2014 IS HERE !

Well I can't believe it's actually 2014 !  Team Whitehead rang in the New Year at the house since David was sick and well ok ok we probably wouldn't have done anything anyways ;)  but we were sure to get to the store for the tradition of eating our black eyed peas!  We had some complications though, and Target was OUT!  So we ran around town, and I wasn't going home until I had my black eyed peas ;) Finally we found some, saved by the bell!
We had our yearly New Years/Pops birthday dinner.  Definantly a special meal at the Howard house, there was laughter, tears from so much laughter, and more laughter! As you can see the guys were ready to grub down on some food !

Well toward the middle of January , David and I together made a decision that I was going to put in my two week notice at Alcon.  I had been at Alcon for 8 years, so Alcon was all I knew and the people there were like family.  There was a little fear in my decision because that is all I have done since I graduated from college and I'm not one that's big on "change", but I knew in my heart it's what needed to be done.  I knew God would guide me through it and he did just that.  I could not have done it without the support of my awesome husband.  I'm excited to finally start using my degree and pursing the health and fitness world that I went to school for, so stay tuned to the blog.

David and I attended AdvoCare Regional Success School during January in Houston.  We did a quick day trip to Houston to get trained by the best of the best and we are excited for what this year is going to bring for us and for others on our team that we are getting to help along the way with their health and finances.  TEAM CHAMPION BUILDERS!

The week after Success School it was Rodeo time in Fort Worth , so in tradition we went to Bull's Night Out and had a blast !

During January we had several friends bring babies into this world, and since we were sick the first part of January we had to wait awhile to see them all.  Finally we got to visit the Benolken Twins, and David wanted to take them home with us ;)  I think he said because "They don't do anything but sleep". Oh boy is he in for a rude awakening some day ! ha ha

We finally got to have our Howard/Knox/Whitehead "Christmas dinner" in January, but we were missing one of the ring leaders, Pops who was home sick.  Always a fun time with this crew...they are TRUE FAMILY and we love them so much !

Well the time had come January 30th, my last day at Alcon.  It's crazy how my 8 years of memories came flooding back.  The group gave me some things they thought I might need upon leaving ....let's just say we all know I don't cook and they continue to try to help me all the time. They presented me with a cookbook, measuring cups, apron, and of course some Pepto for David ;)  They know me all too well.  I was blessed to work with some awesome people and miss seeing their smiling faces.

After my last day we actually got up early the next morning and drove to Colorado for some sking.  This was a great way to end January and celebrate our 2 year anniversary in February as well !  We had a blast and didn't want to come home! 
Here is the start to our trip....I'll leave it at that until the February blog ;)  I might be in trouble after posting this one :)

Merry Christmas !

Well the last month of 2013 came and went quickly!  December started out for us with the Ice Storm of 2013 or Iceapocalypse 2013, whatever you want to call it ;)  I like to call it AWESOME!  Your probably wondering why I call it awesome, well let me tell you ;) Even though we might have been stuck in the house I loved every second of it, because it's not often we are at home so it was a nice change of pace.  David however was starting to go a little stir crazy!  We did get out of the house a few times just to keep David's sanity (as you can see from the picture below). 

Before we knew it , it was David's birthday. We had a great day as I cooked him a birthday breakfast and we went shopping for Christmas presents (of course David loves to get his Christmas shopping done the first of December or before).  I have kind of hampered his style on this a little since I'm a Christmas shopping procrastinator ;) 

Well for those of you that follow my brother and his golfing, he made it to the 3rd round of Q-School which was in California.  My Mom and Dad were able to go out and watch , David and I were both jealous every time we would receive text messages of pictures there.  So since my brother made it to the final round of Q-School this means that he is a Web.com Tour Member !  We will learn later what tournaments he will get into.  So proud of him and the steps he keeps making to get to where he wants to be, so he can accomplish his DREAM!

Finally !  It was time for David's sister and the whole family to come in from Montana, we were so glad to see them and hug on them because we hadn't seen them since this summer and we hadn't seen our brother in-law Dale since last Christmas.  We were excited that they would be here for a few weeks !
Here are pictures from several of our Christmas celebrations with family ! 

 

Christmas day came and we woke up bright and early to head over to David's mom's house and have Christmas morning with Patty, Mel , Dale and the kids.  Our Nieces and Nephew were so excited about their ipads that their Nana gave them !  After presents there we had to hurry home and open up our gifts to each other, then we headed over to Mammaw's to have lunch and more presents :)  After that it was time to head to my parents house in Burleson for dinner and presents.  No matter how busy the day was we enjoyed every minute of being with family.  As I mentioned in my previous blog these last few holidays had several changes that we all were dealing with and it was hard, but we got through it with love from our family and the love of Jesus Christ!  More fun pics...enjoy!

There may be a lot of pictures, but I cherish every one of them because we are not guaranteed tomorrow.  So thankful for our family and friends that are the true blessings in our life, I may say that a lot but I can't help it...it's true ;)!!!
We ended 2013 staying in , David was sick so I had to put my nurse cape on and take care of him.  Well I guess no matter if he was sick or not we probably would have stayed home seeing as we both just turned another year older ;)
BRING ON 2014 TEAM WHITEHEAD IS READY FOR WHATEVER IS IN STORE !!! :)