Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Wishing a Wonderful Friend Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to this wonderful gal and amazing sister in Christ.
I am so thankful God gave me the bravery to ask you of all the girls in Awana to be my friend!
It could of been another gal walking past me, but no, it was you Elizabeth! After leaving Awana for a while, you still sent me letters, telling me of all your wonderful adventures and all the things in life you were excited about. In return I was pleased to do the same!!!  I was super excited to go to college cause it would mean running into my long time friend and pen pal! 
Your an amazing women Elizabeth and I'm so glad to have the pleasure of knowing you!!!


 Yes, these two friends make my whole college life complete!


Erika M.

Friday, December 25, 2015

Merry Christmas 2015

Luke 2:8-21
 8. And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
 9. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.  
10. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 
 11. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 
 12. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 
 13. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
14. “Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
15. When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”  
16. And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.  
17. And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. 18. And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.  
19. But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.  
20. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
21. And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb
Merry Christmas to all!!!!


Had a wonderful day opening many gifts from special people. We give, because He gave his son!

Papa loves tending to the fire!
Reading the bible before beginning gifts!



Stockings are our favorite parts of Christmas morning!
She acts like a 6 year old every year on Christmas. It's so fun!






  Yes, yes, love pjs.
 soap!
 Papa helping in the kitchen!
 My bro and his family came over a spent the afternoon with us!
 His fabulous kidoes!



As usual, the Minich tradition on holidays is the girls get to go out to Starbucks for a drink while the men watch the children! So we did! Such memories and many stories told of Christmases passed!

Hope every one had a blessed Christmas day!

Erika M.

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Happy Late Birthday to a Friend.


Wishing a Happy Late birthday to this guy.! (So sorry this is late)
Thank you so much for always making Sarah and me laugh! Your goofiness is never old
and always enjoyable.  Oh and Thank you so much for volunteering this year at Scottish Rite!
You've added on many more memories!! Anyways thank you for you Friendship and hope your birthday was the bomb .com!!





Erika M.

Monday, December 14, 2015

An update on life

 Hey guys! I'm back. LOL.
 So LOTS of things have happened since last time I really posted. And because of the business 
I haven't had the free time to update. So here goes. 

The volunteer progam at Scottish Rite was a blast. 
I was able to see some awesome people!

     Got to meet the old Texas A&M couch for football one volunteer day.


 Here are some awesome Docs.

 Oh and these awesome guys. Made my summer volunteering the best. Thank y'all.
 Once summer was over signing up for college was beginning. 
I got to retake the writing and math test and passed!!
 I'm a horrible writer but with amazing teaching from an English Professor I passed 1301 with an A!!! And also thanks to a dear friend as well as my mother. I can't explain how amazing that was to hear. I climbed a mile stone! With no real writing through most of high school to pass with an A is a miracle in itself.
 I was blessed to meet and play with a country artist named Pat Green at Scottish Rite.
 And this gal. She had a birthday not to long ago and is not long from adult hood.
 I can't express how much I love her. We have lots of inside jokes that only make since to us, and ones only we could laugh at! It drives Sarah crazy. She makes me laugh every time she gets home from school or work! I've so enjoyed sharing a room with her this last year and hearing all the exciting, fun, and sometimes even sad things she had to tell me. I love how I can make her smile or laugh when something has upset her. I love being apart of her life and will always be there if she needs a shoulder to lean on or someone to make her laugh! Love you sister and it's a joy to watch you grow up.

 And this sista. She keeps stealing my ipod to take selfies.
 Here's another one at church. She can't get enough of her self. LOL. I'm kidding. 
 One special Sunday she was brave, stood on stage, and was willing to share her testimony of coming to faith. She had the pleasure of getting baptized by her father.  SO proud of her. She was talking about doing this for a long time but was to afraid, so this was a big step.

 We have such great friends who were there to witness it.
 Saturday get together with amazing friends and home made pizza!


 Got to hang out awesome guy and his family. He's like a brother to me and his family is fabulous!
 First selfie with this gal!!!
 I am so blessed to have such amazing friends. I have grown up with these girls and love them all. When we were young we use to get together every Friday and have what we called "play dates". Times have changed and we have all grown up. Some have reached adult hood and others are so close.  Jobs, college and other responsibilities have entered in our lives faster than most would like. Our "play dates" have become less and seeing each other is like a treat. We all got together recently  and went to the state fair of Texas and caught up on each of our lives. We now make a hug effort huge effort to get together on Saturday's laughing and watching the old Star Wars movies, which by the way I have never seen before.



 I got the pleasure of taking pictures of my sista and her boyfriend. I hope he realizes what a gal he's got.
 Got together at a coffee shop with moms and moms-in-law and sisters and sisters-in-law and a baby. It's sometimes so refreshing to hang out with all females!
 If only the job at burger king was a delight. Sadly, there is horrible management there and the business is slow!
 Fall is upon us and the change of season have taken their course. It's rather amazing to watch and capture.
 I'm telling you, these pecans are nutty! The picture below is a comparison to my dad's pecan and my mom's. Dad's is the perfect one and mom's is the messed up one. LOL.
 Thanks giving has come and gone. We had a wonderful meal made by many family member's hands. My brother came with his family as well as my uncle from my dad's side and Stevie's boyfriend and his family. There were generations of family at our half painted white house which stood on an acre with one lonesome Pine tree and the rocky drive way! Grandma's, moms, daughters, daughters-in-laws, sons, children and babies; all in on small country house! Not everyone was there but, I was surrounded by people who loved me, and that was enough. 
Happy Late Thanksgiving. 



Erika M.