For many years, my mom has been collecting me a set of the Southern Living Annual Recipe books. A couple of years ago, I started keeping them with me. Besides family recipes with sentimental value, this is definitely my favorite thing to make. IT TASTES SO YUMMY. I’ve been wanting to make it for several…
church
Church culture is very different in California and Texas (or the south in general). Going to church isn’t something people do because they get to spend time with people, make connections, or just go to be like everyone else. In California, no one cares if you don’t go; they don’t care if you do. This…
brandon’s first day of work
I was grinning like a little kid before my first day back at Disney. Walking into the studio and sitting at my desk – with my own name plate! – was a definite “pinch me” moment. All the people I knew from the summer were excited to see me back. I’m the first assistant Technical…
moving in
The U-Box arrived at the LA U-Haul on Thursday afternoon and they were able to get it delivered at 11 a.m. Friday. Everything arrived exactly as shipped and we were able to get most of the things unpacked before our big shipment arrived. It was so great to have a chair–sitting on the floor with…
moving us
We woke up early on January 01, 2013, packed the last of our bags and set off for California. At the end of the day, the sunset lasted forever because we were quickly driving towards it. When it finally set, it was the brightest, most explosive color either of us had seen. After 12 hours…
moving our stuff
After getting back from holiday visits Friday night, we began the whirlwind of packing up everything. Brandon’s family came to CS to help us clean and shuffle–what a huge help they were! The movers came this morning (Monday, Dec. 31) at 8am (okay, it was actually more like 7:54). They have mad skills. In a…
packing the UBOX
All our wedding gifts had been stored at savannah’s mom’s house in Texarkana since before the wedding. Rather than try to move everything down to College Station and move it all together, we decided to go the UBOX route. A couple of our friends over at Doodles and Blooms had successfully used a UBOX moving…
our home
We flew to California the week before Christmas to find a house. On Monday morning, we drove to a quiet little neighborhood in Burbank and viewed a 2-bed, 1.5-bath craftsman-style house just three miles away from Disney Animation Studios. After checking out several other properties in different L.A. neighborhoods, we decided that the first house…
