Rain, Rain....

Don't go away....for the past couple of days we've woken up the most beautiful rain showers. It's so refreshing! Here are some results of the rain...

Much better with words....

Oh my lordy....

One of my dear friends has a blog of her own and let me say, she's much better with words (she ought to be...she teaches English)....but she stinkin' cracks me up sometimes!

Here is her latest....
read this one first.....then read this one on cellular phones and teenagers!

thankful thursday

*Family - families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts!
*Friends - old and new
*Kirby...for barking like crazy at me when I get home from work because that means she loves me and is mad at me for leaving her all day long.
*computers...they give me a job, they give me something to do while espn is on, they keep me in touch with my sweet family and friends.
*espn...goose's passion
*snacks during the day...when baby says it's snack time, it was snack time 5 minutes ago.
*I've made it 10 weeks without being super duper sick.
*fresh flowers...make my day
*the roof over my head and the pillow at night
*students...they make you want to laugh and cry all at the same time sometimes.
*pictures...I'm addicted
*laughter and smiles...I couldn't survive without
*craft projects...my idea of relaxing
*flip flops...I'm not a high fashion girl when it comes to shoes...the flippyer and the floppyer the better

our journey

Our journey began in March of 2005. That's when we met. Since that day, we've been inseparable. We got engaged 3 months later and married a year after that. We have really enjoyed being married. We decided that after our 1st anniversary, we might start trying to start a family. We prayed and prayed and prayed some more...tried everything that we could think of or read about. But it just wasn't our time. A year later, we started our family...we call her Kirby. She has been such a joy in our lives. She is now in the puppy chewing stages, but that's ok. A few weeks after that, we REALLY started our family! Yep, July 18th, I found out that I was pregnant!!! I tried not to get my hopes up because during our year long of ups and downs, we did have a false positive. After five positive home tests, I had my hopes way up! It was HIS time!

Derek's brother and his girlfriend were in town that weekend, so it was a perfect time to tell all of Derek's family. We swore them to secrecy! The next weekend, we went to the lake for my dad's 50th birthday. His first gift was a tiny t-shirt that said 'spoiled rotten by grandpa'. He and my mom were so excited. We swore them to secrecy too! We told a few more family members and that was it. We wanted to wait until after our first doctor's appointment to share the good news.

Today was the day! The first appointment! The anticipation, the excitement, the unknown...the first appointment! Really, it's not all it's cracked up to be. haha. Questions, family history, more questions, then off for blood work and back home! That's it.

It's still exciting with lots of anticipations and unknowns, but so exciting! We are truly blessed to know that it's God's plan and timing. We know this child has lots of great things ahead and just pray that he/she will know God, live and worship Him.

Thanks to all who have prayed for this along with us. You will never know how much we truly appreciate it.

new beginnings...

Life is full of new beginnings right now. New school year, new students, new classes, new lesson plans, new faces, new names, new posters, new beginnings. I just ask that God will bless the new school year for everyone and make it a wonderful year! And maybe, just maybe more new beginnings will come....