Christmas Festivities!

Happy Holidays to all! As most of you know...we have a very busy December! We went to Alexandria, LA for the weekend of December 9-11th for Clint's Dad's birthday (Dec 12th), our best friend, CJ's birthday (Dec 10th) and Christmas in Monterey, LA (which is Mr. Tracy's family). We had a wonderful time there. Then our 2nd anniversary was on Monday, December 12th! Yay!...and I was sick :( So...we went out to eat on Friday. It was awesome! Few pictures to capture our day:

We went to 2 John's Steakhouse in Bossier City, LA. It was AMAZING (Thank you Grace and Jason Roger's for the recommendation!)

All dressed up and ready to go!

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Then the following evening we had my second Department head Christmas party at Celebrity Lounge in the El Dorado casino. We also got to catch up with Clint's good friend, Pete that evening! Very fun.

Picture from the company Christmas party outing.

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My super clever and precious husband started the "12 Days of Christmas" the day after our anniversary. He surprised me with a gift every day! It was SO much fun. Here are some re-caps.

On the 1st Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....A partridge and a pair of trees!!!

On the 2nd day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 2 "Turtle" Doves!

On the 3rd day of Christmas, I came home and this was on the door...(meaning..."Welcome to our Beautiful life")

My honey spent 6 hours cooking and stuffing a hen, bought us some 3-blended wine, and french bread to make:

3 French Hens!!

I do not have a picture from the 4th day of Christmas, but it was so sweet! I got a call from my 4 best friends telling me how much I mean to them. 4 Calling Birds!

On the 5th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: 5 Golden Rings!

On the 6th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: 6 geese of laying. 6 coupons to lay-out by the pool during the summer time with my honey!!!

On the 7th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 7 swans of swimming (in their "ugly duckling phase")!

On the 8th Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: 8 Maids of Milking...(My fav Chocolate Milk with a Magazine of Deserts "Being a Maid of the Kitchen"!)

On the 9th Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, 9 Ladies Dancing...(us dancing in the living room to 9 of my favorite Christmas songs!)

On the 10th Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...10 Lords of Leaping...Nice bottle of "Lords of Leaping" Pinot Noir! YUM!!!

On the 11th Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...11Pipers Piping..."Piping Hot/ Hot Chocolate!!!"

On the 12th Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...12 Drummers Drumming....12 Cake Pop Drummets! I can't wait to make these!

**My honey did such an awesome job making this season very special and thoughtful.**

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Christmas Weekend:

Friday, December 23rd

Shreveport to Bernice: Had lunch with Nana!

Bernice to Deville.

Opened presents with Mrs. Julie, Mr. Tracy, Dustin, Chantel, Casey, and Sarah Kate.

Saturday, December 24th

Clint's Step-Sister, Nicolle, her boyfriend, Emma, Kaigen, Clint's step-brother, Trey and his girlfriend, Lauren all came over for lunch.

That evening Clint and I went to Dustin and Chantel's house to open presents on that side of the family. Mr. Greg dressed up as Santa for Casey and Sarah Kate and it was HILARIOUS!

Sunday, December 25th

Went to church.

Had dinner with Mrs. Julie's side of the family.

CJ and Ashley came over!

And we played some games before leaving to come back to Shreveport around 5:00pm.

Woooo. What a fun-filled, blessing of a weekend. Lots of fun with family and friends.

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SO.....that leads us to this week! Tomorrow (Tuesday, December 27th) is Clint's 29th birthday. Wednesday( December 28th) is MY 27th birthday! Then we have dear friends coming in on Friday- Stephen McMullan and Future Katey McMullan, Jordan and Peyton Gibbons, CJ Rachal and Ashley Price! We are so thrilled to have them all come for New Years! YAY!

Until then...Have a Happy New Year!!!

He is doing something for good...

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

Well...all we know is God is doing something good. We surely cannot see it and have no idea why we are in this situation...but God is doing something for the glory of His kingdom.

I failed my RD exam for the second time today with the same lovely score of 24. Just one point away from passing...again. I have no idea whether to scream, yell, cry, laugh, go work-out, eat, or just be. I am emotionless right now. We are extremely upset.

I guess the worst part out of all of this is why...? Why is this happening? How can I feel like I have passed a test with flying colors to fail again? How can one test of random questions determine whether or not you can practice as a Dietitian?

Please pray for Clint and me to have a sense of peace and for God to reveal His plan and explanation for all of this. Please pray for me to jump back on the wagon immediately to start studying to take it in another 40 days from today. Please just pray for us.

Thanksgiving 2011

We had a really awesome Thanksgiving this year. Due to the fact that I had to study so much and Clint and I had to work, we stayed home and had our best friend's CJ and Ashley come from Wednesday-Sunday. It was really fun. Here are some pictures from our Holiday Week-Weekend.

Clint taking the first slice.

Clint and CJ cutting up the Turkey.

Ashley's homemade pecan pie! I guess we forgot to take pictures of the rest of the food...we were too hungry by the time it was all ready!

All decked out for Thanksgiving...hey I was studying...come on now!

CJ and Clint playing a game.

CJ and Ashley.

Reese and Layla playing tug-a-war.

Addie barking at Reese for breathing.

Layla and Reese looking for squirrels.

Ashley, me, and the dogs ready for the LSU game!

Clint and the crew ready for the LSU game!

Ashley and Jacie playing games.

Settlers of Catan...amazing. And yes...this was the losers picture...

Clint and CJ playing Settlers.

So, please pray for us during time really weird time. We would really appreciate it. As always, GEAUX TIGERS!!! We are super excited about the SEC Championship game this weekend! Love y'all.

Craziness

Our life has been NUTS!!! But, here is a quick update on what has been going on with the Davis's....starting with:

#1 I officially have been to my first LSU game in Tiger Stadium (AKA Death Valley)!!! I think I have fulfilled one of mine, and my Dad's, life long dreams! Since long, long ago when I used to run around the house in my LSU cheerleading uniform...I have always wanted to go to an LSU game! It was a BLAST! Here are some pics from the weekend:

Friday: At Uncle CJ's, in Alexandria, dropping our girls off for the weekend!

On our way to Baton Rouge!!!

We went out to eat at Kona Grill (YUM) and spent a wonderful evening alone. It was a great date night. Went to bed early and got up late- wonderful! Got up on Saturday and ate a hearty breakfast at Cracker Barrell! Got ready and went to the Iverstine's house!

Clint and me in our LSU attire!

Clint and me with Mike! (The fake one!)

LSU!!!

Bom Bom Bom Bom!

They did this awesome military tribute for Veterans Day!

For my honey!!!

The Iverstines!!! We stayed the night with them Saturday night! So much fun!

Me with what is supposed to be a view of the field down low...but that little purple boy is in the way! Haha!

Me and Erica!

Our tickets from our first LSU game together! AW!

So, that is a recap from our weekend. It was a great one.

Prayers:

1. Brother-In-Law, Dustin's brain cancer/remission.

2. My job (emotional, physical, and mental stress)

3. Me PASSING the RD Exam. I take it on Nov 29th (Mom's Birthday). NEED PRAYERS!

4. Starting our Ladies Bible Study: prayers that God will move through us to grow closer with one another and Christ.

5. Prayers for my friend Ashley Price as she makes her move from Midland, TX to Texarkana, TX! Yay! Prayers it will be an easy transition.

6. Friend's marriage.

And, as always, GEAUX TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!!

Geaux Tigers!

It is the BIG day! Finally #1 LSU and #2 AL are playing today, Novemeber 5th at 7:00pm. First time in regular season that a #1 and #2 teams are playing! It is so exciting! And this is what arrived at our door step:

And this is what was inside:

What an awesome way to start our anxiety filled day!!! Purple and Gold flowers from Mr. Tracy (Clint's Step-Dad) and Mrs. Julie (Clint's Mom) They wrote a super sweet letter too, but for some reason the camera would not capture it!

...Clint has only checked ESPN for the 40th time this morning. He has seen every video, highlight, and report up to this point...and more! We are ready!! I have just slipped into my second LSU t-shirt of the day (No pictures this AM of this girl, or Addie...we are just not ready for our close-ups! he he). I spent my first 3 hours trying to find a purple cardigan to go with a super cute gold top! No luck! And we just had crawfish bisque for lunch!

To catch everyone up to speed: I started my job at Pierremont Healthcare Center on Tuesday, October 25th. It was a hard week trying to get readjusted to working and transitioning into a management role.

Our best friend, CJ Rachel's girlfriend, Ashley Price flew in this past Thursday and we all went to New Orleans for the weekend. It was a fun time to get to be with friends for the weekend.

This week was much easier with work. I have gotten into the swing of things and I'm feeling much more comfortable.

Everything is going great with Clint. Still working and chuggin' along!

Prayer Requests:

1. Brother-In-Law, Dustin's tumor. Recent scan showed no growth- Yay!

2. Me to pass my RD exam. I should be taking it in 2 weeks.

3. Friends marriage; they receive peace during this rough time.

4. Ashley's transition to her new job and new town to go smoothly.

Praises:

1. I have a job! Woohoo!

Geaux Tigers Beat Bama!!!!!!

To be or Not to be...That is the Question.

Good Morning! Well, after a long day of waiting to find out if the our contract/offer was accepted or denied...we found out that it was denied.

The other buyers who had originally put a contract in on the house had asked the seller to make a lot of cosmetic changes (painting every room of the house) which the seller got mad about and that is how the deal originally got dropped. That is where we came in to the picture. We were told there was room to negotiate, therefore we put a lower offer in (but not disrespectful offer). The seller said we were too far apart and let the other buyer come back in to the situation and make another negotiation! So...we, nor our Real Estate Agent was aware this was happening or could happen. Lots of mis-communication. So...at this point. We don't even know if the other buyer will get rejected again or not. So, we will ask for continued prayers that if this is supposed to happen, please God let it happen and if it is not, please let us walk away.

Last night our friends Daniel and Amber Speir came over to have dinner and carve pumpkins! Check it out:

Clint getting serious with the drill!

The gang carving!

Ahhhh!

The Speir's topiary creation with a string of lights through it!!! How cute! Their first married pumpkin carving! Yay! Thanks Pinterest!

My polka-dot pumpkin using a drill!

Clint's pumpkin. He FREE-HANDED this creation!! Isn't that amazing!?

The Davis pumpkins together! Aww!

Well, I am up and ready to get packing for the 10-year reunion weekend! Yay! Excited for Daniel Speir's Baptism (Re-dedication of faith) on Sunday! Congratulations to Daniel and Amber making it 1 year on Sunday! Every year is super special and important! Congrats guys!