Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you and yours! I hope you have the most wonderful day with family and friends. May God bless you all and remember the reason for the season :)

WE'RE ENGAGED!!!!

So excited!!!

My rock!!!!!

I am so excited! Today is our 4th anniversary so it was just perfect timing. Alex is so wonderful and I can't wait to marry him :)

Thanksgiving in Denton

This year for Thanksgiving because I couldn't be home with my family I wanted to go see my Denton family so Alex and I made the treck across Texas to be there for the weekend and spend the holiday at the Batchelder's (my old boss, his wife (and my friend) Jenn and kids). I left NM on Tuesday afternoon and arrived mid evening that day and Alex flew in on Wednesday because he had to stay for work related business.

It was so great to see everyone! I got to attend a couple Mean Green basketball games and see people I worked with and hung out as well as some of my favorite donors and other friends. We had drinks with some staff of Wednesday night after the women's game and it was really nice to catch up with Mandy, Sarah, etc. On Thursday we spent the day hanging out and obviously eating. We also took some pictures. I told Jenn I would take their family pictures and the weather was so nice so we let the turkey cook and went a park. It was fun!

On Friday morning Jenn and I got up at 3:45 am and went out with all the crazies to do some shopping. It was definitely an experience but I did get a lot done and got some great deal! Pretty much done shopping except for 1 person and few odds and ends. Yay me!

Here are some pictures from the weekend along with some of the pictures I took.

Taking a break from cooking and lounging with 2 of my favorite boys, Lane and AlexThe Batchelders with the dog, Zeppelin

Jenn took a couple of us...too bad there were a lot of shadowsBatch clan
Me and Jenn :)

Thanks for a great weekend Paul, Jenn, Kalyn, Lane and Zeppelin...oh and the cat that hates me, GeGe :) We love you guys!

Birthday trip home

For my birthday, Alex bought me a ticket to go home for the weekend which happened to be Dad's Weekend at WSU. My dad and I headed up on Friday night. We had dinner with the Pixton's and got to see my Uncle Dan and cousin Erin (their first dad's wknd!). Dad and I had a great time and then Mom, Em and Zach came to the game Saturday. We watched the Cougs lose :( and then went to New Garden YUM! It was a short and sweet trip but very worth seeing my family and best friend.


Dad and I at Mikes
The party gang :)Me and my turtle...love you!

Saw Butch on the way into the Field House and had to take a pic...GO COUGS!

Halloweeeeeeeeeeeeeeen

Halloween this year was pretty fun. Last year I didn't do much but paint pumpkins with some friends which was something I'd never done before. This year I had a football to work at so I had all my cheerleaders and dancers dress up. I dressed up like a mouse and I thought it was pretty cute haha. Alex decided to be Vince the Shamwow/Slap Chop guy and even added a black eye for that whole hooker fight thing. It was pretty hilarious. He is a picture of us after I got done with football.

Wow, time to play catch up! August to October

Well it's been a while. So much has been going on in the last few months that I haven't had time to do much of anything. Here is a recap as of August 1st:

I stayed in Denton for the big football kickoff event at North Texas because I had helped plan it and was emotionally involved so that was my last day. That night (Saturday), I packed a UHAUL and stayed with my bosses family one last time before heading to NM. My friend Jennifer (old bosses wife)drove the 8 hours with me to Clovis, NM, where Alex lives. I hadn't found a place in Portales yet (about 20 miles from Clovis) so I stayed with Alex until Thursday. I signed a lease on a cute 2 bedroom apt with a master and utility room :) Monday prior was my first day of work at Eastern New Mexico University Athletics!



I didn't plan on getting a roomie but the new softball graduate assistant, Jeana, needed a place so she took the spare room and its been working out great. We work together but aren't around each other enough to get sick of each other. Her husband plays professional baseball and is only around every now and then so it works for us pretty well because I'm back and forth to Clovis a lot too.

Work from the get-go has just been crazy. Between planning for the falls sports season and signing corporate sponsors, my first couple weeks was a hectic. After I got in the groove (kinda, still working on it a little) planning sporting events and getting all my ducks in a row has been great. I love working will all the sports, something I didn't get to do at Washington State, and only got a taste of them at North Texas. Being in charge and running a football game was pretty nerve racking at first but its been smooth for the most part. Basketball season is upon us now so I'm preparing for that.




Being the cheer and dance coach has been really fun. They are a great group of girls and I'm having a great time. I'm excited for their routine we've been working on since August. Its a long one with a lot of different stuff going on. We're performing it on Nov. 7th and I can't wait. Its the biz!







The best part about being here is being close to Alex though. We've been able to do so many things together that we haven't been able to in the last 3 years of living long distance. For Labor Day weekend we took a fun trip to Santa Fe. We attended a wine festival which was amazing, we came home with 9 bottles of wine haha. We've taken little day trips to Carlsbad Caverns and such. With my work its a little hard to get away because there is an event pretty much every weekend, at least one of the days. Thursday-Sunday are my busiest.





Anyways, that's the jest of whats been going on in this girls life. I'm still working hard on my masters. Looking forward to my early birthday present from Alex, a trip home/to Pullman for Dad's Weekend :) Can't wait!

BUSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Getting ready for the big move to New Mexico, finishing up work in Texas and everything else AHHHHH!!! Look for an update soon and wish me luck!

Texas Lately

Haha, this title sounds like a magazine or something. Anyways here is a little looksie into my life lately. Enjoy!


mom came to visit :)

went to the 9th annual Dickenson family cookout at Hank and Missy's house (I work with Hank). This was the first out of work event I went to with coworkers and it was a blast. This year was just as much fun if not more! This photo is of the manly man cannon ball contest.

Jenn and I at the cookout

Free show by the Bird Dogs at the cookout. Pictured is the man himself, George Dunham, he's the voice of the Mean Green and has a sports talk radio show in the DFW.

Pool time with Sar (our new and amazing intern)


NTD at 4th of July parade

me and Faith at the parade

me and Sar on the 4th of July

I went to Clovis to visit Alex and we went golfing :)



got to watch Alex play softball on his city league team as well

I went Fort Worth with some friends for a Johnny Cooper concert (ok so I'm a little obsessed haha) It was also his CD release :) We ate dinner at the Stockyards before the concert

Johnny Cooper!!!!

me and Sar

me and Johnny!!! he signed my CD too

the next night in Fort Worth I went with another group of friends to a comedy thing at Four Day Weekend improv. It was awesome! This is me and Jenn before the show

Four Day Weekend

me and fav furry friend, Zeppelin

So wow, that was a lot but its been a fun month or so. Can't believe I'm leaving in 2 weeks or so :( I'll really miss it but I'm excited for my new adventure.

Another move....I GOT A JOB!

Well my time in Texas has sadly come to an end but I won't be too far away. I got a job at Eastern New Mexico University as the Events Manager (aka mktg/promotions, booster club, corporate sales and spirit coordinator). I'm really excited!!!! I will be about 20 minutes away from Alex which is amazingly perfect. I'll be moving at the end of the month and starting right after the 1st of August. AH! I better get packin!

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Today is my parents 26th anniversary! Happy Anniversary to my great parents. Thanks for being such a positive example of a happy marriage, full of love and friendship. You guys are the best. Love you!

Johnny Cooper...I'm a groupy haha

Ok I'm not really a group but I do really enjoy this guys music and I've seen him in concert 3 times. Once I had no idea who he was and just went with my friend, Faith. Now I'm addicted and love his music. I'm going another concert next month at a fun venue I haven't been to before. Anyway here are a couple pics from the evening with Mr. Cooper.



Such a cutie!

Summer Vacation

After North Carolina, I went home to Washington for 2 weeks. It was so much fun and very relaxing. I had a great time. My friends were home and I really enjoyed hanging out with the fam. You don't realize how much you'll miss it until you're gone. Here are a few pics from the trip.

Memorial Weekend was great because everyone was in town. We hung out, played games and went boating it was great...Mert and I playing SloshBall aka best game ever invented

Kevin pitching

Brought Em along to da lakes!

The other Em and I enjoying a swim

my adorable cousin Maybelle...she's just precious and soooo funny! She rhymes everything is probably the coolest 4 year old ever :)

We helped the grandparents out with the annual cleaning of the nasty winter pool. It was completely brown. This is Emily trying to part the brown pool like she's Moses and the Red Sea

My dad got a new shot gun and so we went trap shooting. It was fun...haven't done it in forever. I got to use Zach's gun because he has a broken arm (dumb 13 year boy stuff).

My trip was great!!! Love everyone back home and I'll see you at Christmas :D