What a WEEK!!!

I guess you might be wondering if I fell off the side of the Earth, well I did feel like it this week!
Last weekend Patrick and I had a great relaxing weekend! On Sunday the youth at our church put together a whole worship service for that night. It was SO AMAZING!! They did a great job. Patrick and I also signed up to host a small group once a month at our house, so we are really excited about this year!

Monday I woke up and felt so bad! I had a huge sinus infection, but I only had the sore throat, tired part of it! Patrick told me to stay home, but I couldn't get out of work the 4th day of school, so I went and actually made it through the day. When I got home I went to straight to bed. Our friends Cass and Jeremy came over and made us supper. Cass also got me some medicine and made me hot tea! Monday night I realized how blessed we are to have made BEST friends in Lexington. Cass and Jeremy will do anything for us, and we will do anything for them! God really has blessed us with a great friendship!

Tonight Patrick and I are going to talk to our minister about joining our church. We are really excited because we love the church we go to! We love our Sunday School class and also LOVE THE youth! :) It is really neat at school to see some of them and talk to them! It is kinda bittersweet joining another church. This really means that Lexington is permanent to us. I am excited, but I am really saying goodbye to Spartanburg, at least for alittle while. Please pray for us as we make this decision to join this church.

I am very excited about this weekend! We are heading to Spartanburg on a mini vacation to see our family and ADDISON! :) I have missed Caroline and Eli so much and can't wait to see them in person. We also get to meet Miss Addison Laney! I can't wait!
I hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our friends Brandon and Summer had their baby on Wednesday! They did not find out the sex of the baby so we were all excited when we found it was another little GIRL! They already have a almost three year old girl named Brynn and now they have another little girl named Addison! We are so happy for them! We can't wait to go home next weekend and hold little Addison!

Congrats Brandon and Summer!

Mrs. Graham please come to the office!

This afternoon that is what I heard over the intercom. I was so scared because I hate being called to the office! When I got there these were sitting on the counter for me!!

They were from my mom and dad! I was so happy! :) I felt so special and everyone thought they were so pretty... Thanks mom and dad for making my day!

Tomorrow my students come and I am excited but exhausted! Last year my school was very small and not much paper work or ANYTHING. I was home everyday by 4:00. This year I think that is going to be different! I am enjoying the new atmosphere, but it is alot more work! Today I didn't get home until 6:00. I am hoping things are going to get better!

I will try to update later this week, but it might be this weekend! Pray for my students and me tomorrow!

Where I have been!

Sorry it has been forever since I have posted! Work started on Wednesday and I have been nonstop since then! I am starting at a new school and I have enjoyed getting to know everyone and the new district rules! So far, I have been very happy and pleased, just overwhelmed with everything there is to do! I come from a very little district where there was not much paper work and now I have paperwork for EVERYTHING! I am very happy though because many teachers have started to share their lessons with me, so that makes it easier on me! Thursday I came home and felt like I had been run over by a train, and Friday I was just as tired! Friday night Patrick and I went out to eat and then Cass came over and stayed with us because Jeremy was out of town! We stayed up til 12:30! I was so proud of myself, but Saturday we slept until 10:00. Saturday Patrick decided he wanted to do yard work in our front yard! I cleaned the house while he did the yard work! It looks so good. He took out some plants that I thought looked like weeds and put flowers, then took out two more plants and put pretty plants, then he pine strawed everything! I am so lucky to have a wonderful husband who loves to work outdoors because I don't have to do anything! He is a great landscaper as well! :) Now we just have to get grass seed and get our grass to grow in this HEAT! Today we went to church and they fed us FREE lunch, and now we are getting ready to go help with the youth! I don't know if I will be able to post much this week, but I will try! I hope everyone has a GREAT week! :)

YEA FOR SALLY! :)

My sister-in-law, Sally, just called me and she got her DRIVERS LICENSE! I am so proud of her! This was her first try and she got it! :) I know she is so happy! Congrats SAL, Patrick and I are proud of you and can't wait to ride with you somewhere! :)

We love you!

LAST WEEKEND

This was my last weekend before school starts! I actually went to work for alittle while on Sat. so I could get a day off in Feb.
My school had a pack prowl for the 9th graders to get familiar with the school. From 12-6 I was in charge of 15 9th graders and we played all kinds of "fun" games. I was so tired when I left. I am excited about teaching 9th graders but I need to pray for PATIENCE! I am not the most patient person and you have to be with this age group. Please pray that I can manage my classes because I am starting to get just alittle nervous about this year.

After the pack prowl, I got home around 6:15 and we decided to go eat. After dinner, Sally and I wanted to go shopping so we did for alittle while and then we came home. I was asleep by 10:30! Sally calls me old because I go to bed so early, but I can't help it. :) I wish I had as much energy as Sally does now. I miss those teenage years of being able to stay up late and get up without any problems!

Today Patrick and I taught Sunday School and it was a really hard lesson for me. We are watching videos and the video we got was on how to deal with the lose of a loved one. The speaker in the video lost a friend in a car accident. For those of you don't know my best friend, Manfred, was killed in a car accident when I was a senior in high school, so this lesson was kinda hard. At first I did not want to teach it, but it really worked out because I was able to share how God helped me through the tough times and how I can continue on with my life because I know I will see him again. In the video it talks about how Jesus wept, so it is ok for us to grieve as well. If we do not properly grieve then it is hard to go on with our lives. It has taken a long time to properly grieve my Mimi and Manfred, but I feel that I am better each day with dealing with their deaths. I am very glad that I had the opportunity to teach this lesson because I learned alot out of it! :)

This last weekend has been tiring but a very nice one! I have enjoyed spending time with my family! :) I hope my last two days are just as much fun!

Crazy Friday!!!

Yesterday I had to get up early and head to classes that taught me about my new district! I was excited after the last session because it talked about how they have made a science pacing guide for Physical Science and they have made the unit test. They have also worked with different teachers to help find activities and labs that have worked in other teacher's classrooms! Some people do not like this because the can't come up with the lesson themselves, but I LOVE IT! Last year I was the only Chemistry teacher at my school and I had no guidance, this year I will take all the help I can get! :)

After the classes my dad and mom came down and bought the old piano for our house! This piano is VERY heavy so I was alittle concerned about how we were going to get it in our house. When Patrick got home, my mom, dad, Patrick, and I spent 30 minutes getting the piano in the house! It WAS SO HOT!! :) It looks really good in our house though so I am glad it is here!

My parents also brought along my sister-in-law Sally. She is staying with us for the weekend! I am so glad she is here! We have not seen her that much this summer because she has been gone all summer! :) Sally and I have a great relationship and we act just like sisters. When I was younger I always wanted to have a little sister and now I feel like I do! I have been very blessed with a wonderful sister-in-law!

After moving the piano, my mom, Sally and I cooked dinner for everyone. We had pork, macroni, okra, green beans, and mashed potatoes. It was so good after moving that piano! After we ate my parents left because they had to get some sleep before Kelly's yard sale.

Sally played Wii and I taught Patrick how to play the piano! It was so neat! :) I love playing the piano and I really enjoyed teaching him! (Maybe I should teach piano). He learned very well because he already knew how to read music! We played for about an hour.

We decided to bring Duke in for bed and let him play. Patrick took him into our room for about 5 minutes and this is what he looked like when he came out!

Patrick had put an old tshirt on him! He was so cute! :)

After that I went to bed because I have to work today from 12-6 so I can have a day off in Feb.!

Tagged

I was tagged for a meme, so here goes:

Four jobs I have had:
1. Bilo
2. YMCA Fitness trainer! Yea i know pretty funny!
3. Ice Creams and Coffee Beans
4. Brockman's babysitter!

Four places I have lived:
1. Duncan, SC
2. Startex, SC
3. Lexington, SC
4.Greenwood, SC

TV shows:
1. CSI
2. Prison Break
3. Two and Half Men
4. Still Standing Reruns

Food
1. Macaroni and Cheese
2. Lasagna
3. the frozen bread my mom makes!
4. Cold Stone Creamery Mint Ice cream with Oreos

I would rather be:
1. laying out by a pool or on the beach
2. rocking in a chair on a porch at the mountains
3. on my honeymoon again!
4. laying in the bed all day watching tv with my husband

Favorite movies:
1. You've Got Mail
2. Chicago
3. Sweet Home Alabama
4. Serendipity

I tag:1.JuJu2. Haley3. Stephanie

School "friends" and HEAT

Yesterday I decided to head to school and try to unpack my stuff. When I got there I saw that my team members for next year were there as well! I walked in to introduce myself and they were so welcoming!! They talked to me like they had known me forever and I hope we can become friends. Last year at my old school I didn't really fit in with any of the teachers. I am praying that at this school I can fit in with some people and make friends! I left yesterday excited about the year and what God has in store for me at my new school! I am so glad I have good team members.

For those of you who don't know, my husband works outside ALL DAY long EVERYDAY! Last night at 11:00 the heat index at our house was 100 degrees, so just imagine what it is during the day. Please pray for Patrick this week that he will have the strength to work and not get sick. They get to drink plenty of water and he keeps telling me that he is fine, but I can tell he is SO tired when he gets home and is not his perky self this week. Please pray for everyone who has to work outside. It is terrible this week.

Have a great day! :)

Weekend in the Upstate

This past weekend Patrick and I went to visit family. Friday night we ate with his parents and stayed with them as well. Patrick and his brother went to see a movie that night so I stayed there and read a book!
Saturday I went to order my bridesmaid dress for Staci's wedding! It was fun to hang out with old friends again! I am so happy about Staci getting married because she is marrying my cousin and is going to be family! :)
After that Patrick and I went to hang out with our friends Brandon and Summer and their little girl Brynn. She was so cute! She wanted to come to our house! Summer is having another baby and is due in 15 days! We are so excited! She did not find out the sex of the baby, so we are anxious to see what it is! :)
Sunday we went to Campobello and then to Patrick's Grandad's house for lunch! It was fun to spend time with his family! His Grandad was doing good! :) After that we went to eat at Kelly's with my grandparents! When I walked in I started playing with Eli and Caroline was jealous! I started holding him and she kept saying Hold you Ali! She was not happy that I was playing with her brother and not her! Eli had to go eat, so Caroline and I went outside to play! :) She was cute and funny! I miss her so much! :) Eli is getting so much bigger! I miss him as well! :)
It was great to spend time with family! We had a great weekend!

Today I decided to finish my papers for my graduate class! I WROTE PAPERS ALL DAY! My brain is so tired of thinking! I am just glad it is summer time so I don't have to think about school yet!

Bragging on my husband!

Yesterday when Patrick got home from work, he walked in with a beautiful flower arrangement of six pink roses! I was so surprised! Pink roses are my favorite! He said he got them for me for just being me! :) I have a great husband!!

We are heading to Spartanburg this weekend,so I will be aware for a weekend! I will update on Monday!

Have a great weekend!

This week

Sorry it has been a while since I posted. Monday night we had Cass and Jeremy over for dinner and of course we played Wii! Tuesday I went to Spartanburg for my sister's pampered chef party. When I got there I went to lunch with my parents and then went and met my Mother-in-Law to go to the hospital. We visited Charlene, who was doing better, and then we went to see Patrick's cousins Jeremy and Beth. They had their little girl Callie on Tuesday at 11:36. She was so cute! It made me want a baby so much! After the hospital I went to the party! It was so much fun and I could have ordered everything in the catalog. After the party I went over to Lindsay and Taylor's house. It was so cute! I really enjoyed talking to them because I have not seen or talked to them since their wedding.
Wednesday I went to Kelly's school with her to help her set it up. It was fun to spend time with her as well! We made her room look really nice! After finishing at the school we went back to her house and I played with Caroline for alittle while! I love her to death! She was so cute and funny! :)
I had to leave then to head back for class last night, but I enjoyed my short trip to Spartanburg!

13 things I did not get done this summer!

Here is my 13 list for the week! Since school starts back soon, I am doing 13 things I did not get done this summer!

1. Scrapbook - I don't think our wedding scrapbook will ever get done!

2. Clean the cabinets in my kitchen

3. Read all the books I wanted to!

4. Become a pro in bowling on the Wii

5. See Caroline and Eli as much I wanted to

6. Go on a weekend away trip with just Patrick and I(other than our honeymoon)

7. Go to Spartanburg and spend time with Lindsay

8. Go shopping with Crystal in Columbia

9. Watch all the movies I intended to watch

10. Get my classroom ready before I go back to school

11. Paint our bedroom and study

12. Organize our study

13. eat lunch at home everyday (I spent WAY too much money this summer)

Although I did not get all that done, I did enjoy spending time with new friends and relaxing! I can't believe the summer is almost over :(