Reese's Pieces

WE'RE HAVING A BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-12-15T23:01:00.001-06:00

i have been DYING to let the world know mine and chance's little secret and it's finally safe to tell everyone that we're expecting a sweet baby june 28, 2012!!! :) we are so excited for the life we are about to have and absolutely cannot wait to meet him or her. since i've had to keep quiet, here are my "belly shots" so far..

trans-siberian orchestra

2011-12-13T22:38:00.000-06:00

chance and i have had the opportunity to see trans-siberian orchestra three times now and they have yet to disappoint.

skiing in denver

2011-12-13T22:31:00.000-06:00

chance had another opportunity to fly in the cockpit with the pilots to denver, so again, i tagged along and we spent a couple of days skiing at breckenridge and keystone and we had an absolute blast!!!!!

ut v. baylor

2011-12-13T22:26:00.000-06:00

wellllll we lost MISERABLY, but chance and i went to our first ever college (well, major) football game. annnnnd it was pouring down rain almost the whole game. those longhorn panchos my parents gave us for christmas a few years ago, sure came in handy!!

europe 2011!!!!!!

2011-11-08T10:16:00.000-06:00

chance and i had the amazing opportunity to head over to europe for two whole weeks and we had such a good time. we went to london, rome, paris, oslo (norway), and krakow (poland). we saw so many things that most people will never get to see or experience. i took over 500 pictures, so of course i am not going to put all on here, but i will put my favorite from each place. to see all of our pictures, check out my facebook page!

rome - colosseum

paris - eiffel tower

norway - to see silje!

poland - auschwitz-birkenau

london - platform 9 3/4!!

#4 - mesh wreath

2011-10-09T15:50:00.001-05:00

project #3 complete

2011-10-03T22:20:00.000-05:00

thank you, pintrest, for taking over my life. i love you for that.

project #2 complete!

2011-10-02T13:57:00.002-05:00

pintrest.com

2011-09-30T23:04:00.002-05:00

ohhhh i have found my new obsession. pintrest. i'm often asked what my hobbies are and i've never really had a good answer. well, now i do. crafts and photography. what's funny is my everyday lens has been at canon getting repaired for the last couple of weeks, but i have learned how to use my camera in that time and am soooo extatic to get it back and play with it. after i see how good i get, i might consider a job on the side doing photography. who knows? my first project completed, thanks to pintrest:

chicagooooo.

2011-09-30T23:01:00.000-05:00

chance got to fly for free to chicago, so i tagged along. we rode the trains and buses everywhere, which was an experience in and of itself. we visited the firehouse in backdraft and got to slide down the pole. we went to shedd aquarium, the field museum, and the museum of science and industry. we ate at yummy restaurants that were on man v. food. we took an architectural boat tour and hung out a navy pier - rode some lame-o rides. we went to the observation decks of the john hancock observatory and sear "willis" tower and walked out a window with glass floors that you could see straight down to the ground, 1300 feet below you. we visited the giant "bean" and splashed around at millennium park. chicago was amazing and we had a really good time!

cruise 2011 - costa maya, roatan, belize city, cozumel

2011-08-25T10:31:00.000-05:00

our cruise, with matt and belinda, was unBELIZEable!! we had an absolute blast. enjoy the tons of pictures (that took a really long time to load onto here!). :)

first stop: beignets and bourbon street in new orleans:

next stop..ncl spirit (leaving NOLA):

our first dinner on the ship in the garden dining room:

first day at sea:

coasta maya (hanging out at the beach):

roatan, honduras (snorkeling!):

show in the stardust theater:

belize city, belize (atv riding and cave tubing):

dinner, another show in the stardust theater, and the white hot party:

cozumel (swimming with the manatees/dolphins):

chocolate buffet!!!!! :

dinner with our ship friends:

cruuuuuuusinnnnnnnnn'

2011-07-30T11:36:00.003-05:00

we leave TONIGHT for new orleans to depart for our cruise on this amazing ship!! can't wait. stay tuned..in like 10 days, there WILL be pictures up. YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY!

lake lbj

2011-07-15T20:39:00.000-05:00

chance's friend matt invited us to his family's lake house this past week and we had an absolute blast. it was an awesome break from reality and an awesome way to spend a few days in the summer. we got to take the dogs and i think they had a really good time. they are wiped out today, that's for sure.

montoya orthodontics

2011-06-21T10:07:00.000-05:00

i got the job! i got the job! i got the job!
i really, really wanted this position as soon as i walked in the place. everyone was so friendly, the office is beautiful, and i think i am going to really love orthodontics. i interviewed with the doctor last thursday and left there feeling really good about it. on our drive home to san antonio last night, i got a call from him offering me the position. i can't wait to start on monday! what an awesome new journey i am about to embark on. this is all because of God and i wouldn't have gotten this position without him. oh, how the power of prayer truly works. i wasn't praying about my job situation, i was just stressing. i finally stopped and prayed, hard, and i had two positions thrown right at me. i was excited for both, but really wanted the one i got. thank you, God, for this opportunity!

interviews

2011-06-16T21:39:00.000-05:00

not much news here in the reese household, except that i've had two interviews in the last week. my first one was with an oral surgery office. the doctor and staff we're so awesome. i got to even help assist for a few minutes at my interview. i was set up for an actual working interview yesterday, but i woke up very sick and decided i should probably reschedule. i emailed the lady i had been speaking with and she informed me that they had candidates scheduled until the end of they week and that they were making a decision this weekend. unfortunately for me, i think i blew my chances there. but there was really no way i needed to be there with the way i felt. she did say she would let me know, so who knows? since that wasn't looking too good, i decided i should probably start looking for more jobs and i did. i found an orthodontic assistant job, sent my resume, and within an hour they called to set up an interview, which was today. I LOVED THIS PLACE! i am really going to be praying hard until i hear back from them because i REALLY want this job. it sounds perfect (except for the 30 minute drive each way). ahhhhh!! :) so excited for this new phase of the process.

HAPPY THREE YEARS!

2011-06-09T10:21:00.001-05:00

oh, what an amazing three years chance and i have shared together. it sure has gone by fast, but everyone told us it would. i am so happy we are where we are right now and i wouldn't trade my life with chance for anything in the world. he is such an amazing christian man and i am lucky to wake up next to him everyday. tuesday was our three year anniversary and chance surprised me with an AWESOME date. we stayed the night at the omni mandalay at las colinas, ate dinner in the hotel at trevi's, and went for a gondola cruise in the canals of mandalay. it was absoutely perfect. he also bought me a beautiful necklace and some bath and body works, any girl's favorite! he did a wonderful job!! i almost felt bad because all i did was upgrade his cell phone. maybe next year is my year to plan something awesome. all in all, it was one of the best nights..ever!

all graduated and licensed

2011-05-25T11:29:00.003-05:00

this past weekend i GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE!!!!!!! there were times when i really thought i wasn't going to get through it, but thanks to all those who encouraged me, i did! this is a really proud moment for me, since i am the first kid in my family to get my degree and first grandchild on both of my parent's sides!

chance and my parents got me a camera for my graduation present and chance bought me a yummy cookie cake, that i couldn't even enjoy, since i was sick. :(

on a little bit of different note..i received my dental assisting license in the mail. i am official!! :) now, on to find a job. yuck!

endodontics

2011-04-29T21:10:00.000-05:00

i have completed about half of my required externship for dental assisting. i have already learned so much and am actually having fun. i was not thrilled when i found out i wasn't going to be in a general office, but endodontics (root canals) really is a very interesting specialty. i am so thankful for the people who are teaching me and being so patient with me while i learn. i am praying that the right job comes and soon. in the meantime, i am loving this process!

almost official

2011-04-02T20:26:00.000-05:00

today i took my final on my last day with the dfw school of dental assisting. i am one step closer to becoming a registered dental assistant and i am beyond excited!! we had our "graduation" at rio mambo mexican restaurant. all i have left now is the state boards exam, a 56-hour externship, and finding a job!

our final group:

the teachers:

my favorite friend:

yay! go me!!

dental assisting

2011-03-30T22:14:00.000-05:00

i haven't really had a lot to blog about in a while, so my blogs have been few and far between it seems, lately. however!

i thought of something to blog about!

i finish my dental assisting program on saturday with our big final and "graduation lunch". i am so excited to be done with yet another phase of my life. i am looking forward, so much, to working in the dental field. i have never really been this passionate about a job/career. so i think i've finally found where i need to be. i have loved every saturday for the last 13 weeks and am so ready to have a job. keep me in you prayers over the next few weeks while i do my externship and look for a good job.

my sweet, sweet sister

2011-03-02T17:12:00.001-06:00

yesterday evening, my sweet dusty went to be with Jesus. we aren't exactly sure what she died from, but she was dealing with several issues that could have been what led up to it (but ultimately think it was probably cancer). she had bad allergies, causing terrible ear infections, which caused her equilibrium to be unbalanced. she never full recovered her balance from these bad ear infections. a vet told my parents that she may have a brain tumor that is causing the balance issues, but that was ruled out about a month ago when she went to the vet for another ear infection. my mom mentioned that someone told her before she could have a tumor, but when the vet watched her walk, she decided it had to be in her hip. after lots of xrays she found that dusty's hip bone (the ball) had deteriorated quite a bit, which could be the explanation for why she couldn't walk right. these last few weeks dusty seemed more tired and less active than usual, but we didn't think too much of it. yesterday, she was shivering and panting all in the same afternoon and finally my mom layed with her on the couch and tried calming her down, when she started to have some what of a seizure. while mom talked to her, she wagged her tail, took a few deep breaths and licked away mom's tears. she took one last really deep breath and closed her eyes. she is now sitting between God and the arm rest of the throne, her favorite thing in the world to do. i will miss my sweet sister, but i know she is no longer in pain and will never have to deal with painful ear infections again.

i love you dusty, the puppy! you were one in a million. we're all going to miss you so very much, but "when we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be!" see you soon sweet girl.

reagan + dusty = bff

she got her ears and tail colored purple

valentine's day

2011-02-15T17:56:00.000-06:00

chance and i have never really been big on the whole valentine's day thing, but this year we planned a special date with our friends, matt and belinda. we went to simply fondue, which was super awesome! i made chance cookies (that were meant to look like the heart candy you always get on valentine's).

puerto rico and ....... snow?

2011-02-04T11:48:00.002-06:00

chance and i just got back from vacation in san juan, puerto rico, and it was an absolute blast!! we had a few experiences we could have done without, but overall the trip was amazing. we rode a ferry to a nearby island, called culebra, that was the most beautiful beach i've ever been to. the water was crystal clear and there weren't rocks and seaweed anywhere!! the waves were pretty awesome too! we visited the only rainforest in the u.s. national forest system. also, very pretty (and lots of exercise!). we tried another island near culebra, which didn't work out too well for us. we ran out of cash and only had our american express with us (which they apparently didn't take on this island). we needed to get back to the ferry and had to pay for parking once back on the main island. we figured it out, but we thought we were going to have to hike back to the ferry since we really couldn't afford a taxi back. since God was looking out for us though, a nice man agreed to "cut us a deal" on the taxi ride back. so we made it just fine. we had so much fun and weren't completely ready to come home..

we came home from the beach to 20 degree weather and snow and ice everywhere!! it is absolutely beautiful!

college..CHECK!

2011-01-18T10:40:00.001-06:00

read 'em and weap! graduation - may 21!

Dana,

I have attached your official degree audit for graduation. Congratulations! You diploma should arrive in our office in 6-8 weeks. We will contact you when it arrives.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

V/R

tis the season

2010-12-21T16:58:00.002-06:00

this is at the galleria dallas:

here are my christmas decorations:

we went to prarie lights with some friends, matt and belinda, from church:

we went to memphis for new years with my family, and of course ate at nagasaki:

my brothers are weird:

the puppies piled into the van for the drive home:

chance's parents gave us "12 days of christmas" gifts:

park university..

2010-12-17T11:21:00.001-06:00

so long! it's been real.

graduation: may 21.

birthday fun!

2010-12-17T11:19:00.000-06:00

my amazing husband and my wonderful mom planned a surprise party for me the night before my birthday (which i also like to think of as a small celebration for finishing school that day). i was so oblivious to all the obvious things that happened that whole day. the first thing i should have been suspicious about was when i woke up from a little nap, i went up to cory's room to get my phone, which was charging. my mom was up there, and had been since before i fell asleep, standing in front of colton's room. so i thought that was weird and asked her what she was doing (she was blowing up balloons in the bathroom between their rooms) and she starts talking about wanting to put shelves in colton's room and i was like, "oh, ok yeah i think that'd would be a good idea"..totally oblivious. then, chance randomly wanted to go to the mall at 5pm, which he never, ever, ever, wants to go anywhere at that time of day because of traffic, so that should've been major obvious, but did i pick up on it? no. i just complained the whole time, and walked through the mall as fast as i could. so since i wouldn't take my time, chance HAD to go look at guitars at guitar center, but since i was being a baby, i waited in the car. well, little did i know, chance had gone inside and called my mom and said that i was throwing a big fit about wanting to go home, etc. so she calls me and acts like she's just seeing if we wanted to meet them for dinner. meanwhile i am venting about how i am so annoyed that chance has dragged me to the mall and i just want to go home (i found out later my mom was doing everything in her power to stifle her laugh at this point)..totally oblivious. and the final, and quite possibly the funniest and biggest DUHH, was when we got to the restaurant (which has floor to ceiling window, no curtains) i said something about that the car we parked next to looked like cory's (chance's brother). then we got closer to the restaurant and i look right over the 38490583 balloons sitting on the table, only to see chance's dad. so i said, "oh my gosh, your parents are here", chance has a huge smile on his face (so i'm still thinking, oh he invited his parents to have dinner with us). we are about to walk in the door for my big "surprise" and it clicked. DUHHHH kristin!!!!! enjoy the pictures..

then, when we came back to euless, we had a fun dinner at benihana with our new friends from church, matt and belinda (my dfw bff!), who's birthday is december 16.

thanksgiving 2010

2010-12-04T22:59:00.000-06:00

here are just a handful of pictures from thanksgiving..

unfortunately i totally forgot about my camera when we had the reese lunch.

my 1st real attempt at some photography

2010-11-27T11:21:00.000-06:00

thanks, cody and shawn, for letting me be your very unexperienced photographer. i had a blast!

30 days of thankfulness

2010-11-26T22:34:00.000-06:00

I am thankful for:

(in no real order)

A God who loves me inspite of all my flaws.
Chance, who is always so good to me and who I have loved since I was 7 years old. Sometimes I forget to really take time out to be grateful for him.
Mack and Reagan, who just happen to be the cutest two dogs ever.
My momma, who is my best friend.
My daddy, who isn't afraid to tell the truth, even when it hurts.
Cory, who has really inspired me.
Cody, who is so kind-hearted.
Colton, who makes me laugh all the time.
Dusty, who is so stinkin' sweet.
Chance's brothers, who are all so funny and fun to be around.
The opportunity I have to live in a country full of people with serving and selfless hearts.
My college education, even though I hate it most of the time, I know I am lucky.
Our church home.
Our small group.
New church friends, who are so much fun to hang out with.
A really nice place to live.
Chance's job and the stability it provides us.
Pictures and cameras, they are a great way to capture the memories we make.
Facebook, as silly as it sounds, I love that I can keep in contact with people from my past.
Electricity, I think we sometimes take this for granted.
My car, it is a wonderful luxury that I am dependent on.
Food, it is my weakness.
Clothes, enough said.
Laughing, always the best medicine.
Holidays, it's a great reason to get together with our families and celebrate together.
Black Friday deals (Old Navy and Bath and Body Works!).
Christmas decorations.
Christmas music, especially Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Movies, like when AT&T gives us free HBO and Showtime for a few days.
Having the ability to be thankful. I realize that I have so very much to be thankful for and that 30 days is not enough time time to cover all that I have. All too often I take for granted the things I have been given. I am truly blessed.

Always take time to let the people you love know that you are thankful they are a part of your life. You may make all the difference in the world.

2010-11-15T12:25:00.001-06:00

my babies are so sweet!

happy halloween!

2010-10-30T23:36:00.001-05:00

i have enjoyed the amazing weather God has blessed us with here in the dee eff dubb! it's been beautiful the last few weeks. not a whole lot has happened, so i will condense a few small things into this one post.
we went to our apartment halloween party the weekend before halloween. chance was a chick magnet and i, a cereal killer. :) thanks! i tried very hard to be creative!

last sunday night i carved my first pumpkin at small groups and it turned out really well!!

here are the other's pumpkins..

chance and i decided to celebrate halloween, the way we have the last few years, by going to see saw, the final chapter, in 3D!! we got to hang out with our friends - todd and marisa!

we had trunk or treats at church and i really wanted to take the dogs, but we all know how that would turn out. but i still go them costumes!! $4/each at petsmart.

and some not so fun news..about two weeks ago, i was playing with mack and he punched me in the face and scratched my eyeball. quite painful and a little scary!

26..already, chance?

2010-09-13T21:37:00.002-05:00

chance turned 26 on friday and we had several little celebrations. enjoy the pictures!!

chad and gavin came over labor day, to celebrate a little early. thanks for the certificate for a free dog sit! :)

thursday night we went to benihana for one of chance's free meals.

friday night we went to founders' plaza and watched planes take off and land at dfw, then went to joe's crab shack. thanks cody and shawn for the awesome river picture!

flood of 2010 - 9.8.10

2010-09-09T22:42:00.001-05:00

sooo..we got quite a bit of rain from this thing people are calling HERMINE! thanks a lot, lady. we had serious flash flooding here in euless, kind of crazy, but definitely fascinating.

this is a park about a mile and a half from the apartment. the water is probably about 3 feet deep (and this is not usually water..it's a parking lot/vball nets).

this is the dog park right behind our apartment complex and the road that chance comes home on..not yesterday, though.

this is right on the other side of the fence from our complex.

the other road chance gets to work on.

enjoy the video..

cruisin' to cozumel

2010-09-02T21:00:00.001-05:00

chance and i FINALLY got to go on our MUCH NEEDED, long over due cruise to cozumel, mexico. we had an absolute blast and even considered staying to leave on the next one that was leaving galveston..unfortunately we have other obligations we had to come home to.

we enjoyed a cute little room, breakfast in bed, hanging out in and by the pool, towel animals, formal night, a mexican party(the night we were in cozumel), LOTS of food, SWIMMING WITH THE DOLPHINS in mexico, and meeting new friends..all on a ship (well, except the dolphins)!!

enjoy the pictures!

rangers v. cowboys

2010-08-15T16:04:00.001-05:00

cowboys definitely get my vote! i have to say that the cowboys game was WAY better for a few reasons. other than the mile walk to our cars to avoid $40 parking, it was AIR CONDITIONED inside cowboys stadium (not at the ballpark). we watched a fight about to break out at the cowboys game (no real excitement at the ranfers game). i actually like football (hate baseball) and hello, we got to go to an NFL game!! enough reasons?

rangers v. yankees (yankees won)

cowboys v. raiders (raiders won)

Mr. and Mrs. Cory Reese

2010-08-15T15:54:00.000-05:00

chance's brother, cory, married his fiance april, last saturday. they were so happy and looked great. i couldn't be happier for the two of them and i thank them for letting us be a part of their special day! unfortunately, i did not get a lot of pictures because i took a lot throughout the ceremony with someone else's camera. so enjoy my few..

bandanaroo!

2010-07-27T21:10:00.002-05:00

chance..my super sweet husband..managed to get AMAZING tickets (off craigslist) for the bret michaels concert last tuesday! it was soooooo awesome. i was seriously like a kid in a candy store when bret came out! :) it was most awesome to see how well he's doing since his medical issues a few months ago. i had a BLAST. and our seats weren't too bad either (sarcasm..totally awesome seats!). i even made a bandana..that says "my rock of love" (incase you can't read it).

cowboys stadium

2010-07-03T22:34:00.000-05:00

chance and i got HALF PRICE tickets to the new cowboys stadium from groupon.com. it was awesome..enjoy the pictures!!

medicine and master's degree

2010-06-19T10:34:00.000-05:00

yesterday chance and i took the LONG 45 minute drive up to denton to visit texas women's university. we are really wanting to get a master's degree and have found a degree we are both very interested in there..family studies. the only bad thing we have discovered is the drive, but we're hoping we will only have to do it twice a week, at the most. we got the works yesterday..meeting with an admissions counselor AND a campus tour. the best part about it all, besides no GRE or thesis, is that the military will be paying for BOTH of us to go to school!! we are really excited and hope to start in january as PIONEERS. (oh and yes, twu DOES have men!)

in other news..
i have started a new supplement to go with my exercising, because i am not getting the results i want by exercise alone (and i can't seem to figure out how to eat healthier). it made me very talkative (yes, more than usual) and irritable yesterday. i had to keep moving, otherwise i felt weird. i hope i get used to it soon, because i didn't like yesterday's feelings too much. however, today i took it and went on a 2-mile walk/run with chance and i feel great thus far. we'll see how the rest of the day goes!

HAPPY TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!

2010-06-05T10:31:00.000-05:00

last night chance and i were forced to celebrate our anniversary early. we went to texas de brazil for dinner and then somehow had ice cream at coldstone afterwards. we are "exchanging gifts" on our actual anniversary (monday - for those of you who forgot), but we had a fun date night last night. hopefully there will be more exciting pictures from our actual anniversary to come! :) but in the mean time..enjoy these three.

we are free because of the brave

2010-05-31T21:52:00.002-05:00

today is a very important day set aside for us to remember those who have fought (and many who have died) for our freedom, something we all take for granted. i am so thankful there are people out there who are willing to put their lives on the line, so that i can complain and say whatever i want, do whatever i want, and go where ever i want. thank you to all who have served, or are serving for this country and my freedom!

chance and i both worked today, but got to spend the afternoon swimming and eating with chad at his friend's house! we had a really good time..even mack did (ok, he had a BLAST)!! reagan only cared to tan..as always.

LEE DEWYZE

2010-05-27T10:23:00.002-05:00

i have never been an american idol fanatic, but this season chance and i decided to stick with it and watch all the way through. we loved it!! although the wednesday night episodes went on a little longer sometimes (thank goodness for dvr) and ellen has no musical talent what-so-ever, it was still one of our favorite things to watch. and we'll give it to ellen, she was pretty funny! i just knew, though, that if crysal bowersox had one, i would've felt like watching that much tv would've been a complete waste.

BUT IT WASN'T!!

apparently america got the hint (and my 834590357 calls probably helped a little too) that DEWYZE CHOICE WAS LEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE ME SOME LEE DEWYZE!

oh yeah, and another amazing plus about last night's finale..BRET MICHAELS AND CASEY JAMES SANG EVERY ROSE HAS IT'S THORNS.

i might also add that i love me some bret michaels. :)

columbine redemption

2010-05-24T21:35:00.002-05:00

i had the opportunity saturday night to go see dana scott speak about the 1999 columbine high school shooting. dana is rachel's sister, the 1st person to be killed in the shooting. her story is truly amazing and it really made me appreciate my life and the people God has blessed me with. it is hard to understand why it takes something so tragic to wrap our minds around the tremendous love God has for us, but rachel's story really is one of a kind. it breaks my heart to think about what the family has gone through, but listening to rachel's sister, they have seen the work God is doing through the death of rachel. it takes a lot of strength to be able to look past the sadness of such a tragedy and thrive on the triumph God wanted to come from this. rachel's essay is definitely worth reading and is now a challenge set forth by her family. rachel wanted to make a difference to millions and i believe she truly has. may she rest in peace and continue to touch the lives of millions. maybe we should all challenge ourselves with rachel's challenge.."you may just start a chain reaction" (words of rachel scott).