Step right up and get yo' burger!

Today after work Natalie and I will head to Hallsville to help my brother and Molly with a catering! It's for about 400 people and they needed lots of help with it. Too bad it's going to be outside!!

Leven leaves today for Ft. Worth. They play Red Oak tonight and tomorrow they are in the Justin Northwest tournament. He claims they will get killed!

Danin is in Vegas right now with Eric. And I'm soooooooooooooo jealous!

Volleyball

Leven had his first home game last night in the new gym! Pine Tree built a really nice gym but it wasn't ready last year during volleyball season. It's so nice! They played Jacksonville and whooped up on 'em! They were horrible. Tonight they play Carthage. Should be a better ball game.

I have so much going on this week. Tomorrow night I have choir practice, Thursday night I have a catering to help with, Saturday I have my first Southern Living party, and Sunday is Taydem's 2nd birthday party! We are having family and friends at KidsView (a park here in Longview). Should be a good time!

Last night I heard Taydem crying so as I was getting up to go see what was wrong with her I heard a really loud noise! It scared me to death. Her door was cracked open and she didn't know it and ran right into it. Poor baby! It slammed shut and then she started crying even louder! She's been doing really well in her big girl bed!! But every now and then she wonders out of it and into our room! Then I have to take her back to her bed. It's lovely! haha

Final pics of house

We have now been living in our new home for a week. It's so nice that I have to pinch myself every day just to make sure I'm awake and it's actually ours! My parents are the best parents any kid could ever ask for. I believe they raised all four of us extremely well while we were kids and us four are still learning from them every day. They are excellent role models, hard workers, the best grand parents and loved by so many. I am very proud to have them as my Momma and Daddy! Leven, Trever, Taydem and I thank them so much for everything that they have done for us in the past 5 months. I wish I could buy them a new car or send them on a wild vacation! But, that ain't happening! We love and thank you both! Here are the last pictures I'm going to post. If you want to see more, then you will have to drop by one day! We would love to have you!

So now that our lives are back to normal, it's time to start getting back in the zone! Leven has his first volleyball tournament this weekend while Trever has his first football scrimmage in HIGH SCHOOL! Can y'all believe he's in HIGH SCHOOL??????????? Crazy, huh? He's playing 1st string center for now. He says he's the still the smallest one in the huddle. I joined the church choir last night, so I will now have a responsibility to get to choir practice every Wednesday night and church on Sunday mornings. Taydem turns 2 next Saturday! Yes, I said 2! She's so happy and has a huge personality. I guess that was going to come easy....look at her momma and daddy! haha!

It's a new year

I know this probably isn't that weird to you guys, but I've now been back in Longview for a year now and I've been blogging on this thing for a year! I seriously can't believe that! I'm proud of myself keeping up with the blogging world and hope to continue as long as I can.

When Leven and I first moved here I really thought a D-I-V-O-R-C-E was about to take place between the two of us. It was extrememly hard on the both of us. Leven was adjusting to the new job, town, people and I was searching for a new job and Taydem a daycare! Trever left all his friends in Mexia and was worried he wouldn't fit in here. We were living with my sister (that actually turned out ok!) and driving an hour every day to work (which we really got spoiled in Mexia with the driving situation) and gas was not cheap when we first got here. We were also trying to sell our home in Mexia (that we had just bought 2 months earlier) and trying to decide if we were going to buy or build a home here. We prayed and prayed and I'm sure every one else prayed and prayed for it to get better for us. In the end:
- We sold our home in Mexia
- Leven's team tied for 1st in district and he was awarded "East Texas Coach of the Year"
- Taydem LOVES her daycare
- I found a job with wonderful people
- Gas went down
- Trever has made tons of new friends really likes it here
- We just BUILT our first home together with the help of my parents!

All of this within ONE YEAR! I'm glad Leven and I toughed it out. It probably made our relationship stronger. I still have to put up with his negativity and griping at times and he has to put up with my wining and bossing him around! Ain't life grand!

Getting back to normal

We are finally MOVED in to the new house! We got our permit last Friday so that was a breath of fresh air. My cousin Whitney came over and helped me unload more boxes and get stuff placed around the house. Thanks to her and her hubby and two girls! They played with Taydem the whole time. We got the last of our furniture in today so I'm anxious to go home and rip up all the boxes. I want so bad to get everything where it needs to be, but for one I don't have the money and second I don't have the time! So gradually I will get buy new decor and get the house looking sassy!

Leven's season starts tomorrow night and he's already losing weight! He always gets so stressed when volleyball starts. It wears me out! He just wants to do well and not fail! He's such a good mentor and coach that I don't ever see him failing!

Southern Living for SALE!

My friend Lacey has been selling Southern Living at Home for 6 years now and has really enjoyed it. She asked me a couple of years ago if I wanted to start selling to make some extra cash. At the time I was in Mexia with a new baby and thought that wasn't too smart. So now when I'm hurting for extra cash I get an email out of the blue from Lacey asking me if I wanted to try to start selling now. I jumped all over the offer! I'm so excited about it. Plus I will now have some extra decor to fix up our new home. There's tons of "extras" when it comes to selling and hosting a party. If you would like to host a party, please give me a call. Us ladies need more of a hobby anyways. Our men play cards, golf, fish, hunt, blah blah blah so what better way to have a Southern Living Party with all your girl friends and do what we do best: gossip, have a few drinks, and SHOP! And you can do it all at your own home! When you host a party there are several ways to earn incrediable discounts and even FREE stuff. It all depends on how much your friends are willing to spend. I have my first party in a few weeks with Gail (lady I work with) and her friends. She's throwing a swimming party! Fun, fun! Then I will host my own party at my new house with family and friends! So please keep me in mind.....

Moving on up...

We have started our big move and it feels so good. We have gotten all of our bedroom furniture in (minus the mattresses) and put together. We are hoping to get the mattresses in this afternoon and maybe we could sleep there tonight. The painters are finishing up today and a little more odds and ins should be getting complete. We are trying to move around all that. Leven started 2-a-days this morning so he won't be finished everyday until after 6. (I can't believe we have been hear a year now! What a great year we had!) I will do what I can after work until he can come over to help me out.

This past weekend we went to another amazing wedding! I love weddings and almost every one of them I get all emotional. Trevor Strong and Miki McGaughey (Neal McCoy's daughter) were married on Saturday at the Union Station in Dallas. It was beautiful! Taydem was the life of the party on the dancefloor....the whole night! I couldn't get her off! Everyone was taking pictures with her and wanting to hold her and dance. But she wanted to be on the ground shaking her boodie! She was a DOLL!