It feels like we have had a ton going on lately that it is hard to keep this up to date- so I am going to steal an idea my friend had by giving a ten item (give or take) highlight of what we have been up to. We’ll see how it goes!

1. We have spent the last three weeks in Lubbock! I think this is the longest we have been somewhere since September. I was nice to not live out of a suit case.

2. My mom, and two sisters came to visit for a girls weekend at the beginning of December. We decided to brave the mall and go Christmas shopping & went to Carol of Lights (one of my fav Lubbock traditions). It was a great weekend.

mom was being "artistic" with this one!

3. Chase’s computer died a few weeks ago – after 7 years of good use… so now we are sharing one- some days it works, some days it doesn’t 🙂 Hopefully we will get a new one before we leave.

4. I baked a super yummy pecan pie and apple pie at Thanksgiving- both Pioneer Woman recipes. I think I will be repeating them for Christmas…

5. We went to Ruidoso, New Mexico with 10 people from our small group this past weekend. It was a much needed weekend of rest, hang out time with great friends and NO computers!

6. I got to see snow when we were in the mountains & Chase snowboarded- two things we won’t be seeing any of when we move to the desert.

7. It has been extremely warm in Lubbock for December– like 80 degrees warm. I have NOT been loving this at all. However, tomorrow is supposed to be in the 40s. We’ll see…

8. Jord and I threw our 2nd Christmas Craft party at our house on Tuesday night. It was super fun. We had about 30 girls crafting ornaments, tea wreaths, peppermint mark & cup cozies!

isn't Jord cute prego? 🙂

9. We have started packing!! (well we have actually been packing since the end of September, but really packing like folding clothes and putting them in suit cases packing…)

10. We board the plane ONE month from today.. C.R.A.Z.Y. Hope we can get everything done in time. Really looking forward to our three Christmas’s- starting in Lamea (tomorrow), then Dallas, and then Albuquerque.