Congrats goes to Trever

Trever is being inducted into the National Honor Society! Yea for him...Their ceremony is on March 12th. I am sooo proud of his smart butt!!

10 years...

So it's already that time of year. It's still hard to believe I've been out of high school for 10 years. I have had a crazy 10 years let me tell you. We are already planning our reunion for this summer. I'm in charge of Save the Date cards, invitations and RSVPS. We are having a little meeting tomorrow night to kick things off and go over everyone's ideas. It will be fun getting back together with some of my old girlfriends. Now let's go back to 10 years...here's a list of important things I remember....

- Went to Lon Morris Jr. College, made tons of really good friends that I'm still close with today
- Was cheated on and hurt in so many ways possiable...
- Graduated from there and did a semester at UT Tyler, hated it and headed on to Sam
Houston State University.
- I met TJ there and had 2 1/2 really good years with him...
- Huntsville was a blast! I had 2 good roomates, Danin and Sam...we partied like rock stars
together. There are so many memories while livin' it up in the trailor!
- I also had a couple crushes while being there...one was a calf roper and the other played
football for just a short time...
- Bartended at Texas Roadhouse, cut up lots of meat at McKenzie's BBQ, and wore my western
attire while working at Cavenders! Just trying to get myself through college...
- Graduated from SHSU with a BBA and then started a year worth of Education classes.
- Finished that and headed back home for the summer until I found a teaching job.
- I found a job at Mexia and met my husband Leven the day of my interview (he did the
interviewing)
- Started dating Leven a few months after that interview. We were engaged 5 months later and
married 3 months after that...June 17, 2006 (Sam's birthday!)
- Started our life together, still in Mexia. I taught BCIS (computers) at the high school and
coached freshmen volleyball and basketball. I made some really good friends and mentors
while being in Mexia. People I will never forget.
- We got pregnant after only 5 months of marriage! Yikes! Taydem Elizabeth was born
August 22, 2007!
- We lived in Mexia for 3 years and then Leven was offered the head volleyball job in Longview
at Pine Tree High School.
- Now we live in Longview with my sister on the lake. We are in the process of builing a home. I
work now for an Environmental company.

FACTS:
I have seen three engagement rings in 10 years.
I have been to Cancun 3 times
I have been a bridesmaid in 8 weddings
I have sang in 3 weddings
Lost my Aunt to lung cancer
Had 2 seizures
I gained 2 sister-in-laws and now I have 4 nephews.
Ran a 5k

Ok..my brain is tired...enough for now!

"I love to SWIIIINNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!!"

Yesterday after I picked Taydem up from daycare, I took her to a little park right down the road. I found out that she really loves to swing. She was having a blast....I took her out because I was ready to head home and she stopped and pointed back at the swing. So of course I had to put her back in there and push her some more. We finally got back in the car and she cried almost the whole way home. She was mad at her Mamma!

Not a lot going on...

This past weekend we didn't have a lot going on. In the next few weeks though we should be pretty busy. Our house is still on hold b/c of all the paper work...it's driving me crazy having to wait and wait for it to get started. My oldest brother, Dustin, is also in the process of building a house. They are getting their house plans finished this week. They are building in Tatum at the new sub division he and my other brother and dad built together. This house is going to be a pretty big house for their family. It should be fun watching us build together.

She can be choosy, if she wants...

Taydem is not only surrounded by 4 boy cousins, but a lot of my friends have little boys. So she is surrounded by them all the time! She loves giving them kisses, which scares me a little. I guess she will always have a little boyfriend if she wants one...This is Brody Downs giving Taydem a kiss this past weekend. He is about 3 months older than her...look at her, she's all into it!

I did what?

So Saturday morning rolls around and my friend Natalie (works with me) decided she wanted to run in the Valentine's Day "Couple Run" here in Longview. She wanted her hubby to join her but he couldn't so I was next in line. I agreed to this crazy idea. I don't run...I just don't like it! Well it was a 5k run. (which is only 3 miles, but it sounds better when you say 5k!) It was 45 degrees that morning and I thought I was going to die. It took me 38 minutes to complete and boy was I glad the thing was over. I felt good afterwards but struggled the whole way through. I felt like I was back in athletics in school...running!! So here's a picture to prove that we did it...we got a t-shirt and some goodies for running in it.

Yesterday Truitt had his 4th b-day party. Chrissy had it in Marshall at Gym Fit. It was so much fun there. It's a gymnastics center and on the weekends they open it up for parties. They had all the trompolines, blow-ups and mats you could imagine. I really think the adults had more fun than the kiddos. Taydem wasn't really sure what was going on and was a scardy cat at first. I didn't realize she was so cautious. Truitt's birthday is really on Feb. 18th.

Happy V-Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone....

And Happy Birthday to my Aunt Connie...