Happy Anniversary to us!!

JUNE 24th, 2006


Yesterday was our 2nd wedding anniversary. Yay! I was clever enough to hook up with some friends and get Ethan the surfboard he has wanted for a while! And I actually surprised him. He as a tendency to ruin any surprise and even though he tried hard to do that again....I won!! Here's a pic of the new ride...thanks to Nick. Isn't it pretty??

After the great surprise, we got ready and went to a fancy shmancy dinner at the Chart House in Melbourne. Anywhere else in the country, this would have been fancy. Only in Florida will you go into a restaurant like this and find people in shorts and t-shirts. I felt a little over-dressed. But, who cares! I was celebrating!! We didn't bring our camera in, so we had to take a photo on our own at home. We took a few, but this is our fave! 

Fun Weekend

Last weekend I went into Orlando on Friday to shop with my "mother-in-love" and spend some quality time with old friends. Dawn and I went to the mall and found some goodies. That evening I went to the Miceli house. For those of you who don't know them, they are four sisters that I used to nanny. I have known them for about 7 years. Wow. So this is a picture with the twins, Andrea and Nancy who are going into 10th grade!! 

When I was done loving on my girls, I went to the bride-to-be's place and enjoyed some pre-wedding activities. Like, practicing hair, packing the honeymoon bag and ironing 16 table cloths. Saturday was the wedding. I was lucky enough to do Heather's hair. Yikes! Although I'm not a professional...I think i did a good job! She is gorgeous! Ethan and I had a great time with all of our friends. And a great time with the daisies! 

Hello Black Beauty!

I GOT A NEW CAR! FINALLY! I traded in my piece and brought home this 2008 Honda CRV. I love it. I actually want to drive now! Hurry up and come over so I can drive you around in it!

blessed

I have my job next year!! Yay! I will be teaching 2nd grade again at Lewis Carroll. Thanks to everyone who prayed. God definitely was in control of this situation. Next year is going to be a big challenge, though.  Three of the teachers on the 2nd grade team have been moved to different grades. We will be getting some fresh blood to replace them. Fresh blood meaning they haven't taught 2nd grade. So, I will have more experience in the grade then the others. Which baffles me. I will be going from the one who is always asking questions... to the one who should have the answers.  

  He never said his blessings would be easy.

wednesdays are my favorite.

Every Wednesday I leave work and head to a local coffee shop and meet two of my favorite people, Deeann and Lauren. While enjoying our coffee/tea and snackie we chat about our weeks and what God has been doing with us.  Each week one of us will bring a few Bible verses to the group and share why it is important to us. We all memorize the verses throughout the week and have to recite it to each other next time. It's been incredible to see how God uses those verses. They are definitely not random! He has a reason for us to be thinking about it all week. They have been challenging and comforting at the same time. We have been used by God to share these verses with other people. It's incredible. To complete our afternoon, we share what is on our hearts and what we need each other to be praying about. And we pray. 

How lucky am I!?  I am so blessed and grateful to have these girls in my life. I love Wednesdays.

Plus...they are WAY fun! 

Bad Dog Marley!

So... We have this dog Fin. He's a yellow lab with tons of energy. Mom calls him Marley because of the well known book about a terror of a dog who destroys everything in his path. Fin is no Marley -I keep telling Mom. Well, tonight, Fin was Marley.

We've been trying this new thing with him. We've been letting him stay out of his crate while we go out for a short while. We feel bad leaving him in his crate all day and then again at night while we go get some dinner. So, we "Fin-proof" the house and put everything we think he'd be interested in far away behind a locked door. At first he tore up the occasional flip flop or basket of magazines or shoe that we forgot about. But, he's been doing very well lately... not chewing anything at all! Until tonight. Our dear friends Nick and Emily invited us to a yummy dinner at Slo and Low BBQ and THIS is what he came home to...






I guess we should have taken the cushions off the couch. Silly us.

welcome to our world.

So... we got a blog. For you. This is so you are well up to date on what goes on in our life. And lots go on. So stay on the edge of your seat.

-Ethan gets to create our "good-byes" to you... Here is the first of many.

peace, love and nudity.