This weekend...

I love weddings! Saturday, my dad's little sister got remarried at St. Mary's Sister's of Mercy Building. She donned a black and white cocktail dress and black hat. So typical of couple from Springhill, lol! At any rate, she was absolutely stunning and the look of happiness could not be erased. The majority of my dad's brothers and sisters flew/drove in for the event, so it wound up being more like a mini family reunion for all of us. It was wonderful. The only one missing was Shana (who seems to be having her own troubles on her European vacation).

This wedding was also the first time my dad's side of the family (the majority of my family) got to meet Eric. Everyone, and I mean everyone, fell in love with him and complimented me on him. Tyler was very proud to be standing next to him and I was just in awe of my little "family". My Meme said that Sam was the 56th person to enter into our family, and then asked Eric if he was going to #57. Eric looked at me, then looked back at her...and said yes. She cried through the whole ceremony and kept saying how proud she was that her daughter had found happiness again. It was so sweet.



Of course, my camera died after only 5 pictures...so i had to wait until heading to the after party to get some more batteries. So here are some pix from both. Enjoy.




Daddy & Nancy


Mr. & Mrs. Sam Baughn 6-28-08




me & daddy

Eric & Tyler I love my boys!

I passed the APTTP exam!!!

According to the State of Alabama Board of Education, you must pass three exams and the exit exam and hold a Bachelors Degree in Education in order to teach.....well, I took my second exam last month and received the results today!!! I PASSED!!! That is two down and two to go. I was really nervous about this one, because it is what stands in your way of being able to student teach; and now, I don't have to worry about that. I will begin student teaching in January! Kudos to me!!!

Meet Chloe!

Tyler has a new pet....Chloe! She is a two year old Lhapsa Apsa/Border Collie Mix. He is so happy to have a dog again. A co-worker at the hospital couldn't handle her anymore with a new baby in the house, so my mom told her we would take her. Her original name is "Baby"; however, we all use "baby" as pet names for everyone in the house. So when I woke up yesterday morning, Tyler informed me that he changed her name to Chloe and she seems to like it. She is getting the cold shoulder from our other two dogs and I can't understand why. They are Border collies as well. Oh well, I am sure that they will soon all be lifelong friends... let's hope anyway.

Now that everyone is better....

I am really hoping to have a very relaxing Father's Day weekend with my family. I hope you all can do the same.

Happy Fathers Day!

Just couldn't help himself...

My poor Eric! I guess he thought me being sick looked like to much fun to do by myself, now he is down with Strep! Luckily, having family in high places (Shana) we were able to get him on antibiotics fast! Thank you so much. But he has been asleep all day long. It is my sincere hope that Tyler doesn't come down with it to. Aaaaagggghhhhh! What a nightmare that will be... :)

Catching Up!

Hi all! Lots of things have been happening around here since my last post. Tyler has started summer camp at Daysprings Baptist and is having a blast. This is his second week. He get to go swimming, skating, bowling and an additional field trip every week! Next week, they are going to the BayBears baseball game on Wednesday.

The summer semester is getting under way for me as well. I am taking five classes, one of which is a required PE course. I decided to take Aerobics; however, it has become what we all now affectionately call "Bootcamp". Guaranteed to lose weight and inches all over your body, so I should be in good shape by the end ..... : )

Eric decided to leave his old job for personal reasons and has found new employment with ARS overseeing a Naval project in Gulfport, MS and Pensacola, Fl. It is a four year contract, rebuilding all the military housing in both places. He is very excited and can't wait to start next week. We are looking forward to Fathers day weekend at the Gulf! It will be the first time in two weeks that we will have all the kids back together and they are super excited as well.

I am very fortuante to have such a wonderful man in mine & Tyler's life. My family loves him as much as I do, and he takes such good care of us. When bad things happen to the ones you love, it is nice to know that you have more than one person who are there for you. This is something that has happened two weeks ago, and my parents and I invited him to move in with us. It is very important to have people you can trust around you. We are so happy that he is here. He has been getting up with Tyler in the mornings and getting him off to camp. Tyler loves having him here full time and I must admit, so do I! When we went to bed last night, i wasnt feeling so great, but he noticed something else was wrong. He stayed up all night long watching me and when he dropped tyler off this morning, he came back and took me to the doctor. The doctors informed me that Mono is running rampid across campus and tested me for it. Thankfully, that isn't my problem. Unfortunately, I have an acute case of strep throat and pharyngitis.
Once we arrived back at the house, he immediately stripped the bed and put new linens on and made me some chicken noodle soup and went to Walmart to get my antibiotics. So now i am sitting in my bed with nothing better to do than to update my blog.