What brought us to where we are

So, I am not the best at the blogging things but I have some time this evening while I am wide awake when I should be sound asleep. This life is an amazing adventure and sometimes we wonder how it is possible to make it through and what exactly is it that has brought us to the point in our lives we are at. Below I have added some pictures of the past five to six months of my life. So much has gone on and so much has been accomplished at the same time. This picture is of me and my eldest sister on my wedding day. This is forever a day that I will hold dear to my heart, a new horizon was opened and a new level of relationship was built. I am so thankful for my family, this includes parents, sisters, brother, grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles. My life has been greatly blessed because of the influence of so many and I don't know that I could have made it this far in life if it were not for the continuous love and support that is constantly offered.

This picture is of Garon and I at Chili's on 6 June 2008, the day before we would commit to each other for time and all eternity. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful man in my life who loves and supports all I do. He truly is the love of my life and now that I have found my Knight in Shining Armor I don't know what I would ever do without him.

This was taken one very late night when we were dating. I don't know how we managed to do it but we would stay out or up until 2 or 3 in the morning and at times this was an early night. After finally saying good night I would hop into bed and try to get as much of the three or fours hours of sleep I could manage before I had to be back at work 7:00 a.m. the next morning. We made it and we were never too concerned about the sleep.

This was a honeymoon picture. I was kind of loopy this day because I had taken some motion sickness medicine but we had a spectacular time. We were in Progresso, Mexico at the Myan Ruins and it was beautiful. I would do it all again and not trade it for the world.

This is in the same area. The sun got a little bright but we were enjoying our time together with no interruptions from the outside world we once knew.

This was really fun. We made it to Cozumel!! A once in a lifetime kind of thing and we enjoyed it. We just walked around while we were there because the ship portal arrived pretty much in the middle of everything. We got off and looking in the water was amazing. We enjoyed some good sight seeing and look, we even kind of match.

Garon and I have had a little bit of an adventure in our short little bit together but I don't think either one of us would want to trade it for the world. We both feel truly blessed to have a support like we do. I must say, things get kind of tricky at times but we always know that something is going to work out. There is a greater plan and sometimes the less we know of this great plan the better off we are until the timing is right. I don't know if this is the kind of blog you all were looking for but it is something that came to me and it was nice to go back and re-cap some more. I love you Garon! :)

HAHAHAHAHA

So...You want to see how crazy my husband can be? We made a recent trip to AR and went to my cousin Rachel's house. She had some new hair removing cream and wanted to see just how well it worked...need I say more from the pictures? It worked pretty darn good. Hope you all enjoy a good little laugh, we sure got some kicks and giggles!! :)

It Happened All So Fast!!!

It is official...I am a married woman. Sounds a little crazy but my name is now LAURA GRACE TIDWELL...a change but I am getting use to it. I married Garon on 6/7/08 and we left for our wonderful cruise on Monday June the 9th got back on the following Saturday. We are working for a few days then come Thursday the 19th we will be back in the car headed up to Arkansas for reception number two!! We are having a great time as we really get to know one another. We will be living in the Anderson Apartments in Lumberton, TX; it is a two bedroom, two bath, washer/dryer, etc. We are pretty excited and really busy at the same time (I still have to pack and get stuff ready to move). Hope you enjoy the slide show and I will try to stay a little more updated here...Love YA!...Pictures are to come but here are a couple...

So Much FUN!

WOW...I can't believe it, the one and only Laura Anderson is ENGAGED!? I know, it is pretty shocking but it is so much fun. Mr. Garon C. Tidwell of Groves, TX popped the once in a lifetime question to me on his birthday (as his only birthday wish of the evening) March 17, 2008. We are looking at the wedding date of June 7th...not set in stone yet but it is a 98% chance. It is truly amazing at how quickly life can change yet it is so wonderful at the same time. We are making a little trip up to AR tomorrow so he can meet the family (yes, I made sure he talked to Dad before I actually took the ring) it is going to be a wonderful fun and exciting weekend. Here are a few pictures and I hope you enjoy them. *Sorry, they are a little out of order but you will get the idea*

Long Time...Much has gone on...

Hello, hello, hello!

It has been a LONG time since I have done anything. Looking at pictures you will see why. My time has been a little occupied with a special someone - yes, HIS name is Garon. We are looking forward to our nice little trip to Arkansas Easter weekend, it will be lots of fun. All in all life is going pretty good, same ole same ole. I am still working at Texas State Bank (soon to be Compass Bank), I am teaching Gospel Doctrine in the Beaumont II Singles Branch, and spending my extra time (or made up time) with Garon. Life is grand and continues to get better.

Date Night...

Here is a little update...Last Friday 2/8/08 we had a date! Yes, it was we, my roommate Lena and Myself went with Garon and Bryan. We had a fun filled night of home made pizza, virgin margarita drinks, bowling, ice cream, Cranium, and Imaginiff. We had a great time with lots of laughter. In the games we had boys vs. girls or angels vs. devils...WE WON! We followed it all up with "10 Things I Hate About You". I hope you enjoy the slide show.

All in all life is going pretty good. Staying busy as always but it keeps it interesting.

A new year has begun...

Here it is almost half way through January, I can't believe it. I am amazed at how quickly time passes these days. I have been staying extremly busy between work and church and going in between. I am having a few people over this evening for a nice little 'Girls Night', they are good to have every once in a while...you know food, movie, gossip, maybe a game, nothing but taking it easy. If I am good you might get some pictures out of the deal. I am greatly considering going to school for Massage Therapy, if I can get it all worked out how I would like it. The acadamy that is about ten minutes from my house has night classes starting up again in September (I was thinking a bit too late to start in January) so I am going to get things ironed out so I can get the ball rolling on a flat surface. I must say all in all things are going pretty well, nothing too out of the ordinary has happened, I do the same old routines day in and day out with random activities thrown in the mix. I thought that is what makes life so interesting. I am greatly looking forward to Monday 21 January 2008 because that is my next day OFF of work (Martin Luther King Jr. was a wonderful man wasn't he?). I better get back into the kitchen, I have a lasgna in the oven and need to get the salad put together. Oh, before I forget I have found a great cure for a burn stainless steel pot...had to experiment...after boiling water in the pot, scrape what you can out and rinse and soak the remaining blackness on the bottom with oven cleaner and it starts wiping off rather smoothly (mine took a few times but it was all good). People are here so I better get going. Take care and have FUN! :)