Bridal Registry! Ahhh:)

Well, I could not wait any longer the time has come! I have been looking forward to this day for literally, months years DECADES:) Sunday I woke up and decided that it would be a great day for Handsome and I to go

register

for

wedding gifts!

Our first stop was Dillards. I was soo excited! I could not wait to get my hands on one of those guns so that I could roam the store and scan that thing on everything in sight! But by the time the lady gave us the gun I had contained myself and we really didn't do that much damage, but that was just because it would probably be considered a Faux Pas if I took that thing up to the shoe department:) Trust me, I thought about though!

Anyways...Our next stop was Crate & Barrel. First I will say that If they would let me take permanent residence in that store, I would be as happy as a clam! I LOVE this store! We picked out our glasses, appliances, baking needs, storage baskets, margarita and wine glasses, and lots of kitchen gadgets! As soon as fall rolls around I will probably go back and add kitchen linens to that list. I cant wait until I see one of those classic black and white boxes on my door step!

I think Handsome and I will register at one more place so that we can pick out some towels and bed linens. This seems hard to pick out when we don't know what our bedroom will look like or even where we are going to live.

All in all it was a great day and it makes this whole wedding thing feel real!

Kelly and Joe's Wedding

It seems like just yesterday Kelly was calling to say that she and Joseph were engaged and now they are MARRIED!:) Come to think about it, it seems like just yesterday we were floating down the Guadalupe River having a blast and just beginning our great friendship! I know that weekend not only holds a lot of memories for everyone but especially for Kelly and Joe as that was the weekend they "rekindled" their love!!:) That was almost FOUR years ago!

Anyways the wedding was gorgeous and I had a blast celebrating with the cute couple!

Congratulations Kelly and Joseph! I love you both!!!

Jackie and I at the reception!

Soon to be Mr. and Mrs. Miller at the Rehearsal dinner!

Bridesmaids with Kelly and Joe

Handsome and I (not the best picture)

Best Friends Forever!!:)

Handsome and I again

The Happy Couple!

Well Handsome and I are off to visit my parents in Athens for Mothers Day! My niece and nephew will be there too this weekend so I will be back with pictures!

5K

So I have decided that I am going to start "training" to be able to run/jog for a 5K. That is 3 miles if you didn't know:)! Here in Fort Worth every Thursday nights this summer they have a 5k and I have decided that I am going to be able to do the whole thing without walking! To some people this may seem like nothing but trust me, this is a HUGE thing for me. I have never been able to run for more than 5-10 consecutive minutes. Before yesterday I cannot remember the last time that I was able to at least run a mile!

So a few days ago I headed to Lukes Locker to get some new shoes. I have been told that my old tennis shoes are horrible to run in which may be why I could never run more than 5 minutes at a time:) I also walk on the insides of me feet or over pronate as they told me at Lukes so I got some shoes that have a support on the insides of my feet so that they cant roll over therefor making it easier to run!

Well yesterday my sister, Caitlin and I decided to give my new shoes a try and we went on a two mile walk/run. I think they actually helped a lot! After about a half mile my shin splints were gone and I was actually running! Now if it wasnt for my lungs gasping for air or my side searing with sharp pains I probably could have run the entire time! haha:) But the good news is that I probably ran at least a mile! I think that is pretty good for my first day! The only bad thing is, is that since I am not used to having any support on the insides of my feet I now have a lovely little blister! I think it just may take my feet a little while to get used to it!

Anyways, I convinced my sister Sarah that she should train for the 5K and run it with us! So we have picked July 23 for our race:) I will let you know how the "training" is going!

Happy Birthday Sweet Little Ty-Ty

Well today is my sweet nephew Tyler's, 5th Birthday! I cannot believe he is already five!! Time really does fly by!

April 30, 2004 a day that should have been about celebrating our families newest arrival, they told our family that not only would my sister was not going to make it and that it was highly unlikely that Tyler would either.

Tyler's birthday is extra special to our family because the day he was born he and my sister almost died! My sister had developed Pre-Eclampsia and her blood pressure got so high that she went into a seizure. When my dad and sister found her she was unconscious and unresponsive. When she got to the hospital they had to deliver Tyler by C-Section 4 weeks premature. He only weighed about three pounds. The doctors thought when they got Tyler out that my sister Meghan would wake up but she didn't. They soon found out that she had blood on her brain and was in a coma. They told us that she was not going to make it through the night and IF she did she only had about a 10% chance of living because of all the trauma to her body. They also told us that Tyler did not have a good chance of surviving either. They were not sure how long his little brain had been without oxygen.


Well today on April 30, 2009 we are not only celebrating the fact that Tyler is turning FIVE years old we are celebrating the fact that God not only performed a miracle and saved little Ty-Ty but He also saved his Momma!

So here is living proof that miracles do happen,
Happy Birthday Sweet Little Ty-Ty I love you very much!!:

It has been WAY too long! Lots of catching up!

I know it has been over a month since I last posted but I have been extremely busy for the past couple of weeks! I am going to attempt to catch up today so here goes:

At the beginning of April my sweet sisters and friends offered to get all of our friends and wedding party together to celebrate me and Jared's (I like to refer to him as handsome) long awaited engagement! Our friends Amanda and Blake offered to host at their house and we cooked out, played some pool, did some dancing, and soaked in the hot tub! It was so good to have everyone together and I seriously had the time of my life! I had not seen some of our friends in awhile so it was good to catch up! Thank you soo much Sarah, Caitlin, Jackie, Kelly, Amanda, and Blake!!!

Here is a picture of some of the girls:

Ok...Whats Next?!

The main reason why I have been so busy is because I have been on a mission to find a teaching job for the Fall! I have been to several job fairs and job fair interviews but so far I have not really heard anything back!

When I first graduated from college I was really not sure what I wanted to do with my life so I decided to get alternatively certified to teach elementary school! I was still not sure I wanted to do that but after getting my current job working for SMU teaching reading in Fort Worth I have realized that I really really want to teach! So lately I have really been concentrating on making sure that happens! I have been updating my resume and applying everywhere so please pray that I hear something soon!

I am not going to lie I have been really stressed out about this whole job situation! The main reason why I am stressed out about it is because Jared and I need to figure out where we are going to live when we get married! The main problem is since we don't know exactly where my job will be we cant start looking for a house! I know our wedding is still eight months away but if we are going to buy a house we will need to start looking and dealing with that sooner rather than later! So please keep me in your prayers!!

On a lighter note.....:)

This past weekend Handsome and I packed up for the weekend and went back to Stephenville for a Texas Country Music Festival! Besides the fact that I think I am getting too old to "camp" for three days we had a blast!!!! This year we got to stay in a camper so it was really not that bad! Jared's best friend, Jonathan and his wife Shelly came as well as my friend Jackie! Seriously I cannot tell you how much fun we had! It was really good to see lots of people from Stephenville that we had not seen in awhile plus listen to some GOOD music!

Please Excuse the hair in these pictures! It was soooo windy!

Me and Handsome:)

I saved the best for last!

About two weeks ago I was sitting in my car about to go into one of my schools when I heard the guy on the radio say " Caller number 20 wins a pair of GEORGE STRAIT tickets to his sold out concert at the NEW Cowboys stadium!" Yes people GEORGE STRAIT! and not just George but Reba McEntire will also be there!!! This concert sold out in an hour and I won two tickets! HA! I am sooo excited about this you have no idea! When I heard the radio DJ saying to call I immediately started calling! I seriously think I called about 30 times before it finally started ringing! I thought he was going to tell me that the concert was over and to quit calling but when he told me that I had won I told him to shut up! ha!

Well that is some of what is happening around here! I am sure I will think of some more things to update later! This weekend my very good friends Kelly and Joseph are getting married!!! I am sooo excited! Even though I was supposed to be about ten pounds lighter and ten shades darker by this time I think it is going to be a great weekend! I will be sure to put up some pictures when we get back!

Congratulations To The New Mr. and Mrs Montgomery!

So as of today at 3:00 pm two of my very very good friends after ten years of dating tied the knot!! They went to Jamaica at the beginning of the week for their weddingmoon and they got married at 4:00 their time! I wish I could have been their to celebrate with them but I know they are having a blast together!!!!

I know that today has been a LONG awaited day not only for Jackie and Shawn but for everyone that knows them! Jackie and Shawn are high school sweethearts that have been together since they were 15!! Can you believe that? I know they have a long happy life ahead of them and I wish them the very best!

To Jackie and Shawn, CONGRATULATIONS!! I love you both and I CANNOT wait to see pictures when you get back!!

P.S. I hope you remember to bring me back my hat with dreads!!:)

Spring Break!!

I have been on spring break all week and it has been fantastic!!! Usually I cant sleep past 8:30 or so on Saturdays and Sundays but I have been sleeping in until at least ten! It has been awesome! I guess you could say I am having a "staycation" because unfortunately I am not on an exotic tropical beach somewhere...but wouldn't that be awesome if I was?! I did get to do a

few fun things though!

We went to Austin for my good friend, Kelly's batchelorette party. It started off kind of hectic because when we got to the hotel they did not have our reservation and they were of course booked!! So we were frantic for about two hours because we were three hours from home and we were homeless. We finally got a hotel room and the celebrating started!! Kelly got a lot of good stuff for her soon to be hubby! I think he will like it all;)

I also went to Stephenville for a night to see some other good friends! It is so weird how much things have changed from when I lived there just a year ago! I don't know how its possible considering I am only 24 but I felt OLD! Some of those kids at Tarleton look like they are 12 years old!! No kidding! But I guess if you think about it they are probably my brothers age, which in a way makes me feel even older because I cant believe that boy is old enough to be in college. It seems like yesterday when we brought that little butterball home from the hospital in a limo, (yes a limo but he was the only boy in a family of five sisters I guess he deserved a little pampering) But now he is a full grown college coed as my dad would say!

Anyways back to the real world tomorrow. Oh how I will miss you spring break!

Until next year...