The Newest Addition...

Well sorry it has been so long since we updated but it definitely has been a crazy week! First i'll start off with our newest addition to our family as you see here. Everyone has been asking for pictures and this is the only one I could get before my battery died on my camera....ahhh! Well we got our little friend on Wednesday of this week from a friend of mine at work. Needless to say that James was caught off guard (but very happy) when he got my phone call that morning asking if I could bring home a puppy! We are still debating on a name and have it narrowed down to either Jekyll (we are getting married on Jekyll Island) or A.J. (Anna & James...mom came up with that one) so PLEASE help us out and let us know what you think! He was just over 4 weeks old when we got him and only weighed 2.3lbs on his first trip to the vet! So far he has been a really great and playful pup and has been a star student in potty training 101...lets hope he keeps up the good work!

That has definitely been the most exciting part of our week. I started grad school on Wednesday night this week and really think I am going to like both of my classes. James left for Fayetville on Thursday and is going to be gone for 10 days to help open a new HHGregg store there so hopefully it will be worth the trip. It has been very strange for me to not have him here after living together for a while but atleast I have Jekyll/A.J. to keep me company!

Hometown Hero...

Well let me first start this one off by saying that I really do think that I have the most wonderful and caring future husband that I could ever ask for! If any of you haven't heard, James entered me in a little contest this past weekend and below is a picture of my prize! It was sposered by a local radio station and by the Hyundai dealership. The contest was called "hometown heros" and James wrote a 150 word essay about why I was his hero and how I have made a difference in the community...I have yet to get to read the actual essay but the parts I have heard were incredibly sweet! Anyways to make a long story short we were called to go to the Hyundai dealer this past Saturday along with 95 other finalists and out of that group we were chosen as one of the 4 winners! It was REALLY an amazing experience to be in a room with all kinds of awesome people from many different walks of life who have all made a difference somehow in our community. I was chosen along with two firemen and a police officer. We were all then given a set of keys and got to push the button on the keys to see what our new car looked like! The one that James and I won is a Sonata and it is kind of a tan/green color. We get the car for one year and basically just get a free lease on it which is amazing! I definitely think this is God's way of helping us out right now because we have been worried about some things coming up in the near future but with this we are going to be able to sell one of our cars and get rid of a car payment...HOORAY!!!! Well here are some pics of the new car that we took, they are also supposed to put them up on the radio's website which is http://www.kiss951.com/ and as soon as they are up there I will try to put them on here as well! Also if you live in the area check out the Charlotte Observer because they are supposed to do a story on it this coming weekend. Well if you couldn't tell we basically had a fantastic weekend and are really feeling blessed for everything that we have!

The "natural khaki" (I think it looks more light green in the light) Sonata at it's new home!

Some of our great friends helping celebrate after a long day of painting!

"The Purple Ball of Fury"

James made me title this one the purple ball of fury...maybe you can tell why from the pic. See he got upset with me after the last post for leaving this picture out so I had to come back and add it. He wanted everyone to see him with the little purple ball that he used last night. The thing he might not tell you about it is that it was the same ball that all the GIRLS were using...haha!

Ok so maybe the start of this post was a little mean...he didn't like me saying that he used a ball like the girls...so let me close this post by saying what a great guy he is and how much I love and care about him. I enjoy being with him every day (well maybe we have a few bad moments here and there) and can't wait to be his wife!

Great Weekend So Far...

Well it's only Saturday night and it seems like so much has happened this weekend that I don't know where to start! Lets see...yesterday was my first day of school with my new class and I have to say it went pretty well. I think I will have a few challenging students this year but overall it should be OK! I ended up with 21 students and 15 of them are hispanic so it should be interesting!


Last night we went out with a bunch of friends to surprise Matt for his birthday! We went out to eat at Monterrey since we all love Mexican so much and then began the bowling tournament! We played two games that were guys vs. girls and if i'm not mistaken I think that the girls won, right ladies?!?! I have to admit that we all felt a little old after the night was over since we were yawning like crazy by 11pm...oh well we still made it past midnight, yup we are WILD! Here are a few pics from the evening last night:

Matty sporting his new pink gardening gloves from Erin & Travis!

The winning team...Hiney, Lil E, Rosebud, and Cluto!

Kinda cute, aren't they? Yep we are lucky ladies!

Hiney flipping up her collar on her shirt for the winning bowl!

As you can tell we had a lot of fun last night. Today James went to work and I also went to work for a while at Bath and Body. After that I went over to Brian and Melissa's new house to help them do some painting. We got a few rooms done and it is looking better every day! James and I have also been looking into buying a house in their neighborhood that is the same floor plan so it has been fun working on their home and thinking of what we could do to our possible new home! I'm going to add on a few pictures from the painting and then call it quits for the night...hope everyone has a great weekend!

There's Melissa painting like a pro!

Brian getting the paint on nice and thick! haha!

Yeah...i'm pretty much a great painter!

Can't forget good old Ruthie the guard dog cheking out the sleeping space in her new home!

Sure is hot

I just started thinking that it is very hot outside. I thought that it would be a good way to cool off today by uploading pictures of me and Anna in cool situations.

These are random pictures and are as follows:

The picture of us wrestling the snowball of course came on our trip to Chicago in Feb. That was a good trip, and got to meet some of her good friends. I also got to eat multiple times at yummy pizza places with satisfied my man hunger for pizza.

This next picture was taken of us on our white rafting trip recently. This was a good trip as well, and I wont mention what happened on this said trip, but I am sure if you ask Anna she will tell you all about it:P I am her hero:)

Anyway just wanted to post and say hi. Always worried about being put on blog probation again. Everyone have a great day thanks for looking.

weekend update

I have made a terrible observation first off. This observation is that the weekend always go by too fast. It was a good weekend however.
Firday we went out to see the Simpsons movie with some friends. It was pretty good and its pretty darn amazing to learn with spidey pig can do.
Saturday I had to go to work which is never much fun, but got off early at 6 which is nice. Anna spent the day with Tara and had fun times including zumba and the wedding mall. Anna and myself went out on a great little date night for pizza and a movie on Saturday night. That turned out to be fun.

Sunday we got up and went to church. It was a good lesson and focused on honoring your father and mother. It put a lot of good things into perspective and always things that we need to be mindful of. After church we went out to eat again with friends. We then went to the store hung out and fun stuff like that. We were honored guests at the house of Krumps. That was good times as well. Nothing quite like grilling out. Tasty tasty.
We are now sitting at home after watching the rest of our chic flick movie for this evening. It is now getting late and we both have to get up early tommorrow.
Hope everyone has a good night and thanks for checking it out.
James and Anna.

p.s. happy birthday Larry. That was part of the houseof Krumps.

Oh What A Week...

Ok so this pictures has nothing to do with the post...I just think posts are more fun with a picture to go along! This is us when we went to Chicago in February to meet up with some of our Michigan buddies...what a good time!

Well we are officially "back to school" this week and it has been a tiring one for sure. I have been at school all week getting things ready for the kids to start coming. James spent the day there yesterday as well and was a GREAT help with getting the room ready...he even did bulliton boards and helped out in Melissa's room across the hall...don't think he is going to get into the building business anytime soon but atleast he wasn't the one who had to get the termites out of her room, oh boy!

We also went out last night and looked at some home sites and began to think about the possiblity of building a home instead of buying. It is really exciting to be able to think about watching the house go up and to be able to personalize our own home. It is definitely a tough decision but hopefully we will be able to pray about it and come up with the right answer. We will keep you posted on what happens with that! After our house hunt we went out and had a great dinner at Hops restaurant since we were dissapointed to find out that Johnny Carino's (where I had been begging James to take me for months) shut down a few weeks ago...guess it wasn't meant to be!

Also wanted to let everyone know that we have officially decided on doing a Jekyll Island wedding on the 4th of July in 2008. We were happy and surprised to find out that a wedding there is actually cheaper then in Knoxville! Feel free to check out the website for the island at www.jekyllisland.com and click on the weddings link to see the church we are going to get married in, Faith Chapel!

Well I must run so I can get enough sleep to be able to keep up with our Kindergartners in the morning. We hope everyone has a safe and happy weekend and be sure to leave us some comments to let us know how all is going in your lives as well!