Saturday, January 30, 2010

Happy Birthday Coleson Thomas Steed!

I will never forget Stephanie calling me and telling me that she was having a baby! It was one of the most exciting days in my life! She has been wanting this for a long time and I had been convincing her that it would be ok and that she would have one soon! And look what a precious gift she got! Then, when I found out she was having a little boy, I was even more exciting. Stephanie and I were the only two children in our family so we never got to play with little boys! It was so fun picking out little blue things for him and preparing for him to come into our little family! I can not imagine what life would be like without him now that we have had him for a whole year! Its so hard to believe that he has been with us that long! He brightens up all of our lives to the fullest everyday!
This was him a couple of weeks after he was born! SO CUTE!
This was him taking in all the action from his birthday party!! He was not really sure exciting where to go or what to play with next!
The table at his party!
These are his two cakes! How cute are they!
I told you earlier! She loves him!! She is always wanting to go to him! Preston is sooo good with her. I know that he is going to be such a great dad!!!!!!!!!
Two of my favorite people in the world!! They are exactly one week apart from each other. It was so exciting for Preston and I to have both a niece and nephew coming at the exact same time! How cute are they together! It makes me and Preston so happy to be able to have both of our families come together and celebrate! I hope these two stay friends for a long time!!!
And these are THREE of my favorite people! I think this is the first time Preston and I have had all of them in one picture! So cute! Anderson WOULD NOT put down that chocolate covered marshmellow! She loved it!
Anderson smiling for the camera! Still working on the marshmellow! HAHA!
Coleson with his cake! He was not real sure about this! By the time he was done though, he had red icing all over his face! I am sure it was red for a while afterwards!!!
This was Coleson last night on his actual birthday! They did his party a week early so that his brother and sister could be there! We would have it no other way but to have Abbey and Brandon there to celebrate with him! His brother and sister love him so much! So, we took Coleson to Cock of the Walk last night to eat for his birthday! Of course, I had to buy him a cute little birthday hat and some balloons for his little party!!! He looked so cute in his hat and wore it the whole night!!!


Happy Birthday Coleson!!!! You mean the world to Aunt Bethany and Uncle Preston and have brought joy to our lives over the last year!! I can't wait till you can start playing baseball and we can come watch some of your games! I love you so much and can't wait to celebrate many more birthdays with you!!


Happy Birthday Taylor Elizabeth Ueltschey!!!

I can not believe that Taylor is a year old! The time flies by so fast. It seems like only yesterday that Rebecca was calling us and telling her she was pregnant with her! Rebecca and Michael had the family over for dinner to help celebrate her first birthday! We all had such a good time! Taylor was so cute walking all around at her party! It is so funny to me to see how she interacts with Preston! SHE LOVES HIM! She is always reaching to go with him and HE LOVES IT WHEN SHE DOES THIS! It has been such a joy to watch her grow and to be apart of her life. She is so sweet and cute and I can't wait to see what God has in store for her! I know he has been plans for her and with support of a wonderful family she will carry them out!

Taylor when she was just a couple of weeks old!

Taylor eating her smash cake! Anderson was so cute helping her eat it! If there is one thing Anderson likes.....ITS CAKE!
This picture is awful but you get the idea!!!! This was her big cake! It was sooo good!
This was her smash cake!! She was not happy when Rebecca had to take it from her! I would not have been happy if you took cake from me either! haha!


Happy Birthday Taylor!!! We love you and hope you had a great first year!! We can't wait to see you grow for many years to come!

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Congrats on the birth of........

William Garrard Ulmer II
January 5, 2010 @ 3:56 p.m.

9 pounds 6 ounces----21 inches long

Martha and Will Ulmer (proud parents)
Martha and her sister Jennifer
Jenna McGee, me, and Martha
Martha and her sweet precious baby boy!



I am so happy for Martha and Will and their precious baby boy! Preston and I have been best friends with them for so long and were so glad to experience this special moment in their life!

Sunday, January 03, 2010

Zesty Crockpot Chicken!

Here is a recipe that my sister in law gave me that's SOOOO good! You literally cook it in the crock pot and serve it over pasta! Its fantastic!

Ingredients
4 boneless, thawed chicken breasts
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 pkg. zesty Italian salad dressing mix
1 c. water
1 tsp. parsley
1 pkg cream cheese

Directions
Place chicken in crock pot. Blend soup, dressing mix, water and parsley, add to crock pot. Cook on low for 6to8 hours. 1 hour before serving, add the package of cream cheese. Serve over rice or noodles.

One of our new years resolutions is to eat healthy. So, I actually used fat free everything and wheat pasta!!! Also, I added about 2 scoops of fat free sour cream in mine when I added the cream cheese to add a little extra flavor! It was good and low fat!!!

Let me know what you think if you decide to try it!

Friday, January 01, 2010

Happy New Years!!!!!

Happy New Year to everyone!! We went to eat at the Strawberry Cafe with lots of friends and then came back and rung in the new year at our house! Preston and I are so lucky to have such great friends to ring in the new year with! Here are some pictures from the night!




Thanks again to all our friends for coming out and celebrating with us. Preston and I are so excited to see what 2010 brings in our lives! I hope for a year as great as 2009 with lots of change! :)

Merry Christmas...I know I know! I am late!

I know this is a late post, but Preston and I have been so busy with all the Christmas activities that we have had this year. Its so different being married and having 2 families to spend Christmas with. I would not have it any other way though. Preston and I are so lucky to have two wonderful families with lots of children to spend Christmas with. This year was so fun because Anderson, Abbey and Brandon were all going crazy opening gifts while Coleson and Taylor were just taking the whole idea of Christmas in. I can’t wait till next year and all the kids are running around the house opening gifts. On Christmas Eve, Preston and I went to Cleveland to spend time with my mom’s parents. We had such a good time with them and celebrating together. My mom has the most wonderful family and I always look forward to going for a visit. I just wish we could have stayed long enough to get some of Mimi’s cooking. J Then, we came back here for Christmas morning and went to my sisters to watch her 3 kids see what Santa brought them. Thanks so much to Stephanie and Dennis for allowing us to spend this special time with ya’ll. It was soo much fun to watch the kids open gifts and spend Coleson’s first Christmas with him. We left her house and went to Preston’s parents house to exchange gifts with them. Anderson and Taylor are just so cute and did not know what to open first. Its such a joy to have them in our lives and I don’t know what we would do without our family!!! THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL THE GIFTS THAT WE RECEIVED AND THE WONDERFUL TIME WE GOT TO SPEND WITH OUR FAMILIES!



Me and Preston with my sisters kids. I love you all so much and had so much fun watching you guys open presents for Santa. Hope we get invited to do this for many years to come!

Rebecca and Taylor opening one of her Christmas presents! I thought this was such a cute picture!

Coleson did not want to get out of his wagon that Grammie and Papi gave him!


Anderson riding her new tricycle. It was amazing to me have fast she learned how to ride this. She is so smart and apparently is going to pick up things quickly!




So cute!




Taylor LOVES Preston! Anytime he is around, she is reaching for him and wanting him to hold her. Its so cute!





Thanks Mimi and Pop for our Christmas presents! We love what you give us every year :)! Preston and I love you guys so much and can't wait till then next time we get to hand out!

Yes!! My wonderful, loving, and generous hubby thought I would want a "MSU snuggie" for Christmas. This picture explains alot! (He wanted it for himself!)




Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas Everyone!!



Merry Christmas!!!!!! Love The Gough!

Saturday, December 05, 2009

Let it Snow....Let it Snow!!

This is what I woke up to Saturday morning!! I was so excited to see our house covered in snow!! Anyone who knows me well knows that I get extremely excited when it snows. Preston and I watched it snow Friday night until I just could not keep my eyes open any longer. Then, I went to bed thinking that I had seen all I was going to see!! It made for a perfect morning!




Preston told me that he had made me a snow man!!! It was so freaking cute!! You got to love a southern boy that does not see now very much!
Hope everyone has a great weekend! Once again, Preston and I are extremely busy. Last night, we went out to celebrate Dennis 30th birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DENNIS!!!!!!! We were so excited to celebrate with him last night and be able to celebrate this milestone in his life.





Sunday, November 29, 2009

Hotty Toddy Gosh Almighty who the h*** are we??? We are Mississippi State and don't you forget it!!!!

Oh my gosh!!! I can not believe that Mississippi State pulled out a win on this one! I am so proud of our boys!! They looked so good! I am really sad that this years football season is over. Mississippi
State football has become a family tradition for my family. Mom, Dad, me, Preston, Stephanie, Dennis and the kids love tailgating in the Junction and pulling for the bulldogs. This particular game two of our best friends game and stayed with us and went to the game with us. We had so much fun catching up with them and celebrating the win.


Preston and I are going to be so busy between now and Christmas. It seems like we have something to do at all times. I am not going to complain because I love being being involved and hanging out with people. Hope everyone
has a wonderful week and I will be posting again soon!