SNOW & SLEDDING!!!

I know you are jealous of my outfit!

Simone this is so fun!

The original roomies!

Sean and Joel having way to much fun!

Best friends

Best friends too

This is soo scary!!

When we were at Arrowhead for New Years.. we enjoyed the next day in the snow!! 

We went sledding all day and it was so much fun because we never have snow in Southern California. 

I also got to wear my friend, becky's snow pants that went up to my chest and were super sexy..

My friends told me I looked like a lumberjack/jane because i had a plaid shirt on with high pants, brown uggs( that could be mistaken for construction boots) and brown leather work gloves.. It was pretty much hilarious! Ill be honest though.. i was scared every time i went down.. Maybe because the night before.. sean and i ran into a tree twice and i got some major ice rash on my side..

HAPPY 2009!!

Sean and me- in new years dress

The whole gang minus kar.

Cheri and Me gettin our groove on

This year we celebrated New Year's up at Lake Arrowhead at my friend's cabin. It was soo fun. It is about a 2.5 hour drive from San Diego and it was so fun to be in the snow. The weather was gorgeous, sunny and warm during the day with tons of snow everywhere. When we got up there we made a big italian dinner and enjoyed sitting around a big round table sharing stories of their highlights of 2008. It was a group of 15 of my closest friends. It was so great. We enjoyed the night drinking wine and champagne, dancing, and playing games. I am truly blessed with the greatest friends EVER.. I would not be the person I am today without all of them. It was so fun to ring in a new year with the people you love the most. 

Well now that 2009 is on its way, we have a lot of goals we want to accomplish between sean and I. It is fun to have Sean as my lil life coach/best friend/accountability partner. God has blessed us with amazing support and as a team we know we will be able to accomplish much.

HAPPY NEW YEAR everybody.. this is a time where we can have a fresh start to things!! Enjoy those you have around you and be thankful for what God has blessed you with.

ChristMAS DAY!!

THE ENTIRE FAMILY

The ANNUAL Football game!

My classic brother got my ALL AMERICAN REPUBLICAN GRANDPA- a card from obama and a Hilary clinton air freshner for his car... sooo funny!

My sis and cousin.. who announced she was pregnant with their first baby! so exciting!!

Bella with her big pink package from Tata B and Uncle Seanny. Waiting patiently to open!

They sure love attacking their uncle seanny

Brothers and Sisters with Diego

Brothers and sisters with princess Bella

I love my bella boo and she loves me!

( she chose to ride with tata b and uncle sean to gma betty lou's and she was pure comedy the entire time- yelling at sean because he was talking on his phone while driving instead of his earpiece- telling him he was going to be in BIG TROUBLE.. so funny)

OH HOW I LOVE CHRISTMAS!! 

There is no other day like it all year long... It is probably one of my favoritest things in life. Our cmas was really nice this year. We spent Cmas eve working and then cooking for Sean's family. We then spent the evening watching elf and eating lots of yummy desserts, sean's cousin brought over. 

Then Christmas day, Sean and I had a fun morning waking up to the lit tree in our trailer, getting ready to have a day filled with joy. We headed up to my sister's place at like 9am. My mother and sister prepared a delicious big cmas breakfast. We had my mom's famous egg strata with bacon and sausage, monkey bread, and coffee cake. It was to die for. We then opened stockings and gifts. Around noon, we loaded in the cars and headed to L.A to celebrate at my grandparents with cousins and extended family. It was filled with a white elephant gift exchange, tasty food, annual football game,(which the Walker, Gentzkow, Lazaro, Piezonka team Conquered the Abels this year and got to take home the MIMI trophy), more games and carols.. My grandparents are the cutest.. always have it all planned out. 

Always entertaining..

Well now Christmas is over and have high hopes for 2009. This is a year of change and growth and We are so excited to see what it brings. Love you all.. hope you had a wonderful christmas and an amazing new year!!

Progressive DInner with BESTIES!!

The weekend before Cmas, all of us best girlfriends from PLNU, got together and had an amazing Cmas Progressive dinner. We traveled to 4 houses. Started in Point Loma at our old palace where we used to all live. We had appetizers at one place then moved on to have caprese and pizza, then pasta for dinner and last dessert and games. It was so fun. It took a little bit longer than expected, and didn't eat dinner til 10pm.. but we all enjoyed ourselves and it was a really fun idea, especially since 3 of the couples live downtown. So festive and fun. We are so blessed to have such amazing friends.. And i adore all the husbands that my best friend's chose.. they all get along so well! Nothing better than friends, food, wine and fun

MIRACLES STILL EXIST!!

At 10:25am this morning, I recieved a phone call from Sean stating, that the MD just called the waiting room to speak with Bob. It was great news!!!
They neurosurgeon said that it was the best case he has ever seen! MIRACLES STILL EXIST!
The tumor was very soft tissue and therefore they were able to remove the ENTIRE tumor without complications!!
They are finished removing the tumor and now are just sewing her back up.
The procedure was supposed to take 5+ hours, but it looks like it will be done very soon
I will continue to update as we know more, but for now.. IT IS WONDERFUL NEWS!!
Thank you for all your prayers.
We love all of you,
Brianne

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NEW YORK CITY 2008!

Christmas in NY- (Radio city in background)

The amazing MOHONK Mtn House

I love this man, i love holding his hand.

Hiding in the wheat.

Ice skating

It snowed!!

He is so Romantic.

Our cute rocking chairs on our balcony at Mohonk

Beautiful MOHONK MOUNTAIN HOUSE

Rockafeller and its snowing!!

Our sweet friend Carol- the first snow in NYC for the year!

Last thursday we left for our big vacation to NYC. We were there for 6 days and it was non-stop FUN! We had a great time staying with one of my old roomates, Carol, who now lives in Brooklyn. Carol is an interior designer and she lives with 3 other girls from San Diego in a cozy apartment in Brooklyn, NY. She was so sweet and let us stay in her room the whole week. Well we had a wonderful time walking the cmas decorated streets. We shopped, ate great food, went to shows and took an adventure to upstate NY for a one night stay.

Up in New Paltz, NY there is a historical monument called the "Mohonk Mountain House". Sean and i found out about it after we already planned our trip to NYC, so once we researched to see how we could get there for a day or so. 

This place was AMAZING. Sean took some awesome pictures of it, but it doesn't even give the grandness of this place. It was one of the prettiest places we have ever been to. It was so nice to leave the hustle and bustle of the city and stay one night in a serene captivating resort.

Sean and I celebrated many things on this trip. We celebrated our 1 year anniversary, my birthday, Christmas, and of course an anniversary of when Sean proposed to me. 

The last day we were in NY, we walked through central park and Sean put me out on the rock he proposed to me, and told me that, asking me to marry him was by far the best and most important decision he has ever made. I about melted again in his arms. We are so in love and this trip helped us recap all the fun we have had to together and continue to have. 

There really is nothing like NY at Christmastime. 

You feel so full of life and spirited for the season.

Besides the spirited decor, there were two very Spirited by God things that happened on our trip. The first encounter was at the mtn house. 

During the afternoon they have tea time.. everyone gathers around and drinks tea by the fire. While we were sipping on tea we met this group of people. Ends up, that they were believers and that their were so many ties to us with baylor connections and corpus christi ties... anyways we continued to chat and found out that they were launching a bible study and they told us that they would pray for us this year in their bible study. It was so divine how God works!!

The second God thing was during the Radio City show, the last scene was a live nativity scene and they read Jesus' birth from the bible. It was so cool that they weren't being PC, and just doing a holiday show, but they kept to the true meaning of CHRISTmas!

Well, as we move closer to the special day, may us all remember the true meaning of christmas everyday. It is so hard not to be distracted by our consuming society, but our prayer is that we will all continue to celebrate the precious birth of our Savior.