SNOW in TEXAS?????

Yes it is true, a few weeks ago we had a huge snow storm that came through. I am sure that people up north were just laughing at us because it did shut down schools and roads, but it was unbelievable.. here are some pictures of our winter wonderland.

February Happenings

I am so sorry it has been so long since we blogged last. February went by fast, and March has about come and gone. The past few weekends have been wonderful, Jeff and I both have been off and not had to much going on. I think this might be the most weekends that we have had off together since right after the wedding. We have been catching up on some sleep and hanging out with some friends that we have missed. Here are a pictures of the end of February and the Bassinger family new addition...







This is Brandi B. my parent new Miniature Australian Sheppard, she kinda looks a little weird in pictures, but is so cute in person, she has one blue eye and one brown eye, and Beau and her are getting along great!

My husband... Jeffrey Thomas Capps...

Friday was Jeff's 24th birthday! I thought that for this special day, I would post pictures of Jeff over the years. Jeff is a wonderful guy who is always making people smile. He is always on the go, and always thinking of the next thing that he is going to do. He loves the Apple Store, cool clothes, concerts of any kind,and shoes! His passion is to work in a church or travel leading worship for students, and seeing Christ move in them. He loves to travel, if it was up to him we would rent a bus and be on the road all the time, seeing new places. He loves music, and all that goes along with that, he loves his job and the people that he has been able to meet through the studio. Jeff is a wonderful husband, who is always loving and helps so much when our schedule can be so crazy. He loves his family, friends and random people he meets ( we all know that Jeff is no stranger to anyone) He loves his God, he is passionate for Christ and this is evident in everything that he does. He lives for Him daily and is always striving to be closer to Him. Jeff is one of a kind and I do not know where I would be today without His love! Happy Birthday!

On the Road Again...

Jeff has been traveling a lot. He has spent the past weekends in Georgia, Alabama, and this weekend we will be gonig to Frisco, TX not to far from the house so I am going with him. He has been traveling alot with Dr. Reid and the band from NC, he loves it. In the next few weeks he will be going to Nashville, and then a camp in Dallas, please pray that he will have strength during the weekends, and that students will see Christ through the worship and the band. Here are a few pictures from their past shows.

Our lives have been super busy and crazy the past few months and we have neglected or blog! We are so sorry, things have been non-stop here between work, travels, and weekend events! Since the last blog I have started my inernship at Cook Children's Medical Center! I started on the 21st, and I am about to finish my first rotation which is on the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. It has been a wonderful 5 weeks, I have learned so much and met some great children. My next rotation will be in the pediatric ICU, and then I will move to the Hemotology and Oncology Clinic. I will be done on May 9th, and the plan was to take the certification test on May 22nd in San Diego, but we are not sure if that is going to happen now. I have to apply to take the certification test and I need to have 480 hours by March 31st, and as of right now I will have 450, unless I can get 30 more hours in, I will not be able to take the test until November. Its not the worst thing that could happen, I can get a job without certification, it just makes me more marketable if I had it. The November test would be better, it will be offered in Atlanta, GA which would make traveling there easier for Jeff and I. Other than this obstacle, things have been wonderful with the internship, I am loving it, and God has only solidified that this is where I am to work.

Blessing in Change

This past year could be described with one word... change; changes for myself and my family. We have had some hard and some good changes, but in the end they have all brought us closer to God and more dependent on Him, and increased our joy in Him.
In March, Jeff and I were blessed with our frist nephew. Cole Slater Capps was born on March 9th. Jeff was able to be there the day that he was born and I was up there the new week. He is such a precious boy and a blessing from God, we have loved watching him grow and change in the past year. We love our time with him and the family!




May brought alot of changes. I graduated from Texas Women's University with a degree in Child Development and went full time at the gym that I coach cheer at. My brothers finished thier two years at a community college nearby and both were accepted to Universities, and Jeff left for a series of camps and weekend events that kept him busy the whole summer.

August and September brought another series of changes. We moved my brother into a town home in Norman, Oklahoma for his first semester at the University of Oklahoma, this was incrediably hard for my family, Ross was the first of the three children to move out of the house. Mid August Jeff and I bought our first apartment together and we moved Jeff into it, and slowly started moving my stuff over, this was a challenge since I have been living in the same room for 20 some years now.


September 15th, Jeff and I were married, this first of the Bassingers and the last of the Capps. We were surrounded with family and friends on one of the happiest days of our lives. After retuning home, I moved in to the apartment and started the transition of having a new "home".





Looking over this year, I can honestly say that these changes have been a challenge although they have all been a blessing. We have added to the family in many ways, and are challenged daily with missing family that is not near to us. We know that God has great plans for the future for all our families, and know that this is not the end of the change. We are so excited to see the changes for this year that will only bring us more joy in the end. We have already seen so much in the 8 short days of 2008. Jeff has been offered numerous camps and traveling dates with Dr. Reid in the next few months and the summer, which is such a blessing since I am about to cut back to only a few hours on the weekends so I can concentrate on my internship at the hospital. It is so comforting knowing that in the midst of all the changes God is in full control and we can find rest and peace in His knowledge.

2008....IN STYLE

Jeff and I decided that we would have a little gathering at the house for New Years. It was going to be a Black and White Party, so any one that wanted to come could wear black and white and get dressed up for the new year. We had a great time, a group of 12 of us went to a Japanese restaurant and then headed back to the house where a few more people came over. I was a little nervous since we live on the third floor and a group of 16 might be a little loud, but we were good. We made it to the New Year without any complaints...