As Promised!

PICTURES!!! :-)

The top few are of the Indy 500, taken on Memorial Day Weekend.

Next few are frommy friend Katie's wedding

Last few are from the flowers I planted this weekend!













My two little cousins, Anthony and Nick. They went to the race with us. Their dad is an engineer for the Target team.













From L to R, Anthony, Jesse, Me, Nick, Future sis-in law, Natalie, & my brother Brandon










Some cousins at the race













My husband and I in front of the transformer, Bumble Bee.










The beautiful Bride and me!!










Bride & groom










Some bridesmaids with the Bride










My Family (L to R) My husband, Jesse, my lovely mother, my amazing father, my brother, Brandon and my future Sis-in-law, Nat.










Ok, any suggestions on how to make the Squirrels stop eating my Lilly's?










Our wonderful backyard, with Bear in the left corner. He loves it out there!










One of the rose bushes on the side of our house










Finally got these babies planted this weekend.










And the beautiful flower box my husband made me with flowers in it finally!

Upcoming weekend agenda

This weekend I plan to do this:

Friday:
Grill out with about 8-10 friends, having a few drinks
and enjoying the beautiful weather we are having.

Saturday:
Sleep in (Finally!!!), get some shopping done, finish cleaning the house
and doing Laundry. Saturday night date night with my husband
(o, how I look forward to these babies!) We will
be seeing the new Terminator Movie.... I know I know,
but it was his choice and it could be worse!

Sunday:
Sleeping in, yet again, finishing up that housework, and FINALLY
buying and planting my flowers!
I've decided that I've waited long enough and things are
looking too bare for my taste lately!

I will try to upload pics of last weekends adventures, as well as,
pictures of my newly planted beauties! On a side note, I will also
need to take a picture of the beautiful flower box
my hubby made me! He is an engineer
and I know it doesn't take an engineer to build a flower box,
but he made it removable and everything! So, I'm pretty impressed
and thankful to say the least!


Also, does anyone have a Apple shuffle? Would you recommend just paying the extra to get a nano? I have a nano, but my husband wants to use it. I just need something for running and I thought maybe a shuffle would be better.... Any thoughts?!!?!?

Far behind...

Ladies, I'm so sorry. I have been sooooooo far behind with housework, work, yard work, homework, etc.... I haven't had any time for blogging. I haven't even posted about our Memorial Day weekend!

I start my 2nd set of summer classes for my masters on June 4th.... (Yikes, next week!) Anyway, that means I have 2 more days of work to catch up and get things ready for me to be gone until June 29th! This job has allowed me to take the entire month of June off so that I can continue to go to school.

School for me, looks like this:

June- Two, two week classes. That means one class squeezed into 8 days!! Yes, my friends, these classes are very intense. This is the only time we are required to actually be on campus for an extended period of time, which is great since it's a 3 hour drive for me. So, I will be packing my bags and staying in the good ol fashion college dorms for a couple weeks. Granted, I get to come home on the weekends which is refreshing!

Fall Semester- one class (meet on campus for two Saturday sessions)

Spring Semester- one class (same 2 Saturaday sessions)

And then back to the summer sessions....

It's set up to allow for working students (especially teachers) to pursue their masters degree in School Counseling without having to take time away from work during the day. It's been a great experience, but already I'm feeling overwhelmed. I got my first set of homework assignments due already next Thursday the 4th..... I'm freaking out.

On top of that, since I am a non-education major, I have to take an additional two classes. One of which I started in March and have yet to actually start! The school gives you 6 months to complete the class, so I've been procrastinating big time!

Anyway, wish me luck! I'll try to keep blogging during the month of June, but it's going to be a busy one.

My husband will be working mandatory overtime 55-60+ hours during the month of June, so when I am home on the weekends, he'll be working... Great, so please pray for us and hope that the month passes by very quickly!

My Husband

Abby over at Live with B & A posted about her hubby in this: He loves post

That inspired me to share with you a little bit about the husband that I love o so much! These are the things that he loves:













His two favorite TV channels where he DVR's all of his favorite shows











His Buell XB 12S Lightening (Or as I call it, his bike) :-)












The Audi TT, his early mid-life crisis toy, until we have children.....











Building his own speakers











Our Home theater system. When we bought our house, his only requirement was that it had a basement big enough to fit a 92" projector screen in it and comfortable furniture for watching movies.










And, last but not least, our children. From left to right, Josie, Bear, & Allie. They are a huge part of what makes us a family and are the only children we have for the time being until we have real people children. :-)

Happy 3 day weekend!

Happy Memorial Day weekend ladies!!! I hope all of you get 3 days off as well.... I'll be off at 1:00 today, can't wait! Only 4.5 hours to go!! But who's counting??


On a side note..... Anyone else thrilled that Kris Allen won American Idol??? Thoughts???

The weekend is almost here!!!

So, since I will be very busy tomorrow, I won't have time to post about what we are doing on our extended weekend! This weekend has been, for the past 10 or so years, been a family weekend. We head up to Indianapolis, Indiana for some good ol fashion fun...

Friday:

Indiana is about 7.5 hours from here, so we're taking 1/2 days off work tomorrow to head to my hometown to meet up with the rest of my family and then we will head off to Indiana. We should arrive around 10:00 pm... We will be greeted with drinks and snacks and then head to bed.

Saturday:

We will be up early because my two youngest cousins will be sure we don't get to sleep in past 7. Jesse and I have planned to go running first thing Saturday morning if we aren't too tired from lack of sleep! My two aunts, Grandma, Mom and myself will then head out shopping for a bit and I plan to hit up my two favorite stores that we do not have anywhere around here..... So we'll be going here and here.... I am sooooooo excited! After shopping, we'll head back to my aunts house for our usual cookout and relax the rest of the night.

Sunday:

This my friends.... Is Race Day!! My uncle is an engineer for the Ganassi Target Racing Team and last year they did not disappoint in the Indy 500 with a 1st place finish!! :-) We wake up very early, get everyone ready and head down to the track. There are millions of fans and it is really a sight to see.... I'm pretty good at taking pics on this day, so I'll be sure to take some for you all! After we get there, we find our seats, grab some world famous, delicious, margarita's & bloody marys to start off the race! The weather looks amazing holding steady at 80 degrees and sunny! Say a prayer for us so that it doesn't rain! 2 years ago it rained, they had to clear the track off, dry it off and then start the race up again, three different times..... Then it was canceled. So anyway, we are not avid race fans, but this is a family event. This year my mom and my brother's fiance will be gracing us with their presence, so it will be even more exciting!

Monday:

This is the day we make the long trek home...... So hopefully there will be plenty of resting up for work on Tuesday...

Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!!! Anything special planned?

My Bucket List

This was inspired by Lucy Marie over at Lucy's Life

1. Take time out everyday to appreciate the little things
2. Plant a successful garden
3. Send more birthday cards
4. Talk to my long-distance friends more often
5. Tell my husband everyday how much I love him
6. Be a mom in the next 1-2 years
7. Continue to give to my favorite Charity
8. Run the 5K in under 24:00 minutes and the 10K in under 60:00 minutes
9. Be a grandma (Thanks Lucy!)
10. Become a successful School Counselor
11. Clean my house more thoroughly, more often
12. Have two healthy children
13. Stop gossiping so much
14. Pray more often
15. Teach my children the importance of Jesus
16. Build our own home
17. Life happily ever after with my husband
18. Get my PhD and teach at the college level
19. Be a better blogger
20. Visit my friends more often
21. Continue to have fun and laugh with my husband everyday
22. Be a stay at home mom someday
23. Cherish every moment I get with my family
24. Move back to my hometown to raise our children
25. Spend more time with my brother and my soon to be sister-in-law
26. Tour Europe with my husband
27. Scrapbook more often
28. Stay completely in love with my husband
29. Not worry about the smalls tuff
30. Spend a little money and have fun while doing it
31. See Cats on Broadway
32. Read more books
33. Raise my children the way my parents raised me
34. Do a good dead for someone else, everyday
35. Become a Big Couple with my husband through Big Brothers Big Sisters
36. Count my blessings everyday
37. Have a beautiful guest bedroom at our home for guests to visit
38. Renew our vows on our 10th Wedding anniversary 10/4/2018
39. Never give up on myself
40. Eat healthier
41. Teach my children the importance of humbleness, patience, love, honesty and loyalty.
42. Stop complaining about certain things....
43. Make new friends
44. Spend more time with my Mom
45. And my Dad
46. Complete our Wedding scrapbook
47. Complete a scrapbook for every one of our children
48. Visit 10 more states
49. Learn my directions (N,E,S,W) I'm horrible!!
50. Travel the world with my husband after we retire