Happy 2010 Ya'll!

What a whirlwind the past 2 months have been for the Chessher's! Nov. and Dec. have come and gone and, *POOF*, now it's a brand new year!!!! I hope all of your holidays were fun and spent with the ones you love! I also pray that each of you is looking forward to God's blessings in this new year!

November and December provided Scott and I many opportunities to go, go, go and hang out with the people we love the dearest! Between friends and family coming into town, a yummy Thanksgiving, camping in Lost Maples State Park, Christmas parties galore, and a blessed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, there is no wonder I have so many pictures to share and just not enough time, or space, to post them all! In an effort of trying to allow you a glimpse into what we've been up to lately, I just decided to select some of my faves to share...(they are a little out of order and kind of backwards; from Dec. to Nov.)!

A family pic, on Christmas Day, in San Antonio with Scott's Mom, Meemaw,

and the rest of the crew!

My Christmas work party -- we just had to give

each of our colleges a shout-out!

Our "Chesahl" Quarterly Couples' Dinner Party at Daniel and Ashley's house!

I love this Santa, for sure! Scott made the perfect

Jolly St. Nick for the Dinner Party!

Hiking with our good friends Looney and Katie at Lost Maples State Park!

It was gorgeous!

Leaving Lost Maples with our sweet friends Danny and Kelly!

My family came to our house for an early Christmas celebration! Mom is always so good about stuffing stockings, even if we aren't celebrating at their house in the Falls! I love this pic!

With everyone in town, we decided to take some family pictures! I think this one is cute b/c we all look like we are trying not to giggle! :)
Mid-November, my dear friend Lauri and her daughter Payton came for a visit! We loaded up the kids and had a fabo day of shopping in Fredericksburg! Max and Payton didn't quite make the pic - they were in their strollers!

Scott and I on Thanksgiving Day in San Antone! My parents drove in from WF and joined us at Scott's Mom's house!
This final pic will always hold a special place in my heart because on this day, Scott and I shared a very special little secret! The day before Thanksgiving we were delighted to take two POSITIVE pregnancey tests! We decided to keep things quiet since it was so early on, but you can imagine our excitement and utter joy of the secret we were sharing that day - in front of many of our loved ones! Unfortunately, the day after Thanksgiving, I had a miscarriage. I can honestly say that it was one of the saddest days of my life. I was heartbroken, and still am. We have prayed hard and have faith in our Lord that He will, NO DOUBT, provide us with a baby when it is HIS time and the most perfect timing it will be! Knowing this comforts both Scott and I, but the emotions are still there and we battle through them quite often. We are excited to know we can actually have babies and this gives us hope! Please lift us up in prayer if you think about it! All my love, Tina

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

...at "Casa de Chessher"! We decorated our house, inside and out, the weekend of Thanksgiving to prepare for my family's early Christmas celebration! Mom, Dad, Tim, and Amber drove in, this past weekend, so we could celebrate our Distel Family Christmas!

More pics and posts to follow, it's just been so busy these past several weeks! However, we are LOVIN' this time of year and hope you are too!

Wurstfest & a Wedding

Ever since I moved to the Austin area, I've been wanting to go to Wurstfest in New Braunfels! This past weekend Scott and I decided to take a little weekend getaway, starting first at Wurstfest on Friday night! Oh.my.gosh -- what a blast it was!!! I mean who doesn't like German food, all the beer you can drink, and doing the chicken dance to polka music?!? Awesome!
On Saturday, we were honored to be able to go to a friend's wedding in Campbellton! Philip (the Seth James Band bassist) and his lovely lady, Jessica, got married in a small, precious Cathloic Church and had their reception out on his family's ranch! Scott and I two-stepped the night away under the stars! Unfortunately there are no pics of the reception b/c our camera died - darn it!
And to complete our trip, we passed through San Antonio, on Sunday afternoon, to visit with Scott's mom and Meemaw! It was such a fun weekend!

Happy Birthday, Macee!

On Nov. 2nd, a special little gal turned 2! Chris and Katie had several friends over for a fish fry and party to celebrate Macee Jane's birthday! We all had a fun time and the food was soooo yummy! Happy Birthday to MJ - Ott & TT love you so much!

Halloween

For Halloween I helped throw a couples' shower, with all of my Tech gals, for our friend Ashley and her fiance Jay! Ashley and Jay are getting married on Dec. 19th in Mexico, baby!!!

We all decided to dress up as something that represented the couple -- we had the Octomom and her dr., a lobster, a Mexican wedding couple, a pair of dice, a cyclist, Barbie, Boston Red Sox fans, a hotdog, the Chick Fil A cow, and me - a Diet Coke! Everyone looked so awesome! The party turned out to be such a blast and it was a fun way to get everyone together and wish Ashley and Jay all the best!

Ashley & Jay as a "pair of dice"

(get it, "paradise" - where they are getting married!)

Genius! Creative! Love it!

All of the hostesses and families!
When Summer 2010 hits, between these girls there will be 7 babies!!!!!!

I love you, gals!

Pumpkin Patch

Several weeks ago, Katie and I took Macee and Max to Sweetberry Farms in Marble Falls! It was such a pretty day to go to the pumpkin patch! And, because this place is so awesome (and gets ya totally in the mood for Fall) we decided then and there to make it a yearly tradition! They had everything from hay and pony rides, to pumpkin painting, to feeding goats, to a corn maze! It will be a place that is fun for years to come!

Out on a "School Night"!

Mid-October, Scott and I went out on a "school night," as I like to call it! We hardly ever go downtown, esp on a Weds. night (since we live so far north in Cedar Park), but w/a good friend putting on a good show, how were we to pass it up?!? Our friend Seth played at the Saxon Pub and we had such a fun time! Look to see if he's playing in your area -- you will not be disappointed!
p.s. Walt Wilkins was amazing to see as well!