Coffee Talk with Becky

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Brooklyn,NY

Last week, my family & I went to Brooklyn, NY for my Uncle Keith's funeral. I will post more later this week....

Monday, January 18, 2010

I cannot begin to say how much I love Jearen. He probably gets tired of how often I tell him I love him, but it's all I ever want to say, because I want him to know every time I think of my feelings for him! This past weekend I drove down to Waxahachie to hang out with him all weekend. It was a drive I was familiar with, having drove it a million times, but because Jearen was at home over the Holidays, I hadn't had to take HWY 67 in a long time! Once I got to his school Friday afternoon we went and had lunch with some of his friends, then later we bought Farkle, a dice game I learned how to play on a camping trip, and played that while waiting for the All Night Movie Party to take place in his dorm's lobby. We watched Rocket Man, then Tommy Boy, and then went our seperate ways for the night. The next day we had no plans, so we ate breakfast, then went to run some errands. While we were out Jearen thought it would be a good idea to visit his grandparents in Rockwall. After I agreed, we headed that way, and hung out with them for a couple of hours. I don't have grandparents anymore, and so I was kind of hesitant at first to go because I didn't know how to hang out with grandparents for more than 30 minutes or so. The conversations and time we got to spend with them was soooo worth the drive though, and I was glad that Jearen asked me to go with him. I see how much Jearen loves his Grandaddy and Nana, and it is so precious. And they love him back so much. It is sweet. That evening we drove back to Jearen's dorm so we could get ready for a date that he was going to take me on. He had kept it a secret all day, but once we were in the car I caught on to where we were going. A quick phone call to someone who's name began with an "A" and the words "3rd & Calhoon" coming out of Jearen's mouth, and I knew exactly where we were headed...Sundance Square in Ft. Worth! This is definetly my favorite place to go on a date, and Jearen likes going there too! After a few minutes of guessing who we were going on a double date with, I finally narrowed it down to our friends Andy & Jen. We met up with them in one of the parking lots, then headed to Uno's- a pizza place in the square. There was a long wait, kids passing by singing "pants on the ground, pants on the ground, looking like a fool, with your pants on the ground"- from American Idol, and lots of people filling the atmosphere with laughter. As we were eating one of the waiters sang Happy Birthday to about 5 different people in an Opera voice, and it was hilarious! Then after dinner we got some ice cream (coffee icecream for me!) and walked around the square till we made our way to Barnes & Noble. We walked around inside and Jearen and I found a new book that we want to start reading together called Love & Respect. After our double date ended, Jearen and I drove to Keller to stay at our Pastor's house. The next day we all went to Fellowship of the Parks in Keller, then went to Jimmy's house to watch the Cowboy game. I watched half the game but then fell asleep near the end of the 3rd quarter. Poor Jearen had to watch his team lose. That afternoon we had a team meeting for Real Church, then Jearen and I drove back to Waxahachie. We had a 3 hour conversation and it was a lot of fun to talk with him for that long! Then I drove home and that ended the weekend! I know this week is going to be great, despite the dentist appointment I have Wednesday. I'm so happy to have a great fiance, fun friends, and an amazing church to be a part of! Thank you Lord!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Snow Day!

Being able to capture my neice and nephew playing in the snow was a lot of fun. They are adorable! And along with them catching snow flakes on their tongues, I added some pictures of my neice EMMA who I just got to meet this Christmas. Her and Savannah (pictured above) live in Florida. Savannah has had a special place in my heart ever since she was born, but now Emma sits right there next to her in my heart! These kids are joyful and I love them so much!

New Years Eve 09

Love was in the air this New Years Eve, as my sister Ashley married her love Eddie. They got married at the Rose Chapel in Ft. Worth, TX and it was beautiful! We danced into the new year and shared a great time with family and friends! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! (ONLY 6 MONTHS TILL MY WEDDING DAY!!)

Jearen & I at the Rehersal Dinner

Me, Ashley, and Kim.

Me at Ashley's Bridal Shower

The fabulous bride!

Getting Starbucks on the big day!

Savannah took over my camera. She will be a photographer, no doubt.

My aunt Caroline and my cousin Kyle

My brother Kaleb and Mom and the Rehersal Dinner

Ashley's Bridal Shower

Ashley & her ribboned bouquet.

Chelsea and I at the Shower

Cela and I at the shower

The Hostess with the mostest!

Me & Nicole at the Shower!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Christmas 09

This is the first year that my family celebrated Christmas AFTER the 25th, but I had a great time with them and shared lots of laughs. That's what we do in my family- laugh. So since we had a delay in celebrating Christmas, with The Mitchell's coming in on the 27th, and my Dad & Cela being at the beach house to visit her kids, I went to Jearen's family Christmas. It was great! We spent Christmas Eve with his Dad and 3 brothers, then that night went to his Aunt's House for their Christmas party. I got spoiled with some great presents! That night we had to drive to his mom's house and had to drive through all the snow and icy roads. Jearen is such a good driver though, I felt safe! On Christmas morning we went with his mom and brother Adam to drop off presents at 5 am at someone's apt we didn't know. We knocked on the door, dropped off some presents, and ran to the car and drove off. I hope that family enjoyed the presents. It was a blessing to be a part of that. Then we went back to his mom's house, opened presents, and then I slept for what seemed like the rest of the day. Jearen and Adam went outside and built a snowman. It was a great Christmas! Oh, let me explain this picture above. Jearen & I are at Razoo's. He is wearing the jacket I got him for Christmas, and I am wearing the jacket he got me for Christmas, but it didn't start out that way. Jearen initially got me a black North Face jacket, which I loved, but instead of it being an adult size, he accidently got a kid size. It's ok honey :). So we went to exchange it and they were all out of black jackets, so we waited a week. When we returned again, they still didn't have any black jackets. So we exchanged it for the white one shown above. It is SOOOOOO soft, I feel like a teddy bear! And, Jearen's dad got me some awesome black and white tweed looking Converse! And that my friends, was my Christmas!