2012 and a New Years resolution

I'm back!! This year flew by without any posts, but I am making my New Years resolution to keep up with blogging in 2013! A lot happened this year so I will leave you with a year in review and pictures!!

Here we go...

We bought a house in February!




In March I went on a week long camping trip to Arkansas with my dad and relatives. Complete with four wheeling, backpacking, and washing my hair with rain water!









Brad and I traveled to Miami in May for his company vacation!








In May we also traveled to Lubbock for Brad's brother's graduation and proposal to his long time girlfriend Samantha!!!





At the end of May we traveled to San Antonio for our 2 year anniversary. Visited the river walk and Sea World for the first time!!


After school got out in June, we took our annual Scarborough family beach vacation to Orange Beach, AL!!


During the summer we went on a spontaneous camping trip to lake Texoma!






In July I got a sewing machine and taught myself to sew!








In September we traveled to Nebraska for the Southern Miss vs. Nebraska game!! We also visited with great friends!!


During the fall Brad and I made it to EVERY Oklahoma State home game in Stillwater!!



















In November we hosted our first Thanksgiving at our new house!!





When December came around we decorated for Christmas and put lights up on the house!!








We also attended Brad's company Christmas party!!


...and I completed one half of my first year teaching Kindergarten!!


....we got our first "blizzard" on Christmas!! Which made for a very relaxing day of spending time with our families!!






...and to end the year 2012 we are watching a movie at home with the fireplace keeping us cozy!!!

Don't worry, we're starting 2013 off with a bang!! We are getting up early and heading to Dallas to cheer on our OSU Cowboys at our bowl game!!! GO POKES!!!!


See ya next year!!!

Elizabeth

Moving...

OH MY...our apartment is a mess... a total disaster! We are moving in one week and everything is everywhere. We are officially homeowners as of yesterday but have one more week in our apartment. This week will be crazy with work, but I am excited for the move!

Big changes in the future...

Well it's safe to announce... We are moving!

We got notice from our apartment that we needed to re-sign our lease before January 2nd to get the locked in low rate. Well, we had already discussed the possibility of buying a house. So we started running through our options of re-signing versus house purchasing. We decided with the new pricier rate of staying in our apartment our best option would be to find a house and find if fast. Well fortunately that is exactly what happened! We looked at 8 houses in one day(sunday)and immediately fell in love with one! We put an offer in on Monday and after some counter offering we settled on a price Wednesday. The house was inspected Saturday and now everything is set. We close on the house February 24th so if all goes well between now and then we will be moving into our new home on February 25th.

We are very excited to be moving into our new home and we were surprisingly blessed with a quick and simple home buying process!

We are not looking forward to the packing up and moving process especially after our multiple moves last year:( but I guess it's better to know we are packing up and moving for the last time (at least for several years)!!

Once we move in I will post pics!

Love,
Elizabeth

Annual Christmas Letter 2011

Every year since 1991 my dad has written a Christmas letter recapping our year and the adventures we had. I now have a book of all the letters, and it is amazing to go back and read them and see what we did each year. So I told my self growing up, I would always do that when I had a family. So last I wrote our first Christmas letter and this is this years! Hope you enjoy!

 

Hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!

Love,
Tthe Scarboroughs

Oh hey!

I am terrible at this blogging thing. Between work and my laptop being broken for a couple of weeks I have had no desire to sit down and blog. We have both just been super busy with work and getting everything prepped for Christmas. So here is a short version of the past 2 months:

Texas Tech vs. OSU game- Brad and I made the trip out to Lubbock with his parents for the OSU/Tech game. We enjoyed seeing Brad's brother Phillip and his girlfriend Sam! OSU fortunately killed Tech 66-6, but whose keeping score?!?

New car #2 - We never planned to buy two cars this year, but unfortunately Brad's also recently just broke down and so we had to replace it. We ended up buying it from some good family friends of ours which was quick and painless. If only all big purchases were that simple. Brad ended up getting a used 2008 Ford Fusion, and lets just say he is happy to not have it smoking while driving down the highway!


Thanksgiving 2011- This year Brad and I took a short trip to LaGrange, TX for thanksgiving with my family. We had a blast riding the four wheeler, shooting guns, and catching up with family. We came home early to have a second Thanksgiving dinner with Brad's family while his brother was in town from college. We had a nice break from work and enjoyed spending time with everyone.

Oliver- Our sweet little boy is growing so fast. He is still getting into trouble while we are at work. Our poor Christmas tree is only decorated at the top because Oliver has taken all the ornaments off the bottom and scattered them around the house. WHAT A GLITTERY MESS!!! We wouldn't trade him for anything though!

Bedlam Game- We did make the trip up to Stillwater a few weeks ago for the Bedlam game. Brad went to the game with our friend Parker, while Meagan and I stayed home and watched it on TV. It was an incredible game and an awesome win for OSU!!! Brad and Parker rushed the field after the game!!!

Early Christmas Present- Our first Christmas present was delivered on Saturday and it is one of those love/hate presents!! We bought our first major appliances a washer and dryer! LOVE having our own that work well instead of the crappy ones we were renting, but HATE laundry so I can only appreciate the gift to a certain point. Now if it came with a maid, I would be forever grateful!!

Don't they make a cute couple?!? I haven't used them yet because that would entitle me doing laundry, and well I am just going to continue putting that off until I run out of socks again!


Christmas Party- Brad and I attended our first Christmas party of the year. His work always puts on a big fancy bash in downtown Dallas. So we stayed in the Stonleigh Hotel and got all fancied up with some friends for the party! It is always fun meeting Brad's co-workers and watching the annual talent show!! It was nice to have a quick romantic night away from our busy life!

I have just one more week of school before Christmas break! I have to keep telling myself "I think I can, I think I can". It is going to be a crazy week with our holiday party, assembly, and early release. Plus we have been tracking the moon during our integrated lessons and well its a full moon out, so I am fully preparing myself for the craziness. Come next week you can find me hibernating in my bed!!! 5 DAYS!!

Hope your holiday season is keeping you merry!!

Love,
Elizabeth

Catching up!

 I have gotten to the point where I have to force myself to log on and post about my life. I know I want this for a scrapbook, but I just cant seem to get the motivation going to log on and write a post. Life is so busy right now, and when its not I am usually passed out somewhere taking a nap! lol I love my new teaching job, but let me tell you, those kids wipe me out. I usually don't leave school till after 5 everyday, and it stresses me out to see teachers walk out the door everyday at 3:30 with nothing in their hands. How do they do it? I spend 2 hours after school getting everything ready, organized, clean for the next day and  I still have to bring stuff home to finish. Someday...maybe I will figure out the secret.

Anyways, a lot has happened in the past few weeks. Like I said things have been super busy around here. We spent a weekend in Houston/College Station a couple of weeks ago for the 4th annual A&M vs. OSU family rivalry game! lol Our friends Meagan and Parker came down with us this year and it was a lot of fun! It was of course an OSU victory and although the teams will probably never play each other again I still love having a little family competition!

Here is the whole gang including friends and family!

The Cowboys!

Dad and I

 

Brad and I

 

The weekend following A&M Brad participated in the 1st Annual North Texas OSU Alumni Golf Tournament on Saturday. I volunteered to work it (at 6:00am), which really just meant registering people then driving around on the golf carts. So it was a fun get together! When the tournament was over we headed up to Plano to play some Top Golf for my father in laws birthday! We also met up with a bunch of their friends for a fun little dinner too! It was a busy day! On Sunday my dad and I volunteered (at 7:00am) and participated in the Ride for Kids. My dad participated last year and we went to watch, but this year I signed up to volunteer and do the ride also. I so enjoyed this time with my dad. It was great to ride on the back of his bike for 90 miles while raising money for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation! In that one ride they raised over 150,000 dollars! It was incredible! After the ride they fed everyone lunch and we got to hear the some of the kids talk! I spent most of the time crying behind my sunglasses of course, but it was just so eye opening and heartfelt that this many people had come out to do a simple motorcycle ride for these kids! My dad and I are signed up for the Task Force next year, so hopefully we will reach our goal of $5000 together as a family! 

Signing people in!

Getting ready to ride!

The hundreds of bikes!

This is Benjamin! I am in love with this little boy, he was precious!

YAY!!!!

While I was at the Ride for Kids, Brad played in another golf tournament for the McKinney Humane Society. I joined him for the banquet dinner that evening! It was a very busy weekend but well worth it. I definitely hit the pillow Sunday night around 8:30 though! 

This past weekend was the complete opposite! Other than running a few errands this weekend we stayed home and cleaned and got our house back in order after the busy weeks we had. It was so nice to just relax and eat home coked meals! I even took a nap on Saturday and Sunday! You cant beat that! OH and we finally got RAIN!!!! It was magical, we had the windows open, and there was such a cool breeze blowing through! A huge plus to the weekend! I love rainstorms!

I leave you with a picture of our baby! Ollie doing what he does best!

Have a great week!

Elizabeth