Lonestar Lagniappe

I hate moving!! Don't get me wrong, I love that we have moved to Houston-but I hate the actual process of moving. I had been packing our old apartment for ~2 months, and we were still packing down to the wire. It's amazing how much stuff you can accumulate in a years time. Anyhow, we are all moved in to our new apartment. I want to post some "before" photos. Once we get all settled, and things are up on the wall, I will post some "after" photos. OH - we also had our 2 year anniversary!  It was on Memorial Day, so we celebrated with Jason, Janel, Jonah, and Mom & Dad at the pool for a few hours, then we went to dinner at Houston's - one of my all-time favorite places to eat! As for real life, it starts Monday. Warren begins his job at Rhodia, and I start mine then too. I will be working 3 days a week for a dental company (kinda hard for me to explain...I'll have to get to know the job myself before I can explain it!). We shall see what com...

No, I am not pregnant! haha. Great news in the past few weeks.  As you may/may not know, Warren is graduating from LSU in May as a Mechanical Engineer.  We have been praying for job opportunities, since in this job market nothing is guaranteed.  WB had an interview in Houston at a company called Rhodia.  Looking back, the interview he had in January was a total God-thing.  Don't you love it when that happens?  He really is looking out for us :)  Anywho, Warren got offered the job in Houston and has formally accepted!  YAHOO!! Now, most of you might think I am super excited just to be moving back to Houston.  You are partly right.  I am thrilled to be going back after so many years away.  But mostly, what's thrilling is that we are following God's plans for us.  There really is nothing more satisfying that knowing we are doing His will. All that being said, let the stress ball inside of me come out!!  Now that Warren ...

Hello again, folks! :) Here I am again...blogging.  I know, I know.  After a first somewhat failed attempt, I'm at it again.  And no, I'm not kidding you.  So, cut me some slack. So here I am, hoping to start the new year on lots of good notes.  Some are rather personal, but nevertheless, I am hoping to begin an overall more positive attitude towards...well, everything. If you care - keep reading.  I hope to keep this up!  It seems to be a fairly fun/easy way to track myself :) love love jkb

we made it! one year of marriage - often said to be the hardest year - down, and forever to go! one neat wedding present we were given was a wedding anniversary book. something, admittedly, at first I thought was slightly cheesy. but alas, the nerd in me came out and I actually had a great time filling the book out with Warren. It let me - rather, us - reflect on our first year...and here were some of our thoughts: 1. we grew - A LOT...and not in inches or pounds (well, I grew a little in the pound area - gimme a break ;) !) we learned so much about each other. we fought (I know, hard to believe!), we cried, we celebrated, we laughed, we loved, we worked (hard!), we studied...we made it! 2. we really got to know little things about each other - and what drives the other crazy! 3. we learned that not by our own strength can we accomplish anything - especially building a strong foundation for marriage...the Lord is our cornerstone. whew! hard part over...right? nope. there was o...

this weekend, instead of being boring and staying in, we decided to go downtown and enjoy the sights. here are a few pics of the pretty night... us with the sunset in the background... pretty sunset over the mighty mississippi... off the pier into the sunset... "my" bridge! all lit up... me by the old state capitol... be blessed.

hi! :) today i am putting up pictures of our apartment! it's not all the way done, we still lack some things on the wall, but this is what we have so far! we love living here, and making it ours! **note: since i put up quite a few pictures, i made them small. if you click on them, they will show up bigger for better viewing.** view from the front door/kitchen into the living room. view from the front door into 1/2 of the kitchen. other 1/2 of the kitchen. in the front door, looking to the right - bathroom. view from door of bedroom - eating area, cross wall, and desk area. a view from the end of the living room back into the kitchen. our room :) looking towards the door of the room. veiw from bathroom/closet into the room. so, that's it! it's small, but it's ours! :) hope you enjoyed the tour! let's start the tour right as we walk in the door...

hello again! although the official wedding photos are not ready, here are a few that some friends took. what a great day 05.30.09 was! yummmy brownies!! cutting the cake :) a toast! getting ready to make our exit! i had to twirl...of course! i hope those pictures conveyed to you just a little bit of the joy of our wedding day. if you were there or helped out in any way - we thank you! it was a great joy being able to share our day with special friends :)