Catch up!

I have been terrible at keeping up with this blog, and for that I apologize!

Kevin and Alicean came in town a few weekends ago for the OU/TX game. We hung out Friday night and met up with them at the fair after the game. State Fair Take Two was much better, mainly because no rain, but SO crowded. I will never go on game day again! BUT... fried snickers are amazing. You should all go try them! And if you are ever in Dallas during the state fair... be sure to go. It was so much fun! We even found the Alabama state flag at the fair, which just makes it all seem a little more like home :)

Friday night we went to Ashley and Patrick's and carved pumpkins! We also ate tamales and watched GHOSTBUSTERS! with some friends. Holly had her first pumpkin carving experience, and she hated gutting the pumpkin!! HA! It was a wonderful Friday evening! The tamales were yummy, the pumpkins turned out awesome, and the company was wonderful. :) It was definitely a fun October Friday night!

Saturday the #1 Crimson Tide played the Tennesse Volunteers! We had some friends over to watch the game- our first BAMA party in our own place! Holly Alman is a girl I went to college with and she now lives in Waco... she drove up for the game, and some friends from church came too. One being a tennessee fan :-/ For the most part... Alabama looked like POO! We obviously forgot how to score a touchdown. At the end of the game, I literally thought I was going to have a heart attack/and or throw up! It was a sickening feeling to feel like our season was OVER. But lucky for 'bama, Terrence Cody saved the day... again! He is a BEAST! It was an ugly win, but a win nonetheless. So we are still on the road to the championship! I want to play Texas in Cali SO bad... hopefully it will happen!! We have a bye week this week... thank GOODNESS. It couldn't have come at a better time!! We fell down to #2 in the AP poll, but that's fine with me! :)

Dear Terrence Cody: Thank you for being a hero and saving the game AND saving me from a heart attack. You are amazing!

PS. LOOK AT HOW HIGH JULIO IS JUMPING! I'm pretty sure he would have knocked down that ball if Terrence hadn't!!

And of course, Julio's Halloween costume. Did you really think he didn't have one? Julio is going to be Frankenstein!!

Isn't he a cutie? :) Unfortunately, we won't be celebrating Julio's first Halloween with him. We will be in Sweet Home Alabama for beautiful rere's wedding! But thankfully we have wonderful "kind of in laws" in Ashley and Patrick and they will be keeping him for the night. Maybe they will take a picture of him where he actually looks happy, because right now I'm convinced he hates his costume! HA!

Like I said, we are off to 'Bama for the weekend! It's going to be a super fast and super busy weekend, but I'm looking forward to catching up with some old pals. :) Sorry for the LONG blog, but just wanted to catch up on everything!! I'm going to end with a picture of my sweet puppy snuggling up for a nap... which is exactly what we might be doing now...

Nikki's visit to Dallas :)

Nikki has been here since Wednesday and leaves tomorrow. While I am super sad to see her go, I have loved having her visit. Her visit here included a night of hanging out with church friends, dinner and drinks with ashley, yummy tiff's treats brownie sundaes, a day of shopping, dinner at hard rock with tropical rocks, a visit to the aquarium, watching the game with the alumni, and a rainy trip to the state fair. I'm going to miss her so much when she leaves tomorrow, and I might even cry a little bit... But I'll get to see her again in three weeks, so I'll be ok. Thank you for coming Nikki! I hope you had as much fun as I did :) And thank you for distracting me from work for five days! haha...

October....

I have officially finished my first six weeks of teaching! Grades are entered and report cards go out next week. I have also finished three parent conferences... 15 more to go!

The first six weeks were absolutely crazy. I feel like it all went by in such a whirlwind! I was busier than I ever thought I would be. But overall, I love my job! I love my co-workers and I love my students. I can't imagine teaching anywhere else. I'm just praying and hoping that the next 6 weeks is a little more calm!! :)

I can't believe that it is already October. Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday when we were bringing in the New Year... and now we are 3/4 done with it! It's been such a great year though. One of the bests! And now it's almost the holiday season. I can't wait to start buying Christmas presents... that's my favorite part of the entire year!!!

October is going to be a great month, I just know it! The great month starts on Wednesday at 2:40! That is when Nikki's plane finally lands in Dallas, Texas!!! I am so excited. Nikki is my very best friend. She is the only person, besides Holly, that I talk to every single day. She knows everything that is going on in my life and I have missed her TERRIBLY since I moved out here. Freshmen year of college, Nikki basically lived in my dorm room. Sophomore year we lived together, and junior and senior year we lived next door to each other. So it was a complete change to move NINE hours away from her and I have missed her so much! But she will be here Wednesday-Monday and I could not be more excited about it!!!!!! It's going to be so much fun :)

The following weekend, Alicean and Kevin will be in Dallas. I am so excited about them coming too! They haven't been here since the weekend that we moved in, so they have yet to see the apartment put together. I'm really excited about getting to spend a weekend with them and not having to drive three hours to do it... this time they get to drive here!

The next weekend, Julie was suppose to come to Dallas, but I don't think it is going to work out. :( Which is sad, because I miss Jules so bad!! Really, I miss all of the six. Jules, Tiff, Erin, and Bets!! It's so crazy to think that a few months ago we lived 5 minutes from each other, and now we are all over the country. I don't know when we will be reunited, but it better be soon! I miss our Thursday night dinners and crazy weekends... and of course the quality time at BG's!!!

And last, but certainly not least, October will go out with a bang- a weekend in ALABAMA for Ann Marie's wedding. Surprisingly, I haven't been homesick. I haven't had a huge desire to go back to Alabama for any reason. But, I am getting excited about the 30 hours I will be spending there in a few weeks. It will be the fastest weekend of my life and I'm not sure that I will sleep at all, but it will be fun! Ann Marie will be a beautiful bride.. :)

So, there's my update on life in Texas. It's grand and I wouldn't trade it for anything... except maybe a game in Bryant-Denny!! :) I do miss the tide! 4-0 #3 in the nation... rammer jammer!