life for
the Lord... we truly did have so much to give Thanks for this week! Please keep him in your prayers so that he may grow in the Lord and do His will :)

Our 3rd Annual HaLLoWeEn Bash!!!

We had an AMAZING Halloween weekend, taking the kiddos trick-or-treating with Connor and entertaining our friends with our 3rd Annual Costume Party! Mom and Chuck came into town to help us prepare for our party as well as Laura. The Hoggs, the Johnsons, Gores, Griffins, Larsens, Dudleys, and some of their buddies stopped by. Drew wowed everyone with his Sangria and his hilarious SNL costume. It was a huge success and everyone had a blast until all hours of the night! :)

Caleb's GT Literature Pumpkin Project

We spent about 4 hours on this pumpkin last night! Caleb's assignment was to pick one of his favorite storybook characters to decorate (NOT carve) a pumpkin with. He chose Aslan, the LION, from "The Chronicles of Narnia". After looking at online images for over an hour, Caleb finally found the perfect lion. It took nearly two hours to cut out every interior detail of the stencil. Drew finally took it outside to spray-paint over the stencil... we are very happy with the final product! Drew also helped carry it in the school this morning to Caleb's classroom. He said there were a lot of 'ooohs and aaaahs' through the hallways! :)

Caleb is 10 years old!!!

I cannot believe our CaLeB AaRoN is 10 years old now!!! It seems like just yesterday that he was a chunky, rolly, 10 pound baby with huge dark smiling eyes looking up at me for the first time. He has grown into such a wonderfully smart and compassionate child. Caleb surprises us each day with his growing intelligence. He is such a sensitive young boy who cares about others more than himself. We're hoping he rubs off on Caraline a little!!! :) He shows her lots of love and adoration, so we know that she sees and learns from him more and more everyday. He has a heart for Jesus and we are so proud of him! We continue to pray, daily, that he follows through on his commitments and follows God's path that is laid out before him. We celebrated Caleb at mom's with his aunts and uncles and cousins and grandparents. We enjoyed family with shrimp etoufee, chocolate cake, and burgers over the weekend!