The Williams

Beauty and the Beast!

2012-01-21T14:47:00.001-05:00

Last year on Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend Ashley came up to visit and she and I went to see Beauty and the Beast the musical at the Fox Theater. This year Ashley came up again and we took McKenzie to see Beauty and the Beast in the movie theater! This was McKenzie's 1st theater experience. I had been hesitant to take her to a movie because I didn't know if she'd sit through one. When I found out Beauty and the Beast was coming out again I decided that had to be her 1st movie. Beast (as she calls Belle) is her favorite princess. Ashley came up and we took her to the 2D showing on Saturday. She loved seeing it on the big screen and the popcorn. She ate at least a 1/3 of the tub! McKenzie was good the whole movie. She sat with Aunt Ashley pretty much the whole time and stood for the parts she wasn't sitting with Ashley. Here are some pictures of my little girl at the movies!

In front of the Big Beast Sign

McKenzie and Mommy - see the hand in the popcorn

McKenzie and Aunt Ashley

Holidays and 2012

2012-01-16T13:42:00.002-05:00

Well, the holiday season has come and gone. We did so many fun things and had a wonderful time! McKenzie wrote a letter to Santa Claus and we took it to Macy's to send to him. Jason and I went to DC and had a wonderful time. Santa came to visit and brought McKenzie Jessie (the thing she wanted most). I got a new dishwasher and Jason got a tv. All in all it was a great holiday season.
New years comes full of new resolutions and one of those it to post more. I have decided not to spend too much time on what I've missed but catch up to where we are now. This will start when my sister uploads the pictures from this weekend. Hopefully it will be soon but there is a family crisis going on at home. My Great Uncle Clifford was hit in the head by a tree limb and it doesn't look good. Everything is fine except his brain. I haven't heard any updates today but last night it was looking pretty grim.
Among the rest of my resolutions is to have a clean house (which we are working on my going through every room), exercise, and pay off some more debt. Last year we paid down our debt by 1/5. Hopefully this year we will get it down by another 1/3.
Stay tuned for some fun from the Williams family in 2012!

Sittin with Santa

2011-12-14T21:09:00.000-05:00

I love to look back at how much my girl has grown over the years. I have a book titled "Sittin with Santa" and it shows my family with Santa through the years. Well here is my "Sittin with Santa" for you.

December 9, 2009

As you can see McKenzie loved Santa her 1st Christmas. We took her to a place called the Avenues because they have FREE pictures with Santa. Since I was unsure how she'd do this was the place for me. They took the picture and then uploaded it to facebook so I could see it.

December 8, 2010

Year 2 was not a great year for McKenzie and Santa. She loved the idea of him, but did not want to get close to him. We tried a mall photo first but since she got so upset we opted to try for the free photo at the Avenues again. I personally love this picture! It was FREEZING outside so they opted for the photos with Santa to be in Barnes and Noble, which was great because McKenzie loved playing with the train table afterwords.

November 30, 2011

This year we went to the Avenues again. I have learned my lesson about Santa photos. We also went earlier because Momma and Daddy were taking McKenzie the next day to Pensacola for the weekend. I wanted to make sure I was there with her for Santa so we went early. This year it was cold again but instead of inside Barnes and Noble it was outside in front of a fireplace at the Aspen Grille. I was a little worried about McKenzie and Santa but she did great. I had to shake his hand first but she warmed right up to him. In the picture above she is really excited about the candy cane.

Giving Santa a hug

"I want Jessie and her hat, please"

All McKenzie has been saying for a month is she wants Santa Claus to bring her Jessie and her hat. She has a Woody and his hat already so Jessie will be a perfect addition to the family. I don't really know the obsession with the hat but its cute.

Tomorrow I hope to post about mine and Jason's trip to Washington, D.C. but I am getting a cold so I don't know if I'll feel up to it. I hope you enjoyed the pictures!

Thanksgiving 2011

2011-12-11T14:00:00.001-05:00

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year. I love looking back and realizing how good I have it an seeing all I have to be thankful for. I have been in such an unhappy place because there are some things that haven't gone my way recently. It took me really thinking about Thanksgiving realize how good I have it. I have a wonderful husband and daughter. I have a job. I have a house. I have a great family. Sometimes I just get so selfish and jealous of what others have I don't see what I have.

Anyways, enough about that. This year for Thanksgiving we went to Leesburg. We had some great times with the family. Jason got to spend a night at the fish camp with just him, his dad and brother. We took Jeff Bell's jet skis and Big Fish's boat out on the lake. McKenzie loves the boat. We also found out that we are going to be an Aunt and Uncle! After waiting for a few years Ted and Denise are going to have a baby in June. I'm super excited for them and for McKenzie to have a cousin.

Here are some pictures from the weekend!

McKenzie in the skirt my Momma made

McKenzie and Travis playing football after Thanksgiving dinner

McKenzie and Travis

McKenzie loved playing the banjo with PawPaw

McKenzie washing potatoes in the bowl MawMaw used with her Grandma to wash potatoes in when she was a little girl

Septmber and October

2011-11-25T14:52:00.001-05:00

September
For Labor Day we went to Leesburg for Jason's Dad and Brother's birthdays. We also took McKenzie on her 1st ride in Paw Paws boat. She loved it and kept wanting it to go fast! She fell asleep on the way back she had so much fun. The middle of September McKenzie and I went to Pensacola for a few days. We got to hang out with the family and see my grandparents new condo. McKenzie loves the beach as long as she's playing in the sand, not in the water.

October
The first weekend in October Ash came up and we ran a 5k. It was my 1st one and I finished in 30 min. Toward the end of the month I went to Athens for a Social Studies Conference and ended up winning a signed picture of Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter (which is ironic since I'm not a fan of Carter). Momma and Daddy came and we took McKenzie on her 1st bowling outing. She had a great time and almost beat me (which isn't hard to do). Then we went to a fall festival and Kenz would not get off the bouncy houses/slides. At Trunk or Treat McKenzie dressed up as a pirate and had a blast. She even rode the mechanical bull! Halloween was great fun and Kenz loved Trick or Treating!

Sorry there are no pictures in this post. You can check out the ones on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100991815335963.3200674.5235504&type=3#!/media/set/?set=a.10100991815335963.3200674.5235504&type=3

We are in Leesburg now so hopefully there will be more posts and pictures to come soon!

I'm Baaaack!

2011-11-25T09:20:00.001-05:00

Well, school has been HECTIC these last few months and I've neglected my blog. I want to say that I am back! Plan on a few catch up posts and then I'll keep everyone updated, I promise!

Mom Tricks

2011-08-24T21:21:00.000-04:00

While I will never claim to be super mom (I am FAR from it), I do have some things I would like to share about my motherhood experience so far.
1. Read to your child. I've read to McKenzie since she was born and I'm thinking its paying off. She is very articulate and in my opinion very smart. The 1st book McKenzie wanted to "read" was Brown Bear, Brown Bear. She now gets this book and "reads" (she has it memorized) to Woodie, Mickey Mouse etc. We only have to read a book a few times to her and then she can help us "read" it.
2. Potty Training - I didn't really potty train McKenzie. My sitter did most of it. It only took her a few days to get the basics down so she's been "trained" since April. However, she still wears a pull up to bed and it took forever for us to have no accidents. To get to to go accident free I bribed her. Yeah, I'm that mom. I told her if she went a week with no accidents then she got Princess Panties - it took 3 weeks before she did it, but since then there haven't been accidents. Well, not really. Now she wants to go by herself and has had a few accidents from not pulling down her panties all the way.
3. Food - be sneaky! I have the Sneaky Chef and Deceptively Delicious cookbooks and I love them. You just puree veggie and hide them in things. I'm getting pretty good at it. Today I made my own recipe for Green Spaghetti (sorry, I don't measure)-
Angel Hair Pasta (or whatever you want) - boil, you know the drill
2 handfuls of baby spinach
A handful of roasted unsalted peanuts
A handful or two of shredded cheese (I used Mexican blend because its what we had)
Splash of lemon juice
Put spinach, etc. in a food processor and pulse. Add olive oil while pulsing until the mixture is creamy.
Mix with hot noodles and serve!

Here are some pics of my little reader!

Back to School

2011-08-10T21:20:00.000-04:00

Summer is over and so is the 1st week of school. I know, its only August 10th but we've been back for a week. Summer flew by with all of my trips and I'm too lazy to go back and recap them for you. I'm going to start off with school.
This year I'm teaching 8th grade ESEP (special ed) math and social studies. In Georgia ESEP is special ed and the way I'm doing it is co-teaching. This means I don't have my own classroom and I'm supposed to co-teach with the general ed math and social studies teacher. When I did this in the 07-08 school year what it meant is I stood in the room and assisted. I HATED it. I am a teacher. It is my passion. I'm a Social Studies teacher. It is my passion. However I was placed in this co-teaching thing again. I have fought it all summer. I wanted out, I wanted to catch them in a loop-hole. But 2 Sunday's ago our pastor was giving a message about character. He said we are like the vine and sometimes the vine needs to be cut back and sometimes it is re positioned so it can be re rooted. I think God was speaking directly to me. So I am trying to take each day and let God use me.
That being said, this year has been stressful so far. I'm not really happy where I am both with what I'm doing and with my administration. My administrator that is directly over me is AWESOME but me principal and other AP are not my favorites. I'm crazy busy with running from class to class, learning the math, all of the ESEP paperwork AND I'm social studies department head. I'm hoping everything gets into a rhythm soon and I can feel somewhat normal and happy. I'm thinking it might be my last year at Austin. Its 17 miles one way and they are opening a new middle school closer. I'd love to go there (8miles) or Moses (1mile) but we'll see where God leads me. I've learned one thing and that is to follow and see the awesome results he produces!

Colonial Williamsburg

2011-07-18T13:19:00.000-04:00

The highlight for me this summer was going on a trip with 40 other teachers to the Colonial Williamsburg area. We left on a Friday and spent most of that day traveling. Saturday we went to Jamestown settlement and Jamestown NHP. I was super excited about the National Park part because I have a National Parks Passport and I got 3 stamps in it. It was also really cool because it was the 1st permanent English settlement in the "New World". The settlement was a recreated settlement the historical society did for the Queen's visit in 2007. I didn't realize it but when she visited in 2007 it was the 1st time an English monarch had visited the 'New World". Crazy! Jamestown park had a lot of archaeological digs going on which were really cool. I even saw where the 1st Protestant Church in the America's was located. It gave me chills. Sunday through Tuesday we spent time in Colonial Williamsburg. It is a really interesting place with all kinds of artifacts. We got the best part of the place because we were teachers - they gave us all kinds of materials to use with our students and we participated in some cool activities like a dance, witch trial, and the army (I am NOT cut out for the army!). We had some good food while we were there too. My favorite place even gave us the recipes for their sweet potato muffins and rum cream pie (DELICIOUS!). Wednesday we went to Yorktown National Park (more stamps for me!) and I saw where the US was officially born. This is where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington to end the Revolution.
Our theme for the upcoming year is the Civil War and our summer field trip will be to various battlefields (national parks and more stamps!). I am SUPER excited about this one because the Civil War is my favorite era!
My camera was acting up on the trip but here are some pictures, mostly from Jamestown.

This is a plaque about common law that was in a church at Jamestown - this will be one of the basic arguments in the Declaration of Independence

The original foundation of the church where John Rolfe and Pocahontas were married

The court house in Colonial Williamsburg

A mansion in Colonial Williamsburg

A recreation of one of the original ships to enter Jamestown

A map of the voyage of the ships from England to the Americas

Recreation of the church where John Rolfe and Pocahontas were married

The site of the 1st Protestant Church in the Americas (it was covered up because it was supposed to rain that weekend)

Georgia Aquarium

2011-07-16T09:56:00.000-04:00

Ok, I know it has been forever since I've posted but I've been really busy. Since there is only a week and a half of my summer vacation left I thought I'd write a different blog post every day about the things that have gone on this summer. 1st up is the Georgia Aquarium. Technically we went before the school year ended but it was close enough to count.

As part of my "please stop crying about having to teach ESEP next year" plea from Jason we went to the Aquarium. Its one of the 1st times we've taking McKenzie to a "special" place without one of the grandparents along. We went on a Sunday afternoon with about 3 hours left before closing time. It was perfect! It was a little crowded when we got there but cleared up quickly after.

McKenzie's favorites were the Whale Sharks, the Whale slide, the penguins and the alligator. I know, I know I can't believe I'm admitting my child liked an alligator - however it is albino. I, being me took a ton of pictures but here are some of my favorites from the aquarium!

Look, a Whale Shark!!!!

the whale shark

Penguins

The albino alligator - I think he was just scared of us Seminoles!

Trying to pet the sting ray

My absolute favorite!

The whale slide

Summer Begins!

2011-06-08T23:10:00.000-04:00

Finally summer is here!!!! The last few weeks of school were super stressful so I am glad that it is over with! In the past few weeks we have gone to the aquarium, Pensacola and McKenzie has gone to Helen with Nana and Papa. We've also had some changes around our house. Here they are:
1. Jason's company was bought out by Stanley/Black and Decker - he's apprehensive because now its a corporate company and he's afraid of micromanaging. Also the benefits will change and we'll have to pay for them again.
2. I finished my gifted endorsement - which should allow me to teach advanced social studies but ....
3. I'm teaching 8th grade ESEP next year - I have been SUPER bummed about this one. I'm department head and have the gifted endorsement and want my own classroom but I guess I have to get over it. I didn't see the change coming and cried for a day because of it.

This summer will be spent with me going to Williamsburg in a few weeks (via free trip with my Teaching American History Grant), Kenz and I going to Pensacola in July, Jason and kenz going to Stone Mountain when I'm in Williamsburg, and the whole family going to North Carolina at the end of June. Aside from trips we will be hanging out at the house, library and various other places around town. Here are some pictures of the summer so far!

Loving the Beach!

My 1st few days of summer break were spent with the youth participating in Hand of Hope - we worked on various homes around the community. The particular one I was at made me sad there are people that live like this in Paulding County. Here are the members that participated in HOH 2011.

This is my sweet little sunbathing beauty. She just plopped in the chair and grabbed her book before I had even done the same thing. She's so funny with books - she usually sleeps with 3 booking in the bed with her!

Trip to Tallahassee!!

2011-05-20T21:12:00.000-04:00

Mother's Day weekend we took McKenzie down for her 1st trip to Tallahassee. Jason and I stayed at Devan's while Nana, Papa and Aunt Ashley took McKenzie in the hotel. Uncle Dicky, Aunt Pam and RJ came for the weekend too.
Friday we went to the baseball game where McKenzie met all of the crew I used to sit with. This is what I miss the most about being away from Tallahassee - my baseball friends. It was so good to see them!
Saturday we went and ate Red Elephant, which was my fave pizza place when I lived in Midtown. One of my former (well 3 really- I taught triplets) student's dad owns the place. We ran into Spencer whom I taught as a 7th grader and is now a senior. I can't believe I've taught that long! Then we went to the baseball game that night too. McKenzie thinks Doak Campbell stadium is a castle - I agree!
Sunday was Mother's Day but we had to go home. We met Momma and Daddy for breakfast and then hung out at Devan's. Then we ate Sonny's and headed back to Georgia. On our way up we stopped at a friend's house in South Georgia that we don't see often.
It was a great weekend and hopefully we can do it again sometime soon.

McKenzie liked the baseball

She was so happy to see Go Noles!

Jason and Devan

Me and Ash

So I didn't get a picture of me, Jason and Kenz but I got a great one of RJ, Ash and Kenz

Doing the War Chant!!!

McKenzie loves Devan!

Greenie Me

2011-05-14T14:41:00.000-04:00

I know its about a month since Earth Day but I wanted to share my Green experiences. Prior to having McKenzie I didn't really care about recycling or conserving resources. Since then its been the opposite. I don't know if its being a Mom or what but I've become a real greenie. I'm not a total tree hugger but here is what I have been doing.

1. Recycling
    The recycling center is just down from the house and I've been taking things there for about a year now. Just this month they've finally started picking up our recycling. I take plastic, aluminum, paper and glass. Now I can put all of that except the glass in the bin. I've been collecting at school and I even had a student bring me 2 HUGE bags of plastic to take to the center. I also take the Styrofoam trays/egg cartons and the plastic bags to Publix because they have recycling there. I've noticed we don't have as much trash in our can since I've been doing the recycling.

2. BYOB
     I also bring my own bags when i shop. I used to only do it at Publix but now I'll take them in to any store. Its easier to carry those bags than the plastic ones and they are cuter. It frustrates me when I go somewhere and I have no bags in the car. These bags are also great to take on trips or picnics because they hold so much.

3. Fresh Air and Natural Sunlight
      Our AC broke last month and while we were waiting to get a new one we opened the windows and let the fresh air in. It was so nice! Since then I've been turning off the air and opening the windows if it isn't too hot and humid. I know this will probably last only another month or so but its nice while it lasts.

4. Clothes Line
      One thing I've been wanting is a clothes line. I have a very shaded back yard so it isn't all that good for a clothes line. So yesterday I decided to get one and put it under our back deck (for those who have never seen my house most houses in North Georgia are split level so my basement isn't underground). Right now I have some of Dixie's blankets hanging on there. From what I understand the dryer takes up 3/4 of your power bill - hopefully I can save some money too!

5. Couponing
    I know this isn't really Earth friendly but it is saving me green!!! I've been cutting coupons for a while but never really used them to their full potential. Now I have them organized in a binder - they are in baseball card sleeves and separated into categories. I've got us down to $225 a month for groceries, toiletries, and pet food this way. And I don't go all over the place to shop. I shop at Publix- with buy one get one and the pet coupons and regular coupons I save a TON, and Target. This summer I'm going to try CVSing and Walgreening too!

Some things I'd like to do before the year ends
1. Herb garden
2. Veggie Garden
3. Composting
4. Collecting Rainwater

Have a wonderful day!!!

Pensacola Beach Pictures

2011-04-08T14:19:00.000-04:00

Here are the pictures we took at Ft.Pickens and the beach. Enjoy!!! (There are about 15 pictures ... I appologise in advance but she's so stinkin cute!!!) If you are in Pensacola you should go take pictures out there... they turn out great!

McKenzie's Princess Party!!!

2011-04-07T15:59:00.000-04:00

I can't believe it but McKenzie is two!! Here is a recap of all birthday festivities.
1st - We went to Pensacola for the weekend of March 18th and took some two year old beach photos. I will upload those on another day because the CD is in the other room and I am LAZY.
2nd - Jason's parents came the weekend of March 25th for part of thier Spring Break and to celebrate McKenzie's birthday. Saturday we celebrated with dinner at Olive Garden (the girl loves thier salad - but then again who doesn't?) and then she got her presents - a Lil Tykes lawn mower, picnic table and and elmo that does the hokey pokey. The Hokey Pokey is a thing with PawPaw because he's a VT fan.
3rd - Birthday Weekend! My parents, Ashley and Devan came up for the weekend and we had a Princess Party!!! All about the decorations will be in tomorrow's blog- its easier to separate. Kenzies friends from Ms. Staceys came as well as 3 princesses - Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Belle. We had lots of fun with bubbles and "put Cinderella in her castle". We ate yummy cake and McKenzie made out on presents! She got a lot of clothes and cute shoes. She also got a Mickey Mouse that does the Hot Dog Dance that she plays with a lot, a kitchen she loves, a princess 4 wheeler, and a Ariel and Castle to play with in the bathtub. Here are some pictures from the party!

McKenzie and Aunt Ashley

Yay Uncle Devan came for the party!!

McKenzie putting Cinderella in the castle - she put it in the right place without even being told that was what you are supposed to do

McKenzie and the Princesses!!!

This one is my fav of McKenzie and Holli (aka Cinderella)

The Party

5th- Tuesday was Kenzie's actuall birthday. I woke up with a stomach bug and felt yucky all day. We did manage to meet Jason for lunch at Chic Fil A though. McKenzie had a blast.

This week is Spring Break and we've gotten to hang out all week. We've been to the park and shopping. The pappy fairy has come and taken the pappys away. This weekend Papa is coming again from his fishing trip so McKenzie will be happy about that as well.

On a side note - McKenzie has taken the Ariel that came with the bath stuff EVERYWHERE! Also, she is a true NOLE beccause in the car yesterday she had it and moved its arm back and forth and said 'Go Noles!!!" and started doing the war chant. I'm so proud!!!!!

Kenzie the fisherwoman

2011-03-25T20:48:00.000-04:00

Well its been forever since I've posted. We've been SUPER busy! Last weekend I took a much needed break and went to Pensacola. We went to the beach, ate oysters, went to the sausage festival and went to Granny's. At Granny's we went fishing... well everyone else fished and Kenz and I visited with people. Ms. Shauna, Kim and Jonah came over too. Here are some pics from that day.

McKenzie and Granny- she was trying to drive the golf cart

Me and Kim with our babies - McKenzie and Jonah

Kenzie and Jonah - he wants her cheerios

Kenz and PaPa - she'll be fly fishing soon enough

Kenz and Uncle Dicky - yes that is a fish in her hand ... she also walked over and put it in the bucket! I'm so proud!!!

I promise to post again soon... Jason's parents are in town this weekend so more pictures are to come soon!!

Valentines Day

2011-02-15T21:22:00.000-05:00

I'm not a big fan of Valentines Day but I do have to say it is much better as a mom. I got to dress Kenzie up all cute and sent her to Ms. Stacey's with some Mickey Mouse Valentines for her little friends. When we got home this afternoon Kenzie saw what Nana and Papa got her, Mommy and Daddy got her and the cards from Great Grandma and Great Grandpa McCormick and PawPaw and MawMaw. Then Kenzie watched "The Princess and the Frog" and we ate homemade spinach and pepperoni pizza. While we eat we have the 90s music channel on and after Kenzie was done she and I danced to Shania Twain's "From this Moment On". Jason came out and danced some more with us. It was so much fun! Here are some pics from the day!

My Valentines!

Watch Belle, Beast

2011-02-11T22:01:00.000-05:00

The title of my post has to do with what I hear everyday from the time McKenzie gets up until she goes to bed. McKenzie LOVES the Disney Princesses, especially Belle. We're even planning a Princess Party for Kenzie's 2nd birthday (2 months away). I have a few videos so you can see how happy she gets and how she dances like a princess.

That is pretty much my life right now. I love both of them so much!

One Hand, One Heart

2011-01-31T22:07:00.000-05:00

Saturday night was my birthday celebration. Jason and I went to see West Side Story at the Fox. It was a great show! I hated it 13 years ago when I saw it with Kim and Krys. Its so depressing, but that is why Romeo and Juliette is a tragedy. I learned to love it later though. The song "One Hand, One Heart" was the song Kim sang when Jason and I lit the unity candle. I cried at that part in the play. Jason didn't love West Side Story as much as I did but he did like seeing me happy. It was a great birthday!

Birthday Wishes

2011-01-28T20:37:00.000-05:00

I have less than a month before my 28th birthday! I can't believe it! I LOVE birthdays. Its the only day that is all about me. I know that sounds selfish but I think it is important to have a day where its all about you. I know my birthday present from Jason is to go see West Side Story at the Fox tomorrow but here are a list of things I would love if we had money to blow.
1. A Spa Day
   I'd love a day to go get a facial, pedicure, manicure and massage.

2. The Footbath thing that takes out the toxins
     This is like a guilty pleasure for me. I saw an ad for it at the chiropractors office and it costs like $200 for 10 treatments. You put your feet in this bath like when you get a pedi but whatever is in it takes the otxins out of your body. It looks gross but I think it would be so cool!

3. More Madeline L'Engle books
     I got 6 for Christmas. I'd like Meet the Austins, Moon by Night, Young Unicorns, Arm of the Starfish and so many more ... she's such a great author.

4. A new camera
    I lost mine before Christmas (at the mall when we went to see Santa) but I have a replacement one now. Its good - I'd love a really good one with fast speed because McKenzie does not stay still

5. To go rollerskating
    Yeah I'm totally a middle schooler but I want to go rollerskating so bad. I can't wait until McKenzie is old enough for rollerskating parties - that's all we'll have!!!

6. To go to NYC and see Rock of Ages
     I am obsessed with this show. Its all 80s hair band songs like "Don't Stop (believin)" "We're not Gonna Take It" and "Livin on a Prayer". How could I not like it! The touring company hasn't made it to ATL yet but if/when it does Ashley and I are going to have to go. Jason doesn't appreciate the 80s music - I am working on him though!

There are more - these are just the top of my list. I know I won't get these things this year but maybe in the future.

I am extremely excited about tomorrow night. Last year we went to see South Pacific and Jason didn't care for it too much. I'm hoping this year he'll like West Side Story - then maybe one day we can go see a show on Broadway

Wee Bit Wednesday

2011-01-19T22:25:00.000-05:00

{one} name one thing you worry about running out of.

Toilet Paper - how did people live before it was invented?

{two} what is your favorite pizza topping?

Spinach and artichokes!!!

{three} what is your favorite harrison ford movie?

Ummm..... Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

{four} apple juice or orange juice?

Orange Juice

{five} what’s your favorite thing to do on a sunday afternoon?

Relax with Jason while Kenz naps, cut coupons, and then when Kenz wakes up go to the park

{six} what is the wallpaper on your cellphone of?

External - McKenzie as an eskimo

Internal - McKenzie at Steak and Shake with stickers all over her face

{seven} do you have a favorite tv commercial?

I like the one with Bobby Bowden and Lou Holtz - some credit card company. The mayhem ones are good too

{eight} what is the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?

A pickled pigs foot - it was only one bite

{nine} what is one piece of clothing you can’t live without?

Probably either jeans or a bra - its a toss up

{ten} if you were a character from “lost”, who would you be?

Never seen it

Tale As Old As Time ...

2011-01-17T14:11:00.000-05:00

My Christmas present from Ashley was to go see Beauty and the Beast at the Fox last weekend. I was all worried she wouldn't get here because of the snow/ice we've had but Ash made it in fine. I was off Friday so we got to hang out. McKenzie really love AhE being here. She didn't want to go to sleep Friday night because she thought Ashley was leaving in the morning. Saturday was the play and it was AMAZING! We had awesome seats! I love m sister so much. It makes me wish we lived closer so that I could hang out with her on a regular basis. Sunday Ash worked in the nursery with me and then we hung out until she had to leave. Unfortunatly Ashley lost her cell phone in the airport but we're praying someone turned it in. She was quite upset about all her pictures being gone. Speaking of pictures here are some from the weekend.

McKenzie ran in for this picture with us ... she's so stinkin cute!

Tomorrow I go back to work for the 1st time since Friday the 7th. There is still a majority of my yard covered in snow. Hopefully that was the last of snow for a while (I'm not holding my breath though).

Jason and I are taking Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University through our church. So far I'm really liking it. Our goal is to be debt free so that we can pay cash for me to start my masters by 2014. If I start by then I will be grandfathered in to recieve higher pay for my degree. Its going to take a lot of discipline but I am hoping we can do it. I want McKenzie and whatever future children I have to be able to go to college without having to get a loan and be in debt. I want to be able to go on nice vacations when I have children old enough to appreciate them. I want to be able to by my next vehicle (probably a bigger SUV) in cash. I'll let you know how it goes for us as we start paying things off!

Wee Bit Wednesday

2011-01-12T15:23:00.000-05:00

So I am going stir crazy in this house with so much snow so I've decided to do a Wee Bit Wednesday. Enjoy!

{one} have you ever been on tv?
Yes, plenty of times. I was in a commerical for my PawPaws car lot when I was 5. I said "even we got station wagons too". I was on the news a couple of times in random Mardi Gras parades. I was the P in PHS one year and we were on prep football final. I've been in the FSU crowd a ton of times!

{two} what was the best movie you saw last year?

Humm.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Toy Story 3 and Robin Hood were also amazing.

{three} do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?

In!

{four} do you cut coupons?

Yes, but I am not a crazy couponer yet. I do usually save at least $20 every time I go.

{five} do you ever count your steps when you walk?

{six} what sauce do you dip your chicken nuggets in?

Honey, not honey mustard but plain honey

{seven} do you have any magazine subscriptions?

No but I always think I should get Shape because its the one I get every month

{eight} when was the last time you wrote a letter on paper?

Probably November

{nine} what’s your favorite fruit pie?

Apple because its the only fruit pie I've ever eaten

{ten} black olives or green olives?

Both!

Fun in the Snow

2011-01-11T20:47:00.000-05:00

As I said in my last post we had 5 inches of snow Sunday night/ Monday morning. We've had no school/ work yesterday or today and I have no school tomorrow either. I took some video today of our snow.

This one I had to do because I LOVE A Christmas Story

Since there was so much snow we've pretty much stayed inside. We've totally deep cleaned the house. Now I'm going stir crazy. Hopefully tomorrow I can get some work done for my gifted class and be ahead of the game there. Maybe Thursday I can go back to work. Thursday night Ashley is supposed to fly in because we have tickets to see Beauty and the Beast at the Fox. I hope the weather clears up and she can fly in and we can have a great weekend. That's all for now!

New Year, New Bed

2011-01-10T21:04:00.000-05:00

So it has been forever since I've posted and I'm just going try and catch you up. Christmas was great and Santa was really good to McKenzie. We went to Jason's parents and had a great time. We missed a white Christmas at home but got to enjoy the snow when we came back the next day. Momma, Daddy and Ash came on the 27th and we had Christmas again. McKenzie got a big girl bed for Christmas! She has done awesome with it. She's stayed in bed every night and LOVES the big girl bed. Here are some pictures of McKenzie, the big girl bed and her new room.

As for the rest of us we have been trying to stay warm. It snowed 5 inches last night and then iced all day today. Needless to say we aren't going to school tomorrow either. I will try and post tomorrow with pictures of us playing in the snow.

McKenzie's visit with Santa

2010-12-17T20:50:00.000-05:00

About a week ago we went to visit Santa. Last year McKenzie loved Santa so we took her to the mall this year for a visit. She DID NOT like him this year. We didn't get a picture with Santa because I didn't want to spend $20 on a picture where she was unhappy. So we decided to take her to the Avenues where we did last year and get a free picture with Santa. So here it is.

McKenzie loves the idea of Santa. Everytime she sees him she says "Sana Cause .. HoHo". She just doesn't want to get too close to him.

Pictureless Post of Thanksgiving Week

2010-11-30T12:26:00.000-05:00

Now this is a little strnage for me but there are no pictures in this post. Partly because I am at work and don't have the camera (and actually should be grading papers instead of posting) and partly because I have no pictures from Thanksgiving. Why you ask ....

Sunday before Thanksgiving McKenzie and I flew to Pensacola. It was our 1st flight together and went really well. There was no body cavity screaning just regular old security and you get all the perks of getting on 1st when you have a baby.

McKenzie had been coughing since Sunday morning and I called my peditrician because you can't give a kid under 2 cough medicine. They said to go to a walk in place if she started running a fever. Monday afternoon she started so we took her to urgent care. They did a strep test and it came back negative and said it was a virus. They would know the results of the long strep test and call me if it turned out positive.

All week Mckenzie battled a fever and acted blah. She is a very active child so for her to want to cuddle and be held all the time is odd. She was basically attached to my mom. We had to let her fall asleep on us because she would cough so much. Thursday night her fever hit 103 and we called Gulf Breeze ER and the on call people at my peditrician's office. They said it was probably a virus and give tylenol and fluids. The fever broke that night and she ran a 99 fever all Friday.

Saturday McKenzie really started acting like her self again so we did get some pictures then. Plus we were all decked out in our FSU gear for that AWESOME game! It was the 1st time since Jason and I have known each other we beat the Gators in football.(Now we don't have to split up for FSU to win!)

Sunday we traveled back home and it was back to the grind yesterday.

After work yesterday I got a text from my mom that my cousin had strep. Then I got a call that McKenzie has strep. Let me say, I was NOT happy. I always was a false negative so I understand about that. I just don't realize why they knew on Thursday (my mom read the report) and didn't call me until yesterday. So that was Thankgiving. A sick child, who had never been sick before, that went a week untreated for strep. Now we have the meds and Jason is AWESOME at giving them to her. He calls it her candy and she takes it for him. Hopefully she won't be a cronic strep person like I was. If so she's getting her tonsil's out as soon as it happens too much. I waited until I was 21 and had mono for 6 months. Not fun.

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and I promise to have pictures of this weekend's Christmas parade and visit with Santa!

Then and Now

2010-11-15T22:14:00.000-05:00

Today is the 6 year anniversary since mine and Jason's 1st date. Here's a little then and now.
Then...
I met this guy Jason on November 6th at the FSU- Duke football game. I didn't really retain much about him since there was a game being played and I tend to be very vocal. The guy was cute but I thought I'd never see him again, I mean there were 80,000 other people there too. Then on November 11th I went to my friend Jason's place to watch the FSU- NC State game. Jason was also there. We didn't talk much during the game but talked some afterwords. Jason got my number because we were going to try and get tickets to Dierks Bentley for a group of people. Sunday November 14th Jason called me and ended up asking me out. I don't actually remember him asking me on a date until I hung up the phone. That's how I knew God was in control and this was going to be the one. Monday November 15th we went out to eat at Chillis and stayed there for 3 hours talking about all kinds of things. We then came back to my apartment and watched Fresh Prince of Bel Air and we kissed. We've been together ever since.

Now
Today Jason and I got up and went to our jobs. I teach and he works for a company called WinWare. When I got off work I picked up our amazing 19 month old McKenzie and came home and played with her until Daddy got home. Then he played with her while I fixed her grilled cheese. Kenzie then got a bath and went to be. Jason and I left her with the babysitter and went to Chillis where we met our newlywed friends Ashley and David for dinner. It was a great night and I love my husband so much. I can't believe how God has blessed me in the last 6 years.

For your viewing pleasure here is our 1st picture togehter and our most recent picture together.

November 22, 2004 - FSU, Polo Club apartments

October 30, 2010 - Hope Church, Trunk or Treat, Dallas Ga

We Voted!!!

2010-11-02T18:59:00.000-04:00

Today was election day and McKenzie and I went and voted ... hope you did too! Afterword we took some pictures in the front yard because it was a cool fall day. Here you go!

My little Tinkerbell

2010-10-31T15:56:00.000-04:00

Yesterday we celebrated Halloween. Nana (my mom) made McKenzie a Tinkerbell costume and we went to Trunk or Treat at the church. It was huge! There were almost 40 trunks there. McKenzie did well with trick or treating but wasn't too interested in it. We did a cake walk (and lost) and rode a hayride to pick out a pumpkin. After trunk or treat we went to Publix and did some trick or treating there. McKenzie made a cookie, got a popcorn had and lots more candy. Later we went by Ms. Stacey's house and then went to eat at Sonny's. Tonight is Halloween but we've decided to just stay at home and give out candy. We're also going to watch Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown because its my fave. Here are some pictures of Tink!

Ready to trunk or treat

I love this one

Wiping off daddy's face

Picking out a Pumpkin

Trick or treating with Papa at Publix

Reading a "gook" with Nana

Eating an orange

Pumpkin Patch

2010-10-18T19:48:00.000-04:00

Today we did one of my favorite fall things ... went and got a pumpkin. We went to a patch beside a gas station but it was still fun. I didn't want to drive forever just to get a pumpkin. We took McKenzie to the same one last year and there is a huge difference a year makes!

October 18, 2009

October 18, 2010

After we went and picked out our pumpkins we went to a house down the road that always decorates their driveway and took pictures. McKenzie had a lot of fun and so did I.

This weekend is my friend Ashley and David's wedding and Jason and I are both in it. My Momma and Daddy are coming up to watch McKenzie and Uncle Dicky and Aunt Pam are also coming. It stinks I don't get to hang out with them but I'm really excited about the wedding. More pictures after the wedding!!!

Fun at the Fair

2010-10-12T19:40:00.000-04:00

On the 3rd we went for our first trip to the fair. I haven't been since before Jason and I got married. I was so excited to take McKenzie to see the animals since she loves them. Of course we spent most of our time by the goats. For those of you who don't know there is a goat at the neighbors behind my parents house. McKenzie is OBSESSED with goats. If they were cuter I'd let her be one for Halloween. McKenzie also ate her 1st corndog (well a bite of it) and funnel cake. She LOVED the funnel cake ... who doesn't? Well here are some pictures from the fair.

McKenzie and the Goat

My little Pumpkin!

Yumm... Funnel Cake!

McKenzie and the Horse

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you See?

2010-09-28T21:55:00.009-04:00

As you know McKenzie loves to make animal noises and she also loves to read. Here she is making the noises for "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do You See?". She's just learned the frog and cat this past week. She also changed the way she barks for a dog.

In other news McKenzie is now going potty in her potty. We're not really potty training her but I put her on it when she wakes up and before bath, etc. She's been using it about 3 or 4 times a day. She gets so excited and says "pee pee" when she goes in the potty. I'm so proud of her!

As for Jason - he got a job! He's in the operations part of a company called Win Ware. They make computer stuff for those big tool cabinets. That's all I know about it. He's really happy and the company is really cool. There are 2 people from the church that work there so he already knows a couple of people.

As for me - I'm busy with school. I'm department chair to a department that doesn't really know anything about social studies, so I work really hard with all of that. I'm also taking gfted endorsement classes. Its like being in college again. Its so much fun! I'm also going to take part in the Teaching American History Grant starting this spring. I should find out more about that soon.

That's all for the Williams family right now... more pictures/ videos to come soon!!

The Best Day

2010-09-04T22:48:00.000-04:00

Today was pretty much the best day ever. We woke up this morning and Jason brought McKenzie in the room to hang out in the bed with us. I just love starting my morning off this way but it rarely ever happens because we seem to be busy all the time. Then we got dressed and went and got the lawn mower from Ben's house (Jason's business partner). It was so wonderful outside today ... in the 60s this morning so jeans were necessary. Jason mowed the yard and the neighbor's yard and then it was time for the real fun to begin. FSU football season. Here is McKenzie's reaction to the start of the season.

This is probably my proudest moment as a mommy so far. She's watching this all on her own. She started the war chant because she can hear it in the background and then when the Noles took the field she started clapping. She knows her Seminoles!

Well after the game/ when McKenzie woke up we went to Marietta for Sonny's. Our Sonny's is amazing because this month is teacher appreciation month and we got 10% off and McKenzie always eats free. I thought this was a Sonny's thing but apparently its just our Sonny's. The only thing is we have to make the 20 min drive to Marietta. On the way home we stopped in at Barnes and Noble because Paulding County doesn't have a bookstore and I needed and etiquette book for a class I'm teaching at school. McKenzie loved playing with the train table.

When we got home we took a walk/wagon ride around the neighborhood and the played on the swing. It was so nice outside we just loved being out there. We came back in and watched Ole Miss get upset by Jacksonville State and then put Kenz to bed. Jason and I have been watching football and I've also worked on my Gifted Class assignments (that's another post).

Today has been the best. I love having days with just me, Jason and Kenz where we can really hang out ... nothing else to do.

Here are some pictures of McKenzie in her new Seminole shirt ... I've been wanting this one since Jason and I found out we were having a baby. It says product of FSU Alumni!

Home Alone

2010-08-27T22:22:00.000-04:00

No, I'm not referring to the movie, I'm referring to me being home alone since Wednesday. Jason and Kenz went to Leesburg for Ted's 30th birthday/ Big Fish's 57th birthday parties. I could not go with them because tomorrow I am throwing my friend Ashley a wedding shower. It weird having the place all to myself. I definitely feel like Macaulay Caulkin (I don't know if thats how you spell his name) when he asks Santa for his family back. Even though tomorrow will be packed with pre wedding festivities and a bachelorette party I can't wait to have my hubby and little girl back!

The Car Wash

2010-08-16T20:18:00.002-04:00

Saturday was overcast and not 100 degrees so we decided to was the cars. McKenzie loves the water so we filled up the pool and let her play.

Then McKenzie decided to help Daddy wash the truck.

And then she played in the bubbles.

McKenzie's 1st Day at Ms. Stacey's

2010-08-09T19:51:00.003-04:00

Today McKenzie started at the new babysitter's house. Ms. Stacey is super sweet and watches 3 other kids at her house. I was super nervous because Alisa, our former sitter, was AMAZING! I just loved her to death and so did McKenzie. Alisa reccommended Stacey so that is who we went with. This morning I decided to take a "first day" photo of McKenzie. I know she isn't going to school but a new place is just as exciting. So I took her to Ms. Stacey's and when I was there she found the choo choo and started playing. I told her bye and McKenzie stood up and waved and said bye. No crying, no need for a hug or sugar ... just a hey mom I'm ok you can go now bye. She's such a big girl! When Jason picked her up she had played hard and napped hard. The other kids cried when she left! Here is McKenzie on the 1st day at Ms. Staceys!

The First Day of School

2010-08-06T20:03:00.002-04:00

Today was the 1st day of school in Paulding County. I went back to work on Monday to start getting my room ready but we didn't have to report until Wednesday. Crazy .. they expected us to get all of our stuff ready in 2 days. Well, one really because last night was open house. Going back to work has so many highs and lows so I thought I'd make a list.
Lows
getting up at 5:45
leaving McKenzie - this one is the worst because I've been with her all summer
wanting to go to bed a 8:30 because I'm so tired
lesson planning - its not hard, just time consuming and I'm the only one on the hall who has taught 6th grade social studies before
talking all day long - my jaw hurts today from going over things all day

Highs
new students - its always so much fun to get to know new kids, plus last years were a little on the rough side
new classroom - everything is neat and organized and I'm constantly improving things
being department head - this one is new for me, I found out on Wednesday that I'm department head ... scary!
getting my gifted certification - YAY! after this year hopefully I'll be teaching gifted social studies next year
having Jason and McKenzie bring me flowers today - it was so sweet they came in to my 3rd period class and brought me flowers and McKenzie came running to me. I have the most amazing husband and toddler ever!

That's about it. My classes seem really great. I feel like there are a lot of boys in the class and not so much on the girls. I just love the beginning of school!

Eats with a Fork

2010-07-29T19:52:00.003-04:00

Last year at this time McKenzie had just started to drink formula from a bottle and hadn't started any cereal yet. Now a year later she's eating her dinner with a fork. Where has the time gone. I do have to say she's a quick learner beacuse today was the 1st time I've given her a fork. Here is Kenz eating dinner tonight.

Sing It Baby!

2010-07-27T22:20:00.004-04:00

McKenzie and I spent the last week and a half traveling. We left on Friday the 16th with my Mom and went to Pensacola. We hung out with my cousin Sara for her birthday and then I went out with Ashley and Candi for a girls night. Saturday I went to New Orleans to be with Kim and Ted and baby Jonah. It was wonderful to be with them. I came back Monday and then Wednesday we left for Savannah for Sara and Bill's wedding. Sunday we came back home and have been hanging out.
While I was in New Orleans Aunt Ashley taught McKenzie how to "sing" in a "microphone"(aka brush). Well they looked in Pensacola for a microphone and couldn't find one. Today McKenzie and I went to Wendy's and in her kids meal was none other than a microphone. Here are some pictures of miss priss singing today!

Singing to Daddy

Happy Girl

McKenzie and Mommy - se loves to say cheese now

McKenzie got a monkey from my Grannie while in Savannah and she LOVES it

What's a Cow say?

2010-07-13T12:56:00.002-04:00

So in the past few weeks we have been working on animal sounds with McKenzie. She makes the sounds of the animals in her puzzles. There are still a lot more for her to learn but here are a few of the sounds she makes. Note: not all are animal noises - you will be able to see she lives up to the name baby Seminole!

The Fourth of July and the Cutest Cow Ever

2010-07-12T13:57:00.003-04:00

This past week we celebrated Independence Day and Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A. For the 4th we celebrated 3 times and had a great time at each one. Saturday the 3rd we went to the Rome Braves game. They are a single A team and have a great field. We sat in the outfield on Home Run Hill so McKenzie could play around. Afterwords there were fireworks and McKenzie LOVED them! Sunday we went to church and then cooked out at the house. We then went to Powder Springs to watch thier fireworks. They were the only ones around that had fireworks on Sunday. We parked by the train tracks and McKenzie loved the "Choo Choo" that went by 6 times. Then Saturday the 10th we went to Paulding County's fireworks which was really nice. We hung out with a friend from work and McKenzie played around in the big field. McKenzie got a glow in the dark necklace and kept trying to use it as a steering wheel.

Last Friday was Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A so I made shirts for us to wear so we could get free food. McKenzie was SUPER Cute so here is a picture. Tomorrow I'm going to try and upload the video of McKenzie making of her animal sounds ... they are so cute!

Stone Mountain

2010-06-30T19:09:00.004-04:00

Jason's parents were in town last week. We haven't seen them since the New Year so a lot has changed with McKenzie in 6 months. We had a good visit capped off by a night at Stone Mountain. Jason's parents are big camper people and have a nice 5th wheel so we took it over to Stone Mountain for a few nights. We stayed with them Monday night and left Tuesday after dinner.
If you've never been to Stone Mountain you really should go. They have a great lazer light show and lots of fun things to do. Monday night we did the light show and Tuesday we went up the mountain and walked around the park. The train wasn't in service so I was super bummed we couldn't do that. McKenzie had been walking around saying "Choo -chooo" because I told her we were going on one. All in all we had a great time though!

McKenzie climbing up Stone Mountain - it totally freaked me out she kept turning loose of our hands and wanting to climb. Obviously she did not inherit my fear or heights.

I like this much better - safe on Daddy's shoulders

On the skylift up to Stone Mountain

Ready for the lazer light show!

Beautiful Stone Mountain

Gray, Gray Go Away

2010-06-25T15:08:00.002-04:00

Ok so this is a pictureless post.
Lately I have been finding some things that I had hoped would stay away for many more years .... gray hair! I'm sooo disappointed. I don't want to be "old" yet. I'm not a big fan on spending a ton of money on dying my hair so I don't want to have to start doing that any time soon. I keep finding a few random ones.... but I know that's how it starts. What can I do? Is this normal for a 27 year old????

Summer Begins

2010-06-08T17:15:00.003-04:00

So today was my last day at work before the summer break! I know its been forever since I've posted but I've been SUPER busy. I've moved out of my classroom and into a new one, finished school, gone to Pensacola a couple of times and bought a truck. Wow!

This summer I plan to spend most of my time playing with Kenz. She loves her kiddie pool so I'm assuming that is where we'll be. Which works out well since I can lay out and get a tan. We'll be in Pensacola fathers day weekend for my cousin's bachelorette party. Then Jason's parents are coming for a week and a half. Kim is due in the middle of July so I'm hoping for a trip to New Orleans and then Sara is getting married at the end of the month in Savannah. It'll be a busy summer for sure.

The pictures are from Jason's last soccer game. Kenz is so stinking cute!

Tenured!!!!!

2010-05-12T15:13:00.002-04:00

Yay I am finally tenured!!!! Which means that its much harder for me to lose my job now. I've been sweating it out because there have been a TON of budget cuts to our county this year. We've already lost 13 teachers, 2 counsellors, and an office staff in my school alone due to all the cutbacks. I may be making very little money and teaching something I really don't want next year but hey, I'll have a job. I'm certified to teach any special ed class k-12 (could you see me as a kindergarten teacher?) and any social studies/history/ government/ psychology/ economics 6-12 so I've got good odds. I'm hoping to stay at Austin and teach 7th grade advanced social studies or 6th grade regular. I'm just happy to be where I am though!

Kenz and I are leaving tomorrow for a trip to Pensacola for my cousin Shane's wedding and Kim's baby shower!! I can't wait!!!

Kenzie's 1st boo boo

2010-04-24T19:19:00.003-04:00

I love spring! Its my second favorite time of year (a runner up to fall). I love baseball and warm weather and those both start in the spring. We spend a ton of time out at the softball and soccer fields. Jason is coaching and playing on 2 church softball teams and coaching a 12 and under girls soccer team. So Thursday we went as usual to the ball park. Kenz got a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse folding chair for her birthday so we decided to bring it out on this particular day. She sat in it for a while but then got bored and decided to play in the dirt. She also ate some pineapple out there so the dirt stuck to her hands and ended up all over her face. She was a mess! We did have a little mishap with the chair too. Kenzie was getting out of it and fell and scraped her knee. It bled some but she never cried. I'm so proud of her! Here are some pictures from Thursday....

Sitting in her chair

Pointing to Mickey Mouse
My dirty faced little girl
Kenzie's 1st boo boo

In other news McKenzie is into EVERYTHING! She climbs on things and pulls things around. She has some new words and her vocab seems to be increasing day by day. Here are Kenzie's words:

Mama, Dada, Deecee (Dixie), Ope (Hope), Dia (Lydia the babysitters daughter), bawl (ball), bat (bath), gook (book), day do (thank you)

She's so sweet! She likes to drink her milk in someones lap. She hugs me or Jason or Dixie too. Kenzie dances a lot and loves for Whit (the babysitters son) to play the guitar. She does the war chant and claps when you say "Go Noles". Basically she is wonderful and Jason and I love her more than you can imagine!

Some Enchanted Evening

2010-04-11T21:33:00.002-04:00

Last night Jason took me to see South Pacific at the Fox! It was my birthday present. Now Jason isn't the go to a musical kind of guy so this was a big deal for him. We got dressed up ( I wore a dress I bought 7 years ago ... I think that's pretty darn good!) and went to Olive Garden for dinner (our fave) and then watched South Pacific. I love that musical. Jason ... not so much. But he has agreed to go in January to see West Side Story with me. I LOVE West Side Story!!! The song Kim sang when we lit our unity candle was One Hand. One Heart from West Side Story.
Jason asked me how I got into theater and musicals because I don't really seem the type. I can't actually remember how my interest started but it got big at PHS. I LOVE directing. My 1st year at Austin I was the drama club sponsor and directed the middle schoolers in "Doc, Doc .. Goose". The past two years I haven't done anything with it but next year I'm certainly going to! So there it is ... I am a HUGE drama nerd!

oh and "I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with a wonderful guy!!!!!!"

McKenzie Ann is One!!!

2010-04-07T12:22:00.006-04:00

McKenzie is one!!! There are a TON of pictures in the blog so be prepared. I don't even have pictures from her actual party and Easter on here. Momma took most of those so you have the few things I took.

We'll start off with Kenzie's party. She had a Minnie Mouse party and loved every minute. She got a lot of great clothes and toys. She is very loved. Here are some pictures of mainly party decorations. If you'd like to see some of her putting her foot in her cake check out facebook. They are posted on my wall.

The cake table

The adults' birthday cake (yummy from Publix)

The collage of photos. I have one for every month of this past year. They all have sayings on them as well.

The sign my wonderful friend Meredith made

Welcome to the party!

OK so I am a total teacher .. I took one of the smaller mickey mouse cut outs and projected it on the wall to trace out the bigger one

McKenzie in front of her sign

Walking around the yard with Uncle Devan

Kenzie and her Papa

So the next day was Easter Sunday. This is McKenzie's 2nd Easter but the 1st "real" Easter for her. Last year she was one week old and we didn't do anyhting. This year the Easter Bunny visited and brought lots of books and "hid" some egss. McKenzie was more interested in walking with one egg in each hand than picking them up and putting them in her basket.

Happy Easter!

Monday was McKenzie's actual birthday. She woke up and played in the bed with Mommy and Daddy. Then Daddy went to try and work but came home around 12. After McKenzie took a nap we went to Chic Fil A and the park. She wasn't a big fan of the park .. it was too hot. We came home and hung out the rest of the day.
Birthday Girl!!!

Going to Chic Fil A Front Facing!!!

Today we went for McKenzie's 12 month check up. She's great. She weighs 20lb 12oz and is 30.5 inches. She's in the 50th percentile for weight and 90th for height. I don't know where she gets that from. She has 7 teeth (3 top and 4 bottom) and a decent amount of hair. She drinks whole milk and eats table food. She decided Monday she doesn't like the bottle anymore except for the last one before bed. Kenzie walks now too! She started that almost 2 weeks ago. She's such a big girl and I love her so much!!

Hope you enjoyed all the pictures!

Really??

2010-03-18T15:23:00.003-04:00

Who gets 4 teeth at one time? McKenzie has gotten 4 teeth in the past 5 days. Last weekend was a little fussy around our house. Kenz has the top two center and one on each side of the center on the bottom. My baby has a mouthfull of teeth now! Hopefully I'll get my computer soon so you can see pictures of my little angel!

Ok, Ok

2010-03-08T10:33:00.002-05:00

I realize I haven't posted in FOREVER. My huge computer is messed up and won't let me upload pictures so I've just been hiding out from the blog. I'm getting my laptop fixed right now so hopefully there will be a post with pictures coming soon. Here's the last month in a nutshell.
It snowed on February 12th and Kenzie LOVED it! We got about 5 inches and made a snowman and everything. I really wish I could post these pictures because they're super cute.
McKenzie and I went to Pensacola for a week in the middle of February. While there I discovered another tooth. Its on the top but over to the side. So my baby has 3 teeth now and hopefully getting the center top two soon.
I had a GREAT birthday! McKenzie said Mama for the 1st time on my actual birthday. It was the best present ever!!! Jason and I are going to see South Pacific in April as my birthday present. I'm so excited and he's dreading it. He's not a musical guy.
Kenz is now 11 months old. She's into everything! She loves to swing and be in her wagon. I'm getting things ready for her Minnie Mouse Party on the 3rd ... I can't wait! Kenzie is now "walking" by holding our fingers. Sometimes I can get her to just walk with one hand. She took a few steps on Tuesday but she won't do it anymore. I'm good with her not walking yet.
We got a new roof from hail damage almost a year ago ... its really great!
Anyways, thats all for now!

I can't believe I forgot

2010-02-05T19:40:00.002-05:00

To add that McKenzie does the War Chant!!!! I've been working on teaching her to say the chant and she's just started moving her arm with it! Its the cutest thing. I've got to get it on video and put it on here so you can see. Now we're on to the fight song. She likes when I say F-L-O-R-I-D-A S-T-A-T-E FLORIDA STATE, FLORIDA STATE, FLORIDA STATE WHOOO! Yesterday I was trying to get her to say "Go Noles" (or something like it) so I said "Say Go Noles" and she started doing the War Chant. I'm so proud!!! My little Seminole!!!!

By the way, McKenzie doesn't really say anything. Its a lot of Dada and baba noises but no real words. Is this normal?

From Nine to Ten and an Ear Infection

2010-02-05T19:20:00.005-05:00

Well, its been a while since I've posted but thats becasue my house has been the sick house. Last week McKenzie had the runny nose, cough and fever which just turned out to be a cold. It was the 1st sick visit we've had to the doctor. Then Sunday I started feeling badly. I stayed home Monday because I had a fever. Tuesday and Wednesday I went to work but was miserable the whole time. My nose was so stuffy and Tuesday my ear hurt. Yesterday I felt OK in the morning but by lunch I left work so I could go to the doctor. Apparently I have a sinus infection AND and EAR INFECTION! How does an almost 27 year old get an ear infection but not a 10 month old? I got meds and am feeling better now but come on!

Today McKenzie is 10 months old! She's 20lbs and is into everything. She LOVES her wagon and swing and Mickey Mouse! I've decided her 1st birthday party will be a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme. I'm working on some ideas and can't wait to be creative. My Momma alwys did GREAT birthday parties for me and Ashley and I'm looking forward to doing the same for McKenzie. I'm not usually a creative person so this is a big deal to me. I just want to be so like my Momma and hopefully I can be some day.

Anyways, here are some pictures of McKenzie over the past month and her 10 month photo shoot with the bunny.

Wagon Time!!!!!
In the swing Nana and Papa gave her
Getting into Dixie's cage

Playing around the house

Month 10 - She wanted to tackle the bunny instead of take a picture with it

Weekend Away in Maryland

2010-01-26T22:02:00.005-05:00

January 13 - 17 Jason and I went on a trip to Maryland for his best friend Jeffrey's wedding. We ledt McKenzie here with my Momma and Daddy (they're so good to come up) so it was a vacation for us. It was my 1st time leaving McKenzie for a night and I did really well with it. Wednesday we drove the 11 hour trip to get to Maryland. Thursday we went to Washington, DC and then snow tubing in Pennsylvania that night. Snow Tubing was a BLAST!!! I've never done anything snow related before so it was perfect. I was exhausted after tubing for 2 hours. Basically what it is is going down a water slide but its ice. Friday we hung out with Jeffery and Courtney and then had the rehearsal. Saturday was the wedding and it was beautiful and fun. They are such a great couple and I'm sad they live so far away. Here are pictures from our weekend!

Washington, DC - the White House

The Capital Building - probably my fav in DC
It was soooo COLD but we had a great time!

In front of the back of the White House

Jason and Jeffrey in the Museum of Natural History

Jason and myself in front of the 1st plane by the Wright Brothers - they are my 5th cousin so it was really cool to me

Jason trying to land a plane on an aircraft carrier ... he didn't do so well

The Snow Tubing Lanes

Jason is the dot on the inside and Jeffrey is the dot on the outside

I really wish my computer would let me crop pictures ... this would be so much cuter croppedThe Groom and Best Man

Rehearsal Dinner Night

Wedding Day ... I have the Best Man there is!

I didn't get a lot of great pictures of Jeffrey and Courtney ... here

is my favorite

Cooking with Mommy

2010-01-11T11:48:00.003-05:00

One of my favorite things ever is to cook. I LOVE mak,ing new things and putting my twist on recipes. I also collect aprons. I know its a little strange but I LOVE them. I almost always have on an apron when I cook. Jason's parents got McKenzie her own apron to have on when she cooks with me. I have to say I am jealous because she has a Florida State one and I don't. So here are some pictures of my cute little girl cooking with me!

Playing with the tupperware containers

Us in our aprons!

Nifty Nine

2010-01-09T13:45:00.004-05:00

McKenzie is now 9 months old! I can't believe it! She has changed so much in the past month. She now has 2 teeth, crawls and pulls up! She's really good at Dada now too.

We took her for her 9 month check up on Thursday and my little baby who was 7 lbs 1 oz and 17.5 inches when she was born is now 19 lbs 12 oz and 29 inches. She's a chunk!! Everything is great with her. She had to get her finger pricked to see if she was anemic but she isn't. The nurse told us to take the band aid off when we got in the car so she wouldn't choke on it and we did ... well McKenzie bled all over the place. All on her blanket, clothes, car seat ... it was a mess.

Yesterday was a Snow day, however there wasn't really any snow. The raods were nasty though so we've stayed home these past two days. Jason and I cleaned/ reorganized yesterady. I finally got McKenzie's room done ... its so much better now! Jason's working today so I've finished up on the rest of the house. Tomorrow after church he goes to work again and I get to get a baby gate then read by book. I strongly urge anyone who likes mythology to go get the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick, Riordan ... I can't put the books down! Even better is they are young adult so it isn't a hard read.

Here are some pictures of my little 9 month old!

McKenzie playing around on her changing table

As is customary here are some pictures of McKenzie and her bunny

Resolutions 4 and 5

2010-01-06T12:30:00.002-05:00

Ok, Ok I promise this is the last of my New Years Resolutions.

Resolution #4 - Reduce Debt
Most everyone has this as a resolution and Jason and I are no exception. While we are not up to our eyeballs in debt we would like to become more debt free. We have a couple of credit cards, student loans, car loans, and a house we'd like to work towards paying off. I'd just really not have to send out these payments evrey month. We're going to start with the credit cards and then work our way up. I have the Dave Ramsey "Total Money Makeover" I'm going to read soon. I know lots of people who have been helped by his book so I'm going to try and be one of those. I'd love to get stuff payed off and then start a wedding and college fund for McKenzie.

Resolution #5 - Do stuff for myself
I'm really bad about doing things that need to be done and not what I want to do. I LOVE to read but I often put it off because the house needs to be cleaned or I want to watch TV with Jason or whatever else gets in the way. I am currently reading the "Percy Jackson and the Olympicans" series. The books are so good! The Lightning Thief will be a movie coming out in February ... you should read the books before the movie, especially if you like mythology.
Other things I enjoy but don't do that often :
Go see musicals (ok, these are expensive but I'd like to see one or two this year)
Get a pedicure (I love them but don't like spending money)
Go shopping at Goodwill
Have a picnic
Go to museums/ historical sites
Blog (I'm actually doing this during my planning at work instead of getting ready for my sub tomorrow)

Anyways, thats all for now. Tomorrow we go for McKenzie's 9 month checkup so more tomorrow!

Resolution #3

2010-01-03T17:34:00.002-05:00

New Years Resolution #3: Have a clean, organized, baby proof house
This one stems out of necessity. I always like my house to be clean and right now it isn't. I am currently in the process of going room by room and reoganizing and baby proofing everything! McKenzie is crawling and pulling up onto everything now so I have to make sure what she can get into is safe. I've only done my bathroom so far because I've had company since we got back from Pensacola. I still need to take down my Christmas decorations too. Ahhh... so much to do!

I also have a "celaning" plan I'm going to try to put in place starting tomorrow. If I can do this then maybe cleaning won't seem like such a daunting chore.
Monday- dust all rooms
Tuesday- Sweep and Vacuum
Wednesday - Bathrooms
Thursday - Laundry (wash AND put away)
Friday - Nothing (who wants to clean on a Friday?)
Saturday - Deep clean the kitchen
Sunday - whatever else needs to be done

AS for babyproofing ... Jason and I are going soon to get a baby gate for the top of the stairs! We're getting one that you don't have to move every time you go in or out. We also need to get some drawer and door locks. We've already got the outlets covered. I think thats all we need baby proffing wise.

I plan on getting rid of a bunch of stuff that is just taking up space by having a yard slae soon. We have a bunch of stuff that Jason has recoverd from houses that we need to sell so hopefully we get do that and mak,e some money soon!

Resolution #4 to come tomorrow (there's only 2 more ... I promise)

Resolution #2

2010-01-02T16:04:00.003-05:00

New Years Resolution #2 : Be healthier
Now I k,now almost every girl makes the loose weight resolution but I've changed mine this year. I don't need to loose weight (I'm only 130 lbs) but I do need to be healthier.

I plan on weighing myself every Friday AND measuring my waist. I want to focus on getting tone so I think, the measuring of the waist will help me to see results faster.

I also have a new spiral notebook where I am writing down everything I eat and drink.. you know to keep tabs on things. Yesterday was not soo hot with all the holiday food but I'm trying to be better. One thing I notice is I really need to drink more water. That will take out calories and make my face look better. Why is it water is so good for you but no one wants to drink it?

Lastly I'm writing down what I do for exercise each day. Yesterady all I did was walk around the neighborhood. Its really hard to work out when you have guests and its FREEZING outside. Jason got some gym equipment out of a house so we need to set that up and I can use the glider thing. I have a couple of videos that are pilates and abs related. I want the Dirty Dancing cardio video too. I think I might have to make a stop a Wal-Mart for it.

Another part of being healthy is maing sure I take vitamins. I HATE them even when I was pregnant is was a chore to take vitamins ... so we'll see. I'm bad about pills in general. I also plan on maing sure I do things like get my teeth cleaned, go to the dermatologist (and wear sunscreen everyday) and girl doctor. I probably need a family care general practice person too ... just to make sure everything is ok. Anyone else use a regular doctor now? I know its really important when you get older but what abuot at 26?

Thats all for resolution #2 tomorrow will be resolution #3.

Happy New Year and Resolution #1

2010-01-01T17:01:00.003-05:00

Happy 2010 everyone! I hope this year is as amazing as the last one was. So far its started out really well. McKenzie slept until midnight and then went back to sleep (she woke up because of fireworks) until 4:45. Yay!! I think she just missed her daddy. Jason was in Virginia for his uncle's funeral on Tuesday and Wednesday. Also the Noles won today! It was quite emotional for me because it was Bobby's last game. I creid at the beginning when he planted the spear. This year is also Bobby Cox (Braves coach) last season ... what are these people trying to do to me?

On to resoultion #1: Get closer to God.

I need to get my quiet time back on track. I've filled it up with so many other things and I can feel the stress from it. I need a good devotional. Any suggestions? I'd like to have one for myself and one that Jason and I can do together. God is most important and I have not had him in that position in a while. So my fisrt resoultion is to get back with God ... can anything be better?

Tomorrow I will post on my 2nd resolution ... its the one I have the best laid plan for!

Christmas Pictures

2009-12-31T21:59:00.004-05:00

Ok, so these are in reverse order ... so start at the end and work your way up!

Opening presnts with Grandma and Bigfish

With Mrs. Singleterry (she babysat me when I was little ... she 's 90!)

Riding in the wagon at Great Grandma and Great Grandpa McCormick

Santa Came!!!!

Visions of Snowflakes danced in her head

Waiting for Santa

Opening presents Christmas Eve at Great Grannie's house

Christmas and HELP

2009-12-31T17:08:00.002-05:00

Ok, to forewarn you there will not be any pictures with this post. My camera is upstairs and I'm too lazy to get it. I'll upload later this evening with nothing but pictures from Christmas.

Christmas was amazing! We went to Pensaocla for 9 days and had a great time with my family. Everyone really loved being with McKenzie. Santa came to visit on Thursday night and Miss Priss must have been extra good with all the things she got. She got a fisher price kitchen and red wagon and baby dolls and a play piano. Then she got a lot of toys and clothes from everyone else. Jason and I got a video camera and gps ... so we must have been good too!

I really enjoyed hanging out with my family, they are so wonderful. I miss being down there so much.

I also got to see Kim and Ted while we were there. She's so cute worrying about her little belly. McKenzie loved both of them and they are going to make great parents.

McKenzie learned so much that week too! She's now pulling up! She holds on to the coffee table and "walks" around it. She just started crawling less than a month ago so this is huge to me. She also is eating more finger food. She LOVES the gerber cheese puffs and is ok with the peanut butter cookie and apple strawberry puffs. My little girl is getting so big!

As for the HELP section - McKenzie has fussed so much the last 2 nights. She has a runny nose and has been waking up after 3 hours of sleep and won't fall back to sleep unless she is in my bed. What am I to do? Any suggestions? I'm ready for her to sleep through the night!

Thats all for now. I'm going to post a new newyears resolution each day and my plan to achieve each goal. So tomorrow I will start 2010 with my 1st resolution.

Pictures to be uploaded in a few minutes.

Santa Baby

2009-12-09T20:14:00.002-05:00

We are having such a blast this Christmas season! I love putting Mcenzie in all her Chrsitmas outfits. She's so cute. Today we went and saw Santa. She LOVED him. She sat there are played with his cuit and laughed at him. Here are some pictures to enjoy!

My reindeer (our Christmas card pictures)

McKenzie and Santa

I am thankful for ...

2009-11-26T19:53:00.006-05:00

My wonderful husband Jason, my precious baby McKenzie and my amazing family and friends! Here are the pictures as of late. We've got Thanksgiving in Leesburg and a few just random pictures enjoy! Sorry they aren't in order.

Playing with Great Grandpa's feet

Bath time with Daddy is so much fun!

Now that Thanksgiving is over its time for Christmas!!!Watching football with the guys

Sleeping on Aunt Gator

Yummy Thanksgiving dinner .. Turkey and sweet potatoes along with apples, bananas and pears ... she ate all of it at lunch!

Getting ready for dinner

Happy Thanksgiving! Camo overalls are courtesy of Aunt Ashley

Watching the Broadway musical part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ... she LOVES the musicals!

Getting ready for Leesburg

She was so cute sleeping this particular morning ... I love the booty in the air
My little 7 month old ... 18 lbs, scooting and babbling ... I love her so much!

My little Nole!

2009-11-07T18:44:00.004-05:00

Of course McKenzie is my little Seminole ... as that was what I called her until the day she was born. She has a plethora of cute Seminole attire so I took some pictures of her in her most recent outfits. The wind suit Uncle Dicky, Aunt Pam, Sara and RJ gave her and the cheerleading outfit was given by a Georgia Tech fan I worked with last year. She looks adorable in both outfits ... I hope you enjoy! More tomorrow about her being 7 months.

Waiting on Uncle Devan to get here

She loves Dixie

McKenzie's model pose

Cheering Daddy on at his softball game

She wanted to eat the stroller ... just like she does everything else!

Happy Halloween!!!

2009-10-31T19:53:00.006-04:00

McKenzie's 1st Halloween was fun. It was a dreary rainy cold day so we didn't do a whole lot. We went to the trunk or treat at the church and then went to Publix so Kenzie got some candy ... we we did really. Here are some pictures to enjoy!

McKenzie's new fav place ... her laundry basket. She also learned how to clap her hands today!

My pretty little witch

Trunk or Treat

McKenzie's 1st hayride ... she loved it!

Kenzie with all her candy!

Publix was having some Trick or Treating so we went by on our way back from Trunk or Treat

Us with our little witch!

All tuckered out from Trick or Treating and ready for bed

McKenzie's Baptism Weekend

2009-10-27T17:37:00.006-04:00

This past weekend was McKenzie's baptism. We had both grandparents in town as well as Aunt Ashley and Uncle Ted. Saturday we went to Rockmart to the Corn Maze and had a blast! McKenzie got to see chickens for the first time. She loved being out there. She is an outdoor child so it was right up her ally. Sunday was the big day and I was super emotional. I dedicated McKenzie's life to God, well at least I dedicated myself to raising her to give her life over to God. It was a HUGE deal to me. The nice thing was the pastor who married Jason and I also performed her baptism. I thought that was really cool. After church we came home and had an old fashioned Sunday dinner. we then dressed McKenzie in her Halloween costume so the grandparents could get some pictures. Here are the few I have of the weekend. Momma should be posting on her blog soon with WAY more pictures. Check those out too!

Look Daddy - Chickens!!!

The Williams Clan

The McCormick - Williams Clan

Nana and Kenzie

Pretty Pumpkin

Baptism

McKenzie in the Witch costume Nana and I made

Its the most wonderful time of the year

2009-10-11T15:45:00.005-04:00

So I know its a Christmas song but fall is really the most wonderful time of the year to me. I love everything about it. The weather is nice, football is great and decorating is the best!

I teach middle school but for some strange reason we have homecoming in my county in middle school. I'm not complaining because I love spirit week but I do find middle school homecoming odd. Anyways, I always offer extra credit for dressing up for spirit week. You get one point for each day you dress up. Well, after I had announced this opportunity along comes a competition. I LOVE competitions and I plan to win every one so yay I was excited! The competition was for the teacher with the highest percentage of participation by homerooom in spirit week would win. So I thought YES! I've got this in the bag. So here is what I won ... dancing the "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" dance in a banana suit during the pep rally. Enjoy the pictures!

Western Day

Tacky Day ... Dawson was the only one who looked as tacky as I did

What a cute banana

Its Peanut Butter Jely Time!!!

So today we got a pumpkin for our house. I was really excited to dress McKenzie up for church in her cute Halloween outfit Aunt Ashley bought her and take her to the pumpkin patch!

My little pumpkin in the pumpkin patch!

My wonderful family!

So I did a great job this year with the outside of the house. I made things on my own and I feel really creative for the 1st time EVER. Here is my house... enjoy!

The swing

The yard

The front door

The scarcrow I mad

The ghosts in the trees

Floods

2009-09-25T19:16:00.004-04:00

As most of you know it flooded up here this past week. It rained from Wednesday to Monday causing a lot of flooding. Our house is perfectly fine, so we praise God for that! Also, school was cancelled Monday through Wednesday so I got to stay home and hang out with my favorite people! Thursday and today I had to go back to work but there were no students. Monday should be all back to normal. McKenzie has been fussy with the rain, teething and bathroom issues. She didn't smile much but here are some pictures from the past week!

Nole Girl - she really enjoyed that stomping that the Noles put on BYU!!!!

Flood ... this is just a few miles from the house

Hanging out with the cutest baby ever

Eating pears for the 1st time

Eating Peas for the 1st time - she likes the sign better than the peas

Look - she's actually getting some hair!!!!!

Tuesdays

2009-09-16T18:37:00.003-04:00

Tuesdays are the best days of the week. That is mine and Jason's date night. Each Tuesday we go somewhere to eat and then come home and watch CSI. Usually our friend Mel watches Kenzie but yesterday Kenzie came with us! We ate at Ruby Tuesday because we had a buy one grt one free coupon. Then we came back and played horseshoes. I beat Jason!!! He was throwing with his left hand but I still beat him!!! Anyways ... here are some pictures of my loves.

McKenzie in the high chair - notice the FSU cover

The waitress gave us crayons and paper for her ... she tried to eat both

So cute

Jason really likes to take different pictures .... so this one is through our glasses of water

My two loves

Ramblings for a Monday

2009-08-31T17:59:00.002-04:00

Yay its Monday! I know that sounds wierd but I really like working so I'm excited about Mondays! My students are great and now I'm down to about 25 -30 in a class as opposed to the 37 I had on Wednesday. I just love seeing them and learning all about them. That being said, it was really hard to get up this morning. It seems the last few work days its been rainy in the mornings and you know how hard it is to get up then.

Softball starts this week for Jason. There are 2 Hope Church teams this season, so we'll pretty much live at the ballpark. Its really cool because the team thats in the open league is Jason's "ministry". He wants to witness to the other teams that church doesn't have to be all Geeks. Last spring they played in that league and came in tied for 3rd. Maybe this year we'll get some people to come to church and they'll do better. I love my husband!

I also love my McKenzie. Though I love teaching I can't wait to come home and see this precious face smiling at me.

Isn't she cute in her jeans and polo shoes?

Oh How I Love My Family

2009-08-23T13:50:00.005-04:00

Sundays are a favorite day for me because it is a day I can spend with my wonderful family. Today we all got spiffy for church so I had to take a picture of the ones I love. McKenzie looked so cute I did a mini photo shoot with her ... she's not sitting up, the boppy is under her. Enjoy!

Before Church

What a Happy Girl

Ooh, this feels good

So Pretty!

Back to School

2009-08-22T10:07:00.003-04:00

This week was the first week of the 2009-2010 school year. This year there have been a lot of changes to Austin Middle School. We have a new principal, whom I love! He prayed for the faculty at the 1st meeting. He's also a lot more involved than our former principal was. I have 2 new teachers on my team and I really like them as well. Lastly my classes have been HUGE. Monday I had 39 kids in my 4th period class. I'm down to 28 in 1st and 2nd and 35 in 3rd and 4th. Good news is we are getting 2 6th grade teachers so next week my numbers should be smaller. Here are some pictures of my classroom ... the theme this year was flying quotes!

Kenner and Felicia's Wedding

2009-06-23T21:59:00.004-04:00

This past weekend we went to Leesburg for McKenzie's first trip to see Jason's side of the family. His grandparents loved her! We also went for Josh Kenna (Kenner) and Felicia's wedding in Cocoa. It was the first wedding for McKenzie and the first beach wedding I've ever been to. We had a great time and the wedding was beautiful! McKenzie was the 2nd most popular girl there (only the Bride was more popular)! Here are some shots for the blessed day!

Jason, Jeff and Aaron planning the ring gag (they dropped the frisbee but the ring wasn't in there (Kenner is an avid ultimate player))

My family

McKenzie and Jason dancing for the first time

Jeff LOVED McKenzie ... he didn't want to let her go!

The happy Bride and Groom

There is more on the weekend on McKenzie's blog!

Sun Dial

2009-06-16T12:58:00.003-04:00

So for mine and Jason's anniversary we went to the Westin Hotel in Atlanta and ate at the Sun Dial restruant. We went for lunch because the view is better and its waaaay more affordable. The place rotates and you can see all kinds of Atlanta sights. The food was yummy and we got a free dessert because it was our anniversary. Afterwords we walked around downtown and Jason rode the MARTA for the 1st time. Here are some pictures of our special day together.

Centenial Olympic Park

A cool building

Turner Field - our favorite place

Us at the Sun Dial

Waiting for the MARTA

I love the dentist!

2009-06-11T15:35:00.002-04:00

I know its a crazy concept but I love my dentist. Yesterday I had to go and get 2 cavities filled. I was so not looking forward to it because one of the fillings was in my front tooth and that shot ALWAYS makes me cry. And that is with a great dentist in Pensacola. Now I'm going to someone up here and I was terrified of how bad it was going to hurt. When I got there and he started numbing me up I couldn't feel a thing! I now love going to the dentist because I know it isn't going to hurt!!!

Tuesday was mine and Jason's 2nd anniversary. We didn't celebrate because I had a planning day, McKenzie got shots (no fun), and Jason had a house to clean that evening. We did go to Martin's for breakfast (yummy) and Wendy's for dinner. Last year we were with the youth so I think we're getting used to celebrating our anniversary on a different day. Tommorrow we're going to do something, just me and Jason, but we don't know what yet.

School's Out for Summer!!!

2009-06-06T18:49:00.002-04:00

Well, its not really out for me until Tuesday but there won't be any students there Monday and Tuesday. I went back to work for the last week of school. It was nice to be back at work but it was hard leaving McKenzie. I did a lot better with it than I thought I would though. I thought Monday I would cry all the way to school but I didn't ... I didn't even cry at all. My students were so excited to have me back as well. It was really nice. I had AWESOME students this year, I don't know how I'll ever have any better, but I know there will always be great ones out there.

This summer is going to be fun with trips to Coco Beach, Pensacola and Cade's Cove. I also plan to spend my summer in my new favorite spot ... my swing. I've been wanting a swing for a while now and Wednesday Jason suprised me with one. He got it from a house he cleaned out and put it in the exact spot I want it. Its in the perfect place to read and watch the sun set. Sunset is my favorite time of the day and now I can watch it perfectly while rocking McKenzie. Its also in the best spot for McKenzie to see lightening bugs! We've already seen some so far and tonight McKenzie and I are going to watch for them while eating a popsicle (I'll be eating one, not McKenzie). I just love summer evenings!

My new swing!

softball

2009-05-31T17:56:00.002-04:00

Jason has been playing softball as usual this spring. I as usual have been keeping the book. Its a lot harder to do when you have to watch out for a little one as well. Hope church is in the competative Men's B league this year and they'll have their 1st winning season. Th ey are 7-3 right now with 2 games left. Here are some shots of my hubby playing ball. If you can't tell he's the coach and picked out the jerseys ... Nole colors of coarse!

Crazy Weather We're Having

2009-04-15T15:27:00.002-04:00

So, the past few days the weather has been really crazy. On Friday we had a hail storm and then Monday we had a pine tree fall and knock the gutter off the house. Hopefully this crazy stuff will end soon and it will be wonderfully sunny and warm. I'm getting pretty tired of cool weather!

Happy Birthday to Me!

2009-02-28T14:10:00.005-05:00

I just love birthdays. They are the one day when you know you are going to feel special. Yesterday was my birthday and here is how the day went.

I woke up and went to work in the rain. I know that rain is kind of depressing but I'm used to rain on my birthday, it happens a lot. It was rather warm out though, a jeans day and payday so that was pretty awesome.

When I got to work one of my coteachers put streamers and balloons in my room so it would be festive. She also got me a box of Dots, which I love! My kids kep coming in and telling me Happy Birthday and one even got me a red velvet cake. Momma, Daddy, Ashley and Jason sent me beautiful flowers which I took a picture of for you to enjoy. At lunch we had some more cake and all 100 of my students sang "Happy Birthday" to me in the cafeteria. The assistant principal came in because she thought something major was going on.

When I came home Jason had roses for me. He also had rose petals and balloons wait for me as well. Dixie was siting on the stairs when I got home and had the look of "look what I did Momma" on her face. It was pretty cute.

We went and ate hibachi for dinner. It is something I have been craving since August so I was really happy to get some. Our friends Ben and Allison met us for dinner and we had a great time. That is pretty much the highlights for the day. I just love feeling so loved!

Today has been another rainy day and tomorrow it is supposed to snow all day. I'm all up for some snow but I'm also over winter. I am ready for spring and warmth. I'm also ready to meet my baby girl. Only a few more weeks!!

Valentine's Weekend

2009-02-15T14:28:00.002-05:00

I'm not a fan of Valentine's Day, I think its a silly holiday created by women who don't have men that show thier love any other time throughout the year. Jason and I have not really ever celebrated the day since I'd rather do something special 13 days later on my birthday. Well here is how the weekend went.
Friday stunk since Jason lost his job that morning and I cried all afternoon. Once we got through the initial shock and realized God is in control Jeffrey and Courtney came in from Tennessee for the weekend. We went to Briar Patch for some yummy Hickory Fries and then rented a movie.
Saturday we went and had burgers at 5 Guys (I totally reccommed them to anyone in the Atlanta area) and then saw a house that Jason and Ben will be working on in their business. We then went by Publix and got steaks to grill for dinner that night. The coolest thing happened while there ... I was looking at ribeyes and there was a package of three labeled "pork back rib tips" which were clearly steaks. The best part was the price was 2.75. So we bought 3 steaks for less than 3 dollars! God is totally watching out for us! We came back and worked on a puzzle, cooked dinner and played cards. It was a great weekend.
Today was church, which I love so much and now Jason is at flag football practice. He's going to the lock in at the bowling alley tonight and I know he's super excited to get to do that now since he doesn't have to work. I plan on grading papers, writing thank you cards, working on the baby book, and cleaning some of the house while he's gone. I'm also going to watch the Daytona 500 and hope that Dale Jr. wins! I love Sundays because they are so relaxing and fun!

Praising through the storm

2009-02-14T09:17:00.002-05:00

As you know Jason and I are about 6 1/2 weeks from the arrival of our baby girl. Well, yesterday we got some rather unhappy news. Jason lost his job. If we're going to have to lose anything I'd rather it be a job than a person but its still going to be pretty tough. Jason had been working there for over a year and was unhappy with what he was doing so it is a blessing in that hopefully he can find a job he loves. What he really wants to do is teach and coach. There is a hiring freeze across the state but Paulding County is having a job fair for critical need teachers. I am praying that he will get a job in special education next year and he will be happy.
I of coarse cried for a while yesterday when he told me. I know that God has a plan and that He is going to provide for us. He has never let us down before and he won't now either. The thing that is really making me feel at ease is I just read "Multiple Blessings" by Kate Gosslin (Jon and Kate plus 8). While they were expecting the sextuplets Jon lost his job twice. If they can make it with two already and expecting 6 more Jason and I can make it expecting only one.
This is a test of our faith and I know we will come out of it loving the Lord even more and so much stronger in our faith.

New Fridge

2009-02-08T16:28:00.002-05:00

Well, I know that I am getting older beacuse my wish list is now in terms of appliances. Momma and Daddy got a new fridge and they gave us their old one. So our "new" fridge is a HUGE improvement over the old one. We now have an ice maker!!!!! Hooray for no more ice trays! This one also has more space which will come in handy when I start keeping bottles in there.
We've also discovered that our dishwasher is clogged. This actually makes me happy because I thought it was broken and we'd have to get a new one. Jason and his Dad are supposed to unclog it tonight. Hopefully that is all it is and we don't have to get a new one. I'd love a new dishwasher but its not a priority right now. I really love improving on our house. It makes me happy to have a nice, neat, clean, inviting home. Anyways, thats all for now!

Enjoying the day off

2009-01-19T15:40:00.002-05:00

Today is Martin Luther King Holiday and I'm so happy to have the day off. This weekend was a busy one with Momma coming in and pretty much finishing the nursery. Now I feel like I can bring home my little baby. Today after Mom left I ran some errands and got a much needed hair cut. Its to my sholders and layered, nothing too drastic. I've spent the last hour or so trying to get my camera to connect to my computer so I can upload pictures of the nursery to the baby blog. For some reason the stupid thing won't connect and I'm getting pretty annoyed.
Everything is going great right now. There is a 40% chance of snow tonight and I'm praying it does and there is no school again tomorrow! I'd LOVE to not have to teach an inaguration day lesson. If it does snow and I do get my camera to where it will upload pictures I'll add some. Anyways, thats all for now!

Its Gonna Be a Happy New Year!

2009-01-05T19:04:00.003-05:00

My favorite thing about the new year is you get a chance to start over. You have a chance to say "This year I'm going to do better". While I have not screwed up royally in my life I still like the ability to improve on things. I totally believe in making resolutions but I feel that if they don't go as plannned you need to reevaluate and redo them at some point throughout the year. So here are my 2009 Resolutions.
1. Trust in God - in everything. This one seems to be the hardest and is at the top of my list every year. I continuously take things back from God and try and fix them myself. This never works and yet I ALWAYS do it. I am praying that this year is different.
2. Listen to God - my prayer life is blah. I am such a needy person I feel all I do is create a list of things I want instead of actually listening to what God wants me to do.
3. Serve in anyway needed - I love serving God in any way I can. I want to be used for his glory!
4. Eat healthier - who doesn't want to do this
5. Get out of some of our debt - credit cards are the devil. End of story.

I think that should hold me over. Atleast now I have it written down so I can look at these resolutions on a regular basis to remind myself of what I need to do.

2009 is going to be amazing - only a few short months and then I'll be holding my little girl!!!!

Christmas in Lady Lake

2008-12-26T18:06:00.003-05:00

This Christmas Jason and I travelled to his parents house in Lady Lake to spend the week with his family. It was so strange because we left Atlanta on Monday and it was 18 degrees on Christmas Eve and Day it was in the 80s here. What a shock! The week so far has been filled with fun activities and its been great to be here. Tuesday evening I watched Jason play flag football with his buddies down here, which he thoroughly enjoyed. Christmas Eve Jason played ultimate frisbee, then we finished up last minute shopping (he procrastinates so much) and then went to Candlelight service with the family. I had never been to a Candle Light service and it was so beautiful. I really enjoyed being reminded of the reason for everything - to love and serve Jesus. Christmas Day we opened presents with Jason's parents and then headed up to his Grandma's for lunch. We didn't get to see Ted and Denise until that day and still really didn't get to spend much time with at all this trip. Ted is now driving a truck and was working most of the week. Today we went on the boat and cruised through the canals in Lake county. We were supposed to go eat Japanese tonight but Jason has a migrane so we're just ordering in. I've been craving Japanese since August and it never seems we're going to get to eat it. Tomorrow is my shower which I'm looking forward to so much. That is all for now .... I hope all is well wherever you are!

Christmas Decorations

2008-12-10T20:05:00.004-05:00

Just thought I'd leave some pictures of mt Christmas decorations. There is one of me holding the "Mom to Be" ornament that Momma and Daddy sent me. I'm 24 weeks exactly in the picture.

The Big tree and the mantle ... you can see Dixie's favorite spot to sit as well.

The real tree Jason got me ... with colored lights, tinsle and a star on top its the opposite of any tree I've ever had before. As you can see Hope likes the tree

The stair way ... you can sort of see the real tree and my diningroom decorations in the background.

Hope also likes to sit under the big tree ... she thinks she's hiding.

Me with my ornament and 24 week belly. She's a growin!

Fall Leaves

2008-11-15T19:06:00.003-05:00

Here are some pictures of my fall leaves from my back yard. I didn't get them when they were really pretty, but you can see we had good color. Now they're all falling off and its turning cold!!! I'm so excited because in a little over a week I'll get to put up my Christmas decorations!!!! I LOVE decorating and the house always looks so good at Christmastime. Everything is great here. Momma and Daddy visited last weekend and we had a blast. We've registered at Babies R Us and Target and the links to those are posted on the baby blog. Our little Seminole loves football and I can always feel her move around on Saturday! She gets it honest!! Maybe she will be a cheerleader, however if she takes after her Momma she won't be allowed that close to a ref or coach. Well, enjoy the leaves!

My life as of now

2008-11-03T12:15:00.002-05:00

So I've decided I haven't really put anything good on this blog in a while so here is a list of things I love about my life right now!

1. The way I feel God's love all the time
2. Dots!! My students have brought me so many Dots in the past few days!
3. Cool weather.
4. Changing leaves - it proves God is a FSU fam
5. Football!!!! I LOVE watching football on Saturdays - GO NOLES!!!!!!
6. Knowing that my little girl is going to be just like her Momma in regards to football (see Baby blog)
7. Foot rubs - my feet hurt so bad this time of year (and No, it isn't a pregnancy thing.... it always happens this time of year)
8. How WONDERFUL Jason is ... I just can't describe
9. Momma and Daddy coming to visit this weekend
10. My Tuesday night class and Elections will BOTH be over tomorrow
11. Hot Chocolate
12. Watching season 6 of 24 so I'll be ready when season 7 comes on
13. Cuddling on the couch with Jason, Dixie and Hope
14. Leaving the house when its light out

Just thought I'd be positive and let you know what I love!!!

Renee's Wedding

2008-10-12T17:36:00.004-04:00

This weekend Jason and I traveled to Jacksonville for Renee's wedding. It was a lot of fun and I'm really glad I got to see her... it had been over a year since I saw her last. Renee was a beautiful bride and I know her day was perfect. Weddings are always great fun.

I also got to hang with Chirs and Mitch this weekend because we stayed with them. It'd been since mine and Jason's wedding that I saw them and my son has grown so much! He's a junior in high school now!!! For those of you who don't know Mitch was the kid I watched when I was in college and Chris (his dad) has known me since I was born. It was nice to get to be around friends again!

The other highlight of the weekend was in Brunswick Georgia there is a Whataburger!!!!! I jokingly said befoer we stopped for lunch that I wish there would be a Whataburger somewhere since there aren't any where I live... and there was!!! We ate there on the way down and back up.

So here are some pictures from the wedding. I'm 15 weeks and 4 days preggo and you can tell!

The rehearsal

Cadence showing off her shoes Renee and Jeremy praying (I decorated the unity candle)

Preggo Bridesmaid

My favorite pic of the weekend

Me and my HANDSOME hubby

Fall Decorations and My New Hair Cut

2008-10-06T20:09:00.005-04:00

I got a new hair cut! My hair has been growing like a weed since I've gotten pregnant so I decided to cut it off. This is a really BAD picture of me, but you can see how short it is. It is also layered. I really like it a lot. I'm going to be in Renee's wedding this weekend so I'll have a better picture then.

I decorated the house at the beginning of September but haven't gotten around to putting the pictures up until now. So this is my fall decorated house!

The couch table you see when you walk in the house.

The ledge overlooking the stairs. Its got my dressed up bears and scarecrows on it.

This guy is really a cookie jar and dip bowl but I just have him out on an end table.

The rest are of the formal dining room ... of coarse all decked out in FSU items.

I Love Fall!

2008-09-17T06:23:00.002-04:00

This is the most wonderful time of the year. Forget all Christmas, give me fall with Halloween and Thanksgiving over that any day! It really is starting to feel like fall up here. Its been in the upper 70s durring the day and the low 60s/upper 50s at night! The leaves will start changing soon and I can't wait!
I also love fall because of the football and Jason playing softball. I love that on Saturday I don't have to leave my house because there is always a game on I can watch. I've also started playing fantasy football and as of week 2 I'm in 2nd overall and leading my division! Jason is coaching the church co ed team and playing on the mens team. The co ed is pretty good but they are playing all the butch co ed teams. Last night all of the "girls" on the opposing teams were lesbians. How can you beat a team like that? The men's team is pretty good. I just love going to a parck and watching Jason play and coach. Its so much fun!
When the leaves change I'll post some pictures!

Baby Blog

2008-09-14T16:28:00.001-04:00

So I've decided not to be the only slacker mom and actually have a blog dedicated just to the new baby. So here is the link
http://williamsaddition.blogspot.com

Enjoy!

A little bump

2008-09-07T17:46:00.003-04:00

This is my favorite time of the year!!! Yesterday I spent the day cleaning/ decorating with all my fall decorations and watching football. Does life get any better? I think not! Jason and I bought the FSU game last night so we could see how we're gonna be this year. I have to say I was impressed that there isn't one "star" athelete but many guys who can get the job done. And, Christian Ponder is pretty smart and cute. I like that in a QB. I really want an "Its a Nole" shirt, but I don't think they exist. They don't have them on Garnet and Gold online so I think I might be out of luck. Oh well, everyone who knows me knows this baby is a little seminole!

So I went to church today and the comment I kept hearing over and over again is "you're starting to show!". I guess this may be true because even when I suck in my tummy sticks out. I haven't gained any weight yet, so I'm totally ok with that. I have been forcing myself to eat up until Friday. Now I seem to be hungry all the time! I had my first craving on Friday as well ... rice with soy sauce. I ate a whole bag of the boil in the bag kind of rice with lots of soy sauce, yum!!! I've also moved into my maternity jeans Momma bought me. I totally love that they don't have buttons to fool with every time I go to the bathroom. I wish I could wear them everyday to work. I took a picture so you can decide for yourself. I took it myself so its not a very good picture but I didn't want to wait for 2 more hours for Jason to get home from softball practice. Let me know what you think!

No comments on how pale I am, I don't tan well. Also My skin looks really flabby and that makes me sad. No comments on that either. When Jason can take a better picture of me I'll put it up. Oh, and I'm 10 weeks and 5 days!

Heartbeat

2008-08-29T14:40:00.002-04:00

Jason and I went to the doctor yesterday for my 1st visit. I got to hear the heartbeat which was one of the most amazing things ever! I was totally nervous that something would be wrong and I wouldn't hear the heartbeat but I did and its official that my little seminole is in there! Then I had to go get bloodwork done, which was interesting. It took her a while to get into my vein and after the 1st tube of blood I blacked out. Jason looked pretty scared when I came back to. I guess it was traumatizing for him. Hopefully next time that won't happen.
I also went to see Mamma Mia last night at the Fox in downtown Atlanta. It was a super cute movie and it was really nice to have a girls night out. The Fox is so pretty and I LOVE being downtown, as long as I don't have to drive. This weekend we're off to Leesburg and hopefully hurricane won't ruin our time down there!

Its A NOLE!

2008-08-24T17:09:00.002-04:00

Oh, I forgot to add our baby is most certainly a Seminole!! Momma and Daddy got us the cute booties and a girl from the small group I lead last year croched the blanket and hat. They're super cute!!!

First Week of School

2008-08-24T16:35:00.004-04:00

So, the first week as a 6th grade teacher is over with! Whew!!! It was definitely a tiring week. So far I love teaching 6th grade. The kids are all really sweet and very much in culture shock. I have one class that is super talkative though and I'm working to fix that ASAP. I did have a student cry on Thursday, its a record for me to have one cry in the first week. He didn't so so well on my Continents and Oceans Pre- Quiz and he was really upset. I told him it was just a pre-quiz and didn't count for anything but he still took it hard he did poorly. I love kids like that! Here are some pictures of my room. Top Gun are those rewarded for having the best test grade in a class. 5 point for highest, 4 for 2nd highest and so on.
Word Wall and my AMAZING curtains Granny and Momma made - lucky for me the school colors are garnet and gold!The front of my room. On the board is the Olympic Medal count and the Today in History. My desk - of coarse all Seminole! The quote is my class motto - "No Day But Today" from Rent!

Yuck

2008-08-15T07:18:00.002-04:00

So far my pregnancy has been great. I haven't gotten sick yet and I really hope it stays that way. I am starting to discover things that make my stomach turn though, so I'm sure nausea is not too far away. I have a food aversion to chicken, which really stinks because I used to eat a lot of chicken. At fisrt I thought it was just fried food becuase I didn't like my Chick-fil- A nuggets or Jason's mozzarella sticks but I have since discovered its both fried food and chicken. Yesterday I gaged in Sam's when I smelled the rotisserie chicken. This is going to be really hard if I can't eat chicken for a while. I was reading my "What to expect when you're especting" book and found out that an aversion to chicken is really common but people don't know why it happens. Strange.
I'll put pictures up tomorrow of my classroom. I don't have the camera beside me now and I actually need to get going to school.

Suprise!!!

2008-08-04T09:32:00.003-04:00

Well, most of you know by now that I am pregnant. And most all of you are suprised because you didn't expect us to get pregnant so soon. So here is our pregnancy story.

At the end of June Jason and I had a conversation about maybe starting to try to have kids. This is about a year earlier than we expected this conversation would come up so we prayed about it and decided I'd get off birth control and we'd just let God do what he wanted to do. I took my last pill on June 29th. We knew that most people take months to get pregnant and we were totally ok with that, but we didn't want anyone else to know we were trying. I just didn't want everyone to ask "so, are you pregnant yet?" every time I saw them. So the end of July rolls around and its about that time and I don't start on the Tuesday I'm supposed to, or the Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. So I got a pregnancy test and took it just to see. Well, I got a cheap one from Publix and it was a faint plus. So the next day I got a name brand one and it was definantly a positive. Jason and I decided to wait to tell everyone until I went to the doctor and made sure. So I went Thursday July 31st and he told me I was 5 weeks and 2 days pregnant and due April 1st! Then we called and got to suprise everyone. It was so much fun!!!!

Jason and I are really excited and we pray everything goes well. I go back on August 28th for my next visit and ultrasound. I'll get to hear the heartbeat then. We should be able to find out what the baby is right before Thanksgiving and I know Jason is ready for that. Here are a couple of pictures for you to enjoy. Pray that everything goes well with my pregnancy. So far its been really good!!

Its kinda blurry but you can see the 2 pink lines for a positive Yay! I'm pregnant!!!! My belly before the baby starts to show - I was 4 weeks and 5 days

Camp SKAMP and My House

2008-07-23T16:31:00.005-04:00

So, I've been super busy this month with Jason's parents visiting, camp SKAMP and painting the house.

Jason's parents were here the 1st week in July. Jason's mom and I went one day to Jonesboro and had a "Gone With the Wind Day". It was so much fun! We took a historical tour of the town and toured the Road to Tara Museum. It was really nice to have a girls day and both be able to enjoy it so much! We spent the 4th at the Braves game. We sat in the Gold Moon Pavilion level which is the way to watch a game. It has good food and air conditioning inside the stadium. It was nice being able to spend time with them.

The Thursday after Mom D and Bigfish left I flew home to Pensacola for camp. First off I got to spend time with my grandparents, have a girls night with my Aunts and cousins, eat Tuscan Oven and eat Whatburger! Its kinda funny what you miss when you move away. Camp was AMAZING!!! The theme was "Olympics" and we did a lot of fun things. There was opening ceremonies and we had a band come play, we had Olympic games which were discus, javelin, shot put, archery, rifle shooting, dance, bowling and basketball. I had to give out the medals for the games so it was a lot of fun to watch the kids have a good time and then get excited about their medals. I was in charge of recreation and we played soccer, volleyball and had an obstacle course. It was great to get to see some of my favorite campers from years past like Steveo, Grice and Kyle and I made new favorites like Klayton and Tommy! Here are a few pictures from camp.

Me and Kyle

Right before Kyle "accidentally" shot me - he got the "Cruel Intentions" Medal

Steveo doing what he does best - playing the piano

Me and my new love Klayton

Me and Michael Grice on the last day, as you can see no one wants to leave camp

After I got back from camp Momma and I drove back up here and started painting the walls in my house. We did the foyer, kitchen, dining room and living room in 3 days! It was a lot of work but I'm so glad its done. The house looks sooo amazing now! Momma did a great job and I'm so thankful she came and helped. Here are pictures of what we painted.

The living room, excuse the ladder we need to take it back to the neighbor

The dining room

Breakfast Nook

My beautiful kitchen! (The place I spend the most time in)

That's all for now. Josh Anderson is coming up this weekend to visit and I can't wait!!