Two Special Birthdays

Today is Eli's 1st birthday! I remember the day he was born. I flew up 26 to see the new baby and then got to spend all day with him! It was such a perfect day!

Happy Birthday Eli! We love you!

Tomorrow is my father in law, John's birthday! I am not going to tell how old he is! :)

Happy Birthday John! We love you!

Thursday Thirteen (One day early)

Here is my Thursday Thirteen on Wednesday because I have a busy day tomorrow I don't know if I will get post much!

Thirteen things I have done or am going to do this Spring Break!

1. Cleaned all the baseboards in our house.
2. Cleaned all the kitchen cabinets.
3. Took our taxes to get done
4. Went to the eye doctor (this was long overdued)
5. Organized our two closets in the other bedrooms and organized my closet.
6. Got stuff ready for a yard sale.
7. Work on my school work
8. Patrick and I went to a Carolina baseball game with our friends David and Casey.
9. went to lunch with Crystal and Emma
10. Went to Hickory with my mom to pick out furniture.
11. Relaxed with my husband on Monday night while watching tv.
12. Went shopping for birthday presents.
13. Celebrated Eli's 1ST birthday and my father-in-law, John's birthday.
14. (extra) Hopefully RELAX all day Sunday with my wonderful husband!

I have actually had a really wonderful Spring Break! It makes me so ready for summer!

On another note please say a prayer for Patrick's mom's side of the family. Our Uncle Clyde went to Heaven this morning. It is Patrick's grandma's brother.

Friends Forever

Today I decided to reorganize our closet and I was looking at old pictures from high school and came across many pictures of Julie , my old neighbor and best friend, and me. I started thinking alot about her and wondering how she was doing as a married women!
I went to check the mail and there was a card from her! It is amazing how God works!
Thanks so much for the card and gift Julie! I do miss you and think of you often. We need to get together when I come back up there or if you come down here!

This made me start thinking about my high school friends and how we don't talk as much because we are all married and have children (well some of us), but I really do love them as much as I did when we talked everyday! I miss the clan from high school! So girls if you read this please know that I love you and miss you dearly!

Happy Easter!!

I hope everyone had a great Easter! We enjoyed spending time with our family yesterday! We went to church with my mom and dad, lunch with Patrick's family, and dinner with my family! It was a great day!

Here are some pictures that we made after church!

Mom and Patrick (They matched)

Acting Silly!

Our Pretty Picture!

Mom and Dad

Dad and I

(I promise I am not pregnant, this picture just makes me look like it)

This week I am on Spring Break and I have made a list of things I want to accomplish, but I just can't seem to get motivated to do anything! All I want to do is sit on the couch and relax. I am trying to not let myself feel bad for wanting to relax when I know there are many things that need to be done around the house! Oh well!! There is always Summer!!

March Madness has begun!!

I love this time of year because of March Madness. Every since I can remember my dad and I have watched the basketball games together! About three years ago I decided to get the whole family involved and we have a bracket challenge. I won the first year and my sister has won the last two years(which is funny because she knows nothing about the teams). Patrick calls me the march madness dork because during the day I have my computer on ESPN.com and I watch all the games!

One reason I love march madness is because it really makes the end of March and beginning of April go by fast and then I know that school is almost out.
I also love it because I am very competitive and I love to see who is winning the brackets.
Another reason is because the games usually end up well and it is always fun to see who will be the Cinderella team!

The games started today and already after only 6 games I am already losing to Patrick, but that is OK because the fun has begun! :)

Good luck to everyone who has a made a bracket! I must go now and watch some BASKETBALL!!! :)

RELAY FOR LIFE!!!

This year I am participating in the Relay for Life event in Lexington as part of my school's team. Relay for Life is a great event where people get together to celebrate raising money for cancer research. Cancer has really hit home for me in many ways. One of the main reason I relay is because of a little boy named Riley West. Riley was a sweet little boy that I use to babysit and was as country as gets! He always had a smile on his face and would love to give you hugs! Riley lost the battle for cancer when I was in high school one day during his nap. That year Relay for Life took on a new meaning for me. We really did celebrate his life and memory!

I tell you all this to ask for you help. Patrick and I are both on the team and we have set a goal of 500.00 for the both of us! We need your HELP!! There are many ways you can help. You can donate money, you can buy a bracelet for 2.00, you can become a sponsor and your business or name be printed on a sign for the night of Relay, or my school is ordering t-shirts and you can put your logo on the back of our t-shirts for 100.00. You can also buy a luminary that is honor or memory of someone with cancer. The luminaries are 10.00 and they will be lit the night of the Relay during a special ceremony.

Please help us meet our goal! If you have questions you can email me and I will be more than willing to help you! If you want to mail your check I can email you my address!
Thanks so much!

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen things that I am looking forward to this weekend!

1. Jewelry party with teachers from school on Friday night!
2. Seeing Alice and John on Friday!
3. Spending the weekend with SALLY!!!!
4. Seeing Sally's new car!
5. BEING HOME! :)
6. Watching basketball! (I love this time of the year)
7. Cooking a good meal on Sat. night for Sally and Patrick.
8. Spending time outside! It is suppose to be in the high 70's this weekend!
9. Sleeping late on Sat. (didn't really get to last weekend)
10. Going to church, I haven't been to our Sunday School in ALONG TIME!
11. Celebrating Palm Sunday! The Easter season is my favorite season.
12. Watching a couple of movies, we have a tradition that we watch at least one movie a weekend when we are home.
13. SPENDING TIME WITH PATRICK AND REALIZING THAT I ONLY HAVE ONE MORE WEEK UNTIL SPRING BREAK!!

I hope everyone has a great weekend! :)

Random Things

Here are some random things that we have done this week!

Saturday Patrick and I had a great time just relaxing and watching movies!

Sunday we went to the park because it was so beautiful outside and Duke enjoyed playing in the water!

My husband has been wonderful this week! He has cooked dinner two nights in a row and cleaned up the kitchen both nights!

Last night was a terrible stormy night in Lexington! The storms started at 7:00 and didn't end until 9:30. Our power went out around 9:00 and did not come on again until 5:30 this morning. It was a very dark and hot night last night!

I am taking a half day on Friday to get ready for the beach!

This Friday I am going on a girls weekend with my mom, sister, and Caroline to the beach! I cannot wait! I am so excited about shopping and relaxing!