3 month recap

Well hello there!  I can't lie, I haven't even thought about blogging in months, but something (probably watching the social network last night...) made me want to go back and re read some of my posts last night.  I realized that even if NO one is reading this blog (and I doubt anyone is still out there), it is so fun to go back and read my own posts!  Not in a selfish, self indulging way, but to remember things that we did and people who came to visit us.  There's something about putting it all down that is so much more meaningful then trying to remember everything in pictures.  So alas, my 3rd or 4th time to try to get faithfully back on the blogging bandwagon.  We'll see how long this stint lasts.

So since my last blog in November we went back to Tulsa for Thanksgiving and had a wonderful time visiting family and friends.  We got to meet sweet baby Elizabeth, our friends Bill and Paige's little girl and had an early birthday celebration for Kyle.  We realized we had been to the Lighting at Utica for the last 4 years in a row and was probably our longest running holiday tradition!  December 4th was Kyles 28th birthday and it just so happened to be the last ever Big 12 Championship game in the last ever conference game between OU and Nebraska and the Sooners pulled it off!  Best. birthday. ever for my husband.

It was our second Christmas in Orlando and we were ridiculously spoiled by our families who I am convinced are just trying to bribe us to move back home ;-)  Our dentist (who we were buying Magic tickets from) insisted that we come over to his house and hang out with his family on Christmas Eve.  It was very thoughtful and we had a great time.  Then on Christmas day we went to the Magic vs Celtics game!  It was a very different but fun way to spend Christmas.  I figure there won't be too many Christmas that we can go to an NBA game.

Kyle's brother Kris came and visited for about a week after christmas through new years.  We went to the Capital One Bowl game and then watched the Sooners win the Orange Bowl that night!  It was an exhausting week, but we had a great time! 

Perhaps the biggest news is that my sister Amy got engaged to Dennis and our family is thrilled for them!  Their big day is 10/22/11 in Dallas so I'll be planning some trips home for showers and of course the big day.  I can not wait to stand next to my sister as she gets married!  It's going to be an exciting year.

Lastly, my forever roomie from college, Megan came and visited a couple weekends ago and I was glad she could get out of the coldy and snowy Midwest to come see us!  We showed her around Orlando and we even did things around town that we haven't done before (went to Bösendorfer Lounge at the Grand Bohemian, hit up the farmers market downtown, finally got a group to go see THE Mark and Lorna).  We don't always get to spend a lot of time with Megan during our quick and jam-packed weekends in Tulsa so it was nice to have a weekend with her all to myself! She can always make me laugh alot!  

The end of January we went down to Key West to surprise Anna for her 30th birthday and it was paradise.  Kyle has been dying to go down there since we moved and it's just too close not to go!  It was not as relaxing as I thought it would be, Key West is a party town, but we had a great time and got to meet some new wonderful people!

Alright, that's my quick recap.  I will try to blog at least once a week.  I'm setting a realistic goal okay!  Hope everyone out there in bloggy land is doing wonderful!  


Love,
Mr. and Mrs. P