So, here is a new picture of our family. In case you didn't know, we have a young man from Mexico living with us this school year. His name is Andres. He is an awesome addition to our family. He seems to fit right in. The kids absolutely love him. He is just a great guy. He plays soccer for Georgia Christian. I hear he's pretty amazing at soccer. We'll definitely be at a few soccer games this year!

Anyway, the kids started school last Friday. They are now in 1st and 2nd grade. My children are growing up way too fast for me. They are both doing well so far. I was a little worried about Samantha in Miss Carpenter's class. But it seems to be going well so far.

What else has gone on since I last posted...well, I won $25 at work! We had to do a survey for a University and I was one of the 3 winners chosen...pretty cool right? I was super pumped about that. Also, we got to go and visit my family again for my nephew Aidan's 4th birthday. I love my nephews so much! I wish I could see them every day. That's pretty much it from last time...oh wait, Mike had a birthday. He is now 32. He's taking this one pretty well. For his birthday, we went out with 4 of our friends...Chris, Melissa, Jennifer, and Drew. It was great! That's pretty much it! I'll update again soon...

We have an amazing group of ladies in our congregation at Jasper. Sunday, one of the most awesome ladies, Mrs. Emma King, moved to Florida to be with her daughter. We had a going away party for her last Wednesday, July 7. Here is a collage of some of the most loving and devoted Christian's you will ever meet! I absolutely love each and every one of these people! We will miss Mrs. King so very much. She and Mike were always going at each other. They picked on each other constantly, like they were family. She was always trying out new recipes for us at our fellowship meals. They all were so good...and I'm picky! We know that she will be back to visit us at every opportunity, but she is definitely leaving a hole here!

For the 4th of July, we hung out with our friends Derrick and Kristi and their family. The kids had a great time playing with the fireworks. I didn't really do much with the fireworks...well, I did no fireworks actually. I stayed inside with Kristi's sister Brigitte watching the Jimmy Kimmel special on "Eclipse", which was awesome by the way! I think Mike and the kids had a great time playing with the fireworks, I know I did watching Edward Cullen...love him.

Mike, the kids, and I went to Florida to stay with my sister on July 2. We had an awesome time with the family, as you can see from the collage. The kids absolutely loved it!! We played the WII, went swimming, went fourwheeling, and ate some awesome pizza before crashing for the night. Then on Saturday, we went to my momma's house to play with momma, daddy, and Trey. Such a great weekend! I love my family!

Here are some pictures from Christian's second baseball game. He is learning so much. He is playing coach pitch this year. The coach is really taking the time to teach him the basics. He is doing very well so far. Samantha starts t-ball on Monday. I'll post more pics when I get them!

Kids Playing~~Weekend Fun!

Well, this has been a busy week! I think we had something to do every single night! Christian and Samantha just started their baseball/t-ball practices. It is Christian's first year playing coach pitch. He is doing very good! I think baseball will be his sport. Samantha is playing t-ball. I haven't had a chance to watch her practice yet, but she is just naturally athletic. I'm sure she'll do great! Mike and the kids are on Spring Break next week. Mike is taking Christian to a Braves game one day. Well, anyway, that was our week!

Mike and Samantha ready for the Father/Daughter Dance 2010.

Christian's K-5 Graduation~~May 2009

My 30th Birthday! Woo Hoo!! It was awesome! I love my friends!

Senior Trip pictures 2009. We had such an awesome time!

Wow, I know. It's been like a whole year! There have been lots of changes since I was last on here. I'll start where I left off with you guys. The Senior Trip last March-April. It was AWESOME! I absolutely loved everything about Los Angeles/Hollywood. It helped that I had an amazing group of kids to share it with! My seniors graduated in May. I also decided I didn't want to teach anymore, so I began looking for a job in June. I applied with TeamTemps in Valdosta. The next day, I had a job with Smith Drug Company. I began with them as a temp receptionist. Then, a month later I was hired on as a Cycle Counter. I did that for several months. In February of this year, the week of my birthday, I was offered the position of Compliance Coordinator. I, of course, said yes!! I absolutely LOVE the job and the wonderful people I work with. Apparently, God had a plan for me and it is working out beautifully! I turned 30 this year. I had an awesome birthday party. Me, Melissa Bundrick, Ms. Vicky, and Lori Alley went to Olive Garden in Gainesville, FL. (I LOVE Olive Garden.) We then went to my friend Dee King's house to sing some karaoke! Ms. Dee and her two daughters, Kristi and Brigitte, set up the karaoke stage for my birthday. It was so beautiful and thoughtful of them!! Ms. Donna also came to sing with us. It was so much fun! I wanted to do something I had never done before, so we sang karaoke. I was terrible, but I wouldn't give the mic up for anything! I had a chance to sing with all of my friends. It was definitely a day I will never forget! Thanks to everyone who had a hand in making my day unbelievable!! Christian turned 7 in January. He had his first sleepover birthday party. He is such a big boy now. He is so stinkin smart it's crazy!! He has made the Principal's Honor Roll all year. He is just such a wonderful kid!! Samantha will be 6 in May. She will be graduating Kindergarten then as well. She is beautiful! She is probably the sneakiest kid ever, but she is probably also the sweetest! I love my family so much! Mike has decided to start working on his Master's again. He is in his first semester. It's been a little difficult. I miss him so much when he has to go to Montgomery, but it's really important to him. He has also been training for MMA fighting. He has been at it for several months now. I'm kind of scared of when he actually begins fighting. He has done one grappling tournament and I think he did ok at it. I don't know if I can actually go and witness any of this, but we'll see! That's pretty much been our year so far! I will try my hardest to get back on here real soon to get some more updates going!!

Going to Los Angeles!

I have the privilege this year of taking my lovely senior class on their senior trip. The wonderful children decided we should go to Los Angeles! I am so very excited! I've never been anywhere close to that side of the country! Mike and I both get to go and be chaperones for the trip. We leave on Monday. We will be flying out of Jacksonville early Tuesday morning. We get to eat at fancy L.A. restaurants and explore all of the wonderful things you hear about in the movies. I will be sure to post lots of pictures when we get back. For now, I have to prepare everything for the trip and try not to stress myself out too much. I'll write again when I return from L.A.!!

It's been a while!

It has been a crazy long time since I have posted. Honestly, I lost the web address. I finally found it today. Nice, huh? Well anyway, since I last posted, a lot has happened. In September of 2008, I went to the doctor because my heart was beating funny. It has done it for a while, but my "mothers" at work talked me into going. I went in to my normal doctor. They did an EKG and stuck me on a 24 hour halter monitor. Turns out my heart was beating super crazy even when I didn't know it. They did an echocardiogram, everything was normal, no valve issues. They still decided to send me to a cardiologist, after they put me on heart medicine. I went in to the cardiologist. He acted like it was no big deal. He said the weird heartbeats aren't uncommon. So now I am like an old lady on heart medicine and I'm not even 30! So I was okay with how those things were. Next up, Mike jacked up his knee playing basketball. We had to have an MRI for him. Turns out nothing is wrong. Next, I got strep throat, which I have never in my life had, even with 2 kids that had it and a husband that had it. Then, I got pneumonia. I had to get a chest x-ray and CAT scan. On the CAT scan they noticed a nodule in my left lung that had nothing to do with the pneumonia. They decided they wanted to biopsy the nodule in my lung. I was in the hospital waiting to get it done, then the radiologist who looked at my new CAT scan decided he didn't want to do the biopsy. So we didn't have to do it. I was super pumped about that! I didn't really want a needle being poked through my lung. I have to go back and get another CAT scan in April to make sure the nodule isn't growing. They are pretty confident that it is nothing. I haven't been sick in about 2 months. My heart is still beating funny, so I am ready to just quit taking this crazy medicine. Enough about me, my son is now 6!! Unbelievable right? He is a genius. He is doing so well in Kindgergarten. He graduates from Kindergarten on May 15. I can't believe it. He is an amazing child. He is doing Lads to Leaders this year. Samantha is still 4. She will turn 5 in May. She is my angel. She is the sneakiest child I have ever met in my life! Life is definitely more interesting with her in it! Mike is still Mike. He is the most amazing man I have ever known. He amazes me every time he gets up in the pulpit to speak. He is awesome. Anyway, this is us! Things are great. The Lord has blessed us.

Samantha's 4th Birthday

Today we had Samantha's 4th birthday party. She had a lot of friends and family here. This is the first year we decided to really do it up for her. Being the 2nd child, she has been getting the short end of the stick so to speak. My friend Shannon, who is an amazing party planner/decorator, decorated for us and gave us tons of ideas. The decorations were wonderful. The girls that came dressed as little princesses (it was a princess party). Our little princess did wonderfully. She told her grandma Lake that this was the "Best birthday ever!" I am so glad that we could finally show her how special she really is to us! Christian started out the day pouting because everyone was excited for Samantha's birthday. He finally came around when he realized that some people gave his presents too. Overall it was a hectic, but wonderful day! Now my BABY is 4 years old!!!!