I have a job!!

I had an interview Wednesday afternoon and I got a phone call Thursday afternoon from the Principal of Willow Springs Elementary school. She offered me the third grade teaching position ! It is a year-round school which basically means I will teach 9 weeks then have a 3 week break. Orientation for teachers starts July 1st and school starts July 7th. I am so excited about having my own classroom and I have SO much to do before the school year starts!
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Morgan and Josh's wedding weekend

This weekend was filled with wedding events. Jeff and I flew to Memphis Thursday night and spent the night with Saunders and Jordan. We all drove to Tupelo Friday for Morgan and Josh's wedding. We ran errands and ate lunch Friday afternoon then went to the hotel to get ready for the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. The rehearsal dinner was beautiful, with touches of maroon and white around the room, to no ones surprise. Saturday we went to the bridal brunch at the Bistro on Main Street. The wedding was at 6 o'clock that night and was such a sweet ceremony. The reception was a blast.... everyone danced all night to a great band! Jeff and I had a wonderful time hanging out with all of our friends and celebrating the marriage of Morgan and Josh! We love you guys! Thanks to Jordan and Saunders for letting us stay and carting us around all weekend, Jeff and I loved hanging out with you both!

Honeymoon in Antigua!

Here are a few pictures from the honeymoon! We stayed at a Sandals resort in Antigua. It was definitely the most amazing and relaxing week! The service was wonderful, we felt like royalty the entire time. The food and drinks were delicious and of coarse the best part is that it was all-inclusive. Jeff and I will definitely be going back to a Sandals resort in the future. During the week we did a lot of laying out and relaxing, and managed to mix in massages, kayaking and snorkeling. Anyone planning a honeymoon... I highly recommend it.

Wedding pictures are posted!

Our wedding pictures are finally posted...

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Our Wedding!!

I can finally change the Blog name!! These past two weeks have been such a whirlwind. The week leading up to the wedding seemed to take forever, then before I knew it was our wedding day! I had the time of my life that day and hope everyone else had a great time too! Saturday night after the reception, Jeff and I drove to New Orleans to spend the night. We were at the airport at 4:30 the next morning. We spent ALL DAY traveling, literally from 4:30 AM to 11:00 PM. We were so happy to finally be in Antigua, which was absolutely breathtaking (pictures coming soon). Then we got back in town Friday night, spent the night at my parents' house and loaded up the UHAUL the next morning. We left around lunch and spent Saturday night in Atlanta with Jeff's family. We woke up early the next morning and spend 8 hours on the road (in separate cars... boring!) I FINALLY got to see our new house at 5:00! I love it!! We have been getting settled in the past few days and still have a lot to do. It has been such an eventful and amazing two weeks!

It's finished (almost)

The house is finished, I can't believe it! All that's left are a few details on the outside. Jeff will move in next weekend and everyone needs to plan a trip to visit ASAP! And... 3 weeks from today is our wedding - yikes, so much to do! :)

Closer and closer...

Everything is getting closer... I will graduate on Friday, the house will be finished May 17th, and Jeff and I will get Married May 31st! I love the month of May!!

Our House!

The house is coming along! It should be ready to move in May 17th. Jeff will start moving furniture in soon. I won't see it until we get back from the honeymoon, what a great surprise to come home to!

Derby Days

Here are a few pictures from our LAST Derby Days. We came in 2nd but still had a blast!

'Around the House' shower!

Here are a few pictures from my 'Around the House' shower this past weekend. Thanks to Abby and Ms. Natalie for being amazing hostesses; you both are so special to me! The colors of the shower were hot pink and green, the same as the wedding colors... it was beautiful! I had the best time hanging out and catching up with everyone. It is hard to believe the next time I will be home will be after I graduate! Wow, four years has flown by! There are more pictures to come from the shower soon...

He works hard for the money....

I can't believe how fast the house is coming along.... Jeff is working so hard to get it finished by the wedding! Great job Jeff!

Two months and counting!

I'm sure to our parents these pictures seem like the were taken yesterday! But.. their children are now grown and about to get married!! LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AWAY! Planning this wedding has been such a wonderful experience and has brought me closer to many special people, but I absolutely cannot wait to walk down that isle! I wish I could blink my eyes and it would be the Friday before our wedding! Well, I'm sure it will be here before we know it, considering the year we have been engaged has flown by! By the way, Jeff might be embarresed, but I love this picture of him! He's the same height as the pelican! Oh, and anyone who knows me knows not much has changed when it comes to me and chocolate.

Here are a few pictures from the "Honey do and Garden shower." Everyone from Jeff's work came to the Daigres where we ate, visited and opened gifts. We had a wonderful time, it was so nice of the Daigres to host a shower for us. I feel like I know so many people in Raleigh already. Here is the young crew, who I'm sure we'll be spending a lot of time with once I'm finally there in June!

I went to see Jeff this past weekend since I had Friday and Monday off from teaching. We had such an eventful weekend! We went to see the house which is so far along, not at all what I expected.. Jeff has done a wonderful job building our first home. Then we went to pick out appliances and things for the house. Sunday night we had a "Honey Do and Garden Shower" thown for us by the Daigres. (Thank you guys so much, it was so much fun!) I hated to leave Jeff but it was the LAST time we will ever have to say goodbye again! That means I won't see him again until the wedding...sad! I cannot wait to marry him and move to Raleigh! After six years it is about time we stop saying goodbye! Only about 2 months left, lots to do!

Planning, planning and more planning....

This spring break was quite different from my other ones in college, no beach, no cruise ship, no partying all night long (not that I did that anyway). I went home for a week and planned. I was kinda dreading it, but I actually had a great time. I got so much accomplished and I am much less stressed! My cake and my flowers are finalized, my invitations are stamped and ready to be mailed, and I took bridal portraits (along with doing a lot of other small detailed things). So bring on the big day, it can't come fast enough!! Also, spending a week with my wonderful family was good too, lots of mother/daughter bonding time. Also, I enjoyed relaxing and watching beautiful sunsets from the deck of our reception site, you can't beat the bay overlooking the Mobile skyline.