A Very Married Christmas!

One of my main New Year resolutions is to be a better blogger. I think one thing that would make me better at this would be a new camera. I just realized that is what I need right after Christmas! Ha! There's always next year!

Well it is safe to say that we have had a wonderful first Christmas as a married couple! Christmas is my favorite time of the year! I love all the lights, decorations, and Christmas music. Most of all everyone is in a wonderful mood! I love shopping and this was the first  year I got to do my own Christmas shopping for everyone. Normally, I just leave it up to my mom.

We started the month off by buying our first Christmas tree. We knew we would be out of town the whole Christmas holiday, so we just bought a little one for this year only! I did have the best time decorating with all my new ornaments that I have never used.

We really needed a tree topper! 

One weekend that we stayed in Ridgeland, we went over to Jacqueline and Jim's house for dinner and a football game. Jacqueline and I, of course, stayed in the kitchen and caught up on different things going on, while the boys watched the game.

One weekend, we celebrated one of our friends engagement at their party in Grenada. We had a really good time seeing friends that we haven't seen in a while. I even got to see this sweet friend!

    

      So happy I got to see Jordan! 

Finally, when I got out of school on Thursday, we started packing for our week long stay in north Mississippi. I was so excited to spend all this time with family.

We had 5 rounds of Christmas fun that started on Sunday night at my parents. If I had a better camera, then I would maybe have taken more pictures. Here are some that I did have from the past 3 days.

I think Andrew enjoyed Jake and Hayes' present more than his! 

Sweet Lucy had a wonderful Christmas! 

I finally got to go with Jamie and the kids to see Santa! I have not missed out on that yearly trip to see Santa since Hayes was born and just because I live 3 hours away, this year was no different! Sweet Lucy was not happy to see Santa!  

We have an amazing first Christmas together and we realized how blessed we really are! 

We hope you all had a wonderful christmas and a happy New Year! 

Birthdays and more!

October is a very busy month for us because both of our birthdays fall in this month! For anyone who knows me, knows that I don't really like to share my birthday and I also think that my birthday last for a month! Well, Andrew's falls exactly 2 weeks before mine. Since this year was our first birthdays together as a married couple,  I really wanted to make Andrew's birthday big deal! 

This is the only picture I have from his birthday and his eyes are closed!  ha 

Also, my mom and a few friends came down for a weekend visit the weekend after Andrew's birthday. I really enjoyed having them here and getting to play hostess. We ate out and shopped all weekend! It was a very successful weekend! 

Other than Andrew and I, my mom and several of my friends have birthdays this month too. Several of my friends went to eat out for my birthday and Margaret Baker's birthday! We had a great time catching up! Jacqueline even brought Margaret and I some wonderful cupcakes!

A wonderful dinner with friends! 

My wonderful cupcakes from Jac! 

Finally, for the weekend of my birthday I wanted to go see my family. We had not seen them in three weeks, so I wanted to go see my niece and nephews! We had a great weekend full of family fun! On Saturday, I dropped Andrew off to hang out with his brother, and I got to have some quality time at the park with Jake and Lucy! I also got to go with Jamie to help her get some fall pictures made of the kids.

We had so much fun at the park! 

Jake and Lucy having fun throwing wood chips at me! 

This year at school my sweet students made my birthday very special! I had several students bring me gifts and baked goods! We even had cookie cake at snack time! When I came home from school, Andrew took me out to dinner! We also got our TV back on my birthday. Most of you know we have been without our new TV for 5 months! Over all it was a great birthday month!

Next weekend we will be going to my parents to celebrate the first birthday of this sweet girl! I can't wait to see them! 

 

Can't believe Lucy will be ONE! 

I really thought I was going to be good at this! I was wrong!

I said from the beginning that I was going to be a great blogger. I said I was going to keep up with every important event in our lives. Well.. I haven't written anything in a month. Andrew and I have had a crazy and busy last few months with weddings, parties, and starting school. My school started August 1st. I am at Flowood Elementary. I really have enjoyed it so far. I have 25 very active and cute first graders. It is always scary starting a new job in a new place, but my new co-wokers have made it a very easy transition. I can't wait to see what this new school year brings.

Since the beginning of August, we have spent very few weekends in Jackson. We have been very busy, but I have loved every minute of it. One of the very first weekends in August, Two of our very close friends got married. We felt so honored and were so excited to spend this special day with Jenny Claire and Justin! Jenny Claire was such a beautiful and fun bride! We had the best time all weekend and made so many memories with everyone! Here are a few pics from the weekend.

                                                                            The Dyre's

The next weekend Andrew had a few guys coming in for a wedding, so I took my chance and went to see my family. I always love going to see how much my nephews and niece have grown. Well this weekend was a big one for me because it had been 3 weeks since I had seen them. I know 3 weeks is not a long time to some of you, but if you know me,  it is! We had so much fun! My sister and I took all three of them to the Memphis Zoo.

Lucy's First trip to the zoo! 

Hayes killed two doves. He was so proud. 

With all of the traveling back and forth going up North, we stayed home this weekend. I was really looking forward to having nothing planned, but watching the Ole Miss game. I also got to have a lunch date with Jacqueline today. We have both been so busy that we haven't seen each other in a few weeks. That is very rare for us! It was nice to catch up with her! Hopefully September will be a little more calm and we can enjoy being in Jackson!  

Where has summer gone?

Oh My! I was just looking at the calender and wondering where has the time gone? I can't believe I only have 2 weeks left before school starts. I feel like Andrew and I just got back from our honeymoon and summer had just started. 

Anyway... Since we got back, we have moved into our little house in Ridgeland. I have spent all summer trying to turn this house into a cozy home for the two of us. I have enjoyed having the summer off because it has given me the time to fix up our house and learn how to cook. Well, I am still learning, but I think I have done pretty good, considering how picky I am. We have spent very few weekends in Jackson due to wedding parties that we have attended for our friends. One of the first weekends we were here, we went to an engagement party for our friends, Jenny Claire and Justin, in Winona. It was a wonderful party and we enjoyed being with our friends.

We have also been up to my parent's house a couple of times because of family things. I have really enjoyed going up there because when school starts we won't have as much free time to do so. I love living in Ridgeland, but it is always great to be with family.

I always enjoy spending time with these 3! Lucy and Hayes
are coming to spend a few days with us next week and I can't wait!  

Sweet Lucy

This past weekend one of my best friends got married in Oxford. It was a great weekend. Lelia was a beautiful bride! It was a lovely ceremony and reception, but best of all I loved being around all my friends. 

I am not sure what is going on with Lauran's eyes in this picture.

When the weekend was over, I told Andrew that I didn't know when all my friends would be together again because we didn't have anymore planned weddings or parties to attend with everyone. I was really upset about this, however my friend, Frannie called me on Sunday morning and told me she was engaged! I guess we will all be together again soon for their festivities!  I was so excited that we were still in Oxford and got to see Frannie and Michael! 

So excited and can't wait for June 22,  2013!!

Tomorrow, Andrew and I are moving all my school stuff into my new classroom. I am excited to get started on this new school year, but scared at the same time. Hopefully, once I get my stuff moved, it will calm me down. I usually have my whole classroom ready by this time, so please pray for me! 

Something I said I would never do!

Ok.. So I broke down and started a blog! I have always said that I would not get married and start a blog. Well here I am. This past weekend at a friend's wedding everyone was talking about their blog or that they wanted to start one. Well after seeing that my friend, Jordan Thomas had started one, I thought it might be a good idea. I do like the idea of using it as a scrapbook to recap important events in my life.


So I guess my first post will have to begin with talking about May 19th! Our wedding was everything we wanted and more. Andrew and I were so happy and blessed to share this day with so many of our wonderful family and friends. We had the best day! Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our big day!

                                                            Our wedding reception was 
                                                                                at the Tunica Riverpark and I 
                                                                                     thought it was perfect!

The morning after the wedding we headed to Mexico for our honeymoon. We had the best time and can't wait to go back. We stayed at Zoetry Paraiso de la Bonita. It was beautiful and we had wonderful weather while we were there.