Life With The Lobdell's

Baby Carter and New Years.

2012-01-12T16:24:00.001-08:00

On December 28th Carter Morris was born, son of Marcie and Justin Morris. I had been talking to her back in forth all day when she was induced and she progressed very well. But when it got time for the pushing part she wasn’t so lucky. She had a pretty rough delivery. He finally arrived close to 5pm that night. We decided, after I talked to Marcie that night to wait until the next day to go visit them. We wanted to give them a little time since she had such a rough time. The next day, Thursday, the doctor I work for wasn’t in so Trevor and I took a long lunch and went to visit them at the hospital. He was so cute……

I was glad to finally meet him. The Monday after New Years Trevor and I were both off work so we brought them lunch and spent the day at their house, watching football and holding Carter.

Trevor getting a little practice!!

On New Years Eve we started off the day with a 6 mile hike at Oak Mountain. I didn’t think I was really out of shape because I had been playing tennis but I was struggling. I haven’t played in a few weeks because of the craziness of the holiday season. The first hill at the start of our hike I got so out of breath. After that I was good to go for the rest of it.

After we finished we came home and got some lunch and then I decided to take a little nap. I figured if I was going to try to stay up until midnight that was the only way. After I woke up Trevor and I got ready and headed to Jason and Lindsey’s to cook out.

Sara Bentlee being goofy!!

We decided to stay over there and watch football instead of going out anywhere. I knew that I would not have been very much fun. I was good until around 11:30 and then I got sick so Trevor and I headed home. We walked in the door and turned on the TV just in time to watch the ball drop. Not the best way to bring in the New Years but I was just happy to be with Trevor. I think I just over did it for the day. I hope everyone else had a good one. I am really looking forward to what 2012 will bring!!!

Christmas Day

2012-01-05T19:38:00.001-08:00

On Christmas morning Trevor and I swapped our gifts to each other along with our stockings as soon as we got up, as we have done since we got married. When I opened my stocking these were in it…

I don’t know if I have mentioned but since about the 12th week of pregnancy I have had allergy issues. I know from what I have learned and hear, it is pretty common. I wake up in the middle of the night most nights around 2AM blowing my nose. Trevor has had a hard time sleeping through it but has been really considerate not to get too irritated. I thought this was clever. These things really do help. If you have never used them they actually some how lift up the exterior of your nose. The only bad thing about them is for a few hours after you take it off your nose looks a little swollen. I guess I could be a spokes person for breathe right strips. He also got me two pairs of shoes, and this bad boy….

I have been wanting another Louis Vuitton purse for a while so I was very pumped about this one. I got Trevor a few things and new seat covers for his jeep that he has been wanting. I wasn’t sure if they were going to make it in time for Christmas because they weren’t shipped until Tuesday, the week of Christmas, and they were coming from Hawaii. But they made it and he loved them.

After we got finished with that we stayed in our pajamas and headed to Trevor’s parents to do Christmas with them. When we first got there we ate breakfast before opening presents. We both got lots of nice things, mine included gift cards to various maternity stores. It is getting harder and harder to wear my pre-pregnancy pants comfortably. Can’t wait to go shopping which I probably will pretty soon.

Stanford Kept trying to grab the reindeers nose on Justin’s pants

How cute are these little socks!!!

After we finished opening presents we started preparing lunch. I was so happy my mom was able to come and eat with us there, since my dad had to work. It was very nice of Trevor’s parents to include her. Not only was my mom and Trevor’s family there but Paul, Christy, and their children as well. We had a crowd. Lunch was very good. We had the traditional Honey Baked Ham and all the fixings to go along with it. After lunch and clean up we headed home. On Christmas night we went to Devin and Mary’s house to cook out with them along with HB and Catherine. It was nice to get together with a few friends.

On Monday morning we woke up to only have another Christmas morning with my family. On a normal Christmas we would go to Trevor’s parents for breakfast then my parents for lunch but we had to change it up a little this year since my dad worked the day of Christmas. We stayed in our pajamas and headed over to my families house for a crazy breakfast. It was probably the best breakfast I have ever had. They made so many good things. After we stuffed our faces we opened presents with them.

They did too much for us as they always do. They are such giving people. Along with many other gifts, my mom and I are going to Storkland to get a glider/chair for the babies room as part of our Christmas. The girls loved all of their presents as well. They got multiple things including American Girl dolls, Barbie dolls, clothes, bean bad chairs, and these bikes…

After we finished with presents they had to ride them around a little outside. The baby even got a Christmas stocking….

After we told them it was a boy Christmas Eve they went and got lots of things for his stocking too.

I am starting to look a little pregnant or maybe just a little fat to others! HA! We had such an amazing Christmas weekend. We are so blessed and fortunate to have the families that we do. I can’t wait until our baby boy gets to experience it with us. I am ready to start new traditions with the family including him.

Christmas Eve

2012-01-04T15:35:00.001-08:00

Every year for Christmas Eve we go to Trevor’s parents church, Prince of Peace, and then go to dinner with them. After church we went to Firebirds in which, I love! This year of course was a little more special because we told them we were having a BOY that night. At dinner we told his brother and his wife as well. After dinner we usually go back to their house and take Christmas pictures dressed up in front of the tree. With my nice Nikon camera I got last year I set the timer on and took a picture of the whole family. It turned out better than I thought it would.

Trevor and his older brother Chad decided they wanted to swap their gifts to each other on that night instead of waiting until the next day. They are such children but I love them. We gave Chad and Alissa one of the nice keurig coffee makers, which they loved it. They gave Trevor a Kinect for his Xbox. Alissa made me this…

After we left there we went home and hooked up his new game. We had to play that before going to bed.

It’s A Boy

2011-12-26T15:56:00.000-08:00

Trevor came and met me at work the Wednesday before Christmas and the Ultrasound tech here was so nice to do one for us. Neither of our parents knew that we were getting it done this early. We are not scheduled to get our anatomy scan until my 20th week on January the 10th, so that is all they knew. I drank a half of a Diet Mountain Dew before I went downstairs because I was scared the baby would be sleeping and wouldn’t corporate. I have heard many stories where people have had to come back because the baby wouldn’t show their stuff. When she started to do the ultra sound you could tell the baby’s feet were crossed. So she moved my belly around some to wake him up. As Trevor was looking at it and I was looking at him, he said “is that what I think it is?” Right then before even looking I knew it was a boy. He started grinning from ear to ear. Angela said yep it is a BOY!!! Like I have said before, I didn’t care either way because I want both a boy and a girl, so I was excited as well. I knew Trevor wanted a boy so that made me even happier. He all of a sudden started moving around a lot. She said well I think the caffeine has just kicked in. It was so hard to hold it in until Christmas. The next morning when we woke up Trevor kissed my belly and said good morning son. To know what the baby is now makes it even that much more real that we will soon be parents.

We decided to tell our parents on Christmas eve instead of Christmas morning just because of the way we were doing Christmas with our families this year. My dad had to work on Christmas day so we were going to celebrate the day after Christmas with my family. It was kind of nice to do it that way because we spent a whole day with each of our families. I hated that my dad had to work on Christmas though.

Before we went to dinner and church service on Christmas Eve we went to my parents house and gave them this to open…..

They were so excited. They don’t have any boys in the family. It is just me and my sister then she has two girls. I am happy that my dad will be able to do boy things with our son that he hasn’t ever had the chance to do. After we left my parents house we headed to Trevor’s
parents. We wanted to give it to them before we left for church because Trevor couldn’t wait any longer. They were really excited as well. We gave them the same plaque that we gave my parents. His mom started crying hysterically. She really wanted a girl because she has always had boys, but she knew we weren’t just having one child and said she was wanting us to have a boy first. Plus she knew that is what Trevor really wanted. But then she was mad at us because she lost all her make-up before we went out.

Here are a few pictures that we got. We didn’t get many but just enough to show us in black and white that it is a boy. I am sure we will get a bunch more at our anatomy scan.

We have not for sure made up our minds on a name. It is a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. We will let you know as soon as we figure it out for sure.

Tacky Christmas Party

2011-12-20T16:08:00.001-08:00

This past Friday we had a Christmas party at Trevor’s parents house. Turns out hosting a party while pregnant is pretty hard. On Thursday after I got home from work I was in the kitchen until around 9:30 making some things then went to work at 7 Friday morning. On Friday after work I went home and finished baking before going to his parents. By the end of the party I was literally sick. I had a lot of fun during it but between everyone leaving and cleaning up didn’t work out so well….so I was not the best at helping clean. We had a good turnout with a few of our friends, Chad and Alissa’s friends, and his parents friends. All the food was so yummy. We got a bunch of wings from Buffalos, different dips, meatballs, and of course sweets. We played darts, pool, and cards. I hope everyone had as much fun as we did.

Me and my matching hubby

Family=Me with Trevor’s mom Chris and my sis-in-law Alissa

Samantha and very pregnant Marcie. So ready to meet baby Carter.

I am ready for Christmas at my house. All the presents are wrapped just waiting on the upcoming events to celebrate with family and friends. Tomorrow is my last day of work for the week and I am not going back until next Tuesday. Excited to have a long break. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday with their loved ones. I also hope that the real reason for the season is remembered, JESUS!!!

Let the Christmas Parties Begin…

2011-12-13T15:56:00.001-08:00

This past Saturday was our first Christmas party of the year. It was Bubba and Betty’s party at their house. We had a lot of fun. He has one of the most beautiful views I have seen that looks over 280 from his backyard. Turns out the baby really loves shrimp right now. I ate probably a dozen jumbo cocktail shrimp along with all the other food they had there. Some of the boys played ping pong and a little pool, while others just stood around and chatted it up. Jason and Bubba (Sorry these aren’t the best pictures didn’t have my good camera there)

Against Trevor and Alan

While Lindsey and I watched

Trevor and I in the backyard. A little over 15 weeks pregnant!

16 Week Appointment

Today was my 16 week doctors appointment. Everything with the baby and I look great. I think the HR today was 156. Next month we will find out if we are having a beautiful baby girl or a handsome baby boy. I am excited about finding out but not as much as I thought that I would. I guess just due to me really not caring or wanting one over the other. Hope everyone has a wonderful week.

Our Week

2011-12-07T18:13:00.001-08:00

This past weekend we went to Chad and Alissa’s house to watch the SEC championship. We had a lot of fun but I ate too much football junk food. So by the end of the night I wasn’t feeling so well. Georgia didn’t win but they put up a good fight against the # 1 team. Here are a few pictures from the night…..

Last night I woke up in the middle of the night to bad stomach pain. After an hour of that at 3 in the morning I was finally able to go back to sleep. After I woke up I checked the babies HR and the baby seemed fine with a rate of 154. Still I called the OB and they wanted me to have an US just to make sure everything was going okay. From one bad night two good things happened, I got to see my precious little one and turns out all of the pain was because my 5cm cyst that was on my ovary ruptured. No more worries in the cyst department. The doctor told me in the beginning that as the baby grew, the baby should take over and the cyst would go away. It was just our prayer that this would happen and we wouldn’t have to worry about it growing anymore. Here are a few pictures they gave me…….

Looks like the baby is relaxing in there with his/her hand behind the head

Little toes in the air!!!!

First Trimester and First Ultrasound

2011-11-16T17:38:00.001-08:00

So....I am so ready for this trimester to be over. It will not be long now. I didn't think I was going to be one of those people who was sick all the time but I was mistaken. Since 5 1/2 weeks there hasn’t been many days that have gone by that I haven't felt nauseous. Trevor keeps saying, I can’t wait until we are done paying for you to just borrow food, joking of course. Some people found out at work before I wanted anyone to just because of me darting to the bathroom while in the room with patients. The hard thing at the beginning was surgery. I love assisting in surgery but when someone was open in front of me now, I got very queezy. Not really good for the job but it has started to get better. The one food that makes me feel bad, even when I think about it, is peanut butter. It was the first thing I got sick after eating and that is one thing I can't eat right now. Every other food that I have gotten sick after eating has been fine to eat again. I have been very tired too. Pretty strange for me! Friday, Saturday, and Sunday weeks 6 through 10 I probably took a nap everyday. I am trying to make myself still play tennis a few days a week to stay in shape though. Now that I am 12 weeks I am not nearly as sick or tired. A few times a week still a little but much better with everyday.

My first Ultrasound was Tuesday October 18th. I left work after lunch and Trevor met me to go. Everything with the baby looked great. Her/His HR was 160. My doctor gave me some Zofran for the nausea and it really has helped some. Not a good time with the phlebotomist. I have never had issues getting blood drawn until this time. She blew my vein, it was getting puffy by the second and she was still digging. I said the next time I am going to ask if I can just do it myself. Maybe that is just my hormones talking but it sucked. I do have a large cyst that has grown a good bit in the past few months that they will just watch closely. He said usually the baby takes over and it will just go away on its own. Nothing scary yet. So all in all pretty good visit.

Today I went for my second visit. We actually HEARD the heartbeat at this visit. It was 167 this time. But really, I heard it on Sunday with Marcie’s monitor. I kind of cheated. But it is always nice to hear. Trevor and I both love my doctor so much. What other doctor out there gave their husband a high five and said good job at their first visit. He always answers all our questions plus some. I am not really showing much at all so no pictures yet. I will not have another ultrasound until around Christmas for the Anatomy one. So for now…..

I AM DUE MAY 31st 2012

We Are Going To Be Parents!!

2011-11-13T17:40:00.001-08:00

We will have a + 1 before long. Number 7 on my 101 list was to get pregnant and that happened in August. It has been so hard to hold it in but we wanted to wait until we heard our little ones heart beat and I got a little further along before we told everyone. We have been secretly trying since the very end of April and in August it happened.

I took a test on a Saturday morning around 7 AM when I woke up. I had always learned that was the best way to do it to be the most accurate, was when you first wake up but that is not always the case. After I took it I came back to bed and was tossing and turning with excitement and fear of course. Trevor was like, "what is wrong with you"? I told him I was just awake and couldn't go back to sleep. So we both just layed there for a little while and watched TV until we got up for breakfast. Trevor had planned to go golfing that day so luckily he left around 9 that morning for that. After he left I took another test and it was positive. So unless you are really early that when you first wake up theory is wrong. After my second test I headed out to do a little shopping for Trevor. When he got home from golfing I gave him this..…

It was so funny because he thought he knew exactly what it was but little did he know!!! He was far from it!! After he opened his present and card we had to pull ourselves together to go to my grandparents then Lindsey and Jason's to watch football that evening. I wanted to take more pictures but as soon as he opened the present and looked at me I started crying. So that was the end of pictures.

We wanted to wait until our first Ultrasound to tell anyone but after a week of telling no one I could not hold it in any longer and wanted to tell our parents. I was already staying sick so I needed someone to talk to about it. We had already planned to go to dinner with his parents that week to Fox Valley. So before dinner we gave them their surprise....

They were shocked. After his mom going hysterical we went to dinner. This is the first grandchild for them so they are a little crazy right now. After dinner with his family we went to my families house to tell them. They were soo excited!! We gave them a onesie like this it just said Nana and Pop….

I don’t have a picture of my parents opening theirs because as soon as my mom opened it I just started crying. Not really sure why. The tears just started flowing. My mom has some on her camera. I will have to get from her to put up

Trevor and I are so happy to be starting this new journey in our life. We are excited now to share it with everyone!!

Last Weekend and Marcie’s Baby Shower

2011-11-10T20:01:00.001-08:00

This past weekend was crazy and very tiring. But was all fun! On Friday at lunch we had a showing at our house so I woke up early to clean a little bit before hanging out with my mom. We went to Christmas Village. It is kind of a tradition with us. They were very crowded and had lots of cute things. We weren’t really in a hurry so we took our time and stayed there for like 5 hours. After we got finished there I went back to her house to make a few things for the shower. My mom was such a big help. On Saturday I had to run a bunch of errands and then I went and got my nails and toes done with Marcie. That night we went over to Lindsey and Jason’s house to watch the Alabama LSU game. It was good to see everyone that was there. It was all fun until Alabama lost!

All of the bama kids

So glad time changed and I had an extra hour to sleep.

On Sunday was the shower. Everything turned out wonderful, she had a good turnout, and got lots of nice things. Here are a few pictures from the day….

The Fall Festival For Halloween

2011-11-09T19:24:00.001-08:00

For Halloween we went to the fall festival at church with my family. The girls had so much fun playing in all the inflatable things. They dressed up as Alabama cheerleaders. So of course my dad had to wear his Auburn shirt. They also had the regular chili cook off that is always yummy. There were so many people there. Here are a few pictures from the night…..

Trevor enjoying so fresh corn.

Finley Cate And Ella Kate Are Here

2011-10-26T16:50:00.001-07:00

On Thursday morning around 5:30 I got a text from Kaci saying they were on the way to the hospital because her water broke. She was already prepared to go at any time. She was put on bed rest the week prior because she had dilated 3 cm already and was only 35 weeks. She had Finley Cate that day at around 1:45.

She was healthy and 6lbs. Kaci had a pretty easy delivery but later that night got a little sick and on into the next day. I went up there to visit her on Thursday night and watched her feed her for the first time. After visiting with Kaci, Ben, and the baby I went over and hung out with Heather for a little while. Heather was already scheduled to be induced that Friday so was there getting prepared for that. Luckily they were both at the same place, so convenient. When I left that night I had planned to come back on Friday evening with Trevor and our friends Sam and Joe to see both babies, but that didn’t work out to well. On Friday Heather was having issues progressing so ended up having a c-section around 5 that evening. I wanted to give her some time after having surgery and didn’t want to over crowd her. Kaci was still very sick and had not gotten out of bed since her epidural the day before. Every time she tried to get out of bed she would pass out or close to it. So we didn’t even go up there Friday. On Saturday morning Trevor had a tennis match then we headed up there to see everyone. Kaci was getting Finley Cate dressed and ready to go home. They were both doing very well.

After a short visit with Kaci we went around to see Heather. Ella Kate was sent to the NICU for a little while when we got there so we were unable to see her. We had fun playing with Leighton though, her big sister, that just turned one. This is a picture of Ella Kate from when she was born though…

Hopefully I will get to go visit them one day this week. Ella Kate is having to stay a few extra days so she will not be home until later in the week. She is healthy, they are just watching her a little longer. I can’t wait to meet her. Kaci and baby are both doing great.

Race For The Cure

2011-10-23T16:53:00.001-07:00

This past Saturday Trevor and I did the race for the cure with Marcie. It was the first time I think I have ever walked the whole thing. I tried to be a good friend so Marcie wasn’t bored. She is not at a point in her pregnancy were it is comfortable to run.

Friday night we were talking to my neighbor who is a breast cancer survivor and she was wanting to dye her grandson’s t-shirt pink for the race. In turn we bought some dye and Trevor decided he wanted his shirt and socks pink as well. It actually turned out pretty good.

Trevor said he was going to walk with us but before we even made it to the start line he said, I can’t do this. He ran and then came back to meet us and walked the rest of the way with his two ladies.

After the race we went to Chili’s for lunch. Southwest egg rolls are my favorite.We got home and showered and went to my parents for the day to watch football.

Kaci’s Farmhouse Brunch Baby Shower and Football

2011-10-02T14:02:00.001-07:00

On Saturday Morning I helped host a brunch for Kaci and her baby Finley Cate. She is due in November but not really sure if she will make it that long. Everything turned out so cute Kameron is such a good decorator. I was so happy to of been apart of it. She had a good turn out and got lots of nice and cute things.

The Hostesses

On Saturday after the brunch I went home and got ready to go to Marcie and Justin’s house to watch some football. Trevor went over there earlier in the day and I just met him there around 3. We had fun hanging out with everyone.

Heather’s Sprinkle and Fisher’s First Birthday

2011-10-02T12:43:00.001-07:00

A few Friday nights ago we had something called a sprinkle for one of my good friends Heather Savage. It was a surprise, she thought it was a jewelry party. Apparently a sprinkle is just a small shower for someone who is having a same sex baby. If anyone remembers correctly THIS was her last baby shower a year ago. She didn’t make it to the shower because her water broke early. So she was happy to of made it to this one.

She got lots of nice things. It was good to see some of my close friends as well. It seems the older we get the harder it is to get together with everyone.

On Sunday afternoon I went to Fisher’s first birthday party. Trevor had a tennis match so he could not come. The kids were so cute playing in the bouncy and they did a good job decorating. It was an Auburn themed birthday party.

I wish I would not have just eaten with my family before I went because they had some really good tailgating type food. They had cheese dip, chicken fingers, spinach dip, bean dip, and many other things. Fisher was so cute digging in his cake too.

First Football Weekend In Town

2011-09-22T17:25:00.001-07:00

Last weekend was actually the 3rd weekend of football but our first one in town. We went over to Devin’s house for the morning games. Trevor went early in the day and I didn’t make it over there to around half time of the Auburn game. I took advantage of the alone time by cleaning house.

After eating some lunch and the game was over we took all the dogs outside and took a picture of them swinging. Not really sure how we got this to happen.

After hanging out there for a little while we came home for a little nap before heading to Lindsey and Jason’s house. We got over to their house right before kick off for the Bama game. We had a fish fry there with the Lawyer twins and there other halves. We had a good time and the food was wonderful.

Georgia and Alabama both won that day so it was a happy day for us!

Lobdell Vacation And State Tennis Tournament

2011-09-18T19:06:00.001-07:00

I know…it has been forever since I have blogged. Life has been crazy but I will try to do better. On Saturday, September 3rd, we left to go to the beach with Trevor’s family. We left to head down there at around 6 in the morning with Trevor and his little brother. We left early so we could make it to PC before kick off of the games. We started out at my friend Lindsey’s parents house. We hung out with them all day until late afternoon then headed to Grayton Beach. We had never been there before but were very impressed with everything. You can actually drive on the beach there and walk to everything. When we first got there after checking everything out at the house we just ordered pizza for dinner.

Our bedroom and bathroom.

It had already started to rain and didn’t really stop until Monday. On Sunday we watched a few movies and went to Red Bar for dinner, which was delicious.

On Monday Trevor and I spent the day by ourselves. We watched more movies and went to the outlets. It stormed so bad that day. Before we walked in the first store there it wasn’t raining at all but by the time we got in the store, after a sprint, we were soaked from head to toe. The wind was blowing so hard that you could not walk out of a store and into the next without getting drenched. We had fun with it though. That evening Trevor and I walked on the beach and enjoyed something I have never seen before, the waves! They were so big and started so far out in the ocean. The wind was blowing so hard that I could almost lean forward and it would hold me up. It was the craziest thing. The water came all the way up to the houses so there was really no beach. Tuesday through the rest of the week was beautiful and perfect. It was in the low 80’s. The rest of the time there we just hung out on the beach and at the pool. It was so relaxing.

Trevor and his mixed doubles tennis team made it to the state tennis tournament in Dothan. They did very well. They made it to the semi finals but not the finals. I was so proud of him. Trevor and his partner Caroline won all five of their games. You can’t ask for much better than that.

Since we missed the first two football weekends, due to being out of town, we definitely plan to hang out with friends this weekend.

My 27th Birthday!!

2011-08-21T11:06:00.001-07:00

We started celebrating on Thursday when Trevor called while I was on my way home from work saying we were going to dinner with Lindsey and Jason then to a movie. We went to see Crazy Stupid Love. We all thought it was really cute. It is always nice to hang out with them. On Friday morning I took off work for my birthday. We usually don’t work on Fridays but they decided to open it up for a new thing we call no frown Friday, just cosmetic procedures. Trevor woke me up at 5:30 that morning while he was getting ready for work to give me my birthday gift. He was excited and told me he couldn’t wait. I sat up in bed and opened this….

I was so surprised and happy!! It took me like 5 minutes to put them on because they have the screw on backs. I need those for sure though so I will not loose them. Of course then I had a hard time going back to sleep due to the excitement. But eventually I did. After I woke up for the second time I got ready to go get my hair done on 280. After I got finished my mom met me and we went to the Cheesecake Factory. It was so yummy. After we ate our pasta we had to get cheesecake. I decided to venture out from my plain cheesecake with strawberries to this delicious red velvet cheesecake….

After lunch we went shopping at the summit for a little bit before I headed home. After I got home Trevor and I hung out for a little while and instead of going to play tennis, due to the 100 degree temperatures, we decided to take a little nap. After we woke up as we were getting ready for dinner he told me we were meeting Marcie and Morris. When we walked in Iguana Grill I found some of my favorite people there. Trevor had invited some of my girlfriends to come. I was so happy to see them there. Trevor did so good! After we hung out for a few hours there we went by and saw Devin play for a few minutes on the way home. I had such an amazing birthday. I am so thankful for the friends and family that I have. Thank you everyone who came to celebrate with me!

Please continue to pray for my dad, he is still in Virginia. He should be home next weekend!

Our Weekend and Trevor’s Birthday!

2011-08-16T16:54:00.001-07:00

On Friday my dad left to go to Virginia for the wild land fires there. So please say an extra prayer for his safety while he is gone. He can be there for up to 16 days.

On Saturday, we went to the casino for Trevor’s birthday with his family. We had a lot of fun. When we got there we went straight to our rooms to get ready for dinner. We went to the nicest restaurant there called Miko’s. It was so good. After dinner we started playing the slots for a while. I am pretty sure this is the first time in a long time we came home without loosing any money. We didn’t really come home with any extra though. Trevor and I both won some on the machines so we basically just played on the casinos money the whole time. Pretty nice!

On Sunday after we got home we went down to Lay Lake to celebrate my friends daughter, Sara Bentley’s first birthday party. It was pretty toasty outside that day. She had a good time eating her cake and playing with her presents that her sister helped her open.

On Monday we went to dinner with Trevor’s family at Olive Garden for his 29th birthday. After dinner we went back to the house and had his favorite Edgars strawberry cake and ice cream and opened presents.

Good weekend but tiring. Hope everyone else had a wonderful weekend.

Won Ton’s Reveal Party

2011-08-04T06:35:00.001-07:00

On Sunday evening Marcie and Justin Morris had a reveal party for their upcoming baby’s gender. It was exciting to find out what they were having with them and the family. It was a cute idea. I had never been to one before. They had the ultrasound and saw all of the babies feature except the sex. They got the ultrasound tech to write it down and put it in an envelope to give to the lady that made the cake. When they cut into the cake it was BLUE. Just what they had hoped. Of course they would have been happy with either! This is them cutting the cake…..and then the reaction after they knew…

It was fun to see their faces. It was nice to see so many friends there. Here is a few more pictures…

Her sister that lives in Tampa was on skype on the computer watching the whole time. We were so tired still from our trip though so we only stayed for around an hour before meeting Trevor’s parents for dinner. Even though we were tired I am so glad we were able to be there with them. I am excited to start planning a shower that I am hosting for them. Can’t wait to see “Carter Gordon Morris” in person!!!

Beach Long Weekend

2011-08-04T06:25:00.001-07:00

On Wednesday Trevor and I left work around lunch and headed down to the beach. We stayed with our friends Devin and Mary at his parents condo in Gulf Shores. On Wednesday afternoon when we got there we unpacked then hung out on the beach for a while. That night we went to dinner at Rocco’s, a pizza and oyster place.

We had oysters Rockefeller and pizza. It was so yummy. We go there every time we come down here. All day Thursday it was rainy and yucky outside so we went shopping at the outlets while the boys fished off the pier. We tried to go to The Hangout that night but there was a very long wait so we ended up going to good ole Mikey’s which is always good.

On Friday we went to LuLu’s for lunch after hanging out on the beach for a little while.

We played a few games while we waited. I always love to go there. There was such a pretty view from where we were sitting. We saw so many boats that docked to eat that the boys said, “that would work for us”. On Saturday we basically just hung out on the beach the whole day.

I am glad we were able to get away for a little while. I feel so lucky to be able to do as much as we have this summer. Now that I am out of school it is easy just to pick up and go when we please. Trevor’s family had not decided if we were going on a family vacation this year until the other day. They booked this beautiful house at Grayton Beach. We will be leaving to go with them the Saturday of Labor Day weekend.

Wade and Melanie’s Wedding

2011-07-11T17:17:00.001-07:00

On Saturday I spent the morning studying for boards. That afternoon Trevor and I went over to Yarbrough’s house to hang out by the pool before all the wedding festivities. The wedding was in Blountsville, AL. On the way there we drove for around an 1 and then the bottom fell out. It stormed on us for only about 15 minutes though. I was getting really worried for them, due to it being an outside ceremony. Luckily as we got closer it had not rained a drop. It was probably to hottest wedding I have ever been to. There was not a cloud in the sky and it was around 90 degrees.

It was in the middle of a field that backed up to a barn. We sat on hay bales covered with quilts. Definitely Mel and Wade style!

After everyone was soaked from the wedding we hung out for a little while and ate barbeque. They had an ice cream machine, which was such a cute idea but unfortunately they couldn’t get it to work. I give them props for the idea though. They look so cute having there first dance as a married couple and with her dad.

After we left the reception we headed to On Tap in Hoover with some people from the wedding. We stayed out pretty late for us but had a good time with friends. I am so happy for Wade and Melanie. They left today to go to Key West!! I wish them all the happiness love can offer.

Hope everyone else had a great weekend!

4th of July Weekend

2011-07-11T15:49:00.001-07:00

On Friday Trevor and I were both off work. We went to breakfast and ran a few errands because we had a showing at our house. That afternoon I studied some for boards and Trevor went golfing. After he got home we got packed up to go to the lake for the weekend. We went with our friends Devin and Mary to Steve and Susan’s lake house at Lake Martin.

This was Stanford’s first road trip. He did pretty good. We put all of our clothes and things in Devin’s truck so he would have more room in the back of the Jeep. Trevor took the back seat out so we could put Stanford’s bed back there. He really had it made. He could just lay on his fluffy bed the whole way, but no! He wanted to be between us the whole time. We got down there around dinner time, so after we ate we went on a night boat ride with the dogs. I love doing that there. It is so dark in the middle of the water and the only light is the little one on top of the boat. The sky looks so pretty out there. We, of course, had to take the I pad out there with the app where you can name all the stars!! Friday night was a late night. We didn’t go to bed until around two in the morning. That is really late for us old people that usually are in the bed at 10 every night.

On Saturday morning we woke up ate a little breakfast and then headed outside for the day. They have three boats at the house; a massive pontoon boat, a Moomba ski boat, and a really nice fishing boat. Trevor and I rode around a lot on the jet ski too.

Steve, the master chef that he is, stayed inside all morning making homemade chicken soup and cornbread for us to eat for lunch. After we ate lunch we took the pontoon boat out to this little island and let the dogs play for a little bit.

I took a little nap on the way back, as you can see they took pictures.

It was the best sleep. Everyone was so tired that night. I am pretty sure everyone was is bed by 10, with an exception to me who went to bed at umm…around 8.

On Sunday morning Steve made us sweet eggs, biscuits, bacon, and sausage for breakfast. After we got finished eating we started cleaning some outside to get ready for there party that night. Trevor and I helped some with that, played with the dogs in the water, and rode around on the jet ski a couple more times before we headed home. Trevor was ready to get home so we didn’t stay around for the party. I have never seen so many fireworks in my life at the house. They bought them early and were planning on shooting them that night. I am sure it was loud.

On the way home Stanford didn’t do as well. It was in the heat of the day and he wasn’t getting the air he needed or something. We had to stop and get him some water and let him rest a little over half way home. Poor thing, after we got home he layed on the tile and didn’t move for a couple of hours. He was so tired from the car ride home and all the swimming. Sunday night we grilled out over at Catherine’s house with her and HB. We made steaks and corn on the cobb. It was so yummy.

On Monday the 4th….we weren’t very patriotic! For lunch we went to Margareta Grill with Marcie and Morris. We were planning on going to bowl afterwards but that plan did not work. We went up to the bowling ally in Pelham and they were closed. So then Trevor thought he called Vestavia to see if they were open and they were, so we drove to Vestavia. It turns out they were closed and he really called the one on 280 by mistake. We didn’t really feel like driving up there so we went to Buy Buy Baby instead. What fun we had there…We looked at bedding, gliders, and every other thing in the store.

The boys were cracking us up. After we left there we went to their new house to see the progress they had made on building. It is very nice and I can’t wait to see it finished. As soon as we pulled up to the house it started storming really bad and it continued to do that for the rest of the day. We had planned on going to Jackson’s in Homewood for dinner and then to watch the fireworks. With it being so nasty outside we just decided to stay home and order in Chinese. We grilled out a lot over the weekend but for a recap…on the actual 4th we had Mexican for lunch and Chinese for dinner.

Trevor' Big Win

2011-06-28T05:07:00.000-07:00

Trevor played in a tennis tournament at the Hoover Country Club this past weekend with Bubba(Bill Bussey). They played two games on Saturday and one on Sunday morning. I made it to all of them except the one on Saturday afternoon. It actually stormed in the middle of that one so I am glad I didn't go. They did well in all of them, especially the one of Sunday morning. They had to play a tie breaker for that game and it was very hot. In the end they won the tournament! I am so proud of my hubby. Here is a picture of them with their trophy....
Sorry it isn't very clear, taken with phone!
Trevor has started to take me out some to practice. I am trying to get started playing but I am going to have to have a few more lessons for that. It is such good exerci1se.

Along with Trevor's tournament we went to two birthday parties this weekend. I was a slacker and didn't even take my camera to either of them. On Friday we went to Cocina Superior to celebrate Ashley's birthday with probably 30 people. We had fun but Trevor was tired so we didn't stay really long. On Saturday night we went to Devin's house for his birthday and had a cookout with a bunch of people there. On Sunday I helped my mom with a baby shower at the church for a good family friend. Maybe I can put some pictures up later after I get them from my mom. I love being able to hang out with friends and family now. Hope everyone else had a wonderful weekend!!!

Family Beach Trip

2011-06-21T18:20:00.001-07:00

Last Wednesday Trevor and I left work around lunch to head down to the beach to meet my family there. My parents, sister, brother-in-law, and nieces left the Sunday before us so we were excited about getting down there to meet them. We got down there at around five Wednesday night so we just met them at for dinner at Shuckums, one of my old favorites. There was a little wait so we got a chance to catch up on what had been going on so far on their trip and take a few pictures.

We had raw oysters and popcorn shrimp the best way to start vacation. After dinner we went back to the house, unpacked and looked around the house. We stayed at my friend’s(Lindsey) parents house. They have been doing some remodeling so it was nice to see the transformation. My dad actually went down there last summer and helped build an awesome new deck there. We went to Pier Park a few different days for lunch. It is so nice to have that there now. There is good restaurants and stores that we enjoyed going to. We hung out with the kids at the pool and the beach everyday that we were there.

It was nice to get to see them so much and my parents too over the past week because I haven’t been able to do that over the past year. Trevor enjoyed lots of fishing, as well. On Friday Trevor, my dad, and Brent went on a fishing trip. They caught lots of good fish and had some good male bonding time. The guy who took them out on his boat filleted their fish afterwards so we enjoyed that for dinner Friday night, along with 3lbs of shrimp. Of course they are boys and took no pictures of that experience. Two of the nights we went walking on the beach with the girls and caught crabs, “ocean crabs”, as Maci called them!! She was cracking us up the way she caught them with her hands. She was not scared at all. She was even talking to them when she put them in her cup when they tried to crawl out, “No Mam”, she would tell them.

We could not have left the beach without doing family pictures. I looked into getting us a professional photographer but I started looking a little too late. Oh well!

We left early Sunday morning to get back to relax for a little bit at home before Monday. I was so glad that we were able to go with them, since we had just got back from Antigua, but now it is back to the real world of working. I still have to take boards, which I registered for today. So the studying for those will start pretty soon.

Antigua # 2

2011-06-06T19:42:00.001-07:00

On my 101 list was to go out of the country again whether it be Sandals or not and it was. We had such a wonderful time. It was a much needed vacation after graduation and for Trevor and I. We were unable to spend much time together this past year so it was nice to have just us for 5 nights!! We left on Wednesday at 6 a.m. We flew to Miami were Trevor found this fun little thing to play with while we waited on our next flight.

I didn't have time to go to the book store before we left to get a good book so while we were in Miami I went to some stores. My goal was to get Water for Elephants, but of course out of the 2500 book stores they had they were all sold out. I ended up getting The Matters of the heart. It has been pretty good so far. I haven't had a chance to finish it yet. We got to Antigua at around 2 that afternoon. When we got to the hotel were we were greeted with Campaign and a few snacks before they showed us to our room.

I was pretty impressed with how nice it was. It was a lot bigger than the last Sandals we stayed at. It was almost a little bit overwhelming. After we unpacked our bags, which I am a little bit OCD about when we go on vacation, we walked around a little before making our way to the pool.

As soon as we got in the pool we met a couple on there honeymoon from Nashville who actually went to Auburn. They were super nice and we hung out with them some the rest of the time we were there. After leaving the pool we walked on the beach some.

It was probably the softest sand I have ever walked on before. It was almost like mud. AMAZING!!! That night we went to Mario's for dinner.

It was Italian and delicious. The rest of the trip we stayed by the pool and beach the whole time with only a few exceptions. We went shopping one day at St. Johns Bay.

Didn't really buy much just wanted to get out and about. The only other time we left the resort was to go do the zip line adventure. The zip line was more fun than I thought it would be. I thought it would be like one line that we went across but it was more like 12, I think. After the regular zip lines we went on a extreme course of different obstacles to do while we were in between trees.

I can't really describe it but it was a lot of fun and some what challenging.

One night we went to the gift shop at the resort and Trevor got him a little surprise.

While at the resort we played pool volleyball most days and went out in the ocean some in these...

We also took these things out that look like extreme bikes on water. They were fun but a work out.
On the way back we had a long day of flying. With us coming home on a holiday there were fewer flights to choose from so we had to make two different connections on the way back.

We have been home for a week now so I figured it was about time to make a post. As my body is getting back to work mode we only have a two day work week this week then we are headed to the beach to meet my family. My parents, sister, brother-in-law, and nieces left this past Sunday to head down there. Trevor and I are leaving Wednesday and then coming back Sunday. I am ready to get there.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!!!

Regions Tradition ProAm and Tournament

2011-05-10T05:12:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday the last night of finals I met Trevor at his parents to start both of our celebrating. We went the Shoal Creek Golf course for dinner and the parings party. When we first got there we were told tee times for the ProAm the next morning. I took off that Wednesday because it was the day after finals so I could have a break but also because I wanted to watch Trevor play in the tournament. I was hoping to sleep in a little on my day off before heading to the golf course but...since his tee time was at SEVEN O'CLOCK it was kind of hard to do that. We were like "seriously!"when we saw the time!
After hanging out for a little while we got food and sat down to eat. The food was delicious! We had shrimp, raw oysters, and lots of other wonderful things. While we were eating Taylor Hicks came out and sang in front of us. We thought he was actually really good. He still makes his crazy facial expressions but he did good. His saxaphone player was amazing.

After dinner they had some auctions for charity and Trevor found out who he was playing with for the next morning. He was pared to play with his dad, two of their sales reps for Jeldwin (a window company), and Chin Soon Lu(Professional).
The next morning we woke up at 4:30 to head out to Shoal Creek. It was pretty cold and wet out. After we got there we went in the club house and they had a big breakfast spread layed out. Trevor got a huge gift certificate for the Nike tent along with a nice money clip that was his pass to get in everywhere. I was really surprised that I was able to go everywhere they went and was able to participate in everything. I was able to go in the club house with them and eat and everything.
Trevor did really good playing. He was told that it would be really nerve racking for his first drive on the first hole there but that was actually his best tee shot. I was so proud. Their team ended up finishing 9 under.

Trevor's Caddy! I think he could have got used to this part.

After he got finished playing we went to the Nike tent so he could spend his gift certificate. The tent had everything you could think of in it for golf. He got lots of nice things in it. After that we went to the clubhouse and ate lunch. We hung out for a little while after lunch and watched some other teams finish.

On Saturday we went back to Shoal Creek to watch the tournament with Sam and Joe, a tradition we have made. We had a lot of fun.

We hung out in the Regions tent and ate lunch when we got there. After lunch we went and followed Lu around for a little while to watch him play. He did well. He played with Mike Price that day.

After we finished at the the golf tournament we went to the Tatum's crawfish broil. It was nice to hang out with lots of friends we haven't seen in a while. Great way to end my last week of school.

# 4 Graduate From RN School

2011-05-10T05:03:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, the 3rd, was my last final for school and I PASSED! Hallelujah!! No more school for a while for me. On Friday I had my pinning ceremony. My grandparents, parents, and Trevor all came. It was nice to have all of them with me. Here are a few pictures my mom took....

I am so happy to start getting my life back. Trevor and I went to the grocery store last weekend and got food for the week to cook at home. We honestly haven't done that in a year. Funny how you get excited about those things but it is just the small things that I missed doing with Trevor. Hope everyone had a great week!

Wedding Month

2011-05-01T16:51:00.000-07:00

The first weekend in April we went to Trevor's cousins wedding in Atlanta at the Four Seasons. It was very nice. Most of the family was there from Michigan so it was good to see everyone. Our room was on the 18th floor and was on the corner so we had two windows that looked over the city. Great View! The wedding was beautiful. The ceremony was outside on the terrace looking over the city and the reception was in the was in the ballroom. The food was delicious. We had steak, spinach stuffed chicken, potatoes and asparagus. Congrats to the happy couple Casey and Michele Lobdell.

I had three test that next week so every spare minute I had other than wedding time I was studying.

The next weekend, the 16th, we had Aaron and Jordan's wedding at Anderson Gail Farms. We were actually late to the wedding. We put it in the GPS, due to never going there before, that morning to make sure what time we needed to leave. I am a planner. School, I think makes me prepare early for things. But it would have been nice if we had the time of the wedding right. I thought the wedding was at 6:30 when I looked at the invitation a few days prior but I was wrong it started at 6:00. We pulled up there at like 6:15 thinking we were early but no. Luckily we were not the only ones and we didn't miss anything. The place was nice. It was good to see friends for a little bit. Unfortunately this was the weekend I was studying so hard for the test that was worth close to half of my grade so we didn't stay but for maybe an hour. The rest of that weekend was all studying. LONG HOURS!!

That Monday was my test and our two year wedding anniversary. We didn't make any plans for it, since I had that test. It was a wonderful day. I did really well on my test!! So after I got home I changed and we went to the Melting Pot. YUM! It is always so good. We will celebrate it a little better after I get done with school in Antigua.

The last wedding of the month was Heather and Ben's wedding. Heather is a good friend of mine from high school. It was in her Aunt and Uncle's barn. Everything turned out perfect. It was such a cute idea and her husband spent many hours cleaning and putting lights up in the area. All of the little decorating ideas were so cute. They even gave out homeade jam with a picture of the barn on the top of the jar as favors!!

I am trying to study the best that I can these last fews days of school. I have my big final tomorrow night and then a make-up final that we were supposed to have last week for my other class. Pray that this week goes well.

Disaster in Alabama

2011-04-30T13:23:00.000-07:00

In all my years of hearing James Spann on the news saying take cover, there is a tornado warning in your area, I never imagined something like this. When this happens usually I am like ok lets go outside and look around and when we see something we will get in our safe place. I will never do that again!! In Tuscaloosa, where I went to school for 3 years before graduating in 2009, is in pieces. I am so glad the friends that I have that still live there were all safe. Some of them no longer have a place to call home but they do have their life. More than hundreds of others could say if they were still with us. My good friend Emily no longer has an apartment in the Pleasant Grove/Hueytown area. The sad thing is she had to find out about it on facebook due to phones not working. Luckily she was at her boyfriends in Mccalla when it came through. My heart goes out to all that were affected by this storm. We just listened on the radio as everything happened, due to the power being out. So when I was able to see everything that they were saying on the radio with my own eyes it made a world of difference. There are donation sites all around Alabama right now. There is one in the old Winn Dixie shopping center, by my house if anyone needs a place to take things. They are accepting pretty much everything from toiletries to canned food and clothing. I am so proud to see people working together in these hard times without hesitation. I can't help but cry every time I watch these videos

Easter Weekend

2011-04-24T18:17:00.000-07:00

On Saturday night we went to dinner with the Lobdell's and then to their church for Easter service. They always present people to the church with their sponsor during the Easter service. This year Alissa my sister-in-law was one of them. She has been going to months of classes at the church to learn about the Catholic religion. So she was baptised and became a member of the church.

After church we went back to Trevor's parents house to have cake for a little celebration.

On Sunday morning we went to my church with the family. Crazy crowded like usual. Especially with lots of people that you don't see around the church much, just for special occasions. A lot of people criticize those that do that but I don't. I am just happy that so many were there to hear the service. After church we went to my grandmothers for lunch with the family.

This coming up week I start finals. I have a make-up test tomorrow on Cardio. I missed it at the beginning of the semester when I was sick. Kind of nervous about it because the material was covered so long ago, it seems. On Thursday I have a final for one class and then Monday May the 2nd is my other final. Please pray that I do well. A week and a day from today I will officially be done with school. For a while anyway.

On This Day I Married My Best Friend

2011-04-18T11:41:00.000-07:00

Two years ago today Trevor's and I walked down the aisle and said I do.....You can see it HERE.

I am so blessed to have him in my life. Too bad I have a test tonight. This year has been a roller coaster for us with me being in school but I could not think of someone better to be on the ride with. Thank you Trevor for being such a wonderful husband to me!!!! We will celebrate after I get out of school with THIS trip in May.

My Crazy Month

2011-03-20T18:42:00.000-07:00

Wow! Two posts in one weekend when I haven't posted anything in a month. Well...today was my last day of my preceptorship. What a crazy last 3 weeks it has been. I just added it up and in the past 3 weeks between my actual full time job and my preceptorship I have worked a total of 200 hours and 30 minutes to be exact. Not counting the hours of paper work I have done in my spare time, you know. So I guess you can understand why I have been out of the picture for the entire month. My preceptorship was in Labor and Delivery and Shelby. It felt weird pulling back into the Shelby Baptist Medical Center parking lot so many times in the past few weeks. It really brought back many memories from the two years I worked as a tech in the ER. The first day on the L&D unit was when all the memories started to come back to my knees especially. After walking on concrete hard flooring for 12 hours straight reminded my knees of the old days and I was younger then. Okay enough about my knees back to the unit!! I had a wonderful preceptor named Wendy. She taught me so much more than I could ever learn in a text book. After being at Shelby in L&D for 16 years, she knows her stuff and takes very good care of her patients. I did so many things on my own and actually felt pretty confident in myself by the last day. I know that you all do not want to hear about all of the gory details of everything so I will not go into all of that. I did not realize how gory things were until over dinner the other night with Trevor. I was explaining something to him that I did when he in turn felt nauseous over his meal and informed me that he was done listening for then. I guess with my dad being a fireman and my sister working in the ER for a while too my mom just got used to our conversations at dinner and never thought of it. But when I try to talk to Trevor about some things they appear to be not dinner conversations with him or conversations ever as far as he is concerned. All I know is you definitely loose your "always beautiful to your husband" look when you are in labor. This is just my opinion not every ones I am sure. You definitely go through a lot with them the few days you are at the hospital for sure. Though Trevor may be passed out beside the bed during most of it, I am sure he would still call me beautiful to my face at least. HA! I am kind of going to miss being there on the weekends. There was always something new and different with Wendy and I. We never once had a smooth delivery. You are lucky all of you ladies out there if you get one of those. After every day she would tell me it is not always like this. I did see enough c-sections to get my fix on them for a long time, maybe forever.

I am taking a break from studying now because after work tomorrow I start back class 4 nights a week and tomorrow is my first test back. Hopefully it will not be too bad. It is in my easier class. I say that, but my last test in this class I didn't do so great. With that said I probably need to get back to studying. I just wanted to let you guys know I wasn't dead or avoiding anyone and I can't wait to spend time with my friends and family again. It will have to wait until May though. I have 12 tests in the next 6 weeks. Taking a short 1 day break for Trevor's cousins wedding. So if anything that will be the only post made by me until May. Hope everyone has a wonderful week! Please pray for me to make it out of all of this!!!

# 33

2011-03-19T19:41:00.000-07:00

I haven't checked anything off of my 101 list in a long time so a few weekends ago I thought it was time. Trevor and I went to his parents property where he always goes to fish this afternoon. They have had the property for a couple of years and I had never been. It is so nice out there and so different than I thought it would be. It is a lot bigger than I thought too as well as in the middle of no where. This is the entry to Heritage Lakes.

There are a few people that actually live on the property and the houses are pretty nice.
Here is a picture of Trevor's parents actual land. It has a very pretty view but I don't think they will ever build on it.

They have two lots and one is for sale if anyone is interested. We took Stanford with us to swim for the first time this year. It took him a minute to get used to the water again and get his swimming legs back.

He is so much better than he used to be about listening. I don't even think we brought a leash for him. He was just running around everywhere. But he did stop and come to us when we asked him to. This is very unlike the years of him running from us as a game to him, which I know everyone can remember. We had such a relaxing day together before I started my working streak. I am so glad that I was able to go out there. On our way home we went by Panera and had lunch. I love that place.

Snow and Valentine's Day

2011-02-18T07:28:00.000-08:00

So..last Wednesday night my clinicals got canceled due to the threat of snow. We have had so much of it this year. I wasn't that concerned about it but happy clincals were canceled due to having a test the next day. Instead of starting to study that night at 11:30, like I usually do when I have clinicals, I started at six after I got home and settled from work. It was pretty nice. I was still studying at 11:30 when I looked outside and saw that there was at least an inch of snow on the ground and still snowing. Around that time I made the executive decision to stay up later to study. I thought for sure we would not be going to work on Thursday. We have closed for everything like that this year. So around two in the morning I decided to call it quits and go to bed. To my surprise at five in the morning on Thursday I got a call saying we were starting clinic at normal time, seven. Let me tell you how pumped I was that morning. It made my day a little brighter seeing all the snow that morning before a lot of people were out. It was so pretty.

Not really sure why the date is a day off on my camera. It is really the 10th but oh well.

After I left work I went to take my test then came home and crashed.

On Friday after studying all day we actually had class that night to make up for a snow day. After class that night Trevor and I went to The Melting Pot, one of our favorite restaurants, to celebrate Valentines. Mr. Hosey and Miss Madison decided to join us there. We had a great time. We usually don't do a lot for Valentines day just a nice dinner and cards.

On Monday at work I got these beautiful flowers delivered to the office from the best husband ever.

I had class that night until eight. I went and picked up Chinese for us to eat, even though it was 8:30 by then but we really wanted to eat dinner together that day. When I got home we exchanged cards and there was a large box sitting on the couch. When I opened the box it was these bad boys...

A pair of Michael Kors boots. I was really surprised, due to the fact that I had never told him I liked them. He overheard me talking to a girl a few weeks ago at a get together that I really liked her shoes and what kind they were. So the next week he said he started to look for them. He said he knew that I would not spend that much on shoes. He is such a good man and I love him very much. I hope everyone else had a good Valentine's Day!!!

Weekend of Birthdays

2011-02-11T06:58:00.000-08:00

Last weekend was eventful. I studied during the day everyday which was a waste because I didn't do well on my test. First off please pray for me I really need it right now. We have only had two test so far and I am already struggling. I wanted this semester to be different and me not stressing out so much at the end of the semester to make it through my courses but it is impossible. I have the same teacher as I had last semester which is awful. It doesn't matter if I was to memorize every chapter on the test she makes everything so difficult and tries to trick you on almost every question. If I can get out of this ladies class I can for sure pass NCLEX. I am starting to study right now for our test on Thursday. Please, Please pray that it goes much better than the last.

Now back to the point of my post... On Saturday night we went to our friend Madison's 21st birthday. Such a little one but so sweet. I haven't been to a 21st birthday in a long time. We went to her family's house for a fun couple of hours away from the books.

On Sunday Trevor cleaned while I studied during the morning because we had a showing of our house that afternoon. Then we headed to my parents for Madison, my nieces 7th birthday. I can not believe she is getting so big. We had a good time eating lunch with them and doing cake. I am so sad that I can't be more of a part of their lives right now. But with school and work it is a lot just for Trevor and I to be a part of each others lives. Of course Maci has to have everything that her big sister has so my mom made her a small cake and she had a present to open too.

Our First Date!

2011-02-03T07:15:00.000-08:00

Six years ago today is the day I went on my first date with this man!

We met six months prior in August, my first day at the bank. He met me after I left school at Jeff State, where I started out before Bama, at Rite Aide on Valleydale to pick me up. We went to dinner with my work (Amsouth Bank) at The Cheesecake Factory. It was our first time to ever go there. It was so good and my work family was so fun to hang out with him for the first time and break the ice. We had such a good time that he called me the next day and asked me out again for that night. I am so lucky to have someone that takes such good care of me especially right now. I love you baby and Happy 6yr Anniversary!

Boring Life At The Moment

2011-01-28T08:07:00.000-08:00

Right now life is pretty boring around the Lobdell house. The first couple of weeks of class have been crazy. I started clinicals this week at Lakeshore Health and Rehab. Everyone seems really nice there, that is always a plus. I am working on the spinal cord unit which is pretty scary. People being paralyzed because of an accident or fall, it could happen to anyone at any age. It kind of works out for my next test too. My test this week is on the brain and spinal cord. I am ready to get it over with but not prepared enough yet.

Trevor has been great already. He has cleaned and done laundry the past two weeks that way on the weekends I can just focus on studying and not worry about household things. My temper has been short lately due to stress and he understands like no one else so is patient with me.

This is going to be the craziest week thus far. I have to work up until class and clinicals everyday until 3:30, class until 9 Monday night, clinicals until 11 on Tuesday and Wednesday night, then go straight from work to take my test Thursday. Now the question is when am I going to sleep this week, because while I am at home I need to study for my insane test.

So... this is what me and Stan are doing this weekend...

This is what he does while I study. Gets right up under me and sleeps.

Hope everyone has a great week. Pray that May comes quickly this year!!!

Ice Storm and Auburn Wins National Championship!

2011-01-11T08:23:00.000-08:00

On Sunday Trevor and I went to church and after church went to the grocery store to get the essentials, you know for the blizzard we were supposed to get. We got some chili and a few other things then came home. We cleaned most of the day then had a few friends over to cook out some yummy food. Before they got here it started raining ice really hard. I was surprised at how much it was doing. Our friends hung out here for a little while then went home driving very carefully. I got a call from work saying that we were going to be closed due to the weather on Monday and not 5 minutes later got a call from the school saying my first night of class had been canceled. When the weather man kept threatening that there was a big possibility we were going to loose power we decided to pack up and go to my parents house around 8 that night. My nieces, sister, and brother-in-law were over there and since they were calling for snow we wanted to be there to play with the kids in it. My dad had to go in to work though. So we were glad that we went to be with my mom. We went on a little longer of a route to get to my parents house than usual to detour some hills. We still slid a few times. The ice was so pretty everywhere, especially on the roads because no one was driving on it. We only saw like two cars on the way and one was a cop. We had to drive at only about 10-15 mph to get there safely. After we got there the kids were so excited to see Stanford. We played Wii for a little while, watched the news and roasted marsh mellows. The kids had a good time doing that.

We all went to bed hoping when we woke up Monday morning there would be lots of snow to play in, but that didn't happen. Trevor woke up early with Stan and took him on a long walk through the neighborhood and out to the main road. When he got back he said everything was very frozen on the roads but no real snow. Bummer!! We apparently were in the gap on the radar and only got the ice part of the winter storm. Oh well we had a good time hanging out with the family. My dad came home, after being at the fire station all night, around 2 in the afternoon on Monday and said the roads were much better just a little slushy. So..Trevor and I packed up our stuff to come home.

After we got home and unpacked, showered, and got warm again we snuggled on the coach and watched a movie. We watched Inception, which is a great movie by the way, if you haven't seen it already. After the movie we got ready to go to Devin's house to watch the National Championship game. I brought the chili over there and they made a few other things and we were about to pop by the time the game started. I am a crazy Alabama fan and graduated from there but was definitely pulling for the Tigers. We have a great football state, in case you guys didn't know. To have 2 Heisman trophy winners and 2 National Championships from the same state of Alabama back to back is awesome to me. I wasn't going to wear an Auburn shirt but I had on my orange shirt. It was a great game.

Right before the game got started I got a voicemail from work saying we were closed again today and from school saying my second official day of class had been canceled. Kind of disappointing because I didn't want to take another day of vacation time but oh well. So...I am off today and about to starting studying some things my teacher already put online. Hope everyone has a great rest of the week and congrats to the Auburn Tigers!!

New Years Weekend

2011-01-05T15:21:00.000-08:00

It was so nice taking some extra time off of work, getting Thursday through Sunday off the last two weeks. On Thursday I had a pamper me day. Haven't had one of those in a while! Started out getting my nails done at 9;30 then headed to 280 and got a spray tan, then went and got my hair cut and highlighted. After I got finished with all of that I met Trevor and went shopping at the mall for new years eve outfits. I actually bought the dress that Trevor picked out. He knows me too well. I also got this new toy Thursday....

A Nikon D3000

I am having problems working it though. It takes great pictures on auto but I want to learn how to take advantage of all the great features on it. I wish they did classes on all the extras. I hate reading a book to try to teach myself how to do it. I am just lazy in that category I guess. I would much rather someone just show me. Ha!!

On Friday Trevor and I left at lunch to meet his parents then headed to Philadelphia, MS. We got there I guess around 4 and gambled for a few hours before getting ready for the New Years Eve party. It was a Mardi Gras theme. They had great food including these massive crab legs that were delicious.

The band was fun. They were a 70's and 80's cover band. Ending the party with a campaign toast and strawberries of course.

On Saturday they had a great brunch where they made omelets and all kinds of other things for everyone that was invited to the party the night before. After breakfast Trevor's mom and I got an hour massage followed by a little while in the steam room. After our spa time I went back to our room to watch football and nap a little bit. His parents were so nice and game us their suite and they took the regular room. It was a one bed broom, living room, and one and a half bath. The main bathroom was huge. After I woke up from my nap I got ready for the concert. It was the grand opening of the new concert hall in the Golden Moon. They took all the machines out of it and just made it a huge concert area. It holds like 4500 people. Luckily we were very close to the stage with that many seats being in the space. The first performer was Joe Nichols! He did a very good job. I didn't realize that I knew like all of his songs. He even played a new song for us that is going to be his next single.

Then Martina McBride came out. She is so tiny to be able to belt out the way she does.

After we left the concert we gambled for a while before going to bed. We didn't go to bed until around 3am so when we woke up at 9 to come home we were a little tired. The pictures from the concert were taken with my little camera. You could not do flash photography and I could not figure out how to work it in the dark without the picture being so crazy looking. Again, something I need to work on.

On Sunday we were so lazy and tired after getting home we just slept and watched movies all day. I hope everyone had a great New Years. This year has definitely been different for Trevor and I. The first year we were married we spent so much time together and cooked and worked out together after work every day. It was so nice. But 2010 I started back nursing school and turned my life upside down. I don't see how people live the way I have the past year with a child. I only have one semester left in 2011 to be done. Then get our life back to normal. I didn't appreciate the time that we had together as much as I do now.

# 2 Is Booked

2010-12-29T08:12:00.000-08:00

My # 2 on the 101 list was to go out of the Country again whether it be Sandals or not. Well we just booked it this morning and it is another Sandals. It is the Sandals in St Johns, Antigua. I am so excited. We booked it for the end of May after I get finished with school. I am ready to go now! Here are a few pictures of the resort and room...

I Ilove this bathroom!!

If anyone would like to join us we are happy to have you!!

Christmas 2010

2010-12-27T04:36:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas this year. Ours was great. We started out the celebration with Trevor's family by going to Prince of Peace for the Christmas Eve service, like we have done ever since we have been together. After church we went to dinner at Firebirds. We always go back to Trevor's parents house and take pictures.

On Christmas morning we woke up and did our Christmas with each other. Of course we kept the tradition going with matching Pj's that I used to do with my family again this year. Trevor did really good this year. Last year he got me another band for my wedding set, which he didn't have to do a lot of shopping for. This year he went shopping and got me clothes. He knows me well! I only had to take one thing back because it did not fit. But other than that I loved everything. As he was shopping for me this year he called and said, "this is really hard can't I just get you another band". Ha! Ha! He is such an awesome husband and I thank God everyday that he brought us together.

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After we did our Christmas together we went to his parents house for breakfast and opened presents with them. Trevor got a new Wii from them so he will have that to keep him occupied when I start back school.

After we left their house we went home dropped off the presents from them and picked up the presents to take to my parents and went there for lunch. The kids, my sister, and brother-in-law were already there. Santa came to my parents to the kids as well. My parents really out did themselves this year, you will see in the pictures. After we opened presents and ate Madison read us a Christmas story. She is getting to be so good at reading.

My mom opening the gift Trevor and I gave them. We got them a new TV for their bedroom

This is my sister and Brent opening up one of their presents which was this....

My parents Explorer because my parents got this....

New Buick Enclave!! And they also got this...

55 Inch TV for each other! I have never seen a box so big.

After all the family stuff we came home and Trevor hooked up his Wii and Devin came over to play it with him. Trevor also got a remote control car and I got a flip video so later I will have to put up a video of Stanford and the car, pretty funny.

It was so nice to spend so much time with our families and not worry about anything else like school or obligations anywhere else. I am so thankful for all of the wonderful people in my life.

Life these Days

2010-12-21T17:55:00.000-08:00

Praise the lord!! I am out of school for a few weeks and passed, which is always a plus. So on to my 5th and FINAL semester. I start back on January 10th. It was a rough week last week taking my final and feeling uneasy until finding out my grade until the middle of the week. Now I am just really ready for Christmas and time that we will spend with family and friends.

On Friday I finished a few presents for Trevor and now I am feeling good knowing that all of our shopping is done. Everything is wrapped and under the tree. After shopping at the summit that morning I went to meet my mom and we got our nails and toes done. Great treat, I might add. After that we went back to her house to do our traditional Christmas baking. We made so much stuff including: chocolate covered Ritz and peanut butter, chocolate covered pretzels, peppermint bark, and a few other things. After all of our baking I got ready for a date night with Trevor. We went to Stix for dinner and then went to see Despicable Me. Was all in all a great day.

On Saturday Trevor and I met his dad, Chad, and Alissa at Fox Valley for dinner. Always delicious! After dinner we went to see Devin's new band play at Matthews Bar and Grill downtown. They did a really good job. There were lots of people there. We didn't get home until midnight. That is really late for us old folks!

On Sunday I went golfing with Trevor, Greg, and Chad. It was a little chilly but not too bad. I just didn't know what to do with myself all weekend without picking up a book.

All taken with the cell phone so not the best quality
This week at work my doctor was only there seeing patients on Monday so the rest of the week is just catch up time with taking a little time off.

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!!

Heather and Ben's Engagement!!

2010-12-09T04:43:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we were able to celebrate with Heather and Ben on their engagement. He proposed to her at dinner then when they came back to his house we were all waiting to surprise her. All of their family were there and a few friends. We had a good time celebrating with them. Here are a few pictures from the night.

Me, Heather, Sam, and Owen

Congratulations to the happy couple!!!

The next morning Trevor and I ran in the Jingle Bell Run with Marcie's work. I have not worked out or done any cardio since the Race for the Cure in October, so I am a little out of shape. Trevor always stays back with me but this time I told him to just run without me. He ran the whole thing with his brother and finished in 27 minutes. I was very proud of him. I finished in 37 minutes which I wasn't really that happy with but those hills are a killer in this race. So I guess it was okay.

This Monday is my final for the semester. I am extremely nervous about it so please pray for me this weekend while I study and Monday for the test. Hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the week.

Thanksgiving Weekend

2010-11-29T13:09:00.000-08:00

I haven't been a good blogger lately, just a lot going on. It was so nice being out of school all week. I worked only Monday and Tuesday but then was able to come home and cook dinner like normal people do. I was off Work Wednesday through Friday so it was really hard to get up and go back to work today. On Thursday we went to Paul and Christy's house to eat the traditional turkey and dressing lunch and then my parents came over that afternoon and we cooked out steaks with them. We went to bed some what early that night and woke up at 3am to start our Christmas shopping trip. We went to Kohl's, Dicks, Academy, and Sam's. Luckily we got most everything done with just a few little things left and were done by 6am. Then we went to The Egg and I for breakfast, which was Delicious. After shopping and breakfast we went home put 5 layers of clothes on then headed to Tuscaloosa for the day. Samantha and Joe rode down there with us and traffic wasn't really that bad getting there at 8 in the morning. After we dropped them off at their friends house we met up with Molly, my high school friend and first roommate in Tuscaloosa.

We tailgated with her family and some friends for a while before the game. The tent was great. It had a heater in it that we gathered around a few times to get warm between playing games. We had such a good time hanging out. I sooo wish the weather would have been better though it would have made it more enjoyable. Trevor and I went in to the game expecting an ok game with back and forth scoring but man was I wrong. After every sack in the first half of Cam from Auburn and points scored every time Bama had the ball Trevor and I just kept looking at each other like are you serious. Where has this bama team been all year? We were very cold and it started to rain on us a few times so when it was 24 to 3, close to halftime, we went back to the tailgate and watched the rest of the game under the tent and with the heater in front of us.
So after the half it was apparently two totally different teams playing and the game turned around with Auburn scoring all the points and bama scoring none. As you all know!! None the less we had a good time and were exhausted after it was over and ready for bed.

On Saturday we basically were lazy and just hung out around the house for the most part then went to Morris and Marcie's house that night to watch a few games.

On Sunday after church I studied some then Trevor and I went to play tennis, which I haven't done since the summer and paying for it today. After we left the court we went to my parents house to celebrate Thanksgiving with all of them. We had more yummy turkey and dressing with my parents, sister, brother-in-law, kids, and my Nanny and Richard.

Us taking goofy pictures for Christmas cards with all our different team colors on

We all sat around and talked about what we were thankful for this year. I am a pretty emotional person when we get to talking about things like that so I only said a little to keep from crying. Of course I am thankful for my husband who takes such good care of me. He has been so good to me with being in school by helping around the house and cooking more. I could not ask for anything better. I am thankful for my parents who brought me up in a christian home and helped me to become the woman I am today. I am also so thankful for my nieces who light up my day when they say my name. I have so much going on with school and work that are so stressful, I just don't stop to think about all the good sometimes. Hope everyone had a wonderful day and that you were able to spend a little time with your family too.

Georgia Auburn Game # 44 and # 50

2010-11-14T11:30:00.000-08:00

This weekend I marked a couple of things off my list. Yesterday morning we left at 6:45 in the morning and headed to Auburn for the game. #50 on my list was to go to another college football game. We rode with Trevor's parents down there and Chad and Alissa met us later in the day. We went to Trevor's little brother's house and dropped everything off there then headed to the tailgate. That was # 44 on my list. He has lived in this house for a while now and I still had not seen it. It is super nice. His birthday was last week so we gave him his gifts before the game. This was one of them for Abby his dog.

Justin along with his friends staked us out a place on Friday. We hung out at the tailgate, grilled hamburgers, and played corn holes before the game started.

I was so proud of Georgia for doing so well. They haven't had that great of a year and to come out and play like they did was great for their fans. During the first quarter the sun was right in our faces but it was all worth it when we got to see such a beautiful sunset.

This picture turned out pretty good for it to be taken with Trevor's cell phone!

After the game we ate salad and yummy lasagna at Justin's house. He was nice to sleep on the couch while we all slept in his rooms. We had such a great day. We just got home, so now it is back to studying. Hope everyone has a great week.

Sips and Strokes # 52

2010-11-11T09:02:00.000-08:00

Today was Veteran's day so let me start out by saying thank you guys and girls for all that you do for our country. It is a selfless act to do what you do and I really do appreciate it. Please pray for a friend I used to work with that just left from over there to come home. Please pray that he has safe travels back to Birmingham.

My doctor was off today so I ended up taking the day off to study. So that is what I did all day. Tonight I got together with a few girls and marked something else off my 101 list. We went to eat at Margareta Grill and then headed to Sips and Strokes. I was super excited because I have always wanted to go but there was never really a time where I could and actually paint something that I would hang in my house. I have always wanted to paint one of their angels so I finally got the opportunity. I am sure everyone was real mad at me by the time we got done because like I said the angel was my idea and mixing skin tone colors sucks. It took probably an hour alone just painting her face neck and arm. By the end everyone was like, "I am so sick of skin". We had a really good time though and FYI pretty sure Carina is a silent artist. Her background looked amazing.

Marcie took a lot more pictures than I did, so after she puts them up I will add them.

Fall flowers planted

2010-11-07T11:34:00.000-08:00

On Sunday morning we were bad and skipped church. Trevor's mom came over and helped me plant fall flowers. I go all out for Spring usually but not much for Fall. This year we did a little more than usual for some curb side appeal since the house is on the market. I am not in that big of a hurry to sell our house now since my favorite house that we were looking at sold. I am kind of bummed about that but I keep telling myself that is not where God wanted us to be since we didn't get it. I think we are just going to wait and start looking again until we get some interest on our house because I don't really want to get my hopes up again for an awesome house, then that one sell too. I thought that it would be good for us to have a few in mind so when someone does want to buy ours it would be easy to choose, but it could be months for ours to sell so we are just waiting. I don't like having to just wait around for someone to want our house. I am a little impatient don't you think. But the good thing about having our house on the market is it is always clean. Just the way I like it! Anyways back to flowers....

Hopefully they will grow a lot. Like they usually do.

Saturday

2010-11-07T11:29:00.000-08:00

Football Saturday this week we went to our friends Scott and Heather's house to watch the Bama game after I had my morning study time. We had a good time it was all of my girls from school Kaci, Sam, and Heather. All with their husbands except for Ben, hunting season of course. We had a good time hanging out and watching football. Too bad Alabama lost again. But they didn't play as good as LSU. Here are a few pics from the day...

She is growing. She is 8 weeks old now and weighs 7 lbs. She is like a newborn now!

Stanford # 45 and 67

2010-11-06T09:04:00.000-07:00

I didn't realize how good Stanford has been. On my 101 list I wanted Stanford to not run away for 6 months and since the list was made on March 17th, he has well surpassed that expectation. So proud of him.

Also we had a football get together for the first game and he didn't run away then either so I guess that counts as # 45. Even though it was not a huge party like it was last year, due to so many people actually going to that game, it still works.

Football and Puppies

2010-11-06T08:53:00.000-07:00

Devin's for football...

Last Saturday we went to Devin's house to watch the football games after I studied that morning. His dog had puppies on Friday so we played with them some too. Correction, held them because their eyes aren't even open yet and they are not walking. They are very cute. That night we made smores in the fire pit for the first time this year. They were so good!

Fall Festival 2010

2010-10-31T20:15:00.000-07:00

Today we went to the Fall Festival at my church with my parents, my sister, brother-in-law, and the girls. They were cute. I am glad they were able to go. My sister and Maci were both not feeling so well. Maci dressed as a lady bug and Madison was a ballerina. There were so many people there. We ate hot dogs, corn on the cob, and chili (for a contest they always have). Here are a few pictures.

After we left the church I dropped Trevor off at home and met up with a friend at Starbucks to study for my test tomorrow. Our test is on the Immune System. Which includes all the diseases and any kind of allergic reactions. Lots of information. So...it is going to be a long night followed by a long day at work before the test. I really wish it was tomorrow night at this time, hopefully I will be sleeping then for the 1st time in 36 hours but ya gotta do what ya gotta do right.

This week is going to be long. Here is the breakdown...tomorrow as I have said 15 times I have a test and class... Tuesday and Wednesday I clinicals at the hospital until 11...Thursday night after work my mom and I are going to Christmas Village at the BJCC, tradition of course...

Friday I have to work half a day, which I normally do not do...Saturday I will be studying for the day and watching Alabama hopefully beat LSU...Sunday Trevor's mom and I are planting flowers in the yard to hopefully help the eye appeal of the house for sale.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!!!

Our Weekend

2010-10-24T12:36:00.000-07:00

On Friday I studied all day during the day and cleaned some. That night Trevor and I just cooked at the house and hung out and watched TV. It was nice not to do anything for a change.

On Saturday I studied during the morning while Trevor played tennis with Jason. As you can see I study best in the morning when it is quiet and I am the only one in the house, except Stanford of course. Saturday afternoon Trevor went to Devin's to watch the Auburn game while I ran some errands and then met him over there with Maci. We watched her last night for my sister. While we were at Devin's house the guys were shooting his new bow when my husband and his brother injured themselves the same way as each other. Brothers!!! Trevor had just told his brother not to lock out his arm when he was shooting and he wouldn't hurt himself, then Trevor did the same exact thing but worse. I guess he just couldn't let his brother be in pain alone. Ha!

After we left Devin's we all went over to my friends Lindsey and Jason's again for the Alabama game. I was able to watch a little of the game because Maci had a play friend, Griffin. They are in the same class at school. They just played their little hearts out on the swing set then a little on the power wheels tractor. After a while they were pooped and came inside to the playroom.

Sorry it is so blurry but it is so cute, I had to put it up. The whole time she was riding it her mouth was wide open. She isn't that good at the whole steering thing though. She kept running into the fence.

We are going to have to work on Trevor a little bit. He is going to be a very over protective dad. It is already coming out. He watched them play outside a while in the fenced in backyard and then came inside and said, "okay it's your turn to go out there and watch them". I had to inform him that you don't have to watch them every two seconds they are fine. Then even when she came inside to the playroom he kept saying where is she can you see her from where you are sitting. I just had to laugh a little. She isn't a baby that gets into everything anymore. I love him for it though. He also informed me that he would like when we have a baby for it to come out 2 and just skip all of the earlier things. Because he wanted them to come out ready to play with him. He is going to be a great dad one day. Just not anytime soon.

I hope everyone had a good weekend!!

Pumpkin Patch

2010-10-21T04:47:00.000-07:00

Trevor and I along with my parents, my sister, brother-in-law, and the girls went to the Pumpkin Patch this past Sunday. We had a good time but it was so hot compared to what I thought it was going to be. Most of us had on long sleeves and pants and we were dying. The girls had such a good time. Maci and Madison loved picking out their pumpkins and riding the train. Madison actually went back the next day with all the first graders. We didn't do the jumping things just because the lines were so incredibly long and we had already been there for like 3 hours.

We went to church Sunday morning and then met at my parents to ride with them. When we first got there we had a small picnic with the whole family making sandwiches and all of that.

Then it was off to craziness with the girls. We got on the hay ride first to pick out a pumpkin.

Madison had the hardest time doing that because there was so many she didn't want to miss a good one by picking out one too early. Maci on the other hand kept trying to pick up pumpkins that were too big for her and would say, "uhh, so heavy". It was so cute.

After the hay ride we watched them ride the train and played in the sunflowers and of course couldn't leave without a little cotton candy.

There was a helicopter there that you could pay to ride and Maci really liked watching it.

My sister and the kids stayed a little longer than us to let them play a little more but we were tired along with my parents so we left. All in all it turned out pretty good.

Football weekend

2010-10-17T17:53:00.000-07:00

On Thurday night my wonderful husband took me to one of our favorite places to eat, The Melting Pot. It is so yummy. We had a good night just spending time with each other.

Then Friday I studied all morning then went shopping at the Summit for a while. Trevor gave me money and told me not to come home until it was all gone. He knows I don't buy a lot for myself so he does this every now and then. He is the best.

On Saturday I studied until half time of the Auburn game then Trevor and I got ready and went to our friends Jason and Lindsey's house. We cooked out over there and watched the rest of the Auburn game and the Bama game. Towards the end of the night Sara Bentlee fell asleep on Trevor and he about went to sleep with her.

They have three great kids Aniston who is 3 years old, Griffin who is 2 years old, and the most recent addition Sara Bentlee.

We never get to hang out with them so it was nice to get to see them

Our New Office

2010-10-17T17:39:00.000-07:00

A week ago Friday our doctors office moved into a new building. It is so nice, but I hate moving. We are enjoying the new space but just trying to figure out where we put everything. We have more storage space in this office than the old Winn Dixie where we were but it is all spread out in different areas instead all clumped together. On Thursday night I came home after packing to roses a card and Trevor saying get dressed we are going to Fox Valley to eat. He knows how stressed I have been and knows just the right things to do to make me smile.

This is the nurses station

The waiting room

One of the exam rooms. You can see the sun rise from all of the rooms. Pretty!

The nursing assistant that I work with at the moment put in for a job transfer. She isn't a nurse but has been working in derm for years so taught me a lot when I first got started 2 years ago. So...it is about to be all on me for a while until we find someone else. If anyone knows of a nurse or nursing assistant that needs a job and has Dermatology experience we are looking. I am going to be more stressed than usual with work on top of school now. It is too large of a practice for just one nurse to handle. I am hoping that we find someone great though.

Open House and the ribbon ceremony for the building is on Tuesday! I will not be there of course because of school.

Race For The Cure And Get Together At The Morris House

2010-10-11T00:23:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday Trevor and I ran in the Race for the Cure downtown. I was supper proud of myself! I ran the majority of it and I haven't ran since the Jingle Bell Run at Christmas time last year. I ran the first mile and a half straight without stopping then every now and then I would run in between walking. There were so many people there it was actually harder to run just because of that. Trevor and I probably ran an extra half mile just weaving in and out of people. The whole rest of the day after that I was in no pain. Then this am when I woke up I felt like I wasn't going to be able to walk my legs were so sore. It is such good exercise I really wish I had time to do it every day. Or at least every other day. I finished it in around 38 minutes.

The pink waterfall at Linn Park

One of the random things we saw while running

When we got ready to leave the race we were looking for Marcie and Morris in the usual meeting area and couldn't find them. We had just given up and were starting to walk to the car when we saw Morris' parents finishing the race. They told us that Marcie fell and Morris was on his way with her to the hospital. Crazy but because of a stupid pine cone she broke her elbow and her foot.

After we got home Trevor got ready and went to the Morris house to watch football while I studied. It was really hard making myself study during the stupid Alabama game. I was hoping it was going to be like the Florida game and us go up by 23 and me then to turn off the TV and not worry about it, but no that is not what happened at all. It was basically the opposite as you all know. So I tried to study with it on mute and just look up every now and then but then I started just getting pissed so I had to turn it off and just study. Around 4 I left the house and met Trevor at Marcie and Justin's house to hang out for the rest of the night. We had a good time even though Bama lost.

Trevor and Fisher

BR playing with Trevor's hat

I took a picture with Marcie too but I was forbidden to post it.

Rob's 30th Birthday

2010-10-11T00:15:00.000-07:00

A week ago on Saturday night about 40 people met at a Mexican restaurant in Hoover to surprise Rob for his birthday. I was so glad everyone was able to come. Bonnie and Andrew came in town and then many of his family members and friends were there to celebrate with him. Luckily there was a TV there so we could watch parts of the Alabama vs Florida game. After dinner we went to sing Karaoke. We had an awesome night hanging out with everyone.

Rob and his mom

The cake me and my mom made

Everyone waiting for him to get there

# 39

2010-10-10T18:39:00.001-07:00

Well...I know it has been a while so I am going to start from about two weeks ago. Trevor and I went through our closet and cleaned out clothes and shoes that we do not wear anymore. I did it somewhat when we got married and I moved all of my stuff to the new house but apparently did not do that good of a job at it. We both got rid of a lot of stuff.

It has been something I have wanted to do for a while.

We put our house on the market a little over a week ago so we needed to clean out some areas to make it look a little more organized. It is crazy how much stuff can accumulate in the almost two years that we have been here. We put it on the market with Remax. They came over and took some pictures and now it is on the website. If anyone is looking for a 3 bedroom 2 bath house we have you covered. If you would like to look at it you can see it HERE.

I have a test tomorrow on blood. Turns out blood is pretty boring but there is lots of important things you can tell from it. I have been studying since about 1:30 this afternoon so I needed a little break. I will be up all night or at least half of it I am sure. So my next break you might see another one.

I know!!

2010-10-10T14:09:00.000-07:00

I have been really bad about blogging lately, life has been a little crazy. Hopefully this week I can do a couple. I have a test tomorrow that I am studying for at the moment. So...I am going to get back to that. I hope everyone has a great week. Hopefully multiple post coming your way later in the week.

Baby Fisher and Nanny Getting Baptized

2010-09-19T10:32:00.000-07:00

On Friday morning me and my mom ran some errands then I took her by to see Heather's baby Leighton at the hospital. Little did I know Shelly and Sam were there having their baby. As soon as I got home from the hospital I got a call saying the baby was born. Later that night I went back to the hospital to see Andrew Fisher Morris without my hubby because he has a sinus infection. We didn't want him to get around the new baby. He weighed in at 8lbs and 7oz and has a head like his daddy's. HA! Here are a few pictures from the visit.

On Saturday morning I studied for a little bit then we went to Chad and Alissa's house to watch the Georgia and Alabama games then to my parents to watch the Auburn game. My niece, Madison, learned to play jenga so she had to play everyone in the house. She is pretty good. It was a kind of relaxing day since Trevor did not feel so great.

On Sunday morning Trevor and I went to the early church to watch my Nanny get Baptized. My preacher has been such a big part of our lives. First off he dedicated me to the church when I was a baby, baptized my sister and I, pronounced my sister+Brent and me+Trevor husband and wife, dedicated both of my nieces to the church, and now baptized my Nanny. I would say along with my parents he has made me who I am today. I am so blessed to have the leaders that I do in my life.

Now I am studying what I do best. We are studying cardio right now. The heart is so complicated. My dad is on his way over here right now to help teach me to read EKG strips which I am having difficulty doing. It is lines on a graph people and we have to learn how if one squiggly line is off a little bit what problem the heart is having. When I worked in the ER I would do and EKG on someone then hand it to the doctor and they would just tell me what to do. Whether it be they are having a heart attack right now, or a block, or if this ventricle isn't working properly, or that ventricle isn't working properly. Well...now that is becoming my job to learn. My test is not until next Monday but since it is so much information I am trying to get a jump start on it. Wish me luck!!!

Leighton Reese Savage is here

2010-09-15T13:15:00.000-07:00

Heather started having bad contractions early in the morning on Tuesday so they went ahead and induced her Tuesday mid morning. She did very well. And for the baby being so early she still weighed in at 5lbs and 6oz. She went to ICU for like an hour or so after she was born just to check her out and make sure everything was good, but she was back with her mommy and daddy later last night. She is so cute and sweet. They were checking her temperature pretty frequently to make sure it was safe for her to be in the room and not under the lamp. All the girls along with their husbands went up to see her last night. They are doing well just tired. Here are just a few pictures that we took....

The lighting was not very good in the room so they are not the most clear pictures.
Hope everyone is having a good week.

Football + Heather's Baby Shower - Heather

2010-09-15T04:57:00.000-07:00

So...This past weekend was crazy. On Friday I pretty much studied all afternoon then we went to dinner at Stix with Wade and Melanie. Saturday I studied during the morning then I met Trevor at Devin's house to watch the Alabama game and eat dinner with a group of our friends.

Our Family Photo

The setup we had to watch all the games everyone wanted

We also went by my parents house to see them for a minute and my dad thought it would be funny since he is an Auburn fan to make a Penn State shirt to wear during the game. It didn't work out to well for him with that.

On Sunday afternoon was Heather's baby shower. We thought we did it at a good time 6 weeks before her due date but we were wrong. I got a call early Saturday morning that Heather's water broke late Friday night and that she was in the hospital. So we had her baby shower without her, since everything was already planned.

No one opened any of her gifts and after the shower a few of us went to her hospital room and had a mini baby shower there, where she opened all of her presents. While we were in her room she started to have some contractions for the first time. But apparently she just got excited we were all there because after we left they calmed down. The doctor said they were just going to keep a watch on the baby and just wait until she decided she wanted to make an appearance. So she has been just hanging out. At least she is in a birthing suite because they are watching the baby closely, so they have a big nice room.

First Football weekend

2010-09-08T15:33:00.000-07:00

We had a few people over to our house on Saturday for the first games. It stunk because Bama wasn't on TV and everyone else was, even though they were not playing great teams either. I did not really want to pay to watch them when I knew it was going to be a boring game. And I was right.

Most people came over around lunch and hung out for the day. Then some left and and more people came over that night to watch the rest of the games. We cooked out hamburgers and hot dogs and sat around our new deck that night because it felt awesome outside. We took a few pictures but we did not take our traditional picture with Stanford. Maybe we can do that one next weekend.

Next weekend is going to be busy. I will be studying a lot so I will probably only make it out for the night games. I have my first test on Monday. And the day before my test I am excited to help host a baby shower for one of my good friends Heather. So all day Friday and Saturday during the day I will be on the couch reading.

# 18

2010-09-07T15:57:00.000-07:00

# 18 on my list was to get my wedding album done and this past week I finally got it back and I love it. She did such a wonderful job. My photographers last wedding was this past weekend, they are retiring from doing them. They are still going to do other things just not weddings. They have just been doing it for so long. I am impressed with her talent and creativity with the books. Looking at the album makes me wish I could go back and do it all over again. I love my husband very much and all of our friends and family that were able to spend our special day with us. I have the album on a disc so I will try to post some of the pages if I can figure out how.

# 19

2010-09-01T04:42:00.000-07:00

Read a whole book was # 19 on my list. it is pretty sad at 26 years old I have never read a book cover to cover. On Sunday night around 11 at night I finally did it. I read the Help. Before I started school last semester I started it and it was okay, I got through maybe 120 pages of it. Then I had to start studying for my class. So after I got finished with my last class I started where I left off while we were at the beach. The first 200 pages went by really slow and was good background information to know but after I got past there it was like I couldn't put it down. So this past weekend I finally finished it. It was really good and if anyone is looking for a book to read I highly recommend this one. I am pretty proud of myself.

Now on to this semester of school and lots of studying. I only have class on Monday this semester but am at UAB West on Tuesday and Wednesday night for clinicals until 11 at night. I am just so happy on Thursday after work I can just go home. It is going to be really hard to have to study on some Saturdays while everyone is enjoying football. I just keep telling myself I will be done in May and that helps get me through. I hope everyone has a good week.

Our Weekend

2010-08-24T17:19:00.000-07:00

On Friday after Trevor got off from work we went to get my nieces Madison(6) and Maci(2) and took them to Chucky Cheese. That place is a mad house these days. After eating pizza and playing games Trevor left with a headache. They stayed at our house that night. Trevor is going to be such a softy and I am going to be the mean one, I can already tell. When we put Maci down to bed she isn't in her normal environment so obviously she cried some. After about 2 minutes of her crying Trevor went and got her and said he couldn't take it and put her in the bed with him while I layed with Madison.

On Saturday Trevor went fishing really early with Wade and Morris. When the girls got up I made them pancakes and bacon and we got ready to go to the pool. I was unsure how much Maci would like it because she is usually not a fan of the pool unless it feels like bath water. But after she warmed up to it a little she had a good time. Madison loves to swim so I hoped that Maci would not hate it too much due to Madison being so excited.

After the boys got done fishing at the lake and I took the girls home We went to dinner with Morris, Marcie, Wade, and Mel to the new Mexican Restaurant on 150. It was yummy.

Yesterday I started back school. Here we go again! I hope it will go by fast as bad as I hate to wish my life away. I am just praying that I do well. It is going to be really hard to study a lot on the weekends with football on but I am going to have to. Luckily I don't have a test every week like last semester it is more like every other week.

Hope everyone has a good week.

My Birthday!

2010-08-20T07:16:00.000-07:00

On my birthday I had to work, BOOOO! It was a crazy busy day there too. We were running so far behind and all the patients were getting mad. We were like 4 patients behind already at 7:30. It was pretty awesome to say the least. But around lunch it started getting better. I got flowers delivered to me from the doctor I work for and then around 2 Trevor came to see me and brought me roses. I love flowers.

After work I came home and got ready to go out. We went to the Melting Pot for dinner. It was amazing, as always. We have a good time there because it takes about two hours to eat with all the courses so we just sit there and talk with no distractions of the TV or our phones or anything.

For my present this year Trevor got me the new Droid from Verizon. It has so many cool things on it. I am very impressed. I love it but miss my blackberry messenger. I am trying to get used to typing on the screen. I am not that fast at it yet but hopefully it will get better.

Lobdell Beach Trip to Destin

2010-08-18T11:49:00.000-07:00

Wow! Our vacation was amazing and much needed. We had so much fun relaxing. Trevor, me, and Trevor's parents all left around 10 to head down there. We met Trevor's brother, Justin, and two of his friends in Pratville for lunch. They came from Auburn. We had the house to ourselves until Monday when Justin's other friend met us down there then his brother, Chad, and his wife came down Wednesday night. Our house was crazy nice. Here are a few pictures of the house...

Me and Trevor's Room

Our wonderful bathroom. I really need one like this at home!

Every day we hung out at the beach or went to the outlets or something except on Wednesday, we rented a pontoon boat. It was really relaxing and pretty. Trevor fished basically the whole time and got Justin into it out on the boat after he saw what Trevor caught. It was just me and the boys because Trevor's mom thought she would get sick on the boat. We ate hot dogs at a little stand in the middle of the ocean, crazy I know. But they made them in this floating building in the water and had a place to dock your boat and a floating trampoline. After being on the water from 9-4 that day we went home and ordered pizza and fell asleep super early.

On Thursday night before dinner we went out to the beach and took a few pictures. They turned out cute.

The weather was pretty the whole time that we were there except Friday, the day before we left. So we just went shopping a little and had a lazy day. It got pretty again around 2 though and we went outside. On Saturday we just got up packed and headed home. It was raining then too so I am glad we left when we did.

All in all it was great. I hated getting back up again on Monday for work but I guess somebody has got to do it. I really need to learn how to make those collages so my posts are not so long!!

# 11 and Trevor's 28th Birthday

2010-08-17T13:21:00.000-07:00

Number 11 on my 101 list was to help deliver Lindsey baby. I helped deliver Aniston and Griffin, her first two because her husband is just a wee bit queezy about things like that. He was in the room for support or from afar so he wouldn't pass out. But since this is his third rodeo he wanted to try and do it by his self and he did a really good job. He even took good pictures in the process. I was pretty proud of him. It worked out perfect the way she had the baby with my school and work and vacation so I could spend some time with them. She had the baby on the Saturday we came home from vacation, while we were on the way back. So when we got home I threw in some laundry and then headed up there for a couple of hours. It was nice, I got there after the crowd left for the day so it was just us except for a few minutes when another friend stopped by. I went and got them PF Changs for dinner before I went home. It smelt so good I wish I would have got some for myself. We took a couple of pictures and put her little pj's on her for the first time. She is co cute. With a head full of dark hair. Her other babies are bleach blond but Griffin was originally born with dark hair and then after it fell out came back blond. I am sure she will be the same way.

Daddy taking a short snooze

The next day was Trevor's birthday. I went to church while he golfed with his dad until around 3 then I met him and took him back up to the hospital to see her with me. We took a couple more pictures then too.

After we left the hospital we met his parents at Sumo for dinner. It was so yummy. We went by their house for a few minutes for a few presents then went back home. For both of our birthday's his parents gave us some money while we were in Destin at the outlets to do a little shopping but then also gave us these for game days.

It was funny his mom said she had to go everywhere to find my Alabama one because everyone was sold out. They ordered Trevor a really nice sturdy Georgia one online and wanted to get me one just like it in Alabama colors but they were back ordered until October. It is funny how we win a championship and all of a sudden everyone flocks to the store to get everything for this year. Watch us suck this year. I sure hope not though!!

# 34 The office

2010-08-14T19:05:00.001-07:00

I have been wanting to change our second spare bedroom into an office for a while now for school. I love studying on the couch but sometimes Trevor likes to watch TV in the living room while I am studying so I wanted a desk. I have yet to use it and had it for about a month now, so we will see. I came home the last week of school and Trevor surprised me with a chair for it. Here are a few pictures of the room. It is nothing special just a desk and chair. I want to get a nicer desk when we move but it is what we wanted for now.

Just a few more day!!!

2010-08-03T04:46:00.000-07:00

Only a short time until I get a break. I had my last unit test last night and my final is on Thursday. I am so pumped yet so nervous all at the same time. Our doctor is not here on Wednesday or Thursday so I will have a lot of catch up work to do on Wednesday then I am taking off on Thursday to study. I will be off for 11 days. Much needed!! On Friday I have so much to do before our trip for a week to THIS place. I hope the weather and water are pretty while we are there. Please pray that I will do well on the final! Hope everyone is having a good week.

Our weekend

2010-07-25T10:40:00.000-07:00

On Friday I ran some errands went to the gym got my hair done, which was much needed, then studied for the rest of the day. On Friday night we went to dinner then went to Ben and April's house for a wine and cheese tasting. It was fun. Everyone brought random cheeses wine and different beers that no one buys on a regular bases.

On Saturday I studied during the day then that night we had my friends from high school (Kaci and Samanatha) and their husbands over to the house . Heather had to work so she was only able to stop by for a short time. Her belly is looking so cute. She is seven months pregnant now. She is the first one out of our group to have a baby so we are all really excited for her. We grilled out hamburgers and just hung out. After dinner we played catch phrase for a while, which was really fun. I love hanging out with my girls and I am so glad all of our husbands like each other so much that we can hang out together and have such a good time. We definitely don't do it enough. I love my husband so much. He knows how stressed I have been with school so he was actually the one that texted one of the guys to get it together.

Today I am just studying once again and going to eat at Trevor's parents later. My family just doesn't think I love them anymore because I never see them. Trevor is going to grill at his parents before I go and I am just going to go by eat and come right back home. His mom said, "I still love you even though you don't want to hang out". Of course she was joking but that has honestly been the truth. Before school started I would go get my nails done and eat lunch with my mom every other Friday. I miss those days. The count down has started until the semester is over. I have this week and then the next and that is it. But between now and then I have 4 tests. My last day of class is Thursday then the next day I am packing for the beach and we are leaving Saturday morning for 7 nights. I am so excited and can't wait. We will be there one of the weeks I am out then I still have another week off before I start back class. But I still have to work.

One of my good friends Lindsey is going to have her baby either the week we are at the beach or the week before. I really hope I will be able to be there. I helped deliver her first two and I would love to help with her third. We will see!

Hope everyone has had a good weekend!

Cornhole tournament

2010-07-18T08:05:00.000-07:00

Wow! Has anyone ever heard of such a thing. On Saturday I pretty much studied all day but took a break to go to the cornhole tournament at Shadow Lake for a little while. A bunch of the guys played in this thing and a few wives came to hang out. Trevor didn't do so well. But some of them did and actually walked away with a little money. Here are a few pictures from the day!

The heat and humidity was awesome on the hair!

Life These Days

2010-07-14T18:29:00.000-07:00

So life is pretty CHAOTIC right now!!

I am just taking a break right now from studying. I have had 5 tests and 8 clinicals since starting school the first week in June and it is just the 14th of July. I have another test tomorrow and it is on Reproductive problems (anything from STD's, problems with breast, male genitalia, and also female huhas). Real good nursing terminology huh? So if anyone needs to know anything about those things, quiz me. Also if you are in need of learning how to do breast or testicular exams I am your girl. HA! After tomorrow I have 3 more test plus a final in the final 3 weeks of class.

I am doing okay so far hanging in there by my toes. With me wanting to move forward after this part of school, I said that I really needed to make A's to get my GPA up. Well now I am just trying to move on from this one class and pass it. Passing in nursing is a 75%. Not the normal passing grade is it?

FYI! My husband is the best. I have been really stressed with school and work lately so he has been helping out a lot. Work has been extremely busy then I go straight to class and try to relax while I learn, but that is not really possible. I haven't been able to clean or anything because I study during the whole weekend and most of the time after work and school at night too. Monday night I came home at around 9 like usual and Trevor had just taken off the grill nice steaks for us to eat with pasta he made, really yummy. Then I came home on Tuesday night and he made his own Baked Ziti and the house was spotless, scrubbed and all.

My flowers have grown so much since I planted them. The ones around the tree still have a good bit of growing to do but they like it when it is not as hot as it has been lately. Around August I hope they are as big as they were last year. But the other ones have grown like crazy. HERE is what they originally looked like when they were first planted and this is now.

Cook out

2010-07-11T10:45:00.000-07:00

Our first cook out on our new deck was on Friday night. It was actually nice outside, not unbearably hot. We had Marcie and Justin Morris over and Wade and his girlfriend Melanie. We cooked out steak and chicken kabobs. Then the other girls brought over some sides. We had a good time. It was a nice break from studying. We ate and just hung out for a few ours and let the dogs play. Trevor and I got a few tiki torches to help with the bugs with it being so freaking hot out right now and I think we got the shaft on them. I don't know what was wrong with them but they would not stay lit.

Chef Trevor over here!!

On Saturday afternoon we went to a childhood friend of mines wedding Laura and her new husband Josh. It was a very sweet ceremony and I am very happy for them.

4th of July weekend

2010-07-05T13:36:00.000-07:00

The weekend started out on Friday with Trevor starting our porch and me studying. Then Saturday I studied pretty much all day while all the guys were working outside. From about 9:30 until about 2:30 I was on the couch reading about gastrointestinal disorders. Sounds fun right?? Then that night Trevor and I went with Devin and Mary to their friends Matt and Missy's house for a little pool party in Leeds. They were so awesome and have a beautiful home that they opened to us.We had a great time it was nice to get out of the house for a little while.

On Sunday I studied about the same in the morning then we went to Paul's house and grilled out for the 4th. After it got dark we shot fireworks at their house.

Check out the audience. They were loving it. They live on a big hill and you can pretty much see all around you so we watched everyone else shoot fireworks too.

Today for lunch we went to my parents house to grill and hang out.

Now I am back on the couch breaking out my books to study again.

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend!

# 16 Our Porch

2010-07-05T13:20:00.000-07:00

On Friday and Saturday Trevor and a bunch of guys build the back porch on our house.

I am so happy with the way it turned out. It is pretty bare fight now. So now we have to get all the furnishings for it. Hopefully one day this week after class we can go shopping. We are going to get some tiki torches and I think some new furniture. We already had a table and chairs from Trevor's old house that have been in storage at his parents that we are putting out there. They put a hole in the middle for the fire pit which is going to get lots of smore action during football season. Thank you again to all the guys that came and helped.

We still have to put the gravel around the stairs and all of that but it is coming together.

Ashley's Birthday

2010-06-27T16:59:00.000-07:00

On Saturday I basically studied all day long then got ready to go to the Cheesecake Factory with Ashley and a few others to celebrate her birthday a little early. Trevor and I went a bit early because they stay so crouded and there were 10 of us so we got there around 5 and only had to wait 30 minutes. By the time everyone else got there they only had to wait like 10 minutes. The past two times Trevor and I have go there the wait was so long we ended up going somewhere else. It was a nice break from studying. I can't go with the girls to eat on Tuesday due to me being at Brookwood hospital until 11 that night, so I was glad that we were able to go Saturday. I know Ashley took some pictures too so when I get those from her I will add them.

I have a test on Monday so guess what I have been doing all day today?? Yep studying!!

Hope everyone has a good week!!!

Fathers Day

2010-06-25T14:10:00.000-07:00

For fathers day I went to church with my dad and mom then went back to their house to meet my sister her husband and kids for lunch. After dinner we gave him his gifts and just hung out. After I left my parents I went home to met up with Trevor (he had been golfing with his dad) and we went to Brio for dinner with his family We celebrated his moms birthday which was Friday and Father's Day. Brio is so yummy!!

Much needed updates!

2010-06-25T12:21:00.000-07:00

I have been really bad about updating due to school! What I prayed for so long for came true but it is hell! I work go to school or the hospital for clinicals then home. That is basically all I have time to do on the week days then starts the weekend where I have to study basically the whole time due to not having time during the week. My husband feels single again because he goes to bed by his self lot of nights. I hardly ever get to see or talk to my friends either. So that is my life right now!! Fun huh?

I am sitting at my friend Lindsey's right now waiting on AAA to get here because I locked my keys in the car. It was such a good morning slept in then went to the gym. It felt so good to workout my one day a week that I get to now. Then I went to lunch with Lindsey at Panera Bread.

I came by her house for a minute and locked my keys in the car. So now instead of studying what I need to be doing I am just hanging out because my books are locked in the car. Not a very productive day. Lindsey is due in August with her third little baby. The kids above are her other two. They are 3 and 2. There is going to be some craziness going on in her house come August!!

Bonnie and Andrews Wedding

2010-06-06T20:20:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we had a privilege of being apart of Bonnie and Andrew's wedding festivities. On Friday night we attending their rehearsal dinner that was at the church they got married in. It was perfect even though it was outside. I thought it was going to be much hotter than it was but we were not hot at all. It was catered by Jim and Nicks which was delicious.

On Saturday was their big day. They got married at an Episcopal church in Bluff Park. I have never been to an Episcopal church before. I did not know this but they are very similar to Catholic, which I have become more and more familiar with everyday because that is what my husband is. Both very far from Baptist that is for sure. The ceremony was very nice and Bonnie looked beautiful. After the wedding we headed downtown to the Avon Theatre for the reception. I have never been to a function there before. It was really nice and the food was wonderful. We danced and partied for hours. It was fun to hang out with everyone. Everyone went out after the wedding including the bride and groom

We cut the night a little shorter than everyone else because I was exhausted and had to study all day on Sunday. So after the reception was over we headed home.

Me and my wonderful Husband!!

Some of the boys

Most of the wives and girlfriends of our crazy boys

Where my kids at....Where my kids at???

Me and the beautiful bride

I hope they have a wonderful honeymoon in Colorado.

Memorial Weekend

2010-06-02T07:31:00.000-07:00

On Saturday Trevor and I headed to Philadelphia MS to Silver Star and Golden Moon Casinos to see Ron White. We met Trevor's mom, his aunt from Michigan, and his moms friend that were already there. We gambled for a little while after we got there and after only being there for a couple of hours we almost doubled the money that we brought with us. Don't ask where that money is now because we lost that plus all the money we brought with us. We went to dinner on Saturday night with all the ladies and then went to see the show at 10. He was hilarious!!! I wish we could have taken some pictures during the show but they wouldn't let us. Trevor did take one on his phone though but it is not good because it was so dark in the big room and his tiny flash on his phone didn't do very well.

He of course had his drink and his cigar the entire time. So he looked like he was in a big puff of smoke all night. We had awesome seats! We were on like the 8th row, thanks to his parents who got us the tickets that are frequent fliers at the casino.

The next day while Trevor gambled some I got a sweet hour massage then we headed home.

On Monday we went to my parents to grill out for dinner. With my sister Brent and the chillins. Yummy!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

# 15 Ashley's Wedding

2010-06-02T06:44:00.000-07:00

Number 15 on my list was to be a bridesmaid in Ashley's wedding. This past Friday May 28th was the big day. We all met at Aldridge Gardens at 9 am for rehearsal to start out the day. It was beautiful outside and hot. Everything went well there then some of us headed with Ashley to Salon 2000 in Trussville to get our hair done. Here are a few pictures from the salon.....

After we left from getting our hair done we met up with most everyone else but Lena (due to getting her hair done at the time) at Merle Norman where a few people got their make-up done. The ones of us who did our own make-up just did it there as well. It was fun....

After we were ready we left to start getting dressed and taking pictures. The weather held up for a little bit and we took pictures outside. We definitely had our umbrellas handy because every once in a while it would just start down pouring in the middle of taking pictures and we would have to take cover. But we were prepared and no one really got that wet. It rained until time for the ceremony and then it slacked off just enough for the wedding to take place. It ended up being in a different location outside so we could be under some trees in case it rained but it all worked out well. After the wedding we walked over to the pavilion were it was covered and started the party. It actually felt really good because it was raining we never really got hot at the reception. Trevor even wore pants over his cast and didn't get hot. The food was good. I had never been to a wedding that Gourmet Pantry had catered before.

It was fun to be able to share the day with Ashley and friends. I wish Trevor could have danced with us though. Good thing Chase and Dave sat with him or he would have been really bored. I hope that they have a wonderful long and happy life together. They continued the celebration with a honeymoon to Las Vegas. Congrats to them both.

# 62 Book Case

2010-06-02T06:31:00.000-07:00

Book Case!! A couple of weeks ago on a Friday when Trevor wasn't too busy at work and before he broke his leg he made me a nice book shelf. I recently asked him if he would build me one for all of my school books. Since we moved into our house they have all been stacked in the floor of the spare bedroom closet. They have just been accumulating over the years and with me just starting back it is only going to get worse. The next week was when Trevor broke his leg. I took off work the day after to take care of him and go to the doctor. After he was comfortable and napping on the couch with some good meds I painted it black. Of course going back inside about every ten minutes to make sure he was alive. It sounds like I have a child huh! After it was dry Aaron our friend from across the street was kind enough to help me move it into the soon to be office.

It looks pretty good doesn't it?

Thank you babe for your hard work!!

# 59

2010-05-26T13:12:00.000-07:00

Retirement planning. I actually did this about a month ago but I guess I forgot it was on my last. I started a 401K with work. They match what we put in up to 5% of our paycheck so it was kind of stupid that I didn't do this sooner. I have been here over a year and could have made a lot by now. I am not a huge gambler so I put it in stocks that weren't as risky but I am happy with my progress in the last month.

Trevor and I also got life insurance on each other in the past few months. Kind of weird. We both had a little bit of life insurance through work but not much.

I am so happy that we have started to prepare for our future though. The younger you start the better off you will be when you are older. I think that we are also going to start a mutual fund or another form of retirement in the coming months but I think we are doing pretty good so far.

Hope everyone is have a good week. I am off to my first night of class. Wish me luck!

Ashley's Bachelorette/Lingerie Shower

2010-05-24T05:08:00.000-07:00

On Saturday night about twenty of us went to Cocina Superior for dinner for Ashlely's lingerie shower. It was so nice because they put us on the back deck and it was basically just us out there. We ate dinner which was great then we gave her our gifts. She got lots of nice and sexy little things.

We hung out there for a while then about half of us went out on the town. We went to a place called Rogue Tavern. We got there around 9:30 so we were actually able to get a big table right in the front. We had such a good time and I could tell Ashley did too. We watched a two man acoustic band first and then Rollin in the Hay. The second was much better than the first. I finally left around one just because I was so tired.

Only a few more days and she will be a MRS. I am so happy for them.

RN School # 3

2010-05-21T15:15:00.000-07:00

Tuesday when I got in from work I checked the mail (as usual) and there was a letter from Lawson in it so I opened all of the rest of the mail first before I opened it. I am such a baby, I know. I was kind of nervous to open it but I did and it said CONGRATULATIONS in all caps so I knew it was good. I start school next week with orientation on Wednesday. I am really excited to get it over with but not looking forward to not having a life for the next year and not being able to cook for my husband on the week days for the next year either. I am going to try my best to work while I am in school we will see how that goes after the first semester. Please pray for me and Trevor because it is going to be hard.

Trevor's Poor Knee

2010-05-21T13:50:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday night we went to Spain Park the way we always do for Trevor's softball game. It was the last Tuesday of the season and I was pretty pumped because the game was actually at a decent hour 6:30. If they won the 6:30 game they were supposed to play for the championship at 8:30. This is the only picture I was able to take while he was playing.

Trevor is the pitcher and in the second inning while he was pitching someone hit a line drive right into his knee cap. He fell to the ground and knowing my husband very well, I know he is not good with a lot of pain or blood so after he layed on the ground for a minute or so I went out to check on him. His knee was blue almost immediately. He is such a trooper he got up and hobbled around for a minute trying to walk it off and actually pitched the rest of the inning. After they came off the field someone brought me some ice to give him and he sat there for the rest of that inning with ice on it. He decided then that he would not be playing anymore that night. We stayed and watched the rest of the game and it was a really good one. It was close the whole time and they actually went into over-time. But his team lost by one. This is him icing the ole knee.

When we left the game we were trying to debate on going to the hospital or waiting until the next morning to go to urgent care or somewhere like that. After we got home he got out of the car and could not put any pressure on it so we thought we needed to go ahead and go to the ER. He took a quick shower with my help and we left. I had tried to call my friend Heather in the ER to see how busy they were because she is a nurse at Shelby (my old stomping ground) and to see what doctors were there before we left the ball field. But that didn't really matter because we had decided to go no matter what. While we were in triage at the hospital she called me back and I told her that we were there. She came directly up there and got us and put us in a room and ordered xrays. He got his xray done and it was quit funny because the xray tech was like, "wow you recently had surgery on your knee too". She said this because the softball laces were imprinted in his legs so much that it looked like he had just got stitches removed. After they returned to the room from xray they were both like WOW. She showed him the films because it was very visible that he broke his Patela (knee cap) vertically. The doctor came right in that I knew very well and began to ask Trevor if he needed to get me to step out of the room so he could show him other injury's and bruises I had caused. Not funny Andy. He sent us home with pain pills and a knee immobilizer and told us we needed to go to the orthopedic the next day so they could decide if they were going to do surgery or not. It pays to know people is all I have to say. We were signed in and out of the ER in one hour and they were actually busy.

Wednesday morning we went to the Ortho and they said he didn't need surgery but they put this awesome cast on him from his ankle to almost his hip. He has to wear this for 3 weeks then we go back in for more xrays and hopefully get a brace instead of another cast at that visit. He is using crutches and they said as soon as it doesn't hurt to put pressure on it he can walk on it. So he doesn't have to use his crutches the whole time.

The sucky thing is..it is his right knee so needless to say I am his driver for the next three weeks because he can't bend his leg to drive. I am just trying to be a good nurse to him.

So... on the 101 list my #1 was to watch Trevor in his first Triathlon that he has been getting ready for in June. We talked to the doctor about that while we were there and he said that was absolutely out of the question. So I guess we will just have to go and watch Justin do it without him. Pretty funny but Marcie and Justin had a bet going if Trevor would actually do it or not. So while we were sitting in the ER Tuesday night Trevor texted her and asked if she would still loose twenty dollars if he didn't due it due to an injury!!! She in turn didn't really know what was going on and told him to suck it up whatever it was, but after she realized what happened she felt really bad.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Ashley's Bridal Shower

2010-05-17T14:18:00.000-07:00

On Saturday myself along with a few other ladies hosted a bridal shower for Ashley Daniel. Everything turned out wonderful. I thought we were going to run out of a few of the orderves but it was perfect with a few left overs, which my husband was supper pumped about. She got lots of nice gifts at the shower.

Next weekend is the Lingerie/Bachelorette party. We are going to Cocina Superior and then going out. Then the next weekend is the wedding. I am so happy that she found Jeremy. He seems to make her very happy.

Regions Charity Classic

2010-05-17T14:09:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday we went out to Ross Bridge for the Regions Charity Classic. We had a lot of fun. Trevor's parents get tickets every year for the Regions tent. It is on the 18th hole. There is lots of food and drinks that are a free. The tent is so big they actually have stadium seating upstairs under the tent. We took our friends Sam and Joe with us. I was pretty bummed because all I brought in was my camera and my phone and because they could see my camera I had to check it at the front desk like a coat or something and didn't have it the whole time. We took a few pictures before we went in the gate though. Luckily Sam had her camera in her purse so we took some on her camera throughout the day. Here are a few pictures we took from the day.....

After I left Ross Bridge I met up with Ashley to watch some of her bridal portraits. I took a picture with her but I guess I will have to wait to post it for a few weeks until after the wedding. She looked very pretty and the pictures turned out great.

Apply Pie # 60

2010-05-17T08:01:00.000-07:00

So I have really wanted to start making things from scratch because they are so good for one thing and another you can make things with less calories. For Mothers Day I knocked off another thing on my 101 list by making a homemade apple pie. I thought it turned out pretty good and my family thought the same way. Hope all the mommies out there had a wonderful day! Here is a picture of my pie!

# 28 Yay for Flowers!

2010-05-10T14:09:00.001-07:00

Number 28 on my 101 list was to plant my spring flowers so this past Thursday Trevor borrowed the truck from work and we went to get my flowers to plant. Last year Trevor's mom Chris came over to help me plant but she was busy on Friday so I did it all by myself. I was pretty proud of myself. It was hard work doing it alone but I had fun doing it. It took me about three and a half hours to do it all. I absolutely love flowers so I plant a lot of them. I basically did the same thing this year as I did last year but added a few things. I hope they get as big and pretty as they did last year as well. Here are a few pictures.......

These are the cute new gardening gloves my mom had in my Easter basket along with a gift card to Myers, the best flower place ever.

I can't wait to build our back porch so I can plant some things out there that hopefully our dog will not mess with.

Week Recap

2010-05-02T17:53:00.000-07:00

We had such a crazy week. This past weekend my great aunt died so we left early from work on Tuesday to go to her viewing/funeral in Jasper. On Wednesday we went out for Marcie's birthday. We went to eat at Iguana Grill and then went bowling at Oak Mountain. Of course when I went to take a picture on Wednesday I realized I forgot to put my memory card back in my camera, so that was awesome.

On Thursday we went to Sumo to eat dinner for Aaron Hosey's birthday. On Friday we went to a couples shower for my friend Laura Blaising and her soon to be hubby Josh. It was nice to see a lot of people there that I have not seen in a while. All in all pretty busy week. Starting back to our normal routine this week.

Crawfish Boil # 48

2010-05-02T17:47:00.000-07:00

Saturday night we went to Matt Tatum's parents crawfish boil. We had so much fun hanging out with friends. There were a lot of people there that Trevor went to high school with so he had a good time catching up with them as well. We both love crawfish so we definitely ate our fair share of them. They were so good. Here are a few pictures from it......

The Beach #23

2010-04-26T04:53:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I knocked off # 23 on my 101 list. We went to the beach for Bonnie and Andrew's bachelor/bachelorette weekend. It was a lot of fun. On Friday we got down there at about 12 in hopes of getting a little sun but it was really cloudy. We all just hung out on the beach and in the hot tub most of the time because the wind was blowing so hard while we waiting on everyone to arrive. That night the girls all went out to dinner at Cosmos and the guys went to Hooters then we met up with them later at Live Bait.

Saturday it stormed pretty bad until about 2 in the afternoon. We went to breakfast and just went to a few shops of course stopping at Dippin Dots before heading back to the hotel. That afternoon we pretty much did the same thing as Friday afternoon, hung out on the beach in the rain and in the hot tub. That night we broke up for dinner so it would not take so long to eat. Me, Trevor, Morris, Marcie, Wade, Seth, Rob, and Yarbrough all went to eat at the Shrimp Basket. It was so yummy. After dinner we met back up with everybody at this piano bar at the Warf called Rum Runners. It was fun. Wes even got up on the stage and played the drums with them for a song. Pretty funny, but he is awesome at playing the drums.

On Sunday, it was the prettiest day so we decided to take advantage of it. Marcie and I went out at around 8:30. There was not a cloud in the sky. The boys met us out there after they woke up and we hung out until around one before loading up to leave. On the way out we went back to the Warf to do a little shopping and of course Dippin Dots one more time before leaving.

All in all it was a great weekend. I was so glad that so many people were able to fly in from all over the place to be there with them. There were probably around 30 people staying with us.

They are getting married the first weekend in June here in Birmingham.