Tis the Season

to be Jolly....

We have been super busy this past week

with Christmas parties;

thank goodness school is over for a few weeks!

It seems hard to believe that we

have only been in Lubbock since May.

We have been so blessed to have met some many

wonderful friends in such a short amount of time.

My attempt at a family picture infront of the tree!

(They were on to the self timer; didn't work too well this time!)

On Wednesday,

I went to an all girls gift exchange,

"Let's Get Elfed Up", ha!

I sadly didn't take any pictures

but I got away with a

pewter notepad with a pen,

cheese board, napkins and a spreader.

It was fun to visit with all the girls

and get the holiday season started!!

Thursday evening,

we headed to Ashley and Ryan Higley's

for a Holiday Supper.

It was so much fun

and we really enjoyed visiting with everyone there.

Back row: Matt Graves, BEG, Ryan, Joe Batista, Jake Hodges, Paul Houk and Dustin.

Front Row: CMG, Ashley, Shawna Batista, Holli Hodges, Brittney Houk and Danielle

And Rahja the cat

We left the Higley's about 10:15

and headed to Wild West for the SPE

(Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Christmas party.

It was so strange to be at the bar

in a college town

on a Thursday night!!

There were little drunk kids everywhere

and it was quite comical.

We didn't get home till 1:30am

so I've been dragging a bit today!

I'm too old to stay out so darn late

but Blake's international friends

we so fun to visit with

it was 1am before I knew it!!

Tonight,

we are headed to Double Nickel

to celebrate the end of the semester!!

Hope you are enjoying the holiday season

as much as we are!

cmg