Happy Birthday Tyler

Another year has passed and now my baby is 8 years old. Well, he actually turned eight on Friday (the 9th), but I had his party today after church. Normally, i have 8-10 rsvp's, all who say they are coming, and only two show up. Today, EVERYONE showed up! lol... Tyler doesn't have anyone to play with on our street, so he was so excited. The kids played and played and played until 5 pm! Whew! I am exhausted to say the least. Friday night, we had our normal family birthday night with my parents. We went to dinner and then to Chuck E Cheese to play until 7:30pm.

As you can see, Tyler received his first rifle ( this is a gift that can only be used with his pawpaw), and then an awesome Pirates of the Caribbean Lego set. We spent almost two hours putting that set together on Saturday while it poured down outside. It was awesome! Next up, today's party....

After everyone left, Tyler walked up to me and told me how much he loved me and that this was his best birthday ever! All he ever wanted was just a bunch of kids to play with, and today he got his wish. He could have cared less about his presents or his cake, lol. Nothing could make me happier than seeing his face during the party and playtime. It was definitely a great day!

Little changes lead to BIG things....

I have made the decision to change my major (one more time) to Health Education. This means that I will be teaching high school now instead of elementary school and I will graduate May 2010 instead of December 2010. yay!! Now I can go back to work full time during the day due to the classes being at night. Trust me, I really need to go back to work! Please pray that I find a job soon, I have been searching since September! I have also completed the Discovering Grace sessions at church and will be introduced as a new member of Grace Community on Sunday, Nov. 9th! Tyler and I are very excited about it : ) Hey, better late than never!

Happy Halloween

"Trick or treat...smell my feet, give me something good to eat!" : ) Tyler laughed when i sang this last night, but thank goodness he never said to the nice people around us! lol.. We went to the annual Trunk or Treat at Christ United Methodist Church and everyone had the cutest cars decorated. I managed to get a few pictures before my batteries died. As we were pulling into the neighborhood, Tyler saw some of the boys from TaeKwonDo and went house to house in our large neighborhood with them. I slowly followed suit in my car. Tyler had fun and got to have a little sense of independence and he racked up big time! I hope you all had a great Halloween as well. Until next year....here are the pix!

Piglet & Pooh

don't forget Eeyore! Check out this car!

Taekwondo Tyler.."Hi-Yah" : )

Tyler has been a student at the Taekwondo Academy in Mobile for the last 3 weeks, and he is loving it! He will test in December for his yellow belt! He is learning self discipline, control, perserverance, responsibility, and how to live an indominal lifestyle. He works very well with Master Jones. More pictures to come....

SAEA Fall Conference in Huntsville

Yay!! I was re-elected President of the Student Alabama Educators Association! Woo hoo!!


So we had a great weekend in Huntsville...Leigh, Jessica and I were the only ones to respresent the University of South Alabama, but hey....that is our job as officers. I also couldn't ask for better travel mates or room mates! We arrived at the Huntsville Marriott Friday at 3 pm and was so excited to see that we were right next to the Space center. We literally had a rocket right outside our room! How cool is that to look out to! Then we had a late dinner with about 75 other SAEA members from the University of AL, Auburn, UA at Huntsville, Miles College, Jacksonville State, and Alabama State University. We always make friends at these conferences, and have to sit through several 1-2 hour sessions; but, we learn so much. The next conference is being held in Mobile, where the three of us will host hopefully more than 200 students. It is called Outreach to Teach. We are choosing one local elementary school in Prichard to receive a major face lift in March! We will need a lot of prayers to get us through that one! Here are a few pictures from our weekend.




Jessica, me & Leigh



me & Jessica


Leigh, Dr. Duff-Newsome (Miles College), Terry Sellers, and Jess


Ashley and Deanna, University of Alabama

Yay!!...Shana's home..

I'm so glad to have my little sister home for a couple of days. It is always a great time when the two of us get together! Usually winds up with stomach pains, cheeks hurting, eyes dripping a tear or two...all of this, because we are laughing so hard! Good times....lol : )

Forgetting all the I have...for something I want

How sad is the day when you come to realize that you have forgotten about everything good that you have, for something that you want? All I have ever wanted in life was to be a wife and mother; and, while I have the mother part, being a single mother wasn't on the list. I have been searching for a love greater than the love I have for my son and my family. I keep searching for "the one" to fill the space in my heart and that of my child, all the while, continually getting disappointed every time. Tyler must tell me a thousand times a day how much he loves me and needs me. Why is that not enough for me? What is it, that makes me forget about the joy he takes in just being with me?

Today, I decided that we were going to go get lunch and then go play a round of miniature golf at Funntasia. We went to Applebee's for lunch and when the waiter brought the ticket...Tyler pulled out his wallet and said, "I got this momma." ha ha... he pulled out $4 and the waiter laughed. I told him to put his money up and that I would get it. Then we had a fun afternoon playing under the hot sun on the golf course. It is then, that it hit me, as my hot little boy lay passed out in the seat....that i fell in love all over again, with what I already have.