Hey y'all

Just a little photo dump from the last couple weekends. Too busy writing papers, composing portfolios, finalizing lesson plans, writing reflections, and detailing case studies to even think about a real blog post. Or even write in full sentences. Best wishes!

(Family photos and Christmas tree shopping)

(Palo Duro)

(Carlsbad Caverns)

(Hueco Tanks)

Sweet 16th

Happiest of happy birthdays to my most precious little sister! Absolutely cannot believe you're turning 16 today! You are just a little gem of a girl and I can't wait to see what a wonderful woman you are going to be. 

Also, don't kill me for that. I really just can't resist.

So proud of you for being such a strong, smart, hard-working, kind-hearted, altogether BEAUTIFUL person.

A Long Weekend Adventure

What a BIG weekend for us over here!! We spent the weekend climbing Mt. Massive in Colorado (elevation 14,421 feet), seeing Mumford & Sons at the Aspen Jazz Festival, and camping in the mountains. I can tell you, I've never had a more exhausting or more rewarding weekend. Don't worry, I'll have a million and one pictures for you soon!

Hope you had a great long weekend too!!

Holiday Weekend

I guess technically it'd be a holiday week, but since I only worked the first half of this week, and the fourth was on Wednesday, it feels like its been a very looong weekend. Which is okay with me! 

We spent the holiday with our best friends, Meagan and Austin, and a handful of other people. You can't tell from the picture, but we got to see the coolest firework show ever out at McKenzie Park. 

Now we're heading to Abilene for Rex's dad's 53rd birthday and Rex's cousin's 1st birthday! We're looking forward to spending time with the fam. I hope you had a great Independence Day! 

The Usual...

Watching Louis C.K. stand up and drinking Italian beer while I suffer through hour number 12 spent working on my final project for Language and Literacy Instruction....

oh, the life of a college student.

Also, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to the BEST. MOM. EVER. I really am just the luckiest daughter ever and I'm thankful for you each and every day. Thank you for blessing my life more than I could ever imagine. I hope to one day be half the mother that you have always been to me and my sister. I love you and I can't wait to spend this weekend with you!!

Happy L(ate)easter!

Since the Cooksey family (and myself as well, at times) is the worst about remembering to take family photos, I don't have anything to show for the weekend that we spend in Abilene. It was a great time, however. We got to spend a lot of time with long-time family friends, eat LOTS of good food, and, unfortunately, attend the funeral of Rex's great-godmother (god-grandmother? I'm not sure how that works). It was a happy weekend, with a little bit of sad as well.

I hope you had a good Easter! Here are a few of my favorite Easter posts from around the web, to make up for my lack of photos. (That last one isn't Easter-themed...just hilarious.)

And here's a precious Easter baby...

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46!

And by 46, of course I mean 35. 

The happiest of happy birthdays to my Momma!!! We wish we could be spending the day with her, of course, but we are celebrating in spirit! (Watching silly TV shows, eating Mexican food and ice cream, and falling asleep in the middle of said TV shows. Like a true Worden!) Bear and Murph miss their "grandma" already.

We had a blast spending the week in Tyler and really cherish getting to spend time with the family (photos of which will be posted soon!) PS- Did I mention Momma W is a baller at clay shooting? Another reason for her to have a great b-day! :)

Happy Friday!

Praise the Lord, Spring Break is finally here. 

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We are just so excited to be heading home to visit the fam, eat good food, teach little Taylor how to shoot the shotgun, and NOT design any lesson plans/write up any Business Law case studies for at least 6 whole days.

Do you have any plans for the week, those out there who get a break? I have to admit, I think spring is my favorite season. Iced coffee and shorts and baseball...what's not to love?

Anyway, enjoy your weekend, wherever you are and whatever you're doing!

Happy Leap Day!

February 20, 2009 - 2011

Two years ago...

One year ago...

And now! 

Happy anniversary to the best friend, companion, confidant, joke-teller, in-the-car-singer, hamburger-griller, backyard-baseball-player, cheerer-upper I could ever ask for! And here's to many more. 

Latey Late Late

Happy Valentine's Day!! 

I hope you had a great holiday! Rex was sick (which makes this his second consecutive year of being sick on V-Day! I think his body is trying to tell him something...) so we relaxed and he went to the doctor. We went out to dinner and exchanged gifts and that was about it! It was a nice day.

And then on February 15, Rex got SUPER sick. And today he's a little bit better! So tomorrow, he should be back to normal. And tomorrow is when we are leaving for the mountains! Three days in Taos to celebrate our anniversary. 

So have a good weekend y'all! We sure will!

(and wish me luck on the slopes)

Happy Valentinesiversary*

*(Valentines + anniversary)

So, our real anniversary is on the 20th...but yesterday was when our gifts were ready and so yesterday is when we exchanged them. We're children at heart when it comes to gifts. I think Christmas is the only time we make sure they're saved for the actual date.

Anyway, since Valentine's and our anniversary are a week apart, we decided to just do one nice gift, and something little for V-Day (which I received three days ago...whoopsies). So gift exchange yesterday was pretty epic. See below...

Pretty bad ass, right? Can you believe this crazy guy? 

Just for clarification, I got him a fly-tying vise, tools, and materials...and he got me a Browning 12 gauge. Now we just need to move out to a cabin in Maine and start catching/shooting our dinner. But really...it's pretty cool. And even cooler than last year (to see last year's gifts see here and here). 

Isn't it beautiful? I just love that engraving. I know I'm OB-sessed...but I think it's just so pretty. And I love that picture of Rex tying his first fly on the new vise. We're basically just thrilled with each other over anniversary gifts this year. 

:)

I Heart Valentine's Day

And I don't care that it makes me really girly. It's just so fun. I usually buy flowers for all of my friends and just make a big silly mess out of it. But, I was with Rex last year so I actually got to do cute stuff for the first Valentine's ever. And since, we had just gotten Murphy, we were pretty strung out and didn't give a crap about a cutesy holiday...hah! But this year is going to be so fun! 

I'm making these tomorrow to send home. I'll let you know how it goes! How do you feel about Valentine's Day? I know it catches a lot of flack. But it's so fun. And it's a widely-accepted excuse to eat and bake lots of sweets!

Plans for a Tuesday

This morning, I am snuggling up with little Bear and watching lots of How I Met Your Mother on Netflix. And for lunch, I'll go to my favorite cafe with my favorite guy to get a coffee and chicken salad sandwich.

I am taking full advantage of still not having class yet. Heck, it's 9 AM and I haven't even put in my contacts yet.

Hope you're having a good Tuesday! Happy (late) MLK day!

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Officially back home in Lubbock. Work starts tomorrow and school starts in a week. Back to the real world!

Happy 2012 Y'all!

We spent five nights in Destin, Florida and a night in New Orleans to start the new year. What better way, right? It was great. We went deep sea fishing, and got to eat the best seafood EVER. And drove. So much driving! We got massages (Rex's Christmas gift to me!), listened to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo on audiobook (Rex's new favorite thing), splashed around in the ocean (only for a little bit - the water was cooold!). And we spent a night on Bourbon Street on our way back to top it all off. 

Have you ever been to Bourbon Street? It is an experience, let me tell you. And we were there on the night of a home Saints playoff game, and two days before the BCS Championship game. What were we thinking?? Haha. But it certainly was a good time. 

I hope you started off your 2012 as wonderfully as we did! I can't even say how glad I am that a new year is here and off to a happy start. 2011 was a tough one. It had it's ups and downs to be sure, but the downs were pretty weighty. I'm so happy that a new year is here, and I truly feel like 2012 will bring great things!

 

All the best for 2012!