Spring Break

I love Spring Break! It came at the perfect time this year because we all needed a break from school! The only problem is it's really got me ready for summer. We've had some really warm weather here and it's made me think summer is just around the corner. I'm looking forward to sleeping in and relaxing all summer!

I planned a lot to do during Spring Break because I haven't had much time to get things done. My plan was to do school work, do some errands, and work on the house. The first part of Spring Break I had to finish some graduate school work and relax. I've also finished the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. I finished all 3 books in 10 days. Since we've got our Ipad, I love reading!

Last weekend, Brent and I went to Home Depot to get flowers and things for our outside. We spent Sunday painting our door and planting some flowers. We also celebrated Rebecca's birthday.

On Monday, I went shopping with some teacher friends in Greenville. We also went to eat at PF Changs. It was very good! After a day of shopping, I was exhausted! I found some really cute dresses for this spring.

On Tuesday, I relaxed and then spent the evening working! We planted our window boxes and I cleaned the entire house. It needed some spring cleaning.

On Wednesday, Brent and I took a day trip and spent some time together. The rest of the week has been spent working on school work and spending time with friends and family. I'm hoping to find something fun to do this weekend!

We've worked a lot on our house this week. Brent's done a wonderful job working outside and I even painted the door and planted flowers. This is the most yard work I've ever done. I'm really happy with how it looks!

10 years

On March 23rd, Brent and I celebrated being together for 10 years! We started dating on March 23, 2002 when we were in the 10th grade. Brent and I met in a computer class at the Extension Campus during high school. We can both thank Jenilyn for throwing Skittles at his computer to get his attention. :)  He asked me to go to a Clemson Baseball game. We watched the Tigers play Maine and talked the entire time. We also went out to eat that night with some friends. The rest is history. :) We've been together ever since. I'm so thankful to have married my best friend and high school sweetheart. We've celebrated so milestones and been together through many ups and downs. I can definitely say that I love Brent more and more each day. We're so blessed to have found each other 10 years ago.

February and March

Wow! I can't believe it's already April. I had to take a little break from blogging because all that we've had going on. At the end of February my mom had to have her kidney out. It's been a long 3 months for my Mom and I'm glad to say that she is finally getting better. She's gone through so much and I'm so thankful that everything is getting better. Hopefully we'll be able to go on a trip this year to celebrate her finally feeling better! We're so thankful for our families and all they've done to help my Mom during this time.

At the beginning of March, my class went on their field trip to Columbia. We had a wonderful trip! We visited the State House, State Museum, and spent the night at the Riverbanks Zoo. It was a lot of fun, but took me the entire weekend to recover. I'll remember not to play tag with my kids next year!

I finished up my graduate class on February 28th and now I'm in the middle of 2 classes. This has been the hardest time with the most work. I just keep thinking about July 6th and how happy I will be to be done!

March was full of birthdays and we had a craft day at Caroline's house. We made bird egg necklaces that are really cute! Brent went on a field trip to Jekyll Island and had lots of fun, too! At the end of the month, I threw a baby/wedding shower at school. We celebrated a wedding, a baby boy, and a baby girl. It was fun planning the shower and getting everything together. My class loved helping me set up on the day of the shower!

March has been a busy month full of lots of school work and spending time with family.

Valentine's Day

Brent and I celebrated Valentine's Day last weekend by going out to Trio in Greenville. It was so yummy! Their bread is our favorite! I'm excited to have one open up in Anderson.

I love being an elementary teacher on Valentine's Day! It is so much fun. I think the kids love this party the best! We gave out Valentines and had a great party. I got some really cute stuff from my kids, too. Brent surprised me by sending me flowers at school this year. I was really surprised and loved showing them off. My kids couldn't quite figure out how he got them to school. :) Brent and I went to Clemson on Valentine's night and went to Grouchos. Then we headed over to the Clemson basketball game. It was a good game and I even got to talk to Dabo. I had a wonderful Valentine's Day with my sweetie!

My beautiful flowers!

My kids' gifts

Our only picture from Valentine's Day

Busy few weeks

I've had a lot going on lately and it seemed like every time I got ready to blog something else came up. So here are some of the things we've had going on:

• I finish up my 6th grad. school class this week and only have 5 more to go. Yes!
• The Giants won the Super Bowl! I was glad because I have an Eli jersey!
• My mom went back into the hospital with infection in her back and found out she has to have her kidney out. :(
• Caroline, Amy and I went maternity clothes shopping for Amy. I think Caroline and I had more fun picking out the clothes for Amy and trying on a few for ourselves.
• We had our Open House at school and did a wonderful outside display.
• We're getting ready for Wax Museum this week and I'm getting ready to throw a baby and wedding shower!

My fake baby bump

Our display at school

Mountain Weekend

This past weekend we went to the mountains with Josh and Lindsay. It was a perfect weekend to go away since school has started back and my graduate school started back too. Brent and I left late Friday night and ended up in a lot of rain and fog. The GPS also got us lost! I was not a happy camper, but we finally arrived at the condo.

The condo was in the Smokey Moutanins and was beautiful! We spent Friday night relaxing and spending time together. On Saturday, we got up and went on some adventures. We ended up on the Cherokee Reservation and looked around at some shops. At least, when I teach about the Cherokee, I can tell the students I've visited there. Then, we realized we were close to Harrah's Casino so we decided to go there. We ate at Paula Dean's Kitchen. It was so yummy! We went down to the casino for a little bit, but didn't win in any money. :) We spent the rest of the day visiting the small cities around the town.

We ended up the weekend visiting Grove Park Inn in Asheville. We ate lunch and spent the afternoon looking at the beautiful views. It was a wonderful, relaxing afternoon with Josh and Lindsay!

Past few weeks

Well, we've had a few long weeks in January. We started out the month by resting and getting back in the routine of going to school. School is back to normal and we are getting ready for our Open House.

Last weekend, my mom had to have emergency surgery on her kidney. She fell over Christmas, fractured her kidney, and had some internal bleeding. Thank the Lord, they found it in time and she is okay. She had surgery and still has to have another surgery. She is doing lots better and we just pray for a quick recovery!

My mom has to have someone with her, so I took a few days off this week to spend with her. I enjoyed spending time with her at the house and relaxing. We watched a lot of TV. I think I've seen all the talk shows on during the day. Even though I had to be out of school for a bad reason, it was nice being at home with mom!