A New Project Idea

Since the majority of our friends have kids I see a lot of really cute things that I want to learn how to make. Our friends Cory & Paige have a little boy named Jace. He is constantly on the go and hates sitting still. However, if he can color he's usually pretty good even through church. Jace has this really cool crayon holder that his aunt made him and for months I've wanted to figure out how so that I could recreate it. Well, I finally figured it out! These are so cute! They roll up perfectly for a purse and carry crayons and a notepad for church! I'm so excited that I've learned how to make them. These things will make GREAT gifts! Yay!!!

25th Birthday

It's official, I'm a quarter of a century! This week has been nice. My 25th birthday was yesterday and it has been a great couple of days. So many people have sent messages, called, sent cards, made cakes & cookies, and showed up to the little cake party that Brian & mom threw for me after church. It's been a huge blessing! Wade sent me a $50 gift card to Forever 21 and I got to shop on my birthday. It was so nice since I rarely buy new clothes. I was totally in shock that he did that since I know he got me something else very special back in March. He's such a sweet little brother. Today I went to Aveda and got some highlights and a trim. After that I got to lay out once again! I'm so addicted to the pool it's going to be REALLY hard to go back to work. Tonight we went to dinner with my parents at Pappadeaux and then went to church. After church Brian & mom had cake waiting so that all my friends could celebrate with me. That was sweet but I couldn't believe so many people stayed to eat. We've really got some amazing friends. I continue to be grateful for God deciding that Houston was where he wanted us. The people that he has put in our lives blow me away & I cannot wait to raise a family with such wonderful friends nearby! I wish Caleb & Sandra were here, but we will just have to travel to see them!! Thank you all for blessing my life! 25 was a great birthday!!

Learning to Sew!

For my 25th Birthday my mom bought me a sewing machine! If you know me then you know that is something that in the past I never would have wanted. However, recently I have wanted to learn how to sew so that I could make cute gifts for the millions of baby showers that I attend between work & church and so that someday I can make stuff for our kids. At first the sewing machine was just not feeling me! However, after 2 lessons from some friends at church I think I've got the hang of the basics. I'm having so much fun crafting. I've already quilted a changing table liner (for those nasty public restrooms) and made several burp rags as well as a pillowcase dress. I'm having so much fun. It will be nice to have a girl pile & boy pile to grab gifts from when things get crazy again this fall. Hopefully soon I will be able to make curtains and decorative pillows for our new house! In the mean time, its a fun way to spend the last part of my wonderful summer!

Fun in the Summer

We have been so busy this summer! We started the summer out going to our godson's second birthday! It's hard to believe he's already 2! We spent the weekend in Ft. Worth and had an absolute blast with Caleb, Sandra & Sam! Our Mallette peeps are near and dear to our hearts. The next weekend we went to Lake Mathis with a big group of friends from church. We rode wave runners, jet skis, tubed, and got a TON of sun! It was such a blessing to get to spend a weekend with our friends. God truly has blessed us with great friends at WOCC! The next weekend we went to family camp in Palestine. That was wonderful! Over 120 people went and we had the time of our lives. We played games, swam, made S'mores & worshiped our God together. It was so nice. June flew by! This weekend was 4th of July weekend. The Crums came to town so we went to hang out with them on Friday before going to the Cannon's holiday party. Saturday Beebs and I went to see The Proposal & ate at Cheesecake Factory for lunch. For dinner we went to The Waddell's & ate more than we ever should have. We shot fireworks with friends and had a blast. Imperial Oaks was one of the few places people could shoot fireworks so there were SO many people there. I love the 4th of July! This week I am going to learn how to sew & then we are going to put on a building healthy relationships seminar for Impact kids. I've got a TON to do for that so rather than blogging I better get to work! I'm thankful for a VERY fun summer so far & hope the rest of July is just as great. I still have not gotten excited about August but that's ok! I've got time.....

Beebs got a job!

Sorry I haven't posted in forever. Life has been so busy and not very exciting. Brian had a really hard time finding a job! The market & economy are awful right now. However, he interviewed for history positions at Wells Middle School & Knox Junior High and got job offers from both schools in a two day period. He decided to accept the offer from Knox and will be teaching Texas History & coaching in the fall. Yea!!! We finally feel like we are getting somewhere! 2 incomes will be great and working at a great school close to home is also awesome. God has even been working to make us feel more at home at church. We have made great relationships and have started a TNT (twenties-n-thirties) group at church. This has been such a blessing! I guess the neon light we have prayed for for months points to stay in Houston! I will TRY to keep you all up to date on the exciting adventures of a first year teacher and coach!

Ladies Retreat

This weekend was so nice . We had a ladies retreat at church and for the first time in the year and a half that we have been there I felt welcome. Juli Dozier and I rode up together and had an absolute blast. If we do not get jobs in Ft. Worth she could really be the answer to my prayers for a friend at church. We had so much fun and really got to get to know each other. There were so many great people that stayed the night on Friday night. We played Crazy Bridge, put on a fashion show, ate chocolate until we could eat no more and just enjoyed each other. God knew I needed that. I do feel that if we stay we could have a close group of friends to hang out with. There really are more people than just us that want friends and want to be apart at that church. We will see what happens. We are praying for God to place us where he wants us and with that give us a group of friends that we can have lifelong relationships with. Keep praying for guidance for the our little family.

Looking for the neon light!

Good news first.... We got Brian's car looked at. I agreed that if it cost less than $200 to fix it we would fix it. We had it looked at and it cost $150 to fix it. God is good! He knew that we couldn't really afford a car for another month or so. Brian has worked at York every day for the past week so he has still been able to make a little money despite not having a car. He has gotten to drop me off at A Points and come back to get me around 8:30 so I've been able to keep working that job too. :) Again, God is good.

We have been talking about moving out of the Houston area into the DFW area for quite some time now. We would love to be close to Caleb, Sandra and Sam and at a church that we just love. We would also love for me to make more money teaching and Ft. Worth area districts pay quite a bit more. Needless to say we have been praying for God to give us a neon light on what he wants us to do and where he wants us to end up. We want so badly to be in place where we have good friends and feel like we are at home when we are at church. Other than Impact we just haven't felt that while in Houston. Don't get me wrong, there are some amazing people in Houston and we love being close to our parents, but we just have never felt at home here. We have decided that if I am going to continue to teach I might as well teach in a place that I can make what I make at three jobs in Houston at one job in Ft. Worth. We have also decided that it would be great for our kids to have cousin Sam and the Crum and Shewmaker kids near us as they are growing up. DFW would be close enough that we would still be able to see our parents often but we would also have the other things we are looking for when we begin our family. What we don't want to do is get our wishes and God's will mixed up. We want to be in a place that is good for our spiritual well-being as well as our marriage. We need a neon light. If God wants us to stay in Houston then doors in Ft. Worth need to close and door's in Houston need to open as far as a job for Brian goes. If God wants us in Ft. Worth we need to both find jobs. We truly need guidance. This is such an important time of our life and we need to make the decision that is going to be best for us and our children in the long run. Please be praying for a neon light for the Lee's and for God to continue to provide for us while Brian is looking for work. Life is good! We love each other and have been very blessed to have this time in Houston. Now we just need to figure out if Houston is where we need to stay or if God wants us to move on.