One Landes Place

Here are a few pictures from our NYE at our friend Jodi and Jake's . Some of the guys played a vicious game of SORRY while the rest of us participated in a lenghty and "friendly" game of Phase 10, which should have been called "SORRY" since that's what we kept saying to each other as we nicely skipped them in turn. :) Here's the group, each with their spouse...well kind of. Josh was alone since Michelle was ringing in the new year in Ohio with her family and Adrian...well he got locked in the bathroom during the countdown and missed the whole thing. He did get in a kiss at 12:01. Oh well, better late than never.

Wednesday last week was our 3rd baby shower! This one was hosted my some of my longest and dearest friends here in Houston. These girls mean the world to me, and although I don't get to see some of them as much as I'd like, our friendship doesn't suffer. I have to tell the stories about each of them because it's not just coincidence that each are part of my life. I'll start with Erin who I met about 3 1/2 years ago. (far right) She was a desperate soul searching for someone to relieve her from her over stressful job! Actually she was my sales partner when I first started selling new homes and the day before I started I let her know that I would be gone on vacation for the next week and would start work officially when I got back. I had no idea that she had not had a day off in over 3 months and her last partner had just quit after being gone to Hawaii for 2 weeks! After she hated me for a few weeks, we became the best of friends and still are to this day. Keisha ca...

Click to play | Make your own Smilebox Matt and I went to Longview this weekend for our first baby shower. My girlfriends Callie and Ashley from high school hosted it. I had a wonderful time getting to visit with tons of people, some I had not seen in years! Matt played golf with an old friend from college and his wife came and brought their baby girl. My cousins Sarah and Paula came from Arkansas, a huge surprise! I also had a chance to visit with my longest friend, Michelle. She and I met the summer before kindergarten and have been friends ever since. She's one of those friends that you can lose touch with for a few months or even a year and pick back up where you left off. I was so blessed to have her there with her mom too! Michelle is expecting a baby soon as well. I just wish we lived closer so our babies could grow up together like we did. The baby was showered with tons of gifts, mostly pink things! The shower was beautiful, Callie and Ash did a great job and the food was...

Ok, so I was all set to write this blog about our cool group then I read Ashley Lee's and it was way too good for me to add to! So anyway, here we are! I will add that I ate soooo much that I know my baby girl was fighting her way for room in there. It had to be crowded after I ate this! Ok so let me explain. This dessert takes 20 minutes to make. It is a huge warm chocolate chip cookie, still raw in the middle (yum), topped with whip cream, strawberries, raspberries and more chocolate chips with a caramel sauce. I would have eaten two of them had there been room! Matt just pretended to help me eat this. I didn't leave him much! Matt and Nicole....we are going to miss the heck outta yall! I can't wait to see you again at our August Connect 6! Matt and Ashley...we love you guys! Thanks for twisting my arm to get this dessert!

First off, I love my new page! You can get one too here . Also, I got a great package in the mail today. A little background to the story first. A few weeks ago I was having lunch with 2 friends that I used to work with, very sweet friends that I adore very much. I will keep their names a secret as I know one of them would be mad if I told this story and added her name...and of course the other friend will be mad that I left hers out! :) Anyway, I made converstaion on how I always feel frumpy when I leave the house and I miss my more fashionable days when I felt "put together" when I left. Of course sitting there with these two made it worse, seeing as they were dressed to the nines as always! So lunch progressed and we said our goodbyes. No big deal. So today I go to the mailbox and there is a huge package from one of my friends from lunch. She had sent me a LOAD of clothes from Motherhood Maternity! She said she wanted me to feel "cute" again! How swee...