Vancouver Road Trip Plans

Just in case no one has mapquested our trip from Houston to Vancouver, here it is! 43 hours, and 2837 miles. Normally it would take you through Colorado, Utah, Idaho...but this time of year, it's best to avoid the snow. So we'll take the southwest route, yea that's right - the 10 to the 5 the WHOLE way! I've been to every single one of these states except Oregon and Washington, so that last part should be exciting. We leave on the 23rd of this month. We are hoping to push it really hard the first day and at least make it to El Paso. After that we'll go as much as we can in hope of crossing the border into Canada on Friday early afternoon. My butt is already dreading it, so is our dog!! Stay tuned and we'll keep everyone updated on our travels!! xoxox
Tiff & Sam

Chandelier Fun & Tree Planting

(before ), (during)

(after), (hole digging is hard work!)

When we first bought this house, I knew I loved the chandelier in the entry way, except for the "dripping gold" effect. So here we are, about to move to Vancouver, and I finally decided what to do to it. I took it down, hung it up in the garage and did a fun pewter effect to it. I painstakingly took off all of the crystals, cleaned them and re-hung them. While I was out having girl's night though, the chandelier fell down and all of the crystals fell off! I cried a bit, haha, but Sam was my hero and spent all afternoon yesterday fixing it and re-hanging it. We've now moved it into the dining room and bought a new light for the entry way. Also yesterday, we FINALLY bought a plant for that weird donut bush in the backyard, I hope the new renters enjoy it, ha. It's a Red Maple, I hope it looks as pretty in the summer as it does in the picture that came with it. So we leave to Vancouver a week from today! So weird!! We still have a lot to do but are very excited...and nervous. As long as I have my hubby and my puppy I'll be ok! xo

Nephew Update

It's been a while since I posted. Not too much to report really. Sam's sister Jemima came in town to visit us for a week in January. We went to visit Harrison and Sam got to hold his nephew for the first time! I don't know how but he hadn't held Harrison yet! oops, I think I hog him, ha. He's doing really well, he's officially a month old now. The whole clan came over for the super bowl yesterday, Harrison had the cutest Texans jersey on. I am going to miss him sooooo soooo much when we go to Vancouver. I just don't even want to think about it. Ok, that's all for now! Happy February everyone! xo

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!! This year Sam and I decided to throw a fancy party at our house for New Years. I had fun decorating as you'll see and of course the outfits were fun! I started out in my wedding dress, as did Emily...but later changed into my prom dress...yes it still fits, I suck, I know, haha. Actually it is a bit tight but that's better than it hanging on me like it did in high school. Anyways we had tons of fun, thank you to everyone who came by! (More than just the 5 people pictured above showed up, I promise!)

Christmas 2008

Belated post but it's been a busy couple of weeks! We had a great x-mas eve at Church and dinner at my Aunt Brenda's. That next day we opened gifts, had a late lunch or early dinner, whichever you want to call it, ha. Technically this year we should have been at Sam's parent's house but we wanted to stay around and wait for our nephew to be born (and as you can see on the post just before this one, he was born on 1/1/09!). It was a great Christmas, next year we'll have a little baby with us! Though Sam and I will be in England, ha. Hope you all had a great Holiday!

MY NEPHEW IS HERE!

At 10am today my sister gave birth to a GORGEOUS baby boy!!! I am so excited! I got a call at 2:30am (while cleaning up and drinking champagne from a bottle, still throwing our new years eve party) from Austin saying they were on their way to the hospital, having contractions. At 3am, the text said her water broke and also told me to go to bed so I could be ready in the morning. At 8am I got a call from Natalie saying it was going to be within about 3 hours. We got to the hospital at 9, gave Natalie a quick kiss on the cheek, by 10am (after only 15 minutes of pushing!!!) my nephew was born!!! 9 pounds, 3.5 ounces and very long (we don't have an exact measurement yet). Natalie did amazing and looks great, Austin was smiling ear to ear!!! Here are some pics, I'm so proud of my new perfect nephew, Harrison Joseph Crossley!! Happy New Year and Happy Birthday Harrison!!!

Vancouver & Our New Townhouse

Hello everyone and happy holidays! Sam and I just got back from Vancouver, BC. We were there for 8 nights looking for a place for us to live next year. For those of you who do not know - Sam's company just purchased a lab in Richmond and want Sam to head it up for 12-14 months. Canada here we come! So we found a great little townhouse in an amazing part of Vancouver, walking distance to everything including the beach! Everyone told me I would love Vancouver but I really had no idea how right they would be! We got a lot of snow while we were there, which is suppose to be unusual, but it was gorgeous none the less. I will be so super sad to leave our new home, our friends and my family - especially sad to not be around for my nephew's first year! (he should be joining us any day now, I know Natalie is ready to be a mommy)!! Please come visit us, it's 2-bedroom and such a fun little place. Has a private courtyard for Marley too, which is a huge plus!

Enjoy photos above of my first snow angel and gorgeous Vancouver!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Love to all,
Tiff (& Sam)!