Happy Birthday December 3rd!!

Happy Birthday Ed!!!

This Wednesday is Ed's birthday. I'm still getting some minor plans together for it, but I plan to have a small get together with friends & family for cake and ice cream. I don't know of too many places around here to go do things like I do in Dallas, so I couldn't keep any birthday plans secret from him. He had to pretty much plan it with me. Maybe next year when I know what's around, I can do better secret planning. He doesn't know what his presents are, so that's at least one surprise I'm able to have. Anyway...Happy Birthday baby, I love you!!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

Happy Turkey Day

As I sit here to type, I smell our Thankgiving hen cooking in the oven. My mom (Tiffani's mom) is here with Ed & I to celebrate our first Thanksgiving in Oklahoma. She helped cut up veggies and prepare to stuff the hen with carrots, celery and a small apple. I got a tip from a co-worker that stuffing an apple inside the chicken/turkey will help it to stay moist and add a little sweetness to the meat. I'm excited to see if it works! The weather is great 60 degrees here. After we are all done stuffing our faces this afternoon, we plan on going to Robbers Cave, a beautiful state park, to walk around and check out the natural scenery. Mom has never been there, but I think she'll love it, because she loves the outside. As I have my family here for this holiday, I really am thankful for so much. To name just a few things, a supportive husband, a loving family, a wonderful home, a great job, and great friends. I hope all of you enjoy your Thanksgiving, too!

Happy Huntin’!!!

Opening weekend last year in Texas.

It’s “Opening Weekend” for deer season here in Oklahoma and guess where my cute hubbie will be this weekend? Can anyone guess?!? If you know Ed, you know he’ll be up before sunrise, dressed from head to toe in camo, hiding out in the woods with riffle in hand, waiting for the slightest sign of a deer. He has deer fever and can’t wait!! Last year, we both went opening weekend in Texas. We both had never gone before and it was fun. I’m excited for him to get a deer this year. I’ve never had deer meat, so it would be sort of neat. The temperature is quite a bit cooler here than in Texas at night and there is an official “burn ban” due to high winds, so he won’t be braving the cold in a tent this year. The warmth of our home has convinced him to stay home and head out reeeeeeaallllyyy early. Wish him luck!! I’ll let you know if we’re having deer for Thanksgiving. -lol

Blessings…

Tahitian Noni International-Dallas, Texas

I don’t know how many of you know that I(Tiffani) use to work for Tahitian Noni International. I really liked it a lot. The interactions there with distributors and customers were so fun and it paid very well. Near the end of last year , I saw that business had taken a nose dive. We weren’t suppose to say anything of course, but I think it was evident to everyone. I knew, as an employee, my time in the Texas office was short lived. Thankfully Ed found a job here in Oklahoma and we moved, so I didn‘t have to worry about it anymore. But sadly, I found out about 2 months ago that Tahitian Noni International was closing basically all of their Lifestyle Centers, which are their retail stores. The Texas office officially closed November 1, 2008. Luckily, my brother who worked for the same company in Georgia, was offered a position in the Utah office and has relocated there. I tell ya, our Heavenly Father knows the plan for us. I didn’t know that moving would be this much of a blessing. In these tough times, my husband and I are both employed and able to pay our bills. Not everyone can say that. My advice… listen to what He’s saying.

BOO!!

Ed & our car at Trunk or Treat.

Co-workers grandson as Sponge Bob

Our nephew as a monkey.

Our niece as Tinker Bell.

Ed with the pumpkin Tiffani carved.

Tiffani with the pumpkin Ed carved.

This Halloween was very fun here in OK. We attended the wards Trunk or Treat were the kids came to get loads of candy. We had plenty for them!! I invited a co-workers grandson to it and he came as Sponge Bob. My niece who also came was Tinker Bell and my nephew was a monkey. They were too adorable. Ed &I had costumes as well, we went as Capoeria students. We thought it would be fun, since we are officially green cords in Capoeria and could “bust a move” if someone asked. We also decorated our car and were proud to showcase our carved pumpkins. Ed & I did great I following the patterns I think. (Silly, I know…) We put them on our porch to add to the other Halloween décor.

Home Improvements...

The front of our home.

Ed in his hammock on the side of the porch. He loves his hammock time!

Our new patio Ed put in. (Only the grill is there now.)


Our house came with no driveway, so this is the one we made.

When we moved into our home in April of this year, everything was still dead and our house looked so plain. We’ve been project crazy since we have been here and have done a ton of things. Our home finally has some life. Now the fun part is, it’s winter time now and everything is dieing, but I thought I would share what our house did look like this summer. Here’s just few pictures of what we’ve done.

Yes, we are alive...

I know, I know...it's been FOREVER since I've blogged and told everyone what's going on with the Oklahoma Wilbur's. Thanks to a recent purchase of a HP Pavillion Laptop (thank you Ed) and WiFi at our home, I will be able to update the family blog... everyday if I wanted! There are so many things that I need to blog about but I don't have the time right now to do it. Watch out though, I'll be posting like crazy here soon to update everyone with pictures and other miscellaneous I can think of. We're back...look out!!