Christmas at the Houghtelling's

Dave and I love Christmas time! We enjoy decorating our house, Christmas goodies, buying gifts, etc. It is so fun to actually have your own house to decorate. Surprisingly enough, we only have one more gift to buy! I am usually a Christmas Eve shopper. :) I think my favorite part of Christmas is the traditions. My family has a few traditions we have always done and I look forward to them every year.

1. Instead of buying a gift for every family member we draw names. We all always still end up getting Mom and Dad something though, because they are the BEST!

2. We have for the past 3 or 4 years gotten together at Mom and Dad's and decorated Ginger Bread Houses. (this coming up weekend, so pics to come)

3. We love to all load up in Dad's truck and go to Lake Lanier's Nights of Lights and enjoy hot chocolate and Santa at the end. (this coming up weekend as well...look for pics)

4. Mom and Dad always let us open one gift on Christmas Eve.

Warning: Sorry about the pics being so dark...I am not a photographer!

WELCOME!!

Our Tree



This is Dave's favorite...he loves to get a new building each year!

4 Years!

Dave and I celebrated our 4th Anniversary on December 4th! We can not believe it...time flies! My job has been absolutely insane these past couple weeks so we were not able to go out of town. We ended up going out to eat at Kani House--Japanese Steak House and Sushi. We enjoyed our meal hibachi style...our chef was great! (for those of you that don't know what hibachi is---they cook in front of you on a large grill)

December 4, 2004---Atlanta Temple

Dave was so sweet to send these BEAUTIFUL

flowers to my work. All my co-workers were jealous! :)

Which Sports Car Are You?

I am a Dodge VIPER!

You're all about raw power. You're tough, you're loud, and you don't take crap from anyone. Leave finesse to the other cars, the ones eating your dust.

This test is pretty accurate! If you know me, you would agree! What's also funny about this is a Viper is Dave's DREAM car. He always talks about when we are 'rich' he will buy one!

To take this test click the link

http://www.tomorrowland.us/sportscar/

October 26th --- HaPpY BiRtHdAy To ME!!

I had a wonderful 24th Birthday! I have to say I was pretty spoiled! I had been wanting a Dyson vacuum really bad, but I wasn't sure if I would get it since they are kinda spendy. Needless to say...I got it! :) Not only did I get a Dyson, I got the PINK one! My Hubby loves me! For those of you who know me, PINK is my FAVORITE color! We had a family birthday party and I also got some really cool presents there too. I got a PINK yoga mat, CUTE house decor, a really cute recipe holder and cookbook, aqua globes--they are really cool! I was so thankful for everything!

My Dyson! If any of you are considering a new

vacuum...these are definetly worth every penny.

My Cookie Cake...PINK butterflies, too cute!

Thank you to all my family and friends for my birthday wishes, phone calls, gifts, and love!

Tag, You're It!

1.) Go to your Pictures folder on your computer

2.) Go to your 4th folder

3.) Get your 4th picture

4.) Tag four people

Here's my photo:

I love this picture of Ashton!

I tag Camille, Christal, and Chelsey

TAGGED by CaMiLlE

HUSBAND TAG

1 - WHAT IS YOUR HUSBANDS NAME? Dave
2- HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED? 4 years in December
3 - HOW LONG DID YOU DATE? 1 year
4 - HOW OLD IS HE? 26
5 - WHO IS TALLER? we are the same...but when I wear heals, Me! Ugh I hate that!
6 - WHO CAN SING BEST? Dave
7 - WHO IS SMARTER? Dave is book smart and I have the common sense...it works out!
8 - WHO DOES LAUNDRY? Me
9 - WHO PAYS THE BILLS? Me
10 - WHO SLEEPS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED? Dave
11 - WHO MOWS THE LAWN? Dave...that is off limits for me
12 - WHO COOKS DINNER? me, if we don't have cereal
13 - WHO IS THE FIRST TO ADMIT THEY'RE WRONG? me--it ends the fight quicker. I try to let him see he is wrong but he doesn't get it! :)
14 - WHO KISSED WHO FIRST? He kissed me on my mom's couch
15 - WHO WEARS THE PANTS? ME!! PROUD of it!

I Tag Emily and Elise

Welcome FALL

My Fall Decor...

Oregon Trip 2008

We had a great time on our trip to Oregon. We, as usual, had a jam packed week full of lots of fun activities. We were able to see lots of Dave's family and all of our neices and nephews we have out there. They are so cute! Enjoy all the pictures, sorry there's a lot!

View of Mt. Hood from our airplane window! Kinda cool, Huh?

Beautiful Oregon Coast

Dave's dad got a new BMW and so they had to go for a

test ride...90 MPH!

My mother in law took me and my sister in law, Camille

to get manicures and pedicures...so fun!

We got to go on a hour long dune buggy ride through

Southern Oregon's sand dunes. We had sand in places we

didn't know existed. Our driver "Crazy D" had us going about

70 MPH...it was insane! Lots of fun, though!

Part of our tour took us down to the coast...pretty!

HERE WE GO!!! Hold on tight!!!

Dave, Uncle Dave, and Dan

all 3 of them together is quite a sight!

Aunt Carol and Dave getting our dough ready for our Pizzas!

We had a great time hanging out with Aunt Carol and Uncle Dave.

They are super cool!

This was my favorite part of the whole trip...Roloff Farms!!

If you don't know the Roloffs have a TV show on TLC called

Little People, Big World (season premiere tonight) and we went

to their farm.

We took a hayride around the farm...this is there 6,000 sq ft

house!

If you watch the show this is the water wheel Matt

has been working on...its finally finished!

Look at all those pumpkins!!

Jeremy, Jacob, Molly, Zach, Amy, & Matt Roloff

We did get to meet the mom, Amy Roloff...just as nice

as she is on TV.

I was like the paparazzi trying to find the family and get a quick

picture of them...This is Matt and Jacob cruising the farm.

Dave, Dan, Camille, and I all went on a 4 hour Murder Mystery

train ride around Mt. Hood. It was fun, I don't know if I would do it again

but the rest of the group loved it!

After, the train ride we stopped by Multinomah Falls for a quick

peak. It was really cold, raining, and late at night. This is the best picture

we could get and it does not do the falls justice.

October 12th Birthday!

October is full of family birthdays. I would like to wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Ella Grace who is turning 2 today!

October 9th BIRTHDAYS!

I would like to wish a HaPpY BiRtHdAy to...

My cute nephew MAX--turning ONE!!

My Brother-In-Law Lee---turning 30!!

Oregon 2008

We have just gotten back from our annual visit to Oregon. For those of you who do not know, Dave is from Oregon and we go there every year to visit his family. We had a great time and did lots of fun things. I am in the process of posting pics, so stay tuned!

I got tagged!

I've never been tagged before so here I go. The rule is your answers have to be as short as possible.

1.Where is your cell phone? beside me on the couch
2. Your significant other? Dave
3. Your hair? Highlighted and shoulder length
4. Your mother? always there to talk
5. Your father? great advice
6. Your favorite thing? weekends with Dave
7. Your dream last night? I don't remember
8 Your favorite drink? Dr. Pepper/ Ice Water with LEMON
9. Your dream/goal? motherhood/teaching
10. The room you’re in? Living room
11. Your hobby? Shopping for house decorations, and decorating!
12. Your fear? Snakes, Dieing
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? At least 2 kids
14. What you’re not? a good singer
15. Muffins? ehh..they are ok!
16. One of your wish list items? a baby...preferably twins!
17. Where you grew up? Georgia
18. The last thing you did? shop Oldnavy.com
19. What are you wearing? Pajamas
20. Favorite gadget? Dave's laptop
21. Your pets? had a dog for 6 weeks...no thanks!
22. Your computer? Dell
23.Your mood? dreading work tomorrow
24. Missing someone? not really
25.Your car? I love it!
26. Something you’re not wearing? Socks
27. Favorite store? Target
28. Like someone? Dave
29. Your favorite color? Pink and Black
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today at church when I was leading the kids for the primary program and one little boy literally YELLED the whole song and had no clue what the words were...it was cute! He was trying so hard
31. Last time you cried? Today in testimony meeting

Tag EMILY R...Your IT!!!

Labor Day 2008

For Labor Day we went to Lake Jackson. We left early and planned on having the whole day on the lake. Unfortunatley, things did not go as planned. When we went out to the boat and had everyone and everthing loaded, Lee tried turning the engine on and it would not crank properly. After about 4 hours of trying to fix it and a trip to Advance Auto, it started working. We were then able to go out and play on the lake for about 2 hours. Not all the family was able to be there, but those of us who were had a great time.

Megan entertaining Alayna as we waited for the boat to get fixed.

Captain Lee---a very good driver!

Megan showing off her Tubing skills!

Alayna---she hated this life jacket

Adam and Alayna---see video of tubing below.

This video is looks kinda scary...actually it was more scary in person.

Please excuse the "bad word." Adam had a very good hand on her and she was fine!

Afterwards Alayna screamed "Come get me!" HAHA

Alayna warming up after her big dip!

ZOOM Whitening

Dave and I went to the dentist a few weeks ago for our 6 month check ups, and when I was finishing up I was asking the Hygenist about whitening my teeth. She said they were actually having a drawing for a free whitening and that she would go ahead and put my name in. I didn't think much about it because I NEVER win anything. But, low and behold, I received a phone call from the office about a week later saying they had drawn my name and I could come in anytime for my free whitening procedure. I was SO EXCITED!!! The procedure took about 2 hours and it was absolutely painless. They also made whitening trays for me to take home and gave me bleach so I could continue to go whiter. My dentist charges about $500 dollars for everything I had done, and for me it was absolutely FREE!

Family Beach Trip 2008

For the past few years we have taken a family vacation to the beach. This was the first year Dave and I were able to go. Everyone was there except Adam and Kelly. We went to North Myrtle Beach. We were really worried the weather was going to be bad, but it turned out PERFECT! All in all we had a pretty good time. The only complaint I have is I wished we had a few more days. It was a six hour drive and we were there for 3 Days. Not quite long enough! Here are some pics of our trip.

Dad and Dave chilling...

Dave is so funny about the sun, he doesn't want any! He wears

baby 50+ sunblock!

Ella being cute!

Mom and Meg---I love this pic!

Meg and Lee waiting to putt...

Chad concentrating on that Hole-In-One!

Me and my Hunny!

Mom, Dad, and Ashton playing in the sand!

Meg and Lee riding the waves. There were actually

really big waves due to a tropical storm that was coming.

Ashton filling his bucket to help Grandpa with the sand castle.

Mom