Friends and Family

Yeah Christmas is coming!!! Jordan and I got to spend Friday through Sat. together which does not happen a whole because of his job. Friday, we slept in and baked a pumpkin roll and had a date at Bonefish Grill-so good! We went down to central Arkansas on Sat. and got to each spend time with family and friends, such sweet time to catch up with different people. We really are missing all of our friends and family in this area and are learning how to adjust to making new friends up in Fayetteville, it's harder than I ever thought it would be. But I know my God is good and my place is perfect right now! We spent Sat. night with our dear friends the Swanns. Sunday we went to New Life Church and then to Little Rock for brunch with his family. That evening we spent time with a group of his family's friends at their annual Christmas party, it was my first and it was a blast!!! I love this time of year that we get to celebrate the birth of the King and He draws us close to friends and family, which is so sweet. 

Here we are at the Christmas Party.
Marietta brought her new puppy over to my parents house, he is the cutest dog ever! 

Praise the Lord, I Passed!!!!

This semester has been loaded with a new marriage, new place, new church, new job, and more school! I have been studying since October for my test to get my certification as a speech pathologist. This has not been easy as I've had to take time away from spending time with my husband and getting to know new people in Fayetteville. It's made this transition a little tougher. I took this exam on November 15 and my great husband has been praying every since over my nerves as I've been so worried. I had this test filled with prayer for knowledge and peace for this burden to be removed and for me to have more free time in the spring. And praise to my King because he delivered and I passed! I found out this past Tuesday and have been filled with ease and joy. I'm very thankful to the Lord and all the prayers and love from my family and friends. I believe this is such a blessing for me and my marriage as I can spend more time with Jordan and getting even more settled in Fayetteville. I'm very thankful for all the patience and support Jordan gave me throughout this season. I'm just so happy! 

I'm like a kid, so proud of my work: 

Here I am at my celebration dinner on Tuesday night at Dixie Cafe, my favorite place! 

An Exhausting few days...

I have no photos, because nothing real fun has occurred. I spent the weekend studying, studying, and more studying....I took my big comprehensive exam for graduate school on Monday. It was a killer! I got to spend time with friends at Elevation and at school. I did get some great time with my mom and dad, which is such precious time to me. And Jordan got to spend Monday evening with his dad in Fayetteville. I'm now back home, freezing my toosh off, and heading back to work tomorrow. I'm excited that this week brings just work and no studying, yeepie! I'm glad to be home with my husband and just relaxing. 

Christmas Ornaments

Jordan and I took a date to Jason's Deli, my favorite and then to start our new Wright family Christmas tradition. We went and made Christmas ornaments for our tree. Jordan came up with the idea that every year we will make some sort of ornament to add to our family tree. Things have been going great in Fayetteville. It is very cold and I've been studying a lot for my Comprehensive graduate exam that is on Monday. Jordan begins finals next week, so it will then be his turn to study. We both are ready for Christmas break and for school to be over!!! 

The Swann Wedding

Megan McConnell married Justin Swann this past weekend. We went to Hot Springs on Friday for rehearsal and dinner at Porterhouse. The wedding was at Garvin Gardens and absolutely beautiful. Meg was so pretty, a gorgeous bride. We then came back to Conway Country Club for the reception. It was a great weekend of seeing friends and having so much fun. Jordan sang to everyone at rehearsal dinner, I bombed my speech to Megan and Justin, Jordan got put in jail for a little mis-hap-all is well now, and we celebrated a wonderful couple. 

The McClures and Wrights...

The Bride and her crew....

Ali and I were dancing(frolicking to the song Megan walked out to). 
Rehearsal at the Church...So Pretty! 

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!!

We have made it back home from our 1st Thanksgiving. It was so much fun to spend time with both families, we really had a blast getting to see them. We played board games, Wii, and filled our bellies with yummy food. We then got to spend some time in Hot Springs for my best friend's wedding. This was great for us to be able to be together and celebrate with them. (I'll post photos of the wedding later). We then returned home yesterday to SNOW!!! I couldn't believe it. November 30th our 1st snow. I worked on our Christmas cards all day yesterday and now we begin the work week. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and get to truly enjoy the Christmas season, I'm so excited it's time to celebrate the birth of our Lord! 

Snow...

Snow on our chair...
Jordan and I playing Rock band at Best Buy before the Wrights bought one for us all to play! 

Christmas Time is Near...

Yesterday, Jordan and I decorated for Christmas since we will not be home till Sunday. It was so much fun! We sang to our hearts content some good Christmas music and decorated our home, it was great. It's our first Christmas married and we are going to have a blast. We decorated our kitchen table, the hallway stand, the tv stand, and a beautiful tree that Jordan had surprised me with. We even put a stencil on the wall that says, "merry christmas". Jordan worked so hard to put this above our tv and it looks so good. I'll show more photos of our decor. I also had our first Christmas mess, I was vacuuming the floors when my vacuum fell over to knock over my red aromatique candle all over the floor. We learned that the trick of an iron and paper sack does work, but now I need some good ole carpet cleaner to help with the rest. 

Yes, there is my ugly spot...

Here we are, yeah for self-timers...
Me, like a kid in my PJ's, flannel-it's gettin cold outside...

A delightful weekend!

This weekend, I got to spend time celebrating my best friend's upcoming wedding! She is getting married next weekend and we celebrating this past weekend with a Bridesmaids Brunch and bachelorette party in Memphis. We had such a good time getting to celebrate with her. I'm thrilled about their wedding this week. I hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving! 

Brittany, Me, and Ali..Ali has torn her ACL and so I camped out with her, I loved it! 

This is the crew and the restaurant, Bluefin
Me, Meg(The Bride), and Ali at dinner! 

Eureka Springs!!!

Jordan and I have had such a great weekend! I feel like we have spent a lot of time away from our home on the weekends, that it was so nice to just stay home. Friday night we went to our first marriage conference with the Billings. We are learning and praying for as much protection over our marriage as we can. Then Saturday I took my Praxis exam for my licensure to be a speech pathologist, so I hope I passed! Then we got to spend the afternoon with our dear friends the Billings and go to Eureka Springs. We went to the Crescent Hotel and went to the top of the building  to see the Christ of the Ozarks. We ate that evening at this amazing Indian restaurant and filled our bellies with great food. All four of us have been to India at this point and it was a lot of fun to talk about our trips and eat yummy food. We came home to watch our first Christmas movie of the season, Elf, with the Billings, while enjoying a great fire! What a wonderful weekend....

Outside the Crescent Hotel: 

The Crescent..
There is a little white dot between us, which is the Christ of the Ozarks..
My husband and I: 

Diwali Festival

A taste of India came right to the UofA for the Diwali festival. I remember last year when Jordan was in India him celebrating this holiday and so it was really fun for us to get to celebrate it here. I went and got my sari wrapped by Keerthi and met her friend Ramya. These two girls were so sweet to take the time to help me. We met lots of Indians and had a blast eating Indian food and celebrating with them. This was a lot of fun!!!! 

Jordan and I in our sari and kurta for the festival: 

Jordan and one of his new buddies: 
yummy naan and butter chicken!!!!
Sandip, me, Sigh, and Jordan...
Indian dancer as part of the festival

Loving Obedience

Jordan and I decided to follow in an act of obedience to be baptized. This was such a fun and exciting event for us. We both have felt for some time now that the Lord has been desiring us to do this, as we feel like we both truly can say that we will proclaim Him as King for the rest of our days. Meg, Justin, Luke and Katy came up to spend the weekend with us and experience our baptism, this was really special! 

The weekend crew.....

My baptism....
Jordan's baptism....
Sharing our testimonies....

Weekend of Fun, Friends and Family

This weekend began with me going down to Conway on Friday to celebrate the life of a dear family friend who had fought the tough battle of ALS. This service was special as my dad got to honor this man and we all rejoiced at John's new, restored, healthy body in Heaven! I got to go walking with my best friend Meg, which was so refreshing and good for my heart! She is getting married in Nov and I'm so excited this couple! 

Jordan spent the weekend in Fayetteville playing golf with his dad and brother and spending time with some dear friends. He had a little bit of a boys' weekend and I was really excited for him to get this time with these men he loves so much. 

While in Conway, my dear friend Stephanie got engaged to Garrett Peters and we had a party to celebrate the beginning of this great adventure for these two people. It was a lot of fun to see old friends and catch up with people. My mom was so much help and I'm so very thankful for her being there to help me. 

This is my sweet friend Anne, we often think we look similar in photos!
Here's the future bride  and her bling! 
And then I returned home early Sunday to have breakfast with a special woman in my life, KJ. She was one of my small group leaders growing up and it was so great to spend time with her. While driving home after church, I was refreshed by these "colors" of fall that surround me in Fayetteville and I am just so thankful for where I am! 

Our 1st Christmas Tree!!!

Yesterday (Tuesday) I came home exhausted from work and was resting on the couch when my husband came in and told me to sit up and close my eyes. He goes back out the front door and comes in and says "open" and there was our first tree in the middle of our living room!!!! I was so so so excited! It is a pre-lit, 7.5 feet tall tree, and if one of the lights goes out it doesn't ruin the whole tree! I'm so excited about Christmas and being able to celebrate it with Jordan and decorate our home! He had gone to Sam's and picked us out the PERFECT tree. Then later that night as new Sam's members we went and just feasted with our eyes on all the "great" purchases that are to come. It was so much fun walking around together and seeing the deals! 

My Cute Frames!

This weekend my mom and dad came to stay with us, which was so much fun! While they were here mom helped me put my photos in my frames. These are in the living room, and I took up close ones so you can attempt to see the photos I picked for each frame. It was such a hard task to do as my photographer took so many to help us remember every moment of our wonderful wedding! I love these and they might be my favorite part of our home! Hope you all had great weekends, Love the Wrights! 

This is us at the reception: 
The ceremony, I love my church in Conway: 
This is us smooching right after the ceremony: The first Wright smooches! 

Yummy Pasta

Jordan and I went a couple weeks ago over to some friends' house and she made us this AMAZING pasta! So this week we both were craving it and she sent me the recipe and I made it last night. It was so good and we enjoyed every bite! This photo does not depict how great this dinner is, but at least here it is....

The Recipe is: 

You'll need: 

-4 chicken breasts

-3 cheese tortllini by Bertolli. The BIG version. 

-a jar of sundried tomatoes

-couple small cans of sliced mushrooms

-turkey pepperoni cut in half

-olive oil

-minced garlic

-1 can cream of mushroom soup

For extra sauce: 

-1 cup milk

-2 tbsp flour

-2 tbsp butter

Directions: 

so cut the chicken breasts up into bite-sized pieces and cook it on the stove on high with a little (2-3 tbsp) of oil. I put some minced garlic (really as much as you think, maybe 2 tbsp) in and some basil, salt and pepper. Cook till there's no more pink in the center. Turn it down to medium and add sundried tomatoes (use a fork to get them out..you don't want all that oil), mushrooms, and pepperonies and keep on medium. 

While this is cooking, boil some water and put the pasta in. It only takes a few minutes. Drain it and put in with the chicken. Add the can of mushroom soup and stir ALL ingredients together. 

On the side make extra cream sauce by melting the butter over low heat. Slowly add the flour and milk. Bring it to a boil stirring constantly. Take it off the heat once its boiled for one minute. Stir in some salt and pepper. Add this sauce to the pasta and meat.

And ENJOY!!!!

First Roses!!!

Tuesday night I went and enjoyed a nice chat with my dear friend Kate Walker. It was so fun to sit and chat with a good friend and get caught up with life. Then I came home to my husband had lit a candle and cooked dinner. He went and bought wine and ROSES!!! I have never gotten roses from Jordan as he normally buys my favorite flower, a daisy. It was just a night of him making me feel special. It was such a surprise and so much to sit and chat and feel special. 

My Beautiful ROSES!!!!

Marriage Prayers...

This weekend I went to Conway to celebrate the upcoming Swann wedding with my friend Megan. Megan is marrying Justin in November and this weekend was the beginning of all the fun showers and events to come. I got to spend time with dear friends and my family. I even got to see my brother which was great! I ate at Stoby's my favorite place in Conway and had dinner with great fellowship. I miss all of these girls as they know my heart and how to make me laugh. It was so fun to see everyone in Conway and to see all the goodies that Meg got to help start their life together. This couple is amazing and I'm excited to join them in this journey to their wedding day! I love them both dearly and pray blessings over their marriage. I ask all that read my blog to pray for marriages. Pray against the enemy trying to tear them apart and pray for us newlyweds as we learn how to be married. It is hard and scary and I see Satan working all the time. Thanks for fighting with prayers a spiritual battle that is tearing through God's people! I give thanks for my husband as he stayed in Fayetteville all weekend (he did not like me not here, haha). He had to work, but also had some guys over and spent time with them. He cleaned our house, even the bathrooms-I couldn't believe it! I'm thankful for this man and am glad to be back with him today! 

Golfing, What???

Today, Jordan had the great idea to go to the golfing range to enjoy this beautiful day and begin the adventure of teaching me to golf. I did really well with boy clubs and a too large golf glove. He is a great teacher and offers lots of encouragement and patience! 

Today was absolutely beautiful!! I didn't want you to miss it! I'm loving living up here with all the scenery. 
Yes, there I am, don't I look professional. And yes I did try to play, and I continued to get better and better. 
Jordan in action. He is way better than me!