Friday, November 30, 2007
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Just for Fun!!!!!!
Holidays are comin...
Thursday, November 29, 2007
The Holidays are here!!! Jon and I are SO excited... we have already put our Christmas tree up and decorated the whole house!!! Everyone that has come to our house for a visit always laughs about how early it is to have a tree already up and decorated!!! Our reasoning for this is:
- We are like two kids and are SO excited about Christmas!
- We thought since we are leaving to go to my parents in Texas on the 19th that we should put our tree up a month before we go so that we can get the most out of it!
- I love decorating my house and Christmas just gives me more of reason to do this!
Most importantly, we are excited about Christmas and are thankful to the Lord for our family and friends. We will miss our family and friends here in England but we are SO very excited to get to spend Christmas in Texas! Can't wait - 20 days until we are in Texas!!!
We love you all and are so thankful for this Christmas time.
And here a little song for you...
Post Thanksgiving Celebration...
Sunday, November 25, 2007
So here we are, just a few days after Thanksgiving, and feeling about 10 lbs. heavier! Not really, but we did eat A LOT! Jon and I decided to have our Thanksgiving celebration on Saturday lunchtime because I just didn't think I could cook a huge meal during the week. We had our friends staying with us for the weekend, Dan and Rebekah Jones (which crazy enough Dan is Jon's good friend from England and he married Rebekah who is from California). So needless to say we have a few things in common!
We decided to prepare the food on Friday night and we ended up staying up until about 1am finishing off things. Saturday morning came very quickly as I got up to put the Turkey in the oven and being making the feast! Soon everyone was up and we were all in the kitchen getting things ready. Rebekah made wonderful dishes to go along with the Turkey and Dressing.
In the middle of making the feast, I thought to myself "I am TOO young to be making my own Thanksgiving meal - I have been so used to having it cooked by my MeeMaw and Mom and Aunts, but not by myself!!! After many hours in the kitchen, we are all amazing and proud of our Thanksgiving meal that we all pulled together to create. We began a wonderful tradition and made great memories in celebrating Thanksgiving in England. It will be one that I will never forget.
P.S. We were SO missing being with family in Texas but only a few more weeks and we will be there to celebrate Christmas!!! We can't wait! Love you all and enjoy the photos of our England Thanksgiving Celebration.
Jon was in charge of cleaning and preparing the turkey!
Making MeeMaw's dressing... she would be proud!
Our lovely friends... Dan & Rebekah
Finally sitting down to eat!
We worked long and hard on our Thanksgiving meal!
It Has Been Awhile...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Yes I know, once again we have neglected our blog. So we do apologize and hope to be better at keep this updated. I am not even sure if many people read this but I will keep posting to hopefully keep in contact and let you know what is going on in our lives here in England. If you do read it, please leave us a message or email letting us know how you are (especially all of our family and friends in America)!
A LOT has happened since our last post which was in August while the floods were going on! I will try and give a quick run through of all that has happened since then. After the floods came and went Jon and I were able to attend New Wine which is a week long event where we camp out with thousands of other people and go to different Christian seminars and such. It is basically a huge Christian conference but you camp out as well. I will admit that it is very fun - but camping is not my cup of tea!
After New Wine Jon and I were off to Texas to see all of our family and friends! It was such a wonderful time, despite the fact that I had appendicitis and had to have an operation, but overall as I recovered I was able to spend more time with family and see lots of friends. I was very fortunate to see all of my friends from A&M and spend time with Taylor before she gets married! I was also thankful to be with my parents for a bit longer and see more of Millersview and also the new cafe! Here are a few photos of our trip...
Us in Millersview (we can't wait to hunt at Christmas time!)
Meet the fabulous hamburger cook at Scale House Cafe!
Me in hospital with Jon so graciously taking care of me!
All of the girls on our wonderful shopping day in Austin...
Mom and Dad sending me off to England...
Our trip to Texas was amazing, but I was looking forward to being back with my hubby. I was also ready to get back to work and be with Jon because he has started college and is doing a degree in theology at Trinity College in Bristol. He is loving it and we are both doing well and adjusting to this change in our lives of Jon being a full- time student.
Finally, we are very excited because we have already booked our flights to come to Texas for Christmas! We leave on the 19 December so we will fly in and come straight to Killeen for Taylor and Johnny's BIG DAY! We are SO excited for you guys and are just so honored to be apart of the day. We also can't wait to see everyone and are so looking forward to hunting and just spending time with family. Also, we can't wait to see Mom's cafe up and running... we are looking forward to eating lots of good hamburgers!
So we love you all and are looking forward to being in Texas. Also, we want to send our love to the newest member of the family, Bosley Kuker. 
We can't wait to see you are we already love you and are praying for you so much! John and Becca - you have done well and we can't wait to see you guys too!
And finally, HAPPY (early) BIRTHDAY to my Aunt Kathy! We love you and hope you have a wonderful year full of many blessings. Can't wait to see you at Christmas.
Email or call us to let us know how you all are doing. We miss everyone and are looking forward to seeing you soon!
Lots of love,
Jon & Jancie x
p.s. I will post more pics soon!
