Baylor Homecoming

This weekend has been all Baylor! You would think we both graduated from Baylor! Jared is so upset with A&M now...i think he was happy to support another school! Especially one that doesn't employee his wife any more!! HAHA! Last night we met up with our friends from church for dinner and then went to the bonfire! Woke up early...yes early on my one Saturday to not have school...to go to the parade. We grabbed a nutritious breakfast of kolaches and donuts and went to the parade with Browning in tow! He was so excited and sporting a Baylor t-shirt! Jared wore yellow and I was in green! Like I said...you would think we were Baylor grads! The parade was good, and then onto our last minute errands before the game! I made a 7 layer dip that was quite yummy and perfect for football tailgates! We went to our friends tailgate and then onto the game! Here is where we start to go down hill. With only like 2 minutes into the first quarter they delay the game due to weather! Well about an hour later the RAIN comes! It was a freakin monsoon! With everyone else trying to get under the stadium... Jared and I head for the field to get under the part where the football players run out! Yes we stormed the Baylor football field like crazed fans!! We get under this pavillion that is reserved for the "snooty" Baylor alum. We stay there for about 30 minutes than head back to our seats! We are now SOAKED and FREEZING! Guess what else happened...?!?! A cold front comes in...of course it does!! So we are WET and Cold...finally the game starts again..2.5 hours later! Right before half time it starts to rain again...by this time I calling it quits!! I had had enough...seeing how I didn't even go to Baylor in the first place! So now we are home...dry and in our lazy weekend clothes watching the school we actually both went to play KU! So far they are up, hopefully it will stay that way! Enjoy the pictures!

Our little Baylor Bear

Too Cute!

(yes this is one of my old equestrian shirts)

Paige, me, Ashley, and B-Crump

Jared and Lil Bear!

Family Pic!

Yea for Fam!

This weekend has been full of family time! We got to see my dad, Meghan, and Justin. It was good times all around! We cooked dinner at the house Friday, ran some errands and went to the HOT rodeo, and finally went to church and lunch today. We enjoyed seeing everyone and catching up! Here are some pics from the weekend!

Easton Corbin

Meghan and Justin

Jared and Dad being goofy!

Dad and Me!

Making a Splash!!

Well thank goodness it's not a water type splash! I have had enough of those to last me awhile! I'm talking back splash for the kitchen!! It is finished and looking fabulous! Jared and I are so pleased with how everything came out! Maybe just maybe it was meant to be!! Our house is practically brand new now! We absolutely love the floors, the tile are now are back splash!!!

Jared's parents came up this past weekend and had a MAJOR role in the facelift of our kitchen yet again!!! Jack did all the tile laying, jared did all the cute, Lori helped grab spacers, hand off tiles, and make sure the lines were straight, and I buttered....the TILE silly!! Yes you butter tile...with adhesive not butter so it will stick to the board and stay in place! I must say it came second nature to me!! It was quite the family project! It took about 6 hours on Sunday and Jared finished it up last night! Our kitchen is AMAZING!! We are so happy with the out come!!!

Thank you so much Lowe's for coming up this past weekend!!!!! We couldn't have done it without you!!! Enjoy the pictures!!

The first tile is laid!!!

Such thought and precision!

I'm butterin!!

This is how your make the perfect cuts!!

OOHH OOHH we have 7!!

BOW WOW!!! I like my new tile!!

Details details!!

Perfect cuts!!

oh yes we have grout!!!

Isn't it pretty!!!

A little out of order...but tiles with spacers

The new kitchen floor tile

here is the new wood with the furniture

The finished product!!!

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!!!!

Thank you again Jack and Lori for coming to Waco to help us make a kitchen look AMAZING!!!!

ReMoDeL is COMPLETE!!

YEAh...the house is slowly getting back to normal. We have most of the furniture back in place, but we still need to put the washer and dryer back in and fill the china cabinet with china! Well I say we...but I mean Jared! hehe! It's nice to be able to get in the office now, get to our bedroom easily, see the floor in our bedroom, and watch tv on the couch! Oh the little things in life! Well we are VERY pleased with the outcome! We couldn't be happier with how the tile and floors look! They really update the house and look really good with our furniture and theme of our house! We have one small project left...the backsplash! Jared picked up the tile today and it looks great! Once that is completed we are going to take a BREAK from remodeling the house! I hope the dishwasher, washer, air conditioner, and hot water tank heard me!!!

New floors next to the semi new carpet

Living Room looking towards the front door...china cabinet on your right

New Tile- it's on diagonal pattern

Kitchen

Living room floor with our chair

Well it has been a busy 3 weeks! I can't believe 3 weeks of school is complete! This past week we had our open house! It went well. From a couple parents that came, they told me I was their child's favorite teacher and that they love coming to my class! That made my night!! Well then comes Friday morning...the day after open house...I had NO voice!! I not the world's biggest talker, and having to talk for about 13 hours straight did me in!!! I've never lost my voice like that!! NEVER!! I was very worried how I would get through the day without a voice! Kinda of a necessity for teachers!! Well each period I had another teacher to come in and give the spelling test! That was awesome! Did I mention how SWEET, NICE, GENEROUS, KIND, LOVING group of teachers I get to work with on a daily basis!?! Well if not they are AMAZING!! My classes were GREAT! They were so understanding of my lack of voice! They got their work finished, did great on their re take test, and were so quiet!! It was so cute, they would whisper me answers for their warm ups! It was sweet!

Progress reports go out on Tuesday...I think my email and voicemail will be flooded! Work has been keeping me very busy!! I feel a little disconnected right now with the outside world! I'm trying to catch up and get in a routine of some sorts! My classes are tying me up at nights and on Saturdays...they are the BIGGEST waste of time! I really wish they weren't such a waste and that I would get something more out of them! They are too expensive to be such a waste! But oh well...they are going to get me officially certified!!

I can't get over how fast time has gone by!! My 2 nieces and 1 nephew are all in school- Kindergarten and pre-school! A lot of "NEW" happening in our family in 2010!! Little William will be a year old next month!! WOW!! We will have lived in our 2 years next month--oh homeownerhsip!! January Jared and I will celebrate 3 years!! WOW! Time flies!!

Yes even Teachers turn in Latework!!!

WOW what a week! It's been a very exciting, thrilling, long hours, exhausting, overwhelming, stressful, wonderful, amazing, ok i could keep going but i'll end it with REWARDING! My kids are great! They make me smile, laugh, and almost lose my voice! I have over 150, yes you read correctly! They are great though!! So I have yet to post pictures of my classroom, the mess water can do to a house and some Mexico pictures! Yes i know i am a little behind! The first week started out with a fire drill in second period! Way to really stress out a first year teacher...30 kids in first periodand a fire drill in second! So the kids got out safely, i remembered my little bag, forgot my class roster! And being the first day, there is no way to know who is in your class, their name, what they look like! So yea that was fun! But hey the August fire drill is over! YEAH! So day 2...everything was going great...well as great as it could be being the second day of school and my second day of school...well up UNTIL about 10 minutes before the bell is supposed to ring to release the kids from school! POWER OUTAGE! JOY! Yes a storm blew in and lighting hit a transformer! So we have to keep the kids past the bell, in the dark, do I have a flashlight...NO (but i do now) So the kids stay about an extra 20 minutes, until we can release them to go home! Day 3....the smoothest day so far!! I am really enjoying teaching...but BOY am i TIRED!!

So Friday evening...Jared got home from Seattle, so we went to a nice dinner to celebrate his homecoming and me starting teaching. Well all was going so NICE...UNTIL....we got home! It was quite depressing to discovery our house was flooded!! Our laundry room, kitchen, living room, dining room and pantry flooded. So we spent the rest of the night and morning pulling up flooring, vacuuming up water, and pretty much LOOSING it! Disasters don't really bring out the best in us! Never did we mention in our vows...in wetness and dryness!!!! That clause might need to be added to future engaged couples!!! HAHA!!So after that whole mess we will have new floors throughout the whole house!! So we have been spending what free time we do have picking out tile and pergo! It will look really nice once it is in place!! Key words being...IN PLACE! Hopefully this "little" (HAHA) project will be completed by next week...is this possible?!?! Am i being a little too ambitious in this hope?!?! Probably so!

On the beach

Sweet Summer Time!!

Looking Tan

So this is the tile i think we are going to go with...I'm finally going to get my backsplash! 1 positive!

The beautiful kitchen..HA..aka a 737 has landed!

Part of the living room...pretty right?!?

In the process of pulling up flooring! oh so fun...NOT!

Finally Classroom pictures!!!!

Calendar and once I get a lunch menu i will post it!!

Absent section, quote of the week, our school motto S.T.R.O.N.G

Textbooks, baskets, LOTS of cabinets

Mrs. Lowe's desk..HAHA ( my table skirt i did solo)!!!

my bulletin board

i made these curtains...with help from my mom!!

My first student! Such a cute one too!

Can you believe 30 desk fit in here!! I have since rearranged the room!

My ROOM!

New Teacher Orientation!!

Oh my has this week been exciting!!! I started new teacher orientation this past Monday and finished today! I have met some really wonderful people in the district and on my campus! Today I met with my mentor teacher and she is just sly of FABULOUS! I'm really in a great district with very helpful and willing teachers, which is EXACTLY where I need to be starting my first year of teaching! I finally go into my room...yes FINALLY!! BUT I couldn't really do too much because it hadn't been cleaned yet. So hopefully tomorrow morning it will get cleaned and i can get some serious work done on it! I arranged my desk and the kids' desk...but i think i will have to change the kids' desk! It's very difficult to arrange 28-30 desk in one room with space to move around! But i do really like the set up i made for my self! The back of my car is full of TEACHER goodies!! I can't wait to unload them in my room! The district gave all new employees a stipend and new teachers in general a stipend to go by supplies! Well i went to the CUTEST store possible!! It had some great things that will look awesome in my class...pics to follow!! Next week the real work start with teacher orientation and PLANNING! I can't believe school will start a week from MONDAY! AWWW! Just a titch nervous! It will be great though!

Jared and I and our friend Holly just returned from Arkansas last Sunday. We had a great time skiing, boating, jet skiing, sewing, eating, looking at my parents new house, driving A LOT of driving and a little bit of sleep in there too! We saw Laura, Tom, Clara and little William in Missouri! We had a GREAT time! I will keep saying Little William so he won't grow up on me too fast like Clara has done! that will work, right?!? Well it's my plan for now!

We also enjoyed spending time with my parents and grand parents!! My mom worked very long and hard on my curtains for my room! They are without a doubt the CUTEST at Midway...ok ok i'm a little bias! My sister also made me some great letters for my classroom with her Cricut! I bought some really cute paper at Hobby Lobby and she had some great templates which makes for FABULOUS classroom letters!! I am itching to get them all laminated and hung up! Oh so much to do!!

Well I forgot to mention about Browning....Well Browning made the trip too! It was a memorable trip for him!! On Wednesday...the first day he got to go to the lake...some how he cut open his chest! It was a traumatic day to say the least! I might have slightly panicked...but this is my baby we are talking about...any mother would!!! Well he got stitches, staples, and a drainage tube! My poor baby boy! Well the drainage tube was supposed to stay in till Monday...well that came out a little early..on Friday! Staples come out next Wednesday..hopefully! So he was in a bit of pain for the remainder of the week!! Sorry no pics...too graphic!!!

Ok well after a long 3 days of being a teacher...i'm calling it a night! I think i need a bedtime of 9 maybe 9:30! Pics to follow!!!