Everyones Doing It!

Literally...everyone seems to be doing it.

Getting pregnant, or has already had a baby. Yesterday, I was browsing at Target, and caught myself wondering through the baby section. I was actually looking for something for a friend, Mandy. Well, I started to wonder what it would be like if Phil and I were to start a family. It seems like every where I turn, someone I know is pregnant. I cant believe Mandy is pregnant...still! And she told me this information awhile ago. I just still am so excited for her!
I want to have a baby in the near future, but know that I am just not quite ready for everything to come with our little addition. I just want things to be more stable in our life, especially with hoping to buy a house soon. We will have been married a year on June 7. It seems like some of the people that I know haven't even been married 6 months. To me, I wish I could be in their shoes, and have a house along with being more financially stable. I would love to get pregnant, but the only thing holding me back is my future plans for living. I do not want to bring our baby home to an apartment. I want to bring our baby home to a well...a home. For now, it seems like things will be put on hold until life gets itself together. At least Phil and I know we have full time teaching jobs. Nowwww...if I can just get my husband to be a better saver!

My mom and I on Mother's Day

Nolan

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Nick

Talking "Guy" Talk

Mom looks nice...the boys..well they are 110% boys.

Crimson and White

I have found out that no one can hold you back in life but yourself. If you say that you are not able to accomplish something, only makes you fall short of your success in life. I have definitely struggled, but in the end I came out a college graduate.

I have failed, but have also succeeded. I teach my students the same morals. You can only learn through your mistakes. It is what you take from your mistakes, and what you make of them. I was not a straight A student, and only made honor roll 3 times during my college years. But who's to say that makes me a better or worse teacher? GPA? haha...I graduated with allmmoosstt a 3.0. That 3.0 just shows that learning doesn't come easy to me, but I did it! And here is my proof! :D

Mess.....What Mess?

Okay....So I have always been an organizer, a cleaner, and a re-arranger (if thats a word). Well recently, I have been piling things into our "office". This has basically become my area to work in, and where I can pile all of my teaching materials. Well since I am transitioning from the 4th grade to the 1st grade, its been a process. Most of my stuff is at school, basically because I am luckily only switching rooms, not schools. And the best part is that the teacher who is taking my position, we are just swapping rooms. So we pile a little here and there in each others rooms for now. Meanwhile...I have been trying my best to get organized at home, so when I take stuff to school, I know what's what, and where things are going. So here are a few pics of before I got into organizing. I will post the after pics in a day or so.... :)

Couch? What Couch?

"The Kids"

I thought I would post a few pics of our little ones..Chloe and Buddy. They have gotten so big...and maybe a little bit too big. But with those faces, we can hardly resist giving them basically anything they want......esp. treats. And yea...they know what that word means, even what it starts with, and the cupboard they are in. Smart cookies. Its been almost a year since we have adopted them:) And we love them more every day... they are "our kids" :D

Chloe sleeping

Buddy Relaxing.... Life is soo hard

A comfy place

Photos Galore!

I have been MIA...

I was talking to Mandy the other day, and we got to talking, when I finally realized how long its been since I've blogged. I really enjoy blogging, but have gotten too busy, that I haven't taken even 10 minutes out of my day or week to catch up on others happenings, let alone my own.

Where some of the days go...I have absolutely NO idea. The weekends, we just wont even go there. In the past couple of weeks, a lot has happened! First...my cousin Liz, got married to a great guy named Bobby. "Yes, he is a Bob..and he acts like a Bob too :)" She had a wonderful wedding, and everything worked out just fine. I have to say, she had one of theeee most awesome things at her wedding reception! A photo booth! YES! and it was AWESOME! The whole idea was really cool as well. You would go in and take your pictures, then they would print. Well instead of just a strip of 4, 8 photos would print. So you got to keep a copy, and the other copy went in a small photo book. Well..next to your photo you could write a message. Lets just say as the night went on, the pictures not only got more hilarious, but so did the messages. Random things kept popping up in the photo booth, like food, some stolen, but returned signs, random objects, and so on. We had a great time! My brother and I were entertained the whole night! Here are a "select" few from our photo shoots. Beware..they get a little sassy towards the end ;)

Our Family

Strike A Pose

The Bride and I

Hey...at least were a family that can act goofy around each other;)

Neighbors who are family

Bridesmaids & Good Times

Phil & I