Chris and Becky's Texas Adventures

Baby Warr's Heartbeat!

2011-02-18T10:08:00.000-08:00

Dr.'s apt. used to be a very nerve racking thing for me but with this pregnancy I have had so much hope going into each one. Today was our second Dr.'s apt for baby Warr and we heard the heartbeat! It was so amazing! Very strong, and very fast, our Dr. joked that if you listened to the old wise tales that we would be having a girl :) but he said he doesn't put any stock in that we will have to wait 8 more weeks before we find that out! I lost a few pound because of all the morning sickness I've had but he said hopefully 2-3 more weeks and it SHOULD completely subside. We are praying for that! As of today we are 13 weeks and 5 days, 2 days into the 2nd trimester and for the most part loving every minute of it! I'm ready to look pregnant instead of just having a little bulge around my pants but that will come! Prayers are always appreciated as we continue on this journey! Pictures to come later, when I actually look like I have a belly :)

2010 in Review and Update

2011-01-12T18:11:00.000-08:00

Well it has been literally months since I have even been on the blog let alone updated anything! It is January 2011, that seems so crazy to me! Where did 2010 go? Here is our year in a quick review before updating our life in 2011.
1. Happy 5 years to Chris & Becky!!!! Many Many more to come! Happy one year at Pleasant View Baptist Church!!! Many Many more to come!
2. Chris graduated Seminary! It was an amazing day, with family and friends there to celebrate. So many of Chris' family was able to come down from Arkansas and share in all the hard work of his Masters of Divinity!
3. We are Pregnant! It was an amazing experience, Graduation and a baby all at once we were overwhelmed.
4. Little baby Peyton Warr is called home to be with Jesus. By far THE HARDEST thing either of us have EVER experienced, pure joy to utter dispair. But Our God is bigger and he has carried us through.
5. Summer is here, Chris is busy with Summer Camp, World Changers, Six Flags, and everything else Youth Summer consist of! It was an amazing summer.
6. Happy Birthday to us, September is here and California here we come. Great visit with Becky's family and our wonderful California Sunshine! Tahoe and San Fransisco were amazing, headed down south to visit with Grandparents and Aunt & Uncle! Disneyland here we come!!! After 5 wonderful years of marriage we revist our engagement spot and had a great time with each other enjoying rides and characters and just being together.
7. Chris kills his first Deer! He was so happy/proud and the meat was VERY good, especially the JERKY!
8. Happy Holloween= Harvest Fest at PVBC Amazing! We were Popeye and Olive Oil!
9. Happy Thanksgiving!!!! Enjoyed some much needed time with family in Arkansas, oh the food! So good!
10. Merry Christmas! Another trip to Arkansas and a fantastic time with family=lots of shopping and eating!
GOODBYE 2010 AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011-Can't wait to see what's in store! More to come!

Old Friends and Photos

2009-04-17T07:47:00.000-07:00

Chris and I got to go see some of our former youth this past Saturday. We were taking family pictures for one of their families, The Watson's. We had a lot of fun, especially with little Kait, we hadn't seen her in over 6 months so to see her running around was so much fun. This was an energetic bunch, except, when it was their turn for pictures! The boys, did NOT want to smile, Kait could not sit still long enough for Chris to take a couple shots, oh but it was so much fun! We love these guys and it was so great to get to spend some extra time with them. Below are a few shots that I just love and wanted to share! There are more on our the Photography blog.

Spring Break Camping

2009-03-19T19:08:00.000-07:00

Chris and I have really need some time together and some time away from our home and our jobs. We also really wanted to see our family in Arkansas so we got a 2 for 1 deal.

We camped at Brady Mountain @ Lake Ouchita in Arkansas.

We were able to see his adorable little cousins play basketball, it was so much fun to see them play. Then we got to go into town and have lunch with both his sides of the family, can we say FOOD OVERLOAD! Oh but it was good.

We had a really great time and needless to say we did not want to come back home! Oh and George and Grace had a great time too, especially playing in the lake with their frisby's. Can we say more please!!!

Time for some cheering up!

2009-03-19T18:52:00.000-07:00

My phone rang early Monday morning on March 9th and I knew something was wrong. My mom doesn't call me from California at 6 in the morning Texas time just to chat. My wonderful and dear Great Aunt Rosie had passed away earlier that morning.

She was more than just a great aunt to say the least and I miss her very much. I was having a very rough day and Chris stayed with me through it all. Later that afternoon he decided it would be best to get me out of the house for a little while and I finally agreed.

Chris took me to Cabela's and we enjoyed a good afternoon together and it helped me to stop the crying (hense the glasses below :( ) at least for a little while.

All that knew her were blessed by her loving, kind and giving spirit. I miss her everyday but I know she is rejoicing in heaven with her husband.

A Fine Day for a Picnic

2009-03-19T18:35:00.000-07:00

Ok so I'm a little slow at uploading picutres and blogging. I end up doing it all at once.

Well Chris and I have been enjoying our nice backyard with the dogs and he finally got a Saturday off of work and we decided to have some friends over for a BBQ.

It was a little windy but we played croquet and ate hot dogs and hamburgers. It was so much fun to have little ones around too! I think Chris and I both have a lot to learn before we have kids!

After awhile we went inside and played some games. Oh how I love Apples to Apples! It's so much fun, especially with a good group of friends.

All to say we had a wonderful BBQ Saturday, although it was a couple weeks ago now!! :)

25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you

2009-02-17T09:11:00.000-08:00

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1. I was married to my wonderful husband at the ripe old age of 19. (and I wouldn't change it) I can't believe how lucky I am to have found such an amazing man. I've never felt more loved in my entire life than when I met him. :)

2. I am a sports addict. I love watching almost all sporting events, Football, Volleyball, and Tennis are my favs.

3. I have two beautiful dogs, George and Grace, and one crazy cat named albert, he was a rescue I couldn't stand seeing him starving so we took him in! Did I mention he's crazy! But a sweetheart as well.

4. I will always be a California girl, no matter where I live, I will never call myself a Texan even if I am starting to get an accent!

5. I miss my family each and everyday!

6. I don't really know what my natural hair color is.

7. Although dressing up maked me feel better about myself I am a jeans and flip flop kind of girl.

8. I love playing games, it reminds me of my daddy.

9. I'm old fashioned.

10. I am a true girl when it comes to romantic movies.

11. Murder mystery's are my favorite genre, movie, book, tv show-whatever

12. I am a junk food junky

13. I don't like to cook, but I love to eat :) IN N OUT is the best resturant EVER! No Question

14. Family is the most important thing in this world to me.

15. I am a very strong Christian woman. I know that I'm not perfect and that is why Christ died for me. I strive to be the best version of myself. I fail often but I know that God loves me anyway.

16. I have a bachelors degree but I have no idea what I want to do as a career.

17. I want children.......someday!

18. Someday I will travel to all of the places I've dreamed about.

19. Seafood is not my friend, and never will be!

20. I hate to wear shoes, I'd be barefoot all the time if I could.

21. I love music, I can't sing nor can I dance, or play any kind of instrument ( i want to play Piano) But I love it just the same!

22. Saturday mornings were meant for sleeping in.

23. As I grow older I realize how much my parents do know and how much I should have listened to them while I was growing up!

24. I am the yougest of 5 kids ( by brother past away in August of 2007) but my parents did foster care as well so I really was the youngest of 8 most of the time. It was a really hard experience but I am so grateful to have such wonderful, loving, and self sacrificing parents of all times.

25. I'm a cryer, always have been, always will be!

Now if I could get Chris to fill this out, YEA RIGHT!

Last few weeks

2009-02-17T09:01:00.000-08:00

Well we have had a crazy last few weeks, to say the least. Chris' new job really makes it hard for us to see much of each other so that hasn't been a lot of fun. He works a lot of nights and weekends or he has class and I work M-F 8-5. But he's been playing tennis with me either on my lunch break or right when i get off work before he goes to class, that's been a lot of fun! For Valentines day he got me a new raquet, and chocolate covered strawberrries (my favorite). He did get last Friday off so we played tennis and then went out to eat for our valentines day. We went to one of our favorite resturaunts Edohanda. It's a hibachi resturant and I wish I had taken pictures because our chef was hilarious! We had a lot of fun and ate some really good food. So we are just trying to enjoy the time we have with eachother when possible. I just thought a quick update would be nice. When we can actually do something together I can post more pictures!

Baby Moots

2009-01-17T13:49:00.000-08:00

She's finally here! Our friends Kevin and Mandy had their baby on the 15th. We are so happy for them! Little Eliana is the most adorable thing! Chris and I got to go to the hospital to see her. It was great!

SUPRISE! Dinner

2009-01-17T09:06:00.000-08:00

When I got home from Work my wonderful husband met me outside all dressed up! I knew something was up already. I walked in and there was this table. Well the picture doesn't give it justice. It was dark and all candle light everywhere through out the house! (I love candles and he knows it) He had mad a wonderful Chicken Cordon Blue! It was yummy! But that wasn't the best part. There was desert and sparkling cider! Now this wasn't just any dessert. He made, FROM SCRATCH, are you ready....White Chocolate Rasberry Cheesecake bars!!!! Oh my goodness they were DELISH!!!! (Kevin and Mandy, I hope you got to enjoy them after Eliana was born) It was a wonderful night. I have an amazing husband!!!!

Golfing in January

2009-01-17T08:55:00.000-08:00

Chris and I finally had a Saturday Morning together andwe'd been wanting to go golfing. So we just decided to go to Pecan Valley since it was so close. It was FREEZING! But it was a lot of fun, I bundled up in my sweaters and even brought a blanket! Later on I even put Chris big Jacket on because I was so cold. Chris played pretty well, I stank! I think my hands were frozen! But we had such a good time! I love driving the golf cart. It was just nice to be out of the house with my husband!

New Years

2009-01-09T17:54:00.000-08:00

We were very fortunate that Chris got New years day and the day after off. We decided to go to Oklahoma to see my sister Nikki and her husband dave and two kids Kayla and Christian. We always have so much fun when we are with them and even though we were driving through the actual new year we had a lot of fun celebrating the next few days. First we tried bowling with the Wi well I wasn't so good, Chris held is own but the kids and Nikki killed us! So we challenged them to some real bowling. Well you can see the score and know Chris and I (and Dave) did much better than on the Wi.

Our Christmas!

2009-01-09T17:22:00.000-08:00

Because of Chris new job he had to work on Christmas. So this was the first year that Chris and I didn't get to go to Hot Springs for Christmas. We decided to try to make some of our own Christmas traditions. We made a gingerbread house! (out of a box, but still) Then we drove around to see Christmas light and went to the Christmas Eve service at our church. Our friends Kevin and Mandy invited me over for Christmas lunch while Chris was working. Later that night Chris mom drove down all the way from Hot Springs to spend Christmas night with us, she brought videos of the Chris family Christmas moring and we ate Ham and opened some presents in a hotel room! It was kinda funny. Then on Friday Chris mom Shirley went and did some day after Christmas shopping before she went home, later that afternoon we had some friends over and had a great time playing games like Apples to Apples, and mafia we just had so much fun. It was good to share time with others who couldn't go to see their families for Christmas either! I guess we are learning it's time to start creating our own family memories!

2008-12-22T07:09:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas,

This has been a very exciting year for Chris and I. Chris started into his 3rd year of his Master’s Degree at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. We are hoping he will have his Master of Divinity by this time next year! It’s very exciting and helps keep us motivated knowing there will be an end, someday! I’ve enjoyed not having classes this year, although I did attempt to take some at the Seminary I just wasn’t motivated and there was so much going on. I started a new job at the Seminary in March working in the Financial Aid department; it’s been an experience but is much better than working at Dillard’s! We celebrated our 3rd anniversary this past May. We can’t believe how fast the time has gone. We went to this very nice restaurant in downtown Fort Worth called Texas de Brazil; we’ve gone there all 3 years! Chris Dad got married this May as well and we got to spend some time with them in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, it was great! Theirs was one of the many weddings we got to go to (including my sisters!
We also got to go visit Nikki and Dave in Oklahoma a few times. Over the fourth of July weekend Mom and Dad even got to come stay for a few days. We had so much fun and it is a weekend I will never forget. Mom and Dad had a long drive home the following Monday as they started back to California. Chris had to go back home early Sunday to be at church and so I rode the Amtrak back early Monday so I could stay a little longer!
We had many fun trips with our Church over the year but in July Chris and I felt that it was time for us to leave the Youth Pastor position at our church. It was probably one of the very hardest things that we have ever had to do. We genuinely loved our youth there and our church body but we knew it was time. We’ve been enjoying just being part of the congregation again. We have a great Sunday school class and are enjoying the events we get to do with them.
That same month Chris got to go to Indianapolis (GO COLTS!) to the Southern Baptist Convention. He had a great time and even got to meet Tony Dungy! When he got back he joined a different department on Campus called Institutional Advancement. However, his time there was short lived. This month Chris, (as well as my boss) was laid off because of economic downsizing. He was one of the newest members of that division and got the short end of the stick. God provide for our needs and that following Sunday he started a new job! He’s working security and so far it’s been working out well. The hours are hard on our schedules but we are making it work. He has to work on Christmas Day and so for the first time we are not going to see the Family in Hot Springs, Arkansas. This has been very hard on us because we look forward to seeing our families all year long. We were fortunate to get to go to California for Thanksgiving and that is helping us get through this holiday as well. We had wonderful time with my side of the family. We got to see little Alyssa and all the nieces and nephews on my side and it was so good for my heart! We have learned that maybe it’s time to start some of our own traditions as well. We made a gingerbread house and had so much fun doing it. Although I think we frosted each other’s faces more than the gingerbread house! He has Christmas Eve off and so we plan to go out and do something new and fun that day and then go to our traditional Candlelight service at our church. We miss you all very much, especially around this time of the year. I do wish that more people remembered it’s more than just getting the right presents. I love more than anything to spend time playing games, and spending time with family, watching old videos of Christmas’ past, and just remembering how very blessed we are!
I got a great surprise for my Birthday this year from Chris. We went to SEA WORLD in San Antonio for my birthday! It was so much fun! We left on the Friday before my birthday and ate at this great little BBQ place on the way. The next morning we ate breakfast and headed to the park. It was sooo much fun! We rode rides and saw shows and just really enjoyed our time together. We went out to a nice Mexican Restaurant afterwards and they sang to me and put a funny hat on me. The next day we went down to the RiverWalk and see The Alamo in San Antonio and enjoyed a nice afternoon before heading home.

We’ll I’m sure there are many highlights I’ve forgotten and I’ve probably included more details than you need! I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Love Chris and Becky

Thanksgiving in California

2008-12-02T12:50:00.000-08:00

I love my family, and I am so thankfull that Chris and I were able to go out to California this year. It has renewed my spirit, my family always does that. But it's good to be in my own house with "my family" again too.

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite Holiday. I suppose that's because it's the Holiday with the biggest family traditons. Like going to Apple Hill, eating leftover turkey sandwhices and watching the little ones ride the Pony's and the older ones (like me) spin around on the Gyro (see below!) and playing Shaghi (family game) after Turkey Dinner. It's become so different now with all my little nieces and nephews running around. I'm not the baby anymore for once! I'm not so sure if I like that yet or not. But it sure was fun chasing them around!

And then of course there is In-N-Out, where the best Hamburgers and fries every made are served. I only ate there twice with all the Turkey and other things going on but I made each visit worth while with 2 cheeseburgers and fries!

I also got to see a few friends from High School which is always fun. We ate at get this Texas Roadhouse! HAHA I thought it was funny. But everyone has changed so much and it's fun to see them with Careers, but none the less they are the same people I knew in High School! All in all it was a great trip. Of course there were a few stories we won't soon forget. Like that my keys were stolen along with a bunch of my sisters things when her house was broken into or that most of us were sick all week! And because of those keys being stolen we couldn't get into our house for 3 hours after we got home from the airport! But memories with family are always worth the trip!

Change

2008-12-02T12:44:00.000-08:00

I fully have faith that Lord is in control of all situations. Although I don't believe He causes things to happen I do think that he allows things to happen in order to build our character. I've always believed that when things seem to be going wrong that that means we are following God and that "someone" wants to discourage us. I also know that we, I am human and I struggle when it seems like everything that can go wrong, does. I have to find strength in the Lord and in the fact that ultimately He is in control not me, not my husband. I must look to Him in times of trials and seek understanding and hope. I guess that's what faith is. It's trusting Him when you have no idea what the future holds. I know that we will be ok because I have faith in the one who made me will provide for my needs. It may not be in the way "I" want it but it will be done.