Holidays 2009

Before the year is over I wanted to post a few pictures from our Holidays of 2009...

We spent Thanksgiving with dinners with both of our families and then spent the weekend with Jason's family at Canyon Lake. We drove down to San Antonio Saturday night and walked the Riverwalk and took the boat ride with all the Christmas lights...It was so beautiful.

Us with Jason's Parent's

The Kids

Always loved the Alamo at night

Had never been to the Riverwalk during Christmas...So Beautiful!

Christmas Eve we spent celebrating with Jason's family at his grandparent's. We also celebrated our first white Christmas together! This was the first Christmas in our new home so it was extra special!

Christmas day we began the morning with cinammon rolls and orange juice a tradition we've started together.

That afternoon and evening we went to celebrate with my family. It was really neat to see my grandad be able to tell the Christmas story to my two little cousins the third generation of our family!

Papa telling the Christmas story

Girls and their Aprons!

Cousins

Christmas Card 2009

The magic of Christmas is not in the presents,

it's in His presence.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Love, Jason & Lindsey Metz

Dad's 60th Birthday

This post is long overdue, but I am just now sitting down with some extra time. My Dad's 60th Birthday was on November 20th. We wanted to throw him a big surprise party, because I have never been able to surprise him before...This time we did it! I convinced him we were having a Tech vs. OSU watching party and then secretly plotted for awhile!

Here's how it all turned out! He had no clue!


Jason made the cake...It had lots of road signs..."Yield to Aches and Pains" "Warning Explosive Gases Ahead" "Memory Detour Ahead"...You get the idea!


My dad and his dad...amazing how much they look alike :-)



I made centerpieces with pictures of my dad through the years for all the tables...Here are a few of my favorites!



My dad on his 1st Birthday!



Elementary school...He looks like such a punk here...haha!



Senior picture in high school



Converted Red Raider Fan!



Happy Birthday Dad!

1st Christmas in our New Home

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Welcome to our home! It is our first Christmas here and it has been so much fun to decorate!

In our entryway

This is my favorite part of our Christmas decor! Can't wait to get a fire going soon!

I started collecting Christmas tree toppers last year and continued to add to it, along with a few of the glittery trees that are out this year!

Our family Christmas tree...We have a Red, Black, and Gold Christmas tree...It's a Texas Tech tree with other family ornaments. The year before we got married my husband bought the official Tech ornaments for each year we were at Tech and we have continued to collect them ever since then.

One of my favorite Christmas traditions is to turn off all the lights in the house except those on the tree and sit in the living room drinking hot chocolate and listening ot Christmas music.

The reason for the season! Our Nativity scene

Santa Claus is coming to town!

Dining Room all ready for a holiday feast!

Our festive chandelier...an easy way to spice up your dining room with some extra decorative balls.

Dining room centerpiece...I tried to find and use some things we already had to incorporate in our holiday decor this year to save some money...Crystal and Christmas balls go great together!

A garland I got last year at Garden Ridge...The one on our mantle I bought at Hobby Lobby with only pine cones and then added the rest myself.

Texas Tech stockings in our study with our Tech diplomas!

A cute decoration I used in our kitchen. One of my student's mother's made it for me last Christmas...It's a brick painted like a snowman with a scarf and sock for a hat! How creative!