I know most of you have read my sister's blog and read the update about my grandma. Yesterday when I was sitting with her and listening to her talk I could not help but be happy of the fact that she gets to go to Heaven soon. My mom told her to tell my Mimi (my mom's mom) about Caroline, Eli, Patrick, and Andy and all I could do was just smile. She said she would and would tell them how much she loved them. All she could keep saying was how much she loved each one of us and how much we meant to her. Last night one of her only prayer request was that everyone would be loved and know God's love.
Today at work all I could do was think of wonderful memories of her. When we were little she would take us to the mall for our birthday so we could buy what we wanted. She always said it was our day! I will never forget those birthdays. Then I thought about the good food she could make! Grandma was a GREAT cook and we will always miss her macaroni and cheese and banana pudding.
I was upset at work today because she will never be able to see my children, but a coworker of mine said yes she will.. She will be with the Creator of our children! That made me smile to know that both of my grandma's are going to be with Jesus! How wonderful that must be!
I never realized how real Heaven is or felt until we started talking about it to her and she started talking about to us. I now have the most faith I have ever had in God's love and eternal life!
Please continue to pray for us! One of the hardest things last night was to think that could have been the last time I see my Grandma on Earth. I am going to try to get up there later this week but I am not sure I am going to make it. Please pray for Kelly and I as try to work this week. It was so hard to be happy for my students. Also pray for my dad, aunt, mom, and Papa as they have many decisions to make in the future.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Sweet 16!
Tomorrow is a very special day! It is Sally's 16th birthday! I am so lucky to have such a great sister-in-law. Sally is a great young lady and we love her very much! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALLY!! WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH! :)
Here is Patrick and Sally at the beach last year!
Wasn't Sally beautiful at the wedding? She was a great maid of honor! 
This picture was taken last year at Sally's birthday dinner!
WE LOVE YOU SALLY!! HAPPY SWEET SIXTEEN!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Another WONDERFUL Weekend
Patrick and I had a great weekend. My weekend started at 12:00 of Friday. When I got home my parents were at our house. We met Patrick for lunch and then went and did some shopping. When Patrick got home from work, we went to dinner at Hudson's!
After Hudson's my parents decided to play Guitar Hero. It was so neat to see them play! They are actually pretty good! Here are some pictures of all us playing.
After playing my parents headed back home because we were worried about the snow and my dad had to be home for Sunday.
Today we went to church and lunch and then came back to relax. We are watching the Green Bay game right now and I really hope they win! :)
I am excited about my day off tomorrow. I hope get alot of grad school work done and I hope to organize our study! :)
After Hudson's my parents decided to play Guitar Hero. It was so neat to see them play! They are actually pretty good! Here are some pictures of all us playing.
After playing my parents headed back home because we were worried about the snow and my dad had to be home for Sunday.
Patrick and my mom playing Guitar Hero!
My dad and I playing Guitar Hero. We were really in the game!
My parents concentrating hard on the game!
Here are the parents again! Notice Patrick acting goofy in the background.
Saturday Patrick and I DID NOTHING! It was great! We woke up and watched some tv and then played some video games. I made Vegetable soup for lunch and dinner. While we were eating lunch Lexy sat up in the chair at the table and just looked at us like Duh.. You need to feed me! Here is a picture of her in the chair.
After dinner Patrick and I went to a wedding of one of my coworkers. It was a pretty wedding but it was outside on a porch and IT WAS COLD!
Today we went to church and lunch and then came back to relax. We are watching the Green Bay game right now and I really hope they win! :)
I am excited about my day off tomorrow. I hope get alot of grad school work done and I hope to organize our study! :)
Friday, January 18, 2008
What I did on the "Snow Day"....
I went to work! :) I just got finished reading everyone's post about the great snow day and I am so jealous! It did snow alittle on Wednesday night when I was coming home from class. Once I got home Patrick and I went outside to play with the dog and we had a snowball fight with the snow on our cars. I was so happy! I just kept thinking maybe we will have a two hour delay!
I woke up Thursday morning to rain! All we had was COLD RAIN! I really didn't mind going to work though because the students had a half day and I got to leave for lunch. I went home for lunch because Patrick had the day off so we got to eat lunch together. Then it was back to work til 6:30. I am helping with with Relay for Life at my school and we tried to get our team together. I really did enjoy my day at work.
After work, Patrick and I went out to eat with some people from the science department at work. We had so much fun! I am so blessed with great friends at work. I am really happy at my job!
My parents are coming down today to spend the night with us! I am so excited! I love it when we have company!
Even though we did not get snow I still enjoyed my "Snow Day"!
I woke up Thursday morning to rain! All we had was COLD RAIN! I really didn't mind going to work though because the students had a half day and I got to leave for lunch. I went home for lunch because Patrick had the day off so we got to eat lunch together. Then it was back to work til 6:30. I am helping with with Relay for Life at my school and we tried to get our team together. I really did enjoy my day at work.
After work, Patrick and I went out to eat with some people from the science department at work. We had so much fun! I am so blessed with great friends at work. I am really happy at my job!
My parents are coming down today to spend the night with us! I am so excited! I love it when we have company!
Even though we did not get snow I still enjoyed my "Snow Day"!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
My "Bucket" List
In Sunday School today our teacher had gone to see the movie The Bucket List. He challenged us to not make a bucket list because he said we were too old, but to list 5 accomplishments we would like to achieve and 5 things we would like to do.
Here are my lists:
Five accomplishments
1. Finish getting my Masters and get my +30 within the next 5 years.
2. Be a successful wife and parent
3. Build my dream house (this was Patrick's as well, I hope we have the same visions)
4. Be a successful teacher like my mom. I have some big shoes to fill.
5. Be a servant in a church like my dad. I don't want to be a preacher but I would like to help people in the church like my dad does. I have some big shoes to fill.
Five things to do
1. Go on a cruise
2. Go parasailing
3. Go to Hawaii
4. Go see Duke play basketball at Duke
5. Take up dancing again
6. When we have children and they are toddlers move and live close to our parents so my children can spend time with their grandparents like I did with mine.
Here are my lists:
Five accomplishments
1. Finish getting my Masters and get my +30 within the next 5 years.
2. Be a successful wife and parent
3. Build my dream house (this was Patrick's as well, I hope we have the same visions)
4. Be a successful teacher like my mom. I have some big shoes to fill.
5. Be a servant in a church like my dad. I don't want to be a preacher but I would like to help people in the church like my dad does. I have some big shoes to fill.
Five things to do
1. Go on a cruise
2. Go parasailing
3. Go to Hawaii
4. Go see Duke play basketball at Duke
5. Take up dancing again
6. When we have children and they are toddlers move and live close to our parents so my children can spend time with their grandparents like I did with mine.
Highlights from our weekend
Patrick and I had a great weekend at home! Here are some of our highlights!
1. Friday night we played video games together after dinner. I know that sounds dorky but we really love playing games on the Wii and guitar hero together.
2. Sat. we found a bedroom suite that we like!
3. We went to Steve and Barry's and everything in the store was 8.98. I got a pair of navy pants from the Sarah Jessica Parker line and a Duke t-shirt. It was a great find!
4. Sat. night we went to Hudson's with our friends Katie and Justin and enjoyed a great evening and great food!
5. After dinner we went back to their house to watch Carolina lose at basketball :( but we had fun hanging out!
6. Sunday we enjoyed a great lunch with friends from church.
7. Relaxing and enjoying a great Sunday afternoon.
8. Our friends went up to Spartanburg for the day on Sat. and asked where to eat and we suggested Wade's. They LOVED IT and bought us a back some bread. Eating the bread this morning was one of the best part of this weekend! WE BOTH MISS WADE'S!
9. Meeting new friends in Sunday School and enjoying a great lesson. (see post above)
10. Green Bay Packers won their game on Sat! :)
1. Friday night we played video games together after dinner. I know that sounds dorky but we really love playing games on the Wii and guitar hero together.
2. Sat. we found a bedroom suite that we like!
3. We went to Steve and Barry's and everything in the store was 8.98. I got a pair of navy pants from the Sarah Jessica Parker line and a Duke t-shirt. It was a great find!
4. Sat. night we went to Hudson's with our friends Katie and Justin and enjoyed a great evening and great food!
5. After dinner we went back to their house to watch Carolina lose at basketball :( but we had fun hanging out!
6. Sunday we enjoyed a great lunch with friends from church.
7. Relaxing and enjoying a great Sunday afternoon.
8. Our friends went up to Spartanburg for the day on Sat. and asked where to eat and we suggested Wade's. They LOVED IT and bought us a back some bread. Eating the bread this morning was one of the best part of this weekend! WE BOTH MISS WADE'S!
9. Meeting new friends in Sunday School and enjoying a great lesson. (see post above)
10. Green Bay Packers won their game on Sat! :)
Monday, January 7, 2008
My wonderful husband
I have to brag on my husband tonight! Last night I was doing school work and he made us a wonderful pizza for dinner. Tonight he cooked us breakfast for dinner. I was so happy that I got a night off from cooking! He is also right now on a cleaning spill and is picking up our house. He is even sweeping and vacuuming. I could not ask for a better husband. Even though I do nag him sometimes he is WONDERFUL!! Also thank you Alice and John for raising a wonderful son!
Sorry I just had to let someone know how wonderful he is to me!
I LOVE YOU PATRICK! :)
Sorry I just had to let someone know how wonderful he is to me!
I LOVE YOU PATRICK! :)
Sunday, January 6, 2008
The not so good Date!
This weekend Patrick and I decided to have a date night on Sat. night. We decided to go to Copper River and then come home and watch a movie, well our night did not go as planned!
We got to Copper River and they said it would be a 45 minute wait, which was fine. It was actually about 50-60 minutes but that was ok. The hostess took us our table and that is when the trouble started. They sat us a nonsmoking table that was right above the smoking section. The only thing that separated us was the wall that was right beside us that was only half way up. THe tables below us starting smoking and their smoke was going on our food. I WAS NOT HAPPY!! I hate smoke from smoking and it makes me sick. I don't understand why resturants think that a little wall with holes in it are going to stop the smoke. Don't they know that smoke rises! After the episode with the smoke our waitress was TERRIBLE!! It took about 10 minutes for us to get our drinks and then even longer for food and EVEN longer for our dessert. By the time we ready to leave and had paid we had been in Copper River for 2 hours. We were so mad! We came home and did not watch the movie because we were so tired and I had a sinus headache.
Although our date night was not that great, I did enjoy spending time with Patrick and the food was good! Also we got to use our gift certificate so that was a plus!
On another note, Patrick played a SHOFAR, a Ram's horn, today at church for our communion service! I was so proud and he did a great job! :) He also cooked dinner for us tonight... PIZZA!! I have the best husband in the WORLD! :)
We got to Copper River and they said it would be a 45 minute wait, which was fine. It was actually about 50-60 minutes but that was ok. The hostess took us our table and that is when the trouble started. They sat us a nonsmoking table that was right above the smoking section. The only thing that separated us was the wall that was right beside us that was only half way up. THe tables below us starting smoking and their smoke was going on our food. I WAS NOT HAPPY!! I hate smoke from smoking and it makes me sick. I don't understand why resturants think that a little wall with holes in it are going to stop the smoke. Don't they know that smoke rises! After the episode with the smoke our waitress was TERRIBLE!! It took about 10 minutes for us to get our drinks and then even longer for food and EVEN longer for our dessert. By the time we ready to leave and had paid we had been in Copper River for 2 hours. We were so mad! We came home and did not watch the movie because we were so tired and I had a sinus headache.
Although our date night was not that great, I did enjoy spending time with Patrick and the food was good! Also we got to use our gift certificate so that was a plus!
On another note, Patrick played a SHOFAR, a Ram's horn, today at church for our communion service! I was so proud and he did a great job! :) He also cooked dinner for us tonight... PIZZA!! I have the best husband in the WORLD! :)
Friday, January 4, 2008
Survey
I copied this from my sister. I think it true.. Tell me what you think!
| Your Dominant Intelligence is Logical-Mathematical Intelligence |
 You are great at finding patterns and relationships between things. Always curious about how things work, you love to set up experiments. You need for the world to make sense - and are good at making sense of it. You have a head for numbers and math ... and you can solve almost any logic puzzle. You would make a great scientist, engineer, computer programmer, researcher, accountant, or mathematician. |
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Thursday Thirteen
Since today was my first day back to work after a long break here are thirteen things I enjoyed most about my break ( in no particular order)
1. Even though I was home for a long time I enjoyed spending time with my parents and sister!
2. Playing with Caroline and Eli! I love them so much!
3. Visiting the Biltmore house with my mom. We are so much alike it is scary! I love you mom!
4. Spending time with my friends from high school. I miss you girls!
5. Playing Rock band with my sister-in-law, brother-in-law and Patrick! Thanks Ben for letting us play! I love that game.
6. Seeing my grandparents and Patrick's grandparents!
7. Seeing my cousin who just got back from the war!
8. Visiting the two newest members of our family, Anna Camille and Emma!
9. Spending New Years with friends from church!
10. Watching my Poppa play Wii! He was really good at it.
11. Sleeping Late! :)
12. Being a part of my cousin and friend's wedding! Thank you guys for allowing me to be a part of your special day!
13. RELAXING AND SPENDING TIME WITH MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND!
1. Even though I was home for a long time I enjoyed spending time with my parents and sister!
2. Playing with Caroline and Eli! I love them so much!
3. Visiting the Biltmore house with my mom. We are so much alike it is scary! I love you mom!
4. Spending time with my friends from high school. I miss you girls!
5. Playing Rock band with my sister-in-law, brother-in-law and Patrick! Thanks Ben for letting us play! I love that game.
6. Seeing my grandparents and Patrick's grandparents!
7. Seeing my cousin who just got back from the war!
8. Visiting the two newest members of our family, Anna Camille and Emma!
9. Spending New Years with friends from church!
10. Watching my Poppa play Wii! He was really good at it.
11. Sleeping Late! :)
12. Being a part of my cousin and friend's wedding! Thank you guys for allowing me to be a part of your special day!
13. RELAXING AND SPENDING TIME WITH MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND!
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Hide and Seek with the Cat
Well Patrick and I finally made it back home! We had planned to leave around 4:00 and we started packing the car and realized we had not seen Lexy. We started looking for her and couldn't find her so my parents started to help hunt for the cat. We could not find her anywhere. We were looking everywhere! We finally decided to just sit down and take a break and I turned around and she was standing in the living room. THIS WAS AT 6:00.. We looked for her for two hours. I was so mad because I was ready to head home! Once we found her she was put in the crate and we heading down 26!
Yesterday I spent all day cleaning our house, doing laundry, putting away Christmas presents, and putting away Christmas decorations. It took FOREVER! I am happy to say that our house is now deChristmased! Last night we had a couple from our Sunday School class come over to help celebrate the new year! We are so excited because they are expecting their first child this year! :) It was so hard for me to stay up! I did make it to like 12:15 and then I was gone!
Patrick has today off so we are going to go see the newest addition to our family, Miss Emma Elliott! After that we are going to RELAX!!! I can't believe Christmas vacation is almost over!
Happy New Year from the Graham family! :)
Yesterday I spent all day cleaning our house, doing laundry, putting away Christmas presents, and putting away Christmas decorations. It took FOREVER! I am happy to say that our house is now deChristmased! Last night we had a couple from our Sunday School class come over to help celebrate the new year! We are so excited because they are expecting their first child this year! :) It was so hard for me to stay up! I did make it to like 12:15 and then I was gone!
Patrick has today off so we are going to go see the newest addition to our family, Miss Emma Elliott! After that we are going to RELAX!!! I can't believe Christmas vacation is almost over!
Happy New Year from the Graham family! :)
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