Yoplait Giveaway

I recently was with a friend who told me about the blog that Melissa T. had started. She told me that it was awesome, and it is! However, I soon learned that I went to high school with Melissa and would love to thank her for helping me save MONEY and have a little bit of fun along the way. This month she is giving away an awesome prize pack that I want to win!!!! She is giving away a breast cancer jewlery case with a breast cancer awareness bracelet and a coupon for a free pack of Yoplait yogurt. Check out her blog at www.couponsandcoffee.blogspot.com and look. It's awesome! Plus she's doing a great job of promoting breast cancer. Go Melissa!

Breast Cancer Awareness

Well, it's that time of the year again where we are promoting National Breast Cancer Awareness. I love the month of October for lots of reasons and this is definately apart of it. Every year I walk in the Race for the Cure and am excited to do it again this year. I am walking as a part of Jan's Fans team along with some other friends. I have never met Jan but am excited to do that on Saturday. She is currently being treated for breast cancer but is simply too weak to make the walk so she is going to send us on our way. Go Jan!!!!!! Kick Breast Cancer in the BUTT! I think the best thing we can do is spread the word and do monthly exams and follow the steps. Who knows maybe one day we will find a cure and won't that be the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 year Portraits

On Thursday we went and had pictures made for Emma's second birthday. It is always interesting to me that you can go one time and get great shots and then go another time and get bad shots depending on the photographer. Well that's what happened. Terrible photographer bad pictures. However, we did manage to get a few good ones. Thought I would share with everyone.

Family Reunion 101

It's great to have family in! We hung out with the family from out of town all week last week. Monday-Thursday. We had a great time! It was really fun to have other family our age with kids close in age. Boo and Lynn came in and brought Brianna with them and we could not have been happier. Monday night we ate spagetti at the cabin with everyone. Tuesday we spent all day with the family at Dollywood. That morning was a rough start because we had Kristin and Tim with us but as usual some issue arose and well it put us 1 hour behind. Then we ate chicken and ribs with everyone on Tuesday along with our families favorite "Board Games." Well, Wednesday was do as you wish day. So, Boo,Lynn, Brianna, Emma and I decided to do some shopping at Five Oaks. We got some awesome deals. Emma has a brand new wardrobe for next summer so come May of next year it will be like Christmas. Heeeeeee. We did buy the girls matching outfits and they looked so cute. I taught Lynn how to make hairbows so then we decided to buy them matching outfits. Then I had to attend church that evening. Friday evening we had dinner with Boo and Lynn and of course we ate my favorite "MEXICAN"! It was great to see family and we can't wait until September when we see them again. Unfortunately, the Roll Tide but we will forgive them for that!!!!! LOL! Here are pictures of Emma and Bri-Bri in matching outfits after dinner!

WHOOHOO!

Steve and both have been working on our master's degrees. Steve actually was 1 year ahead of me and graduated in May but lacked the certification for being a principal. So, we both decided that we would take the test before the state of Tennessee changed the test. (the test we took was supposed to be easier than the new version). So, on June 13 we both spent 6 hours taking the test not including drive time 40 minutes 1 way to get there and and 40 minutes back home or the 45 minute lunch break that we received. We were actually the dividing line between 2 groups so we took the same test just in different rooms. We then had to wait 4 weeks for the test results. Well, on Tuesday of this week we both found out that we PASSED the test!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never want to have to do that again! LOL! Now all that is happening is we are waiting for that precious license to come from the State Department of Education and glory be to the good Lord we are licensed!!!!!!!!!! Now, all I have to do is complete 4 more classes and I will have a Master's degree. :)

Smores?

We were at the lake house and decided that since we were burning brush that we would take advantage of the opportunity so we made smores. It was Emma's first time eatting a smore. I am not so sure she liked it but at least we tried it!

Steve Graduates!

Steve graduated from Carson Newman College with his Master's in Educational Leadership early in May. We are so proud of him! Here is a picture of Emma and Steve.