Happy Thanksgiving!

Its been a long time since I(Nick) have written a post on here. Just wanted to share about our great day of Thanksgiving! We started the morning out with a Vann family tradition, the Turkey Trot. Eden stayed with G.G. and Papa and Carissa, Connor(Carissa's Brother) and I did the 5k run. None of us trained for it so our goal was to finish without walking, ha ha ha. We met our goal and all actually ended up with good times! Check us out...






Then we headed to Carissa's Grandparents house where we had an incredible meal that all the women contributed to. Seriously, we are so blessed to have families that can cook such awesome meals.







Finally, we went to my parents house where we ate pie and spent the evening with great family!



Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. I am thankful for a selfless, loving and beautiful wife. Also, for a loving daughter that brings so much joy to my life. Most importantly I am thankful for my salvation and the love and grace my Savior so willingly gives.

I'm gonna miss this!!!

Have you heard the song by Trace Adkins called "You're Gonna Miss This"?

Click here for the video...

That is me!

It's where I'm at at least these days. I have to keep reminding myself that these are some of the best times in my life and I truly am loving every second!

I still can't believe that Nick and I will be married 3 years in December and that Eden will be 2 in April! Time really is flying and I'm just being reminded that each day is so precious and every moment should be lived like our last.

I'm also reminded of the precious blood of Christ shed for me. That each day I need to be reminded of that too and remember His sacrifice.

I have been thinking about the Holiday season lately and have really felt God calling me to slow down. I feel like Holiday's are so rushed and the true meaning gets lost in all the "hustle and bustle." The past few Christmas's in our house have been crazy. Three Christmas's ago, Nick and I were busy that entire November and first of December getting our wedding together, finishing up internships, and graduating college. That year we got married, came home from our honeymoon the night before Christmas Eve, and moved the day after Christmas back to College Station so Nick could finish up school. The next Christmas I was pregnant and at that point was finally feeling well after being so sick during my first trimester. I was so glad to be better that I was focused on actually preparing for our baby to arrive. Last year, we left the day after Christmas with our 8 month old and Nick's family to Utah for skiing and vacationing. Don't get me wrong all of those Christmas's were a blast and wouldn't trade them for a minute, but this year I want things to be different. I want and hope that this year we can just sit back and enjoy the Holiday season without having too much going on. I want us to focus on Christ's birth and remember that our KING was born and remember His life and sacrifice made for us!

If you know me well at all you know I LOVE Christmas music and if it was up to me, I would have my house already decorated. Unfortunately, the decorations are in the attic and Nick won't get them down until after Thanksgiving. Haha....

I heard this song about 2 years ago and fell in love with it. What a perfect message it has for this season. Really listen to the words!

Click Here for 2000 Decembers Ago by Joy Williams

I hope you all have a very blessed Thanksgiving week!

Joyfully His,

Sugar and Spice Debut

Saturday was our first show for Sugar and Spice! It ended up being a great experience and we had so much fun. Our next show is this Thursday and we are super excited about it.

Here are some pictures from our first show.

Hayley and I after we got our table all set up...

Our Table...

Wipe Cases...

Tutus...

Me and Hay...



"Pink Lemonade" tutu...


Leopard wipe cases...
You can contact me via e-mail if you are interested in any of these adorable accessories!

carissavann@hotmail.com

Have a great week!

Sugar and Spice

As mentioned in previous posts, I finally have my stuff ready to share about my new business. My best friend Hayley and I were talking one day about all the crafty things we have been doing and plan on doing and thought what a great way to make some extra dough! Soon after talking about it, we were offered a booth at a craft show here in town. So fun! So, tomorrow is the big day. We will debut our business and our crafts we have spent the last few months preparing.
Our business is called Sugar and Spice and we will be selling baby and toddler accessories. Right now we have tutus and wipe cases available.
Hayley has been working very hard to make ADORABLE wipe cases and I have been making tutus!
If you live in the Houston area and want to come to the show we will be at
7326 Moss Wood Drive, Sugar land from 1pm-4pm!
If you would like more information about our merchandise or would like to purchase something you can contact me through e-mail. (carissavann@hotmail.com) We will have our very own website up in the next few months!

Wipe Cases:





Tutus: (I have the cutest model! ;)











This is not all we have done, just a little preview. We also do custom orders so if you have ideas for what you want or just ideas for us period we welcome them! :)

Hope to see you there and have a GREAT weekend!

Halloween 2009

Happy Halloween!

We had a fantastic Halloween this year. Our community group had a block party in our neighborhood and it was so much fun. It was a great time to fellowship with each other and take our kids trick or treating together! Eden loved trick or treating. When we would come up to a door she would say "peeeesee" (please) and then say "BYE-BYE" really loud as we were walking away. She mostly loved the candy and was trying to eat it through the wrappers! Haha!

When we got Eden's costume, she hated it and didn't want anything to do with it. It was torture trying to get it on her and keep it on her. Once we got to the party and everyone else was dressed up too, she loved it. She actually didn't really want to take it off that night. She looked so cute as a bumble bee or as she says "bubble bee!"

Just for kicks, here is a picture from last Halloween...

She has grown so much since then!



Here is a slideshow of our fun block party!!

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