We live by the beach???

YES! We do! Let me say it one more time... WE LIVE BY THE BEACH! The greatness is waking up on Saturday mornings.. not having anything planned other than going to the beach! Jeffrey and I took our sweet time Saturday morning getting ready then we went to pick up Meredith and Colby. Had some Chickfila and then we hit the sand. Here is picture number one!!!!


I love it. I know I'm bragging a little but its just so exciting! We went to eat at Catfish Junction on Saturday night after helping Colby at the driving range. I wanted to take a picture but left my camera :(. I did eat these for the first time though. (picture by google)

Fried Pickles!!! I LOVED THEM. I know if you haven't ever tried them they can be scary. But give them a chance they were amazing!

Ok well I'm a twilight junky so I'm stoked to say I finally got Meredith to watch it. I can't wait for the MTV awards so I can see the preview thats supposed to be on there for the second movie NEW MOON! HIP HIP HOORAY!

Had to share...

OK I know I moved to South Alabama... Click and Watch this... Its for real...

PLEASE WATCH

then I wonder to myself... REALLY People?! REALLY?! Enjoy your day. "Don't Be Afraid"

Home again Home again

Jigity Jog...

Friday we took off as fast as we could to get home before dark. We failed. But it was a great drive and we made it in time to go to McDonalds with Kevin and Meagan. We were able to catch up and drive them home lol.

Saturday morning started off with a rainy photoshoot that turned out awesome! We had a blast and managed not to get drenched. Jeffrey and I then headed to watch good ole' baseball games!! Its official one day when I am hopefully a parent, I will be thrown out of a baseball game. I'm claiming it here. I've already made my piece with it and I know that my mouth (and competitiveness) will eventually get me booted. Oh well. I just get so strung up and start yelling and the next thing I know.. I'm being rude! Oh *GASP* what a shock I know I know! :)

Later that night Jeffrey dropped me off after my second photoshoot to eat dinner with my familia while he went to visit his pops. We had great food and of course laughter at Longhorns... We then packed into the car and headed home when I suddenly started to feel really funny around my mouth.. kind of tired but kind of numb. I was having a really hard time keeping my eyes open. Feeling like I could possibly drool at any given moment, I started to rack my brain for another reason for this feeling besides sleeplessness. *ah ha!* It was then that I remembered right before leaving my second shoot I took a benadryl. Well there you have it folks those kick in after a little bit of time. Luckily I wasn't driving and I made it to bed safely!!


Sunday Morning... BASEBALL. I know it would normally be church but since I was so limited on time with my family, I went with them to the fields to watch Garrett's game. After they loss :( Jeff and I headed to Ak's where we had a blast with all our buddies playing the animal game and catch phrase.... (both of which I hate to lose). Sunday wrapped up with us just sitting at the house and me working on pictures.

Last... Monday (today) I woke up and died my hair black! mmmmmm I love it! Then we headed to the movies! After that Mom and I took our sweet time at Belk's while Jeff loaded up the car for our trip home. I ended up putting two amazing dresses back.. they were NOT needs.. just major wants! The greatest part was when Mom and I decided to go through Taco Bell. Half way through the order my mom says, "and I'll get a dr.pepper with that" Taco Bell Lady, " MA'AM! That does NOT come with a drink" My Mom, "Well I'm terribly sorry, could I get a drink?" Ha. It would have been funnier if you were there...... trust me.


p.s. AMY, the next time I come home... drop everything for a moment with me! :) Also... pictures will be coming soon.

Arts and Craft Time!

Something I love dearly... Arts and Crafts. I have a great friend Meredith over here who is super talented and is inspiring as well. She has been helping me get my groove on with some canvas arts and crafts.. She is pretty advanced.. she's onto cork boards and such ahaha. Anyways.. I made this and finished it all tonight.. wanted to share it before I go to bed.. which I'm late doing... so here it is! LOVE.. do you love?


Button Words... Sea Shell Flowers?? I think so. oh and toss a little ribbon in there.. with some splatter paint. Yes Please

Burnt Knees?!

This weekend was busy..really busy. It all started on Friday when Andy and Amanda met for the first time and drove to meet us at the School. Jeffrey was up at the school playing the piano and practicing for Sunday morning. We got to the house, ate and played the Wii. Unfortunately for Amanda it wasn't her night. She lost everything we played. EVERYTHING. Andy also stole a star from her during one of the games... she never let that go. Saturday morning we slept in a little and took our time getting to the beach.

Andy and I decided we should detour to get us to the beach faster.... BAD idea. 45 minutes later we are in massive need of a gas station and the corn field beaches dont have great places to lay out on.. We finally made it to the beach where Amanda and I took our sweet time reading.. walking.. and picking up sea shells. Which I'm thinking I want to make a project out of them... we'll see.

After spending all afternoon at the beach we headed back for taco's at the house we hung out with Meredith and Colby then headed to Marble Slab where we witnessed the LONGEST line in the world. Seriously. Waited probably fifteen to twenty minutes.. but man was it good. I didn't take any pictures this weekend because I'm a loser. But I'll leave you with this...

Jeffrey and I have been watching alot of CMT lately... They have great shows.. and they play ABC's Extreme Home Makeover all the time. Well tonight after I got home.. I wanted to watch it.. SO I ASK (yes i asked nicely) Jeff pretended not to hear me.. so then.. I told.. ( I know I know) then I yelled. :) because I'm sweet like that. He was laughing at this point.. he turns around and goes "What are you cooking me for dinner?" So he turns the station.. I curl up on the couch and say, " I want to upgrade on my husband" with out missing a beat he says,"you can't upgrade when you have the best model"....
LAME JEFF LAME. :)

Wednesday!

Half way through another week! Crazy if you ask me. You know how sometimes weeks fly by while others seem like they'll never make it to Friday?! This week has literally blinked and WAM! its Wednesday. Jeffrey had another great meeting with the Pastor of Tibbie and will lead this Sunday at their church. Then we'll be home for Memorial Day Weekend, Garrett and Jake are playing in a BIG wooden bat tournament. The following Sunday, Jeffrey will lead again then sit in front of the "board". I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited. If you want my opinion any church would be BLESSED beyond words to have Jeffrey lead their worship. He has this "way" of truly worshiping no matter whats going on in his world at that very day. He walks right up and takes anyone who wants to go worship with him straight to the Throne of God. *swoon*

On another note... OUR cable is out. Seriously. We've had it all of what.. 5 days? Comcast is having some kind of MAJOR problem in the Mobile Area. Of course. Is what I say. Why wouldn't they? On the night that I wanted to come home and just veg. out. OH well.

Our 2 year anniversary is fast approaching and since I don't believe we'll have the $$ for me to be receiving a blue box from Tiffany's. I'm trying to think of the small things I want. I need you to give me small ideas for Jeffrey.. I have a few.. but give me your thoughts..


Here are my choices... :). I have a pandora charm bracelet that I LOVE but its in need of more charms.

1st. Suitcase... because of our big travels we just made.

2nd. Pineapple.. because it stands for friendship.. and I don't know of any of my other friends that will drop 25 bucks for a silver charm haha and I want it!

3rd. Safety Chain.. its pretty.

4th. This one should be higher up on the list. But its because we are here for Jeff's music which is very important!!



Happy Hump Day!

Tiny...

We made a last minute decision to drive home on Friday night to see our Mom's and then turn around and drive home on Sunday morning. (we are mostly on the road right now) I got to sneak in a little Amy time which was amazing. Sorry you had to try something new at Chinese. lol.
We spent Saturday at the baseball fields and then Saturday night with family. We laugh more than any family on earth I'd bet. Do you find your family to be funny?? Seriously I think we have a problem. All we do is crack up the entire time we are together. About everything. Anyways...
Sunday morning we enjoyed a good ole Ihop breakfast and now we are loading up the last of our stuff and headed back to Mobile. Here we are this morning.... I promise I'll post pictures of the apartment soon. I left my usb cord and home... so my mom mailed it not knowing I'd be here... Oh well.

Update! Pictures!!

Ok, there not the pictures of the apartment. But they are of a few creations I have made over the last month. I'll start with my kitchen benches that Amy and I made. They were plain wooden benches that we recovered with a great black fabric!! :) I'm so proud and Oh was it a great day for hand blisters!!!

Sorry this is a little dark.. no photoshop done.. too tired tonight lol





And the finished project. This is only one of the two that we did!!! :)



Homemade Strawberry Tarts that I've started to perfect!! :) Hooray!!




Ok and the final one.. is a last minute picture from last Saturday's moving group after a hard day of unpacking. I forgot to snap one of Friday's moving group :( but we'll have lots of people vacationing to see us, so I'll make sure to get those!!!



I'll be posting soon! I promise.

No INtranet!

OK so we had our hopes WAY up that we'd be getting internet on Tuesday. Because lets be honest. I'm dying without it! But thanks the LORD for Moka's! Its a great coffee shop right by our house that makes the WORLDS best Chai Latte! (Amy I had another one and I think its making a run for the Memphis One!!)

Work is awesome. God is so great and I'm loving every day thus far and I have no complaints! Jeff went on an interview today and it went well and he has another one tomorrow. Just be praying for God's perfect place to be revealed to us.

I'm missing my family and friends big time. But God's given me a great joy about being in Mobile. Its like the whole world is at our finger tips. Lets just say we are on the UP of our life's roller coaster. So I am choosing to enjoy it with my arms raised high and shouting praises the whole time! Having our own place is great. (Mom, I love your place too. But its nice to be QUEEN!! haha) We've cooked every night and I'm getting really good at these strawberry tarts. HOME MADE!!!! HOLLA!! So with that being said I'm sitting here at Moka's ordering pictures to put in our Picture Frames and I'm having a hard time choosing. Don't be offended if you come to visit and there isn't a picture of you in our house. I promise.. I'm trying to include everyone!! :) GOTTA RUN... catch up soon!!!

New Home.. Sweet.... Apartment

We've made it. Its official we have our own, old, two bedroom apartment in Saraland, AL. I start work on Monday so we are full speed trying to get everything put away! I've made my first trip to Walmart collecting small items to eat. Boy, howdy, its pricey!!! But we'll make it work. Mac & Cheese, Frozen Pizza's... etc. Sorry this is so short but I'm going to try and post pictures later tonight. Funny story quick before I go..

My Mom, Dad, Jeffrey and I are in Walmart...

Mom has been complaining about the breakfast we had at Waffelhouse, upsetting her stomach. We walk down the cleaner isle and my dad grabs his stomach and says...

"Oh, that Wafflehouse gave me gonorrhea!"

He looks at me and grins. "Gonorrhea?" I ask. My dad replies, "Yeah, Gonorrhea." Me- "How did you get gonorrhea from breakfast?" Dad- "The waitress touched my food I think"



Out of control, Dad.