Santa Barbara Trip

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Finally an update on the Garretts

Happy Holidays to all! Can NOT believe Thanksgiving has past and Christmas is around the corner. Of course we had a very nontraditional Thanksgiving since Christian was in California and Roar was in Dallas, it was just me and Bella. We shared a baked potato for dinner. All I could think about was all the deserts we were missing out on. LOL! And I really did miss my family. It's funny how you can spend everyday of the year together but on a holiday if everyone isn't together it can be the loneliest time. I truly am blessed to have friends and family it's just a shame that none leave anywhere near us. I did get to go on a fabulous trip to Santa Barbara, California for 5 days with Christian. He flew me up on Sunday, then he got stuck on the rig so I was there two days by myself. I did alot of soul searching in two days which included: the day spa in the hotel and shopping downtown Santa Barbara. And it is well with my soul...I did go running one day on the beach and hiking up the mountains on another. Talk about rejuvenating. I could totally live there in Cali...I would be very broke, but I could do it. ;-)When Christian did finally get back to land we had an amazing time just the two of us.

Christian finally made it home after three weeks there in Santa Barbara. We are now getting ready for Christmas, we won't be going back home this year so it will be another very nontraditional holiday. So if anyone has any cool ideas on things that you do with your family on Christmas please feel free to share. This will be a fun year with Bella since she is old enough to unwrap her own gifts. As for Roar, she is just adding to that mile long list daily. Wants just about anything and everything as does every 10yr. old. As the days go by and the weather gets colder and the holiday music plays, I am really starting to get into the spirit.

I have good news about my TExES/EXCET test...I passed! Woohoo! I will start student teaching in January which means I will be leaving my job at Region 4 which I really do love. I am sad to leave but excited for this new adventure. Roar has been begging me to be a teacher for years so for my kids I will go for it. And for summers off and my sanity I will sacrifice the corporate world. LOL! (What a major sacrifice.) That's pretty much all that's going on in the Garrett world. Other than that Roar is standing tall at 5' begging to wear shoes out of my closest daily and Smelly Brooke is talking talking talking. She is such the MiniME it's scary, but oh so fun. Life is good and we are healthy and happy. WE are truly Blessed!

I hope you all have a Fabulous Holiday! WE take family pics this Saturday so Christmas cards may be New Year's cards from the Garretts.

Love to all and miss you all so so much!

~Dee