Brannen Girls Weekend

The first annual Brannen Girls weekend went great! We went to Savannah, Ga and we had a blast! There was 13 of us and we were only missing 2. My cousin Katherine and her daughter were not able to come and we missed them so much. All of my aunts where there. My Nana, Mom, Sisters and cousins. This is my mom's side of the family! We decided that an annual trip was necessary in order to keep everyone in touch and to spend some needed time with each other! We stay at the beautiful Planter's Inn just a few blocks from the river. It was so nice and relaxing! We enjoyed lots of shopping and eating :) I am already looking forward to next years trip!

This is where we ate on Friday night! It was wonderful!

This is the whole group

Starting at the top:

Aunt Kelly, Aunt Melissa, Rachel, Rebekah, Apryl

Myself, Nana, Jen, Aunt Terre, Mom

Amber, Amber, Ashley

One of my favorites!

Dinner at the Old Pink House! So yummy!

Inside the beautiful Planter's Inn

Aunt Melissa, Rebekah and myself outside the Old Pink House before dinner on Friday night

The group that went on the Ghost Tour!

Aunt Terre, Ashley, Aunt Melissa, Myself, Rebekah, Nana and Mom

Lola Crowder

I thought I would post some updated photos of our little hamster Lola! We found out a few weeks ago that she was not a boy, so we renamed her. Last night Ethan took her out and was letting her walk all over him. It took me forever to get these pictures because she is a fast little thing. We are very proud parents!

After a few minutes of walking she decided to chill on her daddy's shoulder :)

Update

It seems like it has been a while since I truly updated the blog. So here goes!



I recently received a promotion at work, which is such a blessing because it is a pay raise! I haven't changed over to the new position yet because 2 out of the 4 girls that work in the same area as me are going to be out for several weeks due to having babies :) So in January I will begin training for my new position. I am excited about having some new challenges!



Ethan is now working as the Student Intern at our Church. He is really enjoying it! It is a great learning opportunity for not only him but also myself. I was excited when Ethan told me that we got invited to the Christmas Party! I think it will be fun!



We also found out that our little Buster is a girl. So Buster is now Lola! She has gotten bigger but is still tiny. She is wide awake when I am getting ready for breakfast. We leave her in our office at night but in the mornings I put her in the family room and she runs like crazy on her wheel. She is so funny to watch.

God has been teaching us so much about marriage and we are loving it! It truly does grow you. Ethan just finished reading "This Momentary Marriage" by John Piper and loved it. It's now my turn to read it! Just a few days ago we had our 4 month anniversary :)

Well, that's just a few things that have been going on. Hope that everyone is doing great!

Go Gators!

It's great to be a Florida Gator!

Meet our baby.....

This is Buster our baby hamster! Ethan and I are proud to announce that we are now parents! Buster the hamster came into out lives on Sunday September the 13th. We are now a family of three! Buster is energetic and happy go lucky. He is also very laid back. He is a Siberian dwarf hamster and he is very tiny. We told our parents that they now have a grandham! We love our little Buster!

This is Buster playing in his house

Buster climbing on daddy's arm(this is one of his favorite things to do)

I am a proud mom

Upward 2009

Our Upward football season has begun! I am coaching the 4 and 5 year old cheerleaders! They are so cute and did such a good job at our first game. That was a long hour for those little girls to stand and cheer. They were very excited about half time because they got to take a break. I have nine girls on my team and they look so cute in their cheer leading outfits! I was very proud! Abby is the assistant coach and she is a huge help! She is much better with the cheers than I am. She helps me learn them and teaches them to the girls

Go Upward!

Abby-Assistant coach

Mrs.Betty Kay- Head over all Upward Cheer leaders

Myself- Coach

To learn more about Upward Sports click here: http://upward.org/

just for kicks...

So I was looking through some of our engagement pictures the other night and I found a few that you all may have never seen before and I thought you might get a kick out of them. These are not really the type that you would blow up and frame, however, they do bring back some fun memories!

PS. Thank you to our photographer, Pam Saxon, for capturing even our silly moments!

Check out Pam's blog at: www.hekeepsmesinging.blogspot.com