7:30 a.m. Got up and went to check cows with PaPa. I actually learned a lot about the cattle business today because I asked questions. I have been checking cows my whole life and never thought to ask these questions (mostly because I was embarrassed when I was younger because they were about breeding).
8:30 a.m. PaPa made me breakfast and me, PaPa, Mama and Daddy ate together (Memaw didn't eat but she participated by continuing to flash us when she forgot to keep her gown down).
11 a.m. I took a nap. It is Spring Break after all.
12 p.m. I woke up from my nap because Daddy was frustrated because he got called in to carry a loud to Nacogdoches (sp?)
2 p.m. Nanna and Uncle Arnold came down and Nanna mentioned people calling her 4 times (Dacey and I forgot to call her on her birthday - we declined comment).
3:30 p.m. finished my nap from earlier
5:15 went to eat steak with Mama, Memaw, Nanna, Uncle Arnold, Dacey, Pat, and Ray. The steak lady called Uncle Arnold a "little lady" and I had to keep from laughing the rest of the night.
7:00 Mama and I are sitting in the recliners in our nightgowns paying bills. I'm so much like her its scary.
7:30 Daddy just got home so going to hang out with him and Mama. I love being home!!!
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Andrew and Gregory
I thought I'd post something tonight because I got to hang out with Andrew and Gregory (Abigail is in Tyler). I appreciate the time I get to spend with them, but sometimes I look on it as baby-sitting (which I love). Other times, like tonight, I really let it soak in that I am getting to spend precious moments with two incredible boys and appreciate them for the great age they are experiencing (Gregory is 8 and Andrew is 6).
Gregory is growing up so fast. I talked to him tonight about how he and I used to sit on the floor and make weird noises at each other before he could talk. He thought that was funny. He loves Boone and Sawyer and always has and when I asked him what his plans are for the summer, he said "I'm getting a dog the first day." For someone who started life so small (born at 28 weeks at barely 2 lbs.) he's the toughest kid I know. He will always be tall and lanky, but that kid can take a punch better than anyone (don't worry, its other kids hitting him - not me). He takes everything in stride and as long as I've known him - I've only seen him cry a few times. He's not holding it in - he's just got his mom's ability to roll with the punches. Luckily for me, he still lets me hug on him a little, and I really appreciate those sweet moments because I know they're quickly fading.
Andrew is...Andrew. This kid cracks me up. He taught himself to read before he started kindergarten, and instead of a coloring book he asked for a math workbook and we catch him doing problems all the time just for fun. He is obsessed with ocean life - particularly whales. When I asked him about his summer plans, he wants to go to Sea World summer camp and feed the dolphins. He told me that they teach you about the animals and then let you play with them and he'll even get to sleep there. He has hatched a grand scheme to stay awake until everyone else falls asleep and then explore the place and hang out with the animals all by himself. My mom ordered him a subscription to National Geographic for Kids (which he calls something like Nachnal Gerograckic) but don't let the mispronunciation fool you - the kid knows more about sea life than I know about almost anything. He's been bugging his parents to check the mailbox everyday so my mom made a wise purchase for him (Gregory got Sports Illustrated for Kids and Abigail got Turtle). AJ is the more dramatic of the two boys and is definitely tender hearted.
Anyway, I was sitting on the couch timing how long Gregory could surf on the couch cushions and patting Andrew as a puppy on the head and I just took the time to really savor the moment. How neat to get to hear how excited a kid is about life. No, they are not perfect, I had to use the old standby "Gregory, I've asked you to stop hitting your brother, and now I'm telling you to stop hitting him" but I really love these kids. Abigail has spent a couple of night with us recently so hopefully soon I'll post some of her hilarious antics.
I'll conclude this post with words from Andrew. He wanted to type on my computer and when he fell asleep I found the following in a Word Document. I left the spelling and grammar intact...
ORCAS
Orcas are dolphins.orcas can all most eat everything.orcas snack on lots of stuf.
...not bad for a kid in kindergarten.
Gregory is growing up so fast. I talked to him tonight about how he and I used to sit on the floor and make weird noises at each other before he could talk. He thought that was funny. He loves Boone and Sawyer and always has and when I asked him what his plans are for the summer, he said "I'm getting a dog the first day." For someone who started life so small (born at 28 weeks at barely 2 lbs.) he's the toughest kid I know. He will always be tall and lanky, but that kid can take a punch better than anyone (don't worry, its other kids hitting him - not me). He takes everything in stride and as long as I've known him - I've only seen him cry a few times. He's not holding it in - he's just got his mom's ability to roll with the punches. Luckily for me, he still lets me hug on him a little, and I really appreciate those sweet moments because I know they're quickly fading.
Andrew is...Andrew. This kid cracks me up. He taught himself to read before he started kindergarten, and instead of a coloring book he asked for a math workbook and we catch him doing problems all the time just for fun. He is obsessed with ocean life - particularly whales. When I asked him about his summer plans, he wants to go to Sea World summer camp and feed the dolphins. He told me that they teach you about the animals and then let you play with them and he'll even get to sleep there. He has hatched a grand scheme to stay awake until everyone else falls asleep and then explore the place and hang out with the animals all by himself. My mom ordered him a subscription to National Geographic for Kids (which he calls something like Nachnal Gerograckic) but don't let the mispronunciation fool you - the kid knows more about sea life than I know about almost anything. He's been bugging his parents to check the mailbox everyday so my mom made a wise purchase for him (Gregory got Sports Illustrated for Kids and Abigail got Turtle). AJ is the more dramatic of the two boys and is definitely tender hearted.
Anyway, I was sitting on the couch timing how long Gregory could surf on the couch cushions and patting Andrew as a puppy on the head and I just took the time to really savor the moment. How neat to get to hear how excited a kid is about life. No, they are not perfect, I had to use the old standby "Gregory, I've asked you to stop hitting your brother, and now I'm telling you to stop hitting him" but I really love these kids. Abigail has spent a couple of night with us recently so hopefully soon I'll post some of her hilarious antics.
I'll conclude this post with words from Andrew. He wanted to type on my computer and when he fell asleep I found the following in a Word Document. I left the spelling and grammar intact...
ORCAS
Orcas are dolphins.orcas can all most eat everything.orcas snack on lots of stuf.
...not bad for a kid in kindergarten.
Monday, September 28, 2009
I'm Back
So...I haven't written anything on here in a really long time because I never feel like anything is "blog-worthy" but I know how excited I get whenever Meredith or Adrienne post anything so here goes (nothing)... :)
School has started and I have an amazing group of kids. The stress is back, but I'm trying to do better about managing all the things I have to do (however, I am on blogger right now instead of being productive!)
The greatest thing that has happened lately is that I became a member of Sovereign Grace Baptist Church of Montgomery 2 weeks ago. We are also doing this amazing discipleship training where we are focusing the whole vision of the church toward one to one discipleship...we want to get everybody off of the milk and onto some meat of the gospel!!!
I am trying to seriously decrease the amount of t.v. I watch in order to spend more time in the word and to work on school stuff so I've taken the t.v. out of my bedroom. Since football season has started an Dacey just bought herself a PS3 and her only game is Madden Football...it is not hard to NOT watch t.v. in the living room.
Mama came down this past weekend and so it was definitely stadium football time at our house. The dogs and I just hid in the other rooms. Jenn Ellis came over and took some mother/daughter and sister/sister pics (with the dogs) so hopefully I'll post some soon. To everyone reading this (Meredith) I love ya and will post more very soon (hopefully!)
Monday, June 1, 2009
Cooper's Birthday
A few months ago, I made cakes for my little friend Cooper's first birthday. His Aunt Natalie is one of my best friends so I really enjoyed getting to be a part of his special day.
Aunt Natalie
The big cake...
Cooper's individual cake...
Cooper's big sis Keira really liked the icing...
I'm glad Cooper liked his cake!
Aunt Natalie
The big cake...
Cooper's individual cake...
Cooper's big sis Keira really liked the icing...
I'm glad Cooper liked his cake!
Spring Break
Every Spring Break, we go home to Northeast Texas and our cousins from San Angelo and Decatur meet us at the old family farm for a week-long campout...we have a blast! I'll try to get video because we had a great version of American Idol and Marietta 911!
Here are the kids...Me, Dacey, Heath, Halee, and Lacy and then Heath and Halee
The Girls!!!
She really does love me....
Dacey in full paint-ball regalia 
MY DADDY!!!
Lacy's dad and one of our favorites...Mike 
Here are the kids...Me, Dacey, Heath, Halee, and Lacy and then Heath and Halee
The Girls!!!
She really does love me....
Dacey in full paint-ball regalia
MY DADDY!!!
Can you tell we're related? By the way...she was either British or from Long Island the whole trip so we've got similar personalities too...
Lacy's dad and one of our favorites...Mike
Pretty Girl!
Fabulous!
Fishing!
Dacey's idea of fishing...for sunflower seeds
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
April 21
Today was a blah day for me most of the day. I am naturally a pretty introverted person and so when I get to spend a lot of time with a lot of people I have to back away for a little while and spend some time alone. Today was that day for me. I stayed in my classroom during conferences and lunch and watched The Queen (for the 6th time this week) and cleaned my desk. I know I hurt people's feelings, but it was unintentional and I tried to explain what I was doing so everything would be okay.
After school, I met Dacey, Trisha, and Trisha's daughters Madalyn and Jaley at Chuy's for dinner. The girls are hilarious and we spent a lot of time trying to get Maddie to shake her booty (she's 2 and Haley's 4).
Dacey and I headed to Starbucks and while I was on my way there I GOT TO TALK TO MEREDITH!!! This was very exciting for me because I got to hear all about Madalyn's birth from her Mama (although I was also enjoying reading about it on Adrienne's blog). It was wonderful to hear all about it (even though most of it sounds pretty horrible) I still love it.
I love hearing about births and watching them on the discovery channel. I think I should be a nurse for my next career and help out in labor and delivery...actually, I would work at a birthing center as a midwife...much more my style. I'm really content right now with raising other people's kids...I teach at a Title I school so for some of them, we are the only parents they have...so I don't know if I would ever want to have any of my own. I am a little baby-crazy though right now and everyone is pregnant. By everyone, I mean all of the student teachers on our campus who I'm pretty sure have family planned themselves to have the baby this summer before they start teaching in the fall. I'm not kidding...a ton of preggos walking around. We'll see...I don't know what God has in store for me yet, but I do know it will definitely involve children in some capacity. I love them and love working with them and helping them develop their gifts and personalities.
After school, I met Dacey, Trisha, and Trisha's daughters Madalyn and Jaley at Chuy's for dinner. The girls are hilarious and we spent a lot of time trying to get Maddie to shake her booty (she's 2 and Haley's 4).
Dacey and I headed to Starbucks and while I was on my way there I GOT TO TALK TO MEREDITH!!! This was very exciting for me because I got to hear all about Madalyn's birth from her Mama (although I was also enjoying reading about it on Adrienne's blog). It was wonderful to hear all about it (even though most of it sounds pretty horrible) I still love it.
I love hearing about births and watching them on the discovery channel. I think I should be a nurse for my next career and help out in labor and delivery...actually, I would work at a birthing center as a midwife...much more my style. I'm really content right now with raising other people's kids...I teach at a Title I school so for some of them, we are the only parents they have...so I don't know if I would ever want to have any of my own. I am a little baby-crazy though right now and everyone is pregnant. By everyone, I mean all of the student teachers on our campus who I'm pretty sure have family planned themselves to have the baby this summer before they start teaching in the fall. I'm not kidding...a ton of preggos walking around. We'll see...I don't know what God has in store for me yet, but I do know it will definitely involve children in some capacity. I love them and love working with them and helping them develop their gifts and personalities.
April 13-20
A lot of stuff happened I'm sure but I need to catch up to today so I can really make the journaling worthwhile for myself. Basically, I hung out with Dacey, worked on building friendships with Christy and Jenn (awesome), started going to a church I really like, and spent a LOT of time with my students and fellow teachers (especially Patty, Rachelle, and Anna - LC53 what, what!!!).
My best friend from college, Meredith, gave birth to Princess Madalyn on April 16...which is the greatest thing that happened so far this year. :) I got to spend time with Meredith during my Spring Break in March which was wonderful and then when I got home from that trip, I knew what her baby's ghetto fabulous name would be....Madalyquanda Sucrets Ryneisha Johnson (Johnson because her mama is Qu'neisha Rashelaronda Johnson). People call her Quanda, Sookie, and Sook. What a beautiful mama and baby (and the baby daddy ain't too bad either).
My best friend from college, Meredith, gave birth to Princess Madalyn on April 16...which is the greatest thing that happened so far this year. :) I got to spend time with Meredith during my Spring Break in March which was wonderful and then when I got home from that trip, I knew what her baby's ghetto fabulous name would be....Madalyquanda Sucrets Ryneisha Johnson (Johnson because her mama is Qu'neisha Rashelaronda Johnson). People call her Quanda, Sookie, and Sook. What a beautiful mama and baby (and the baby daddy ain't too bad either).
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