Tinley, show this to Daniel.

This is my best friend from Harding, Tinley. She was a bridesmaid in my wedding and forever a friend in my heart.


We like to get dressed up and take pictures together.
But mostly we just like to take goofy pictures like this one.

And this one.

And this one.

Daniel is Tinley's boyfriend. And Daniel is a Longhorns fan.
Tinley calls those Hogs!

Greg and I went to the AR vs. UT game tonight.

I love my state.

It was a close game that came down to the last few minutes.

This is our true side.

And Daniel... you can't argue with freshman year pictures from college. This is Tinley's true side.
Bahahahahahaha!

Northen Ski Trip

Here are some pictures from our Colorado ski trip this past week.
It was snowballs of fun!! (hardy har har)

Look at that air!


After three days of skiing, we went shopping in Durango for the day.

I have now decided what kind of dog I want someday. A husky. This one was so sweet... I could have loved on him all day. Greg begs to differ though. He doesn't like any dog with long hair, and he insists that a husky won't fair well in Arkansas 100+ degree weather.

Does anyone know someone around here with a husky that can convince him otherwise??


This is Greg and me now.

This is us in the future.

Greg rocking out to the radio on the way home.
If you have ever heard the story about how we got stranded in a blizzard on Christmas Eve (only 9 days after we got married) in the middle of NO WHERE... well this is the spot. Maybe I'll take the time to blog about that someday for those of you that don't know the story. It is well worth the read.


And my new favorite picture from our way home. I actually took this through the truck window because it was too cold to roll down. Boy, do I love my new camera.
Well that's the end of our Christmas Break pictures. I hope everyone had a great holiday season and made many new memories!

Reminiscing and Resolving

Here are some highlights of what Greg and I did (or should I say "survived") in 2009:

• completed first year of law school
• finished first year of teaching (read the post)
  
• skiied down my first black diamond (and half of it wasn't on my rear!)
• refinished a desk that is now in our office (read the post) and the infamous coffee table (read the post)
  
• moved into our first house (Its a renter, but hey... better than the apartment.)
• tailgaited at almost every Razorback football home game
• passed the Praxis III
  
• traveled to Arlington, TX for the first AR vs. Texas A&M Southwest Classic game (read the post)
  
• took a spur-of-the-moment mini vacation to Memphis (read the post)
• survived the 2009 ice storm without power for eight days (read the post)
  
• sang through The Messiah (all two hours in its entirety) in performance for the first time
• built up enough nerve to paint half my living room lime green (read the post)
  

And here are our goals for 2010 (well... mine anyways). We'll see exactly how many of them I actually accomplish by this time next year.

• be more content
  
• implement the methods of Natural Evangelism (a DVD series our life group watched)
  
• become a more polished teacher
  
• refinish more furniture
• deprive my house of all things generic
• finally figure out what to do with the giant white wall
  
• do more to connect and grow our life group
  
• play more Bach
• practice my scales... (I foresee this one won't make the "What I Accomplished in 2010" list.)
  
• sing more opera and get my voice back in shape
• run farther
• read this book
  

www.edbydesign.com


What are your resolutions for 2010?

Christmas # Two

Well it has been a while since I last posted. Greg and I went to Colorado for his family's annual Ski/Christmas trip (pics coming soon!). So it may be a little late, but here are snippets from our Christmas # Two.


Wilson get-togethers always include a fierce game of Phase 10.
Greg got mad at my mom for giving him so many skip cards. So he drew a portrait of her on his cup.
Here's a close-up. "Tater" is Greg's nickname for my mom. Maybe I'll explain that some other day.

We took P to Saint Linda and Uncle Ross' house to see more family.

P loooooved her new snowman from Saint Linda.

My family doesn't really do much individual gift-giving anymore, but we do play Dirty Santa on Christmas Eve. Here are some of the dirty gifts!

Peyton also got a new baby doll for Christmas.

The first thing she did (and I mean the first thing) was take off the baby's pants. She was checking to see if the baby was poopy... so cute!

Playing with Daddy

I hope everyone had a merry Christmas and a great New Years!

Here is one more gift that Peyton got for Christmas. I'm posting it in honor of the bowl game today that Greg and I are at in spirit (tear).
WHOO PIG SOOIE!!

Merry Christmas

MERRY

CHRISTMAS!


and here's a sneak peak at Christmas # Two...

Christmas # One

Cody and Natalie

Meemaw Northen on the Wii

O Christmas Tree

Greg's dad and Meemaw Northen


mostly Maberys

good friends and pretty lights

A few nights ago, Greg and I went to the Fayetteville Square with some friends of ours - Justin and Amanda. Justin is in law school with Greg and well... I just really like Amanda, so they instantly became some of our best friends when we moved up to NWA. Someday, I should blog about the time Amanda and I decided to cook a pie for our boys. Lets just say it takes talent for people to mistake your chocolate pie for refried beans!!

We didn't go see the lights last year. Greg was too busy freaking out about his first semester of law school finals to do anything even remotely fun. But this has proved to be a much more relaxing year for the both of us. And we really enjoyed seeing all the pretty lights.

Happy Christmas Eve Eve!

Uncle Greg's impression of Peyton

Seriously. How could you think that about this sweet little girl?!?