Catch up Thursday....

Leven's team is 7-2! They beat Carthage this past Tuesday night.

http://www.news-journal.com/sports/high_schools/article_2f101800-2cec-57e9-a55c-7dd43a378d6b.html

This morning I had the precious honor of singing at Molly's grandmother's funeral. She was a fighter for sure. I posted last week that she was with hospice and it wouldn't be much longer. She went to see our dear Lord on Tuesday. After the family was seated I began to sing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Very.Nervous. Molly and her sister, Meagan, both spoke at her funeral. I still don't know how they did it. I just loved it.Dustin sang "I Believe" (Elvis version) to end the funeral. Sounded great! Gim was loved by many.   I was honored that I got to be apart of this day.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/news-journal/obituary.aspx?n=ruth-garner&pid=153151238

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Leven's team did an awesome job this year at the Garland tournament. Leven was very pleased with how hard they played. I had dinner with Brittany (thanks again Brittany!) Friday after work then Danin and I jumped in the car and headed to Garland. I was dying to watch the girls play on Saturday. My friend Kristen let us stay the night with her since she was only about 5 miles from the school! Perfect. Plus it was nice to catch up with her a little bit. Not enough though. Must.Get.Back.Up.There.Soon! Here's a picture of Taydem and I watching a movie with Kristen's 3D glasses!

Today sure feels like a MONDAY!

Busy as a BEE............

Leven leaves tomorrow for Dallas with his team. They are playing Forney tomorrow around 2, then they are playing in the Garland tournament Friday and Saturday. He is taking Trever with him. Good luck LP!

Last night I had 2 volleyball lessons then left from the gym to the church to practice a song with my good friend Carla. Molly's (sister-in-law) grandmother (Gim) is with hospice right now and they know it won't be much longer. So the family asked me if I would sing at her funeral. At first I really wasn't sure if I wanted to do it bc 1. I have never sang at a funeral before and 2. I am close to this family. Molly's sister Meagan and I were the best of friends growing up and I spent many nights at Gim's house. They want me to sing Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Carla plays the piano and I asked her if she would play for me so we practiced last night until almost 10:30. Poor Carla then had to drive an hour back home. We still aren't sure when the funeral will be so we wanted to get at least one practice in. So late night last night.

Today I am helping Dustin and Molly with a Jucy's Catering at a local college for their football team after I get off work.  Like I said, busy bee. Oh and please let there be a cold front move in before we get the catering started!  

Saturday night I am having dinner with two of my friends that I NEVER get to see and we live in the same town. I'm excited to catch up with both of them and see what is happening in their lives! You always want to keep your friends close to you and just have to MAKE time for the visits. Why does it have to be so hard??



Lacey, Me and Brittany!!

Here's a picture I took recently of Lev and Tay! 

One last picture of my new haircut! Please excuse the crazy coloring of the picture. I was playing with a new app on my phone!

Happy HUMP DAY folks!

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The Lady Pirates won their first game! And of course Trever and the crew got painted up to support the girls! Awesome night. Awesome win! Way to start off the season. Leven was extremely pleased!

It's a habit

If you know me, then you already know this-----> I bite my nails. All.the.time

I don't even realize I do it so much. The only time my nails were some what long was on my wedding day and when I was pregnant with Taydem. I can't stand fake nails. They slow me down and I end up biting (popping) them off as well. So, wasted money if you ask me!

Starting Sunday night I decided to let my nails GROW OUT, or at least see how long I can last. I will keep you updated. I know you all are so excited!

I love my iphone! Love.it

I am constantly looking for new apps to download and I pretty much love anything to do with taking pictures. So I downloaded INSTAGRAM today. I'm sure I'm a little behind on this neat little app, but so what. I have it now. The picture above was taking with instagram and you can share your pictures with others. It's kind of like twitter but with photos. People can "follow" you and you can "follow" others. Let the journey begin. I'm sure after about a month I will get bored with it, but for now...I'm all about it. So find me on facebook and follow my life through pictures!!

Happy Anniversary Sissy

A little early, yes I know. But I wanted to send a shout out to my sister and her hubby for celebrating ONE YEAR already! Their anniversary is this Sunday and they are headed to Dallas for the weekend to get away and celebrate with one another. Time truly flies by:

Here are some photos from their wedding last year!

Danin and I with our cousins, Chelsea, Channing and Chera

This past summer at the beach!

Here we go....

Volleyball started this morning. Leven was up bright and early and out the door before I could say "bye!!" He loves this time of year. Although, I will hear him grip numerous times about the girls and all their drama, he still loves his job!

He loves:
 - the smell of the gym floors being waxed for a new year
 - getting all NEW uniforms, shoes, warm-ups for the girls AND for himself
 - airing up the new/white/CLEAN volleyballs
 - this year he got a new machine to use during practices (LOVES it!)
 - seeing the girls faces when they do a good job
 - when other coaches talk about how well he has done with his team
 - seeing improvement with each player
 - parent support
 - GAME DAYS
 - seeing his name in the newspaper (ha) (see website: http://www.news-journal.com/sports/article_7fa3ac5c-c9bf-5957-a270-83e53ecf9c07.html)
 - laying in bed with me at night talking about his team/problems/game like situations/practices/players/and most of all GETTING MY ADVICE! He doesn't admit it, but he listens to my opinions all the time!
 - and most of all WINNING!

I've very proud of Leven. He is a really really good coach and those girls show him tons of respect and love him. This years team is going to be BEAST (is that the word these kids use these days, and did I even use it right?) I don't want to jinx he and his team...but if you ever get a chance to come watch them play, you gotta do it! I want this year to be "THE YEAR!" 7 returning starters (6'3", 6'0", 5'10",5'10", 5'11" and 6'1"!) This is the height he's been waiting for.....Good luck Lady Pirates!