He's DONE!!

My husband now has his Bachelors of Science from Belhaven!

It's been a long three years, but last night was his last class - he has a 4.0 average and will graduate summa cum laude! I am prouder than proud of that sweet man!

I am back in the gym. I REALLY need to work out more and drop this last 15 lbs. . . unfortunately the last 15 is the hardest to lose so this struggle has been happening the WHOLE summer. And I am still where I was. . . . So I am increasing my cardio and the frequency of my workouts and hoping for the best.

Last 2 Weeks of Summer!

Summer vacation is coming to a close already! I can't believe it! I LOVE summer vacation! I think when you are a teacher (preschool or otherwise) it goes with the territory - having summers off is a big perk!!!

I love sleeping in, having my days to myself, not having any plans, just being able to go to the gym when I feel like it, do what I feel like, letting the girls stay up late, having family movie night and eating popcorn, having mid-week sleepovers . . .

So school starts for the girls a week from Friday. We have yet to buy a single back to school outfit or school supply - eek!! Wednesday is payday and we are going out to get those things then.blah blah blah! I am excited to get them clothes this year instead of uniforms! YAY!!

Some pictures from our summer vacation? Here's two - the girls riding the Metro into DC.


Aren't they cute?!!?

Yeah I Slacked!

I am hoping to do better now though!! I would love to be able to keep up with this thing!

So my life since Sept of '07?

Well I made a bunch of new friends and *finally* feel happier about living in Mississippi.

We went home to Virginia for Christmas and spent time with my dad - he informed me that he was sick in November of '07 and died in March of '08. The months in between I spent worrying about him and wondering whether I needed to uproot my family to be there with him. He was suffering with cirrhosis of the liver and was in the hospital for a routine treatment and had a heart attack.


We traveled back to Virginia in March and spent two weeks there dealing with his funeral and the aftermath.

At that point all I wanted was to finish out the school year with the girls and move on - but my husband became ill and had to be hospitalized. He went to the ER with chest pains and a blood pressure of 60 over 20 and ended up needing his gallbladder removed!

May 11 my oldest child turned 8. I still can't believe i have an 8 year old . . .but luckily enough she reminds me.


I feel so blessed to have my precious daughters.


and of course my sweet husband.

My goal is going to be to post more blogs . . . here's hopin'!