Happy Halloween

Patrick and I went and bought a pumpkin last night and while we watched the terrible Carolina game, Patrick carved the pumpkin! He did such a great job and I can say I did not help at all! I just took pictures. I was so tired from our lock in Friday night, all I wanted to do was lay on the couch. Here are the pictures of our pumpkin!

Thursday Thirteen

This weekend Patrick and I are finally going to be able to stay at our house. This is the first weekend since Sept. 15th that it has just been us at our house. Here are thirteen things I am excited about getting accomplished FINALLY this weekend!

1. catching up on movies, Patrick and I have 4 movies we have to watch this weekend.
2. enjoying sleeping late in OUR bed on Sat.
3. FINALLY CLEANING OUR HOUSE!
4. Catching up on laundry
5. Spending time with our animals on SAT.
6. finally getting to carve a pumpkin with Patrick
7. attending our church that we joined and haven't been to in 3 weeks
8. getting a lot of school work done( I am in the process of getting my masters and am taking TWO courses right now, so I have alot of work to do)
9. catching up on sleep
10. watching the Carolina game with JUST Patrick, it has been a long time since we have been able to spend time together with just the two of us!
11. being able to be feel prepared for the coming week before Tuesday gets here! :)
12. actually getting to cook dinner in my kitchen! (I miss cooking)
13. JUST BEING AT OUR HOUSE! :) There is nothing like spending time at your own home! I miss it so much!

As you can see I am very excited about this weekend! :) Pray for us tomorrow night though, we are helping with the youth's lockin all night! For those of you that know me, you know I can get cranky and ill! Pray that I don't get too ill :)

YEA JENNA!!

I just got off the phone with my good friend Jenna Walker and I am so excited because she is pregnant! :) Jenna and I have been friends since 6th grade but became really close our senior year of high school and during college. We had not talked in A LONG time, so it was great to catch up with her! I am so happy for her and can't wait to see what she is having! :)

Prayer Requests

Last night a 10th grader at my school was involved in a serious car wreck and is in serious condition at the hospital. He is very popular and plays baseball at the school. He has a sister who is in the 9th grade. Please pray for the family as they are going to have to make serious decision, the students, and the teachers.

Thursday Thirteen

Last weekend Patrick and I went on a youth retreat with 38 WONDERFUL youth. Here are thirteen wonderful moments we had last weekend.

1. Getting to know ALL the youth.
2. Realizing how blessed we are to be members of a wonderful church.
3. Riding the BIG SWING at Lookup Lodge with two wonderful ninth graders.
4. Being a drill Sargent to the youth at the end of the trip and they actually doing what I say!
5. Sitting in the mountains admiring God's wonderful creation
6. Experiencing God like I have never felt God before.
7. Watching Patrick experience God like he has never felt before
8. Having a really meaningful conversation with Patrick that has brought us so much closer together
9. Realizing how great God is and how He has blessed us with great friends and great church!
10. Getting carried up the hill by a ninth grader (that is another story)!
11. Becoming closer to friends our Cass and Jeremy and another couple in our Sunday School class.
12. Realizing that I am in the right profession because I LOVE TEENAGERS! I actually realized this weekend that I was called to be a teacher of high school and that teenagers are so special.
13. One of the best parts of the weekend - Being served communion by our friends Cass and Jeremy and realizing that they would do anything for us and we are SO BLESSED to have them in our lives!


This past weekend was one of the best weekends of our lives! We had so much fun and I wish we did not have to come back to reality!!! :)

Thursday Thirteen

This is my first Thursday Thirteen since school started. So I am going to list thirteen reasons I have not updated my blog every week.

1. Monday nights we eat with our friends Jeremy and Cass and then we watch Prison Break.
2. I have class on Wednesday nights until 9:00.
3. Tuesday nights we watch House after dinner.
4. Thursday nights we watch CSI.
5. By the time I get home , pick up the house, cook dinner, eat dinner, and get ready for tomorrow I am too tired to sit at the computer.
6. Patrick doesn't usually get home until 7:00 so I try to spend as much time as possible with him when he does get home.
7. Nothing excited has happened in our lives to blog about.
8. Almost every weekend we have been busy with something this school year, so I don't have time.
9. I always think of things to blog about at school and then forget them when I get home.
10. I don't have cute pictures of children to post, so I just look at everyone else's.
11. This year of teaching is alot harder than last year so I am exhausted EVERYDAY!
12. I have to admit I am addicted to TV! (We don't have TIVO, so I have to watch everything live!)
13. PAPERS HAVE TO BE GRADED!

Things are starting to get better and calm down here, so I am hoping to be able to blog more! I still enjoy reading everyone else's blogs though! Sorry I have been away for awhile! :)

Have a great weekend! Pray for us we are going to be on a youth retreat!

Our wonderful weekend

This past weekend was great! Sat. we went to Caroline's birthday party and had so much fun! I can't believe how grown up she is now. She was so cute at the party and had a great time! After the party we went to hang out with our friends Brandon and Summer and I their new daughter Addison. (Their other daughter was at her grandmother's) She was so cute, as always. We then had a birthday party with Patrick's mom family for all the October birthdays. It was great watching football with the family, especially because CLEMSON lost!

Sunday we ate lunch with my family to celebrate Patrick and Caroline's birthday! Everytime we spend time with the family I feel so blessed! My family is wonderful and I love how we are all so close! God has really blessed me with a great family!

Sunday night we went out with Patrick's family for his birthday and his mom's birthday. While eating I was just thanking God for blessing me with such a great in-law family.
God has really blessed me with wonderful parents and in-laws!

It is sad that the weekend went by so fast! This weekend we are going on a youth retreat with our youth so we are looking forward to another great weekend!

BIRTHDAY WEEKEND!!!

Today we are leaving to head back up to see our family to celebrate 3 very important birthdays.

Tomorrow is Patrick's 24th birthday! Last night Patrick and I celebrated his birthday together and he got a new Carolina coaches shirt! It brought good luck last night because they beat KENTUCKY!!

Tomorrow we are also going to Caroline's 2nd Birthday party! I can't believe she is going to be 2 already! She is growing up fast. Her real birthday is on Sunday, so her and Uncle Patty get to celebrate together this weekend!

Sunday is also my mother-in-law's birthday! We are going to celebrate hers on Sat. with the family!

I can't wait to go home to be with family and celebrate these birthdays. All three people mean something special to me and I can't wait to help them celebrate!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!