Busy, Busy, Busy

Well, as always life is really busy! Last week we were blessed with some snow in Houston so Brian's tournament last weekend that he was supposed to host got cancelled. That gave me some time to see him, and him some time to watch football. :) That was nice. The snow was beautiful! My principal took most of the fun out of the snow by keeping us locked inside all day, but it was still pretty to watch. This weekend Brian got to watch the Texas/Nebraska game and of course had a blast. The longhorns are off to the Rose Bowl and Brian couldn't be happier. Sunday we were blessed to finally get almost all of the members of our supper club group at church together and then last night I had my Christmas party for my cheer squad. That was a lot of fun! While I was there I got a text from Caleb that Sandra is being induced this morning so I will have a sweet god daughter later this afternoon! YEA!! My cheerleaders adopted a foster home and a second family from our school and we are donating almost $4,000 worth of stuff! I'm so excited that my girls get to give back and really help other people! It's encouraging. We started the adoption tradition last year and I hope that even after I am no longer coaching it will continue. We also had amazing food, played white elephant and Jessica came to make bottle cap necklaces with the girls. Thanks Jess!! It was a lot of fun and I am lucky to coach the girls that I do. This week we have a pep rally and that might just be the last one for the year. It's a little bittersweet. My girls are wonderful and I hate to see them move on to 9th grade, but this year has been stressful and if we plan to have a baby it would be nice to maybe step down from that role next year. Other than that, tonight I may attend my first WOCC bunko night. I'd need to refresh my memory on how to play, but I'd really like to be able to play next year. I need some fun with the girls every now and then. Brian has another tournament this weekend and then I'm going to see the Nutcracker ballet with my mom on Saturday. That should be fun! It's hard to believe that December is flying by! It's fun and exciting, but I wish my favorite time of year would slow down. It's hard to believe that in a week and a half I will have been married to my sweet husband for 5 years! That's crazy! Life is great with him and although we are SO busy, life is fun & I wouldn't trade it for the world. Well, I better hop in the shower so I'm not late to work. I've got a meeting this morning.

Thanksgiving Fun!

This Thanksgiving break has been absolutely wonderful! It was a much needed break from work and great time with family! I can now go back to work for 15 more days re-energized! Tuesday night when I got off work I got to meet up with my mom and do a little shopping. Since we live so close you would think we do this often, but we really don't get to since life is so busy. It was nice to have some girl time. After we finished we ate at LaMadeline & then came home to make some banana bread before heading to the airport to pick up Wade. Wednesday Brain and I had a great day just being lazy and getting the house ready for the big day. Since we had Thanksgiving at our house this year with Brian's family and my extended family we had a lot to do. Brian's parents came over on Wednesday night and for the first time in a while we just got to hang out, eat and play games. It was really nice. Wednesday evening Brian and his dad stayed up all night and smoked a turkey for Thursday. I really don't know how they did it! They ate candy and slept thirty minutes here and there. Needless to say they were both ready for a nap after lunch on Thursday. We ended up having 4 turkeys for 16 people on Thursday. It was a little crazy but everyone got what they wanted. :) Smoked, Fried, Oven Baked & Organic.....Lunch was amazing! So many great things to eat, good times with family and football! We really enjoyed having everyone over to our place for Thanksgiving! We are so thankful to have the family that we do and enjoy the times we have together. Other than the big turkey day we have rested, shopped and almost finished Christmas shopping, put up the Christmas tree & just hung out! It's been nice to have some time together before 3 weeks of craziness. Brian has tournaments the next couple of weekends so our next real day off together will be the 19th which just so happens to be our 5 year anniversary! :) I'm lucky to be married to such a great man & continue to enjoy this crazy, fun & special life we have together. Well, speaking of that special man, he's hungry so I better go cook some dinner.

So Excited!!!

We have made it to the Saturday before Thanksgiving! I'm so excited because next week at this time I will have had an amazing Thanksgiving with family at our new house, eaten TONS of yummy food, spent time with my brother that lives in California & enjoyed 3 wonderful days off!! Plus, my Christmas decorations will be up in full swing! I'm so excited! This time of year is my absolute favorite. Last night we went to a wedding and then slept in today. I'm working on cleaning the casa because tomorrow we are going to have a visitors/new members lunch with people from church. That should be fun! There are so many young couples and families visiting WOCC that we just don't get to meet them all or talk to them just at church. Today we are going to finish cleaning the house, go eat at our favorite all you can eat sushi place, watch a Christmas movie and just hang out. Brian's got some yard work to do and I think I could bake all day! The best part of the holidays is just about to begin & I'm already loving it! I feel so blessed to have such an amazing family and group of friends. I couldn't be more thankful for my life and the blessings God has given us this year. Off to clean...

I'm getting excited!

So I was really bumbed about the idea of this week. We weren't planning to do anything very cool in class this week, Brian isn't ready to decorate for Christmas yet, I had to go back to cheerleading practice today, you get it. Well.... at a training I went to last night I learned about this site called xtranormal.com. This is a site that allows you to type and then make movies that say what you just typed. It is SO cool! I got to do that today with my kids! It actually made the day fun. If you are a teacher you should really try this! The kids will love it! I also learned about google adsense. This is a way to make money on line by allowing ads to be on your website. I signed up and it will take a few days to get approved, but if I get approved I may just end up making some money by allowing ads on my blog. Too bad I can't do that on my teacher website! I'd be rich! I'm so ready to be able to get pregnant and stay home with babies that I'm searching for anyway to make a little money to speed up the process. If you have any ideas please share them!!!

Tomorrow is hump day so I think I will make it through the week. I'm excited about the weekend & really excited about next week. Wade is coming home, people are coming in for the holidays & we get a few days off to enjoy the good things in life. Anyway, I'm about to head to bed. I've got to be up early for a baby shower/wedding shower at work. Hope all is well with all of you!

Life is great!

Things remain oh so busy in our life! We had the one day in 6 months that we didn't have AM or PM practice between the two of us this week. It was so nice to just hang out and be a couple. We watched a movie, ate, cuddled on the couch, went to bed at 9:15, it was GREAT! Now we are getting into basketball season and it will be getting busy again. I love this time of year! The holidays are coming, family will be in town, wonderful food will be made, Christmas decorations will get to go up, presents will be bought. It's just fun!

Brian had a great evaluation from his principal this week. He scored Exceeds Expectations which is the highest rating you can get & brought me flowers to tell me. He said it couldn't have been done without my support (which is not true at all). He is just so thoughtful & even in the midst of this crazy time he is still doing whatever he can to make me feel loved. He's amazing! I love this crazy life that we have together. There really is nothing that I do not feel incredibly blessed to have at this point of my life. God is good. It's amazing to see our four years of hard work paying off & struggle paying off. It's exciting! Anyway, I've got 9 school days left before Thanksgiving so I better get it in gear and go get ready for my day! Just wanted to brag on my husband and tell him THANK YOU for working as hard as he does in all aspects of our life! I love you Beebs!

Ready for Thanksgiving!!

It's been way too long since I've posted. Things have been great, but oh so crazy! Volleyball season is coming to an end for Brian and football season is coming to an end for me! Brian gets a day off in between seasons & I get a week! YEA!!! We are still loving our home (other than the never ending to do list) and love getting to be together a little in the evenings since I'm no longer working for A Points after teaching and coaching. Life is going well. Yesterday was halloween and after attending Ella's 2nd birthday we ran errands and handed candy out to our new neighbors. It was a lot of fun!

This week is going to be busy! We both have games 2 nights this week and then we have church stuff, a volleyball banquet & a craft fair on Saturday. I'm selling some of my burp wrags with some friends from church. That should be fun but I've got some sewing to do before Saturday comes.

We are so ready for Thanksgiving! We are planning to have everyone here & cannot wait! We are looking forward to a much needed break & some great food and wonderful family time. Hopefully I'll get to blog a little more later this week! We are still just goin, goin, goin!! Life is fun!

The house is coming together!

Sorry I haven't posted pictures of the house yet, we JUST got internet connected after a week and a half today so I'm trying to catch up while still unpacking boxes and getting the house set up. We are off for Columbus Day tomorrow. (Thanks for sailing the ocean blue so I can have a day to unpack!) We are hoping to get a lot done, but here are some basic pictures. We still have some painting to do, some things to hang on the wall, a microwave to put up, some lights to replace, a leak to fix, a flower bed to weed and replant, and an alarm system to get installed, but all in all it's really coming together. It's starting to feel like a home. So many special people have come to visit, we've met super sweet neighbors & we finally cooked in our kitchen. Anyway, here are some pictures... enjoy & come visit soon! We can't wait to have all of you come see us!