Fall is in the Air!

Well finally there has been a small break in the heat and our mornings are cooler! It definitely feels like FALL! I switched out our table cloth and bought some CUTE new decorations! I love it even more because I bought everything on sale and with a coupon!! Today David and his friend Josh were busy building the base of our new storage building! We finished the night having dinner and catching up with some old friends that are in town for the weekend....now THOR!

New here, new there..new everywhere!

Well we officially survived our first birthday party! More on that later...but we finished our kitchen remodel just to welcome plumbing problems! Sunday I woke up to no and I mean NO water pressure that slowly led to hardly any water at all! Well after trying our own little DIY ideas we called a plumber...free estimates but work starting at $90 whoa!! So we called my brother than had a friend. He came out gave us an idea of what was wrong and after new shut off valves come Friday we'll have a NEW water-heater. Yay...not really but life happens and we thank God we are able to find the means to get it fixed!
On an exciting note we have decided to make some new and improved healthy eating changes :) Dj hung out with his cousins today while Dad and I took care of some business and we managed to get a new cookbook!!
I must say we are very excited about this new change! And let's cross our fingers all goes well with the new water-heater!! Now to watch the hubby play some Socom 4 and get my popcorn ready for Just Go with It!

Landscape glimpse!

Lord knows where I should even begin...we've been so busy I think I've lost touch with some friends and family but I hope they understand it's all for Dj! Here is a small glimpse of the backyard progress!!
On a very exciting note...were so close to being done with everything for the party and DAVID is officially on VACATION!!! We are so excited FAMILY TIME!!

Remodel progress

My parents have been tiling and we help as much as possible! Yesterday we started grouting!!
Tomorrow I'll post more of our final product...we still need to finish mopping up grout dust!

Andrew Graduated!!

Well Friday we drove to Colorado City to watch Andrew graduate! I know we're getting old now! We are very proud of him and all his accomplishments! A&M is lucky to have him!

This weekend we have well I should say David has been hard at work in the kitchen! This morning we bought all the paint and taped off for texture!

New Possibilities!!

Well its offical I am a Pre-K teacher at Loctus. I signed my letter agreement last week along with filling out my pre-employment packet along with setting up my Employment Orientation session!! I am super excited about my future job which offically begins August 17th. But am a tad sad at that thought that I won't be seeing David as much as I am used too. He will continue working at BCBS while adding a new job...being a Greeter at Conway Freight!! David starts tomorrow night so from 12pm to 6 am I will be by myself at home and in the future he'll be working 3 pm to 6 am while I work 7 am to 4 pm. We're both excited about what the future holds for us and getting to where we'd love to be!!
Along with new jobs we also decided to take the carpet up in our hallway and found out that its awesome. So from there we continued that same evening ripping up the carpet in our living room. On Sunday we went to Lowe's to look at some finishing touches that we'd like to make to our house. We picked out the stain for the hardwood, tile for the kitchen, kitchen cabinets and paint colors for the accent wall in our livingroom!! Yes we have lots to do along with all the planning needed for the wedding but I am happy to say that I have picked out Bridesmaid dresses and flower girl dresses.

On top of all of that I am slowly getting VBS ready to go...we've had about 16 kids sign up and have all our teaching staff picked along with many crew leaders.

Just 2 more steps!!

Well we've done some more work on the room and we just have two more steps and we'll be done!! FINALLY!!! Trey helped David this weekend get the painting and trim work done. Tim and David busted out the texture so that we were able to get everything done this weekend!! We just want to say Thank You to all who helped!! This is what the room looked like before and now this is what it looks like!! The only things we need left is carpet, laminate and painting the trim. I am really excited that we've gotten so close to being done.

This morning I went with Norma & Ori to look at some James Avery jewelry that they were getting!! Our plans for today are to relax, rest and start putting up all the tools we used on the room. I am happy to say that I found some invitations for the wedding that I like now just to get with David to see what he likes. Im finally getting everything together for the wedding and now just to start actually buying the stuff!!

Well we're planning on watching movies and Im gonna finish up on the save the dates!! Happy Memorial Day to all!!

Relaxing Day!!

Today we decided to take a day for ourselves and just relax. We are catching up on our TV shows and thinking of making an ice cream run!! Later tonight we're going to meet the group at BDubs to discuss and plan our Austin mini trip for next weekend!! It should be lots of fun and just nice to get out of town for a little bit.

We are making more progress on the house remodeling all we have left is some touch ups on the walls and then texturing, painting and trim work!! We will have our extra bedroom complete. We made a purchase today so that we can get things done!!

Aside from all of this we are also planning the wedding and trying to organize and find all the stuff that we need and want.

Wind Blown!!

I thought I would share our crazy adventure!! We just got in for the night and its 2 am!! We went out to dinner with some friends and then hung out in their garage just talking....till David heard a concert going on. It ended up being Negative 263 playing out at Midnight. We know this because we all piled into Billy's truck and drove to the concert. We later just drove around town with the 4 guys in the back of the truck for about 20 mins!! It was certainly an interesting evening....it was a nice switch to just being carefree and a little reckless!!

Saturday David & Tim worked on some more tape and bedding...I am really excited that this room is so close to being done!! YAY!! David has worked hard for the past couple weeks and I know that he's exhausted!!

Well off to bed before more tape & bed then finally...TEXTURE!!

New Pictures

There are new pictures of the remodel up...I didn't realize that he'd taken some new pictures!! The house is starting to look awesome!!

Tape & Bedding!!

David & Tim are getting started on the tape & bedding of the room and hopefully we'll be ready for texturing next weekend. I on the other really have nothing to do this weekend. I went to McMurry's graduation and watched a family friend Smiley graduate. Tonight we have a BBQ with some friends and then getting down to some WEEDING!! Here come the squats! Its really an awesome workout when you think about it.

Tomorrow I'll get back to the grind of wedding planning and start making a schedule of what appointments I need to make and who I need to let know with plenty of time in advance.

Round 1, 2 and the hope of 3!

I had my interview on Wednesday. I think I spent more time waiting for Mr. Curtis to finish with another person than I actually did in my interview. He was super nice and I answered a few questions about what I thought about the bilingual program if it should be Dual Lanugage or full Imersion?, Why I think some teachers are better at classroom management than others and why some never are able to grasp that concept? Or even why do I want to teach in AISD instead of moving somewhere else and making more money? Yeah those are kinda intense questions from a teachers perspective...

I answered them the best I knew how and gave my personal opinions. After that interview he took me to meet the Bilingual Coordinator. He said my next step will be to interview with the principals and once a principal selects me I will be hired!! That is very exciting and I can't wait to get another interview.

We have some more remodeling this weekend. David & Tim are going to be taping & bedding the room and possibly texturing if the weather holds up!! I am planning to hit up the gym as well so that I can make sure that I fit perfectly in my dress!!

The Room and More!!

Well this weekend David worked on he room one day by himself and then the next with the help of Tim...who we are OMG thankful for. Sunday I had to help out at the Cinco de Mayo festival that my church was having which turned into a 5 hr shift that I wasn't expecting but thats ok. It was awesome to come home to a nearly completed room. I'll have pictures up in a couple minutes in our Remodel folder!! Aside from that our weekend was pretty relaxed nothing major went to a bday party and hung out with the car club!!

I got a chance to talk to the girls about my wedding and put together most of our guest list which let me tell you it can be intimidating. I've finally decided its time..5 months before lol to get the full ball rolling!! I basically verbally decided on all the decorations with my sister which was a ton of help cause my mind can now concentrate on the attire details. Im in the search of a cathedral length veil and sometime this month the guys are going to go search for tuxes and probably next month get the girls together for dress fittings!!

Its amazing how fast things can pop up!!

Remodel Part 2!!

Here is another picture of our Remodeled room...I'll have pictures of the outside up here pretty soon....Just click on the Our Photos link to see the rest!!

Remodel & What we're looking at...

Here are a couple pictures of the remodel...I haven't gotten the chance to get into the room to take pictures but here are some that David took the other day at the start...and here are also some pictures of the house and the land that we are considering purchasing. They are almost done and just need 1 more day!!