Hello All! So Travis and I mailed off most of our wedding invitations yesterday morning! This is all so exciting! :)

I have great news! I got a promotion today. I am now a trainer for my company. This is really exciting for me because I loved training in Colorado and I even applied for a training job here, but didn't get it. So, I'm back in the classroom! :) Yay!

Alright, time to go grocery shopping!

JK

Just another day! Today was my Tuesday and Friday of the working week. I was so tired today! You would think that after three days of doing nothing would relax you! But Noooo!

Anyway, today was just another normal day at work. But...tonight...

Tonight is...DATE NIGHT!!! Yay!! Travis is cooking me dinner and then we are going to a movie! I'm excited!

Last night was our third meeting with Roger, our premarital counselor. He is so wonderful! We have great conversations and it is very insightful. He even asked us at one point, when talking about our conflict management and communication, "Why are you here?" Apparently, we don't need too much help! :) The advice is great though and we are having to think about and plan for situations that we hadn't thought of before. It has been very good for us.

It is less than 2 months until we get married...prayers are appreciated! :) J/K I'm so ready!!

3rd Day Iced In! It is crazy here! Even though the temperatures are slightly above freezing the ground is still icy and slushy. The weather people are saying that everyone should stay inside and not go anwhere. The driveways are slick and scary! Oh well...

Through all of this I have gotten some done for the wedding. I have gotten a few more addresses added to the wedding list, the music picked out and organized for the wedding (except what my sisters are going to sing), and I have stuffed all the invitations!

At least I have been productive and haven't been wasting my days!

Here is Nikki enjoying the snowy day yesterday...

It's SNOWING!! :) Yup...that is right...another day off from work because we are iced in and it is snowing. Everyone in Colorado is laughing at us right now!

It has been fun though. Travis and I are hanging out at his house. Here are some pictures of our walk down the street.

Iced In! So, I'm sitting here with nothing to do because the roads are icy and the weather is ridiculous! It is my day off and I have nowhere to go. They said that the weather is supposed to worse tomorrow, so I could be here for awhile.

I am just catching up on laundry and wedding planning today. I have actually been pretty productive. I worked on my gift registry. I am registered at Target, Home Depot and Dillard's. Judy (Travis' mom) has a friend in The Woodlands that is throwing us a shower in February. I got that guest list completed and sent to Judy. However, I am running out of things to do. Next, is stuffing invitations! Yay! It really feels like I'm getting married now.

Travis and I went to Arlington this weekend and met his parents up there. We got several things accomplished. We got their family dinner planned and organized. Then we got the hotel picked out for their family to stay at for the wedding. It is actually a really cool hotel (not as cool as our honeymoon suite)! Then we made some dress decisions, looked at the invitations (now I get to stuff them all) and then decided what to do about flowers. Unfortunately, the weather was starting to get bad and we had to head back to Austin last night. If we had stayed, the weather people said that we would be stuck in Arlington until Tuesday. I wouldn't have had a problem with that, but Travis has to work tomorrow and he has some pretty important meetings happening this week. I have off tomorrow so I will be finalizing the guest list and stuffing invitations. I am excited to start getting stuff done!

Okay, I have a funny story...My nephew Lafe absoultely loves Travis! Travis has become his personal jungle gym. All day yesterday Lafe was jumping on him, asking him to flip him, asking him to lift him up like he was lifting weights, etc. It was cute! This morning Travis called me and said, "My lower back hurts. My chest hurts and my abs are sore." I responded, "Why is that?" Without hesitation he said, "Lafe! Lafe is why they hurt!!" It was funny!

I'm getting organized! I am adding more and more addresses to the list and feeling a little less overwhelmed. Next weekend I'm going up to Arlington with Bill and Judy McHam. We are going to do some planning for the reception and the Harlan family (Judy's side of the family) get-together. Mom and I are going to work on getting the music picked out for the sisters to sing. I am trying to get all the recorded music together so that I can get that approved also. I'm having a hard time finding music that fits with my song for the rest of the wedding. I just want it to flow. I have to find songs for the grandparents, parents and I think I have the one for the bridal party. It will all come together. I still have to pick out the flowers and get them ordered...but we have time for that.
I scheduled my bridal portrait with Donald for February and I am so excited. I think we are going to go to the same place Lara Jane had pictures done (I hope that is okay with her)!

I have my second interview at the church for the Directory of Elementary on Tuesday and I would definitely appreciate your prayers. I'm excited about this opportunity.

Life is good. I have a wonderful Husband-to-be and the most amazing family ever! I have absolutely nothing to complain about!

Love...JK

Wow, so, I didn't realize exactly how much stuff needed to be done for the wedding since I was so focused on the holidays! I am starting to feel a little more stress with the planning. It isn't bad, just enough stress to get me motivated to move! :)
I have been working on updating the guest list, so Travis and I have been on the phone and checking our email constantly trying to verify addresses. I think we are almost done with that. The invitations have come in so we are getting prepared to get them all addressed and ready to go out.
Travis and I have had some problems getting in touch with the guy who going to do our premarital counseling, but we finally got it all set and we start next Thursday. We are going to meet every Thursday after work. I'm pretty excited to get started.
That is about it for tonight. I'm tired!

Love...JK

Well, Christmas is over and the New Year is about to begin! I hope you all had a great holiday season.

For Christmas, Travis and I headed to Arlington to spend a day with my family. Then we headed to College Station to spend the day with Travis' extended family (the Warden side) and then ended up in The Woodlands (Houston) for the rest of the weekend. It was so much fun! We got a lot of great presents and he has already made himself a work bench in his garage with all the tools he got for Christmas! He is super excited about building a bunch of stuff...I guess we need to invest in a shopvac now...right Dad?! :)

The wedding plans are going very well. We almost have all the names and address together to get the invitations addressed and sent out. Apparently, the invitations came in, but weren't printed right, so we had to send them back to get reprinted. Hopefully they will be there by Tuesday. Anyway, the cakes have been picked out and Mom has been hard at work on the dresses. I getting really excited!

Not a lot is happening other than wedding planning and settling down from the holidays. I am going to the store now to get some Tenderloins...that is right, I cook! :)

Love...JK

For those of you who need a reminder of what Travis looks like, here is a picture...don't worry...he hasn't changed a bit!! ;)

Texas is not supposed to be this cold! Wow! I sure am pulling out all my coats. I love this weather because you can build fires!! :)

Anyway, Travis and I are at his parents' house in The Woodlands in Houston. His mother's birthday was yesterday so we came down to celebrate with her and her friends. It has been a good weekend. We are getting ready to head to church, but apparently I get ready faster at other peoples' houses than I do at my own. I have time to kill!

I don't have much to update on really. We are heading back to Austin this afternoon after we go see a movie with his parents.

I hope you are all having a great weekend!! :)

Love to you all...
JK

It has been a very productive past few days!

Friday at work we moved offices. We moved from the third floor to the first floor. The work that we do is sensitive information and compliance related. So, the big wigs thought we needed more security. Therefore, we moved to a more secluded area of the building. At least we have plenty of people in our department to keep us entertained.
Then our softball team had a game at 6:30pm. We won! We have played three games and won two of them. It is great to get back into the game. Our team is a small group from church and it is just fun to get out there and have fun with a bunch of other Christians! I have met some great people through the group.

Saturday Travis and I went shopping to get most of our presents purchased. We pretty much finished off our lists! It feels so good to get the shopping done and out of the way instead of waiting to the last minute. I do have some more people on my list to buy for, but I haven't quite decided what to get them yet.

Speaking of which...check out giftduck.com! It is an awesome site where you can build a wishlist all year long (so you aren't trying to remember everything you wanted at Christmas time) and only those who you have invited to your Friends list can see it. It sends reminders about birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Check it out!

It was good to have a weekend without travel. Just time to do whatever was on my to do list. It is nice every once in awhile to just be able to come and go as you please without any thoughts of timelines or obligations to be anywhere.

Still trying to fight a cold that I have had since Thanksgiving. Other than that...life it great!!

Love,
JK

Today was a hard, long day at work. Since my promotion I have spent more time putting out fires and in meetings which has kept me in the office well after 6:00pm. It has been fun though!

Travis and I are decorating his house for Christmas. For the first time ever...I have Christmas lights! :) This is my last Christmas as a Bridgwater and my first to spend with my future husband.

We are making the wedding plans and time is quickly slipping away from us! It is 3 and a half months away. We finally picked out the invitations and should have those soon. We also picked out the cakes! I'm so excited! Mom has done a great job of getting the dresses started. She is such an amazing woman. After 4 weddings she has this routine down! :) I have picked out most of the music, but there are a few songs I am stuck on. I keep forgetting about all the parts of the ceremony where you usually have music. Ugh! I'll get it together before the day of...hopefully. I am beginning to have dreams (nightmares) about the wedding. Mostly about the day before or hours before the ceremony. I really don't think about it much and I haven't worried or panicked over anything so far, so I'm not really sure where these dreams are coming from.

Travis and I are about to head out to dinner with our good friend Larry. So, I better get off Travis' computer so we can go.

Love you to all!

JK

So, it has been a really long time since I posted anything on here. The biggest piece of news is...I'M GETTING MARRIED!!! Yup...that's right. I am going to be Jana Kay McHam. The wedding is set for March 17th, 2006 in Arlington, TX.

Don't really have a lot to say right now...I'll try and keep posting. :)

Love...

JK

Here I am, living in Austin, Texas and couldn't be happier! I started my new job today and I really think I am going to enjoy it. We started building the database that we are going to be working out of to call the agents and check up on their licensing. I really like the group that I am working with and training with. I'm ready to start a new day!

I got to visit Travis' parents in Houston last week and it was a blast! I got to spend some time with Judy and chat about her "wonderful son". Bill, of course, is the most adorable man ever! He makes me laugh...:) His favorite game is "make JK snort". While I was there, I was able to have dinner with Winkle Danny and Aunt Norma. It was fun to get to see them and catch up.

It is time to go to bed now so that I can actually get up in time for work tomorrow. Love to all...

JK

I've almost had a full week in Austin. Not a lot has happened really. I am not living with my friend Amy like I had planned on. In fact, it is better! I am now staying in a three bedroom apartment that a friend of Travis has just moved out of. I am just paying her as much as I would have Amy so it has all worked out nicely.

There may be a chance that I will have a roommate by the time I am ready to get my own place at the end of May. My friend Laura here has another friend Emily who needs a roommate. I am going to meet her Saturday and we will see what happens.

Not a lot is going on so that is about it for now. Travis and I are going out tonight with Amy and Don. I'm excited! :) This will be my first "social" thing since I moved here! :) Yay!! :)

Love...

I am in TEXAS!!! Mom flew up to Denver and we drove down together. She flew in on Tuesday evening and we left straight from the airport. We drove to Burlington, CO, right on the border of Colorado and Kansas. We stayed over night there and headed out in the morning. We drove through Oklahoma City, OK and got to see Uncle Jerry and Aunt Coni. We only stayed about an hour and drove on to Wayne to stay with Grandma Helen and Grandpa Jack for the night. We got up this morning and headed out once again and got to Arlington around noon and had lunch with Juli Beth and her family. Now I am resting at Mom and Dad's house after a hot, long afternoon of unloading my trailer into a storage unit. Ice water is really good!! :)

Tomorrow, Travis flies into Dallas and is going to spend the weekend with me and my family and then drive on to Austin with me for the final leg of my move! I can't wait to see him!! :)

Well, I'm out. My nephews want to play!! Yay!!

Love!

I found Skye a home! A guy named Adam took her and he has a big backyard for her to run around in. He goes up to the mountains a lot too so she will have lots of adventures. He had Huskies growing up so he knows what he is getting himself into. It was a little awkward last night and this morning. I didn't have her jumping around on the bed when I was trying to go to sleep and she wasn't standing at the front door wagging her nub to go outside. It was lonely, but I can make another two weeks until I get to have Mom here with me. :)

The moving plans are coming along. The guy who is interested in subletting my apartment hasn't gotten back to me in awhile so I am hoping that he is still interested. I won't have to worry about buying out my lease then!

Speaking of money...my car broke on Monday. Apparently the head gasket decided to break. I think my car just knows it is about to have to make a long trip again. This will make money tight as I am trying to move, but with God's direction it will work out.

That is about all the new stuff I have for now. Love you all...

JK

Yay! I have my computer back! It feels so good to have easy communication back. I am so not a phone person.

Today I am just running around town delivering all the things that I have sold so far. I am headed home in just a litttle bit to get some cleaning and packing done before I have guests over tonight.

I am selling a lot of my stuff so I can make my move to Austin easier and less expensive. So far I have sold my tv trays, my tv, and my dvd player. I was suppose to meet a family this morning from Colorado Springs to see if they wanted Skye, but they never showed up. I was disappointed because they seemed really nice and they sounded perfect for Skye. He is paster at the 1st Southern Baptist church in the springs. Oh well. I have a couple more people that I think she would do well with that are interested.

Work is going well. They have given me a couple of projects that will keep me busy for the next two weeks. Then...I am outta there! I am excited to get down to Austin and start over. I wonder if I will ever be the type to have a long career in one area. I am too adventurous I think.

Well, I should get going. Love to you all! :)

My computer is fixed!! WOOHOO!!! Thank you Dadda!

It will be nice to have my computer back and working again so I don't have to keep going to the library and going downstairs at work to use the "safe zone". Yea!

Life is really good right now. I got a job in Austin, Texas and I am headed down there the weekend of April 14th. I'm so excited. It will be nice to be near the family again.

Not a lot has been happening so I don't have much to say. I love you all and can't wait to be near you again!

Hello everyone! Wow, it sure has been a long time! I am using someone else's computer right now so this won't be too long of an entry.

My laptop is getting fixed! WooHoo! I shipped it to my wonderful father because he found someone who will fix it for a lot cheaper than anyone out here. So, there is no telling when I will actually get it back, but hey, at least it is getting done right!? So, until then please bear with me and my random entries.

I am job hunting in Texas right now. The hunt is going...slowly...but it is going. I have had several interviews and second interviews, but nothing seems to be coming through. I have some more things in the works, so hopefully soon I will get down there. I am hoping to be down there by the end of April. I am considering just picking up and going because it would be so much easier to find a job locally. That isn't very realistic or smart, but I'm getting frustrated!

Anyway, life is good. Things are chugging along and I am surviving. Things here at work are a little stressful and more and more changes are coming with the merger. That is the biggest reason I want to get out of here faster!

Okay, enough of that! I gotta get out of here! Have a great night and until my next entry...

JK