The Best Thing I've Heard in Awhile...

The bachelorette all geared up and ready to go out!

My best friend....EVER! LOVE YOU!

An upside down bus for Transformers 3.

Car hanging off the Michigan Ave bridge..

Cars for T3. We're thinking the ones that were covered are the ones that transform?

Uncle Kyle with his new buddy!

Sweet Landon Wesley

Well I have finally been blessed with some good news!! As of about an hour ago, I will be doing a 2nd grade maternity leave until mid October at where else?? Hershey! It's actually for one of my good friends, Sally, so I'm super excited and will be right across the hall from another good friend-Abby. I'm SO excited and relieved to know that I at least have something for awhile, no matter how short it may be. I met with Hershey's new principal this morning and she is extremely nice! I am definitely in such a better mood already!

We actually had some great news a few weeks ago as Kyle and I became and aunt and uncle not only once, but 3 more times. His brother Brandon and wife Tonia, had their first child Landon Wesley on Friday, July 9. Everything went really well and mom and baby are home doing well. He is SO adorable and we are glad to have a new nephew to spoil. A couple days later, my half-sister Hilary, had her twin girls, Ashlyn and Mia. Everything went really well with the girls, although Hilary had a brief scare. They are all home and doing well now. They are two amazing little girls that are so very tiny, even in comparison to Landon. Babies everywhere!

Two weeks ago I ventured up to Chicago with Roxanne and Kelsi for Jackie's bachelorette party. We had a blast! We just hung out and walked around downtown Chicago during the day and did some minor shopping. We even got to see the set and some of the filming for Transformers 3 on Michigan Avenue. Pretty crazy! You definitely forget how big of a city Chicago is until you see something like that. Very different from the simplistic life in L-town. In the evening, we got our baseball attire on and headed out to FlatTop for dinner and then the bars. The last bar we hit was a lot of fun with 80s themed music in the basement and more modern music upstairs. Definitely can't wait to go back sometime with Kyle and the soon to be Dimitts. The bachelorette party was a success! I don't think I've ever been around Jackie when she's been that drunk. She was a riot and I think overall had a great time. I love that girl!

And finally here we are-4 days away from her wedding! I can't believe it is already here, but I am so excited for her and can't wait to celebrate her big day with her. She's going to make a beautiful bride! She's back in Lafayette so I told her I would help out with any last minute details that need tended to. We'll see what I signed up for. Haha!

Finally, as their wedding week is finally here that also means the BAR exam is finally here for Alex. His testing started today and will wrap up tomorrow. I know he has done nothing but study since he graduated from law school earlier this year, so I want to give a special shout out to him and wish him the best of luck! We all know he'll pass, but I admire his ability to study as much as he has been! I would've checked out a long time ago! GOOD LUCK ALEX! Now get ready to party this weekend!

I LOVE wedding season!

Trying to stay hopeful...

Wow! It's been forever since I've blogged. In my defense I typed a whole thing up a month or two ago and went to submit it and it deleted the whole post. I didn't want to spend another 20 minutes typing everything out, so I decided I'd wait. A lot has happened since April. I have officially been RIFed from TSC and am now unemployed which is still so surreal. I'm still wanting to enjoy my summer and not do anything, but Kyle keeps reminding me that I don't get that luxury because I'm no longer an employed teacher. I guess the truth hurts. I was surprised at how well I did the last week of school. I think everyone knows I tend to be a very emotional person so I was worried how bad I would be that last week. I honestly think I had plenty of time to worry and fret over it the last two months of school that when the time came, I was just ready to be done and move on. Don't get me wrong, as soon as I walked into school that last day I was bawling, but I held strong while the kids were there. Reality really hit when I loaded up my car with the last of my things to take over to store in my parents pole barn. Thank god for them because I don't know what I would do with all my stuff. I feel bad for invading their privacy again, but very grateful that we don't have to pay for a storage unit.

I successfully completed my real estate course in April and passed the state test in May after much struggle! I waited until school got out to start looking at real estate companies. I interviewed at Keller Williams and Tucker. Both are great companies but for me it really just came down to which option was the lower risk at this point in my unemployed life. So I signed with FC Tucker about 2 weeks ago. I really liked Keller Williams and what they had to offer but it would have been a lot of out of pocket cost up front from me and I wasn't willing to take that financial risk right now. Things have gone slow so far. It's all something very new to me that I don't know a whole lot about. I'm not really sure who to talk to or who to trust, so I've been more timid than I usually am. Luckily today, two of the other realtors took me under their wing and showed me some things and answered some of my lingering questions. I've got a few leads on clients that I need to look into, but no official listings or sales yet. I think it has potential, but realize it is slow getting started and with the economy the way it is makes it even tougher! Keep me in mind though if you want to buy or sell a house!

In addition to the real estate gig I'm tutoring two girls this summer for some extra money. It's an easy hour a day of work for some decent money. I did get a phone call from my boss when I worked at Wonderful Weekdays at Cumberland. There's apparently a 1st grade position opening at Cumberland and she wanted to give me a heads up to get my resume in there. I took it over on Monday, so I'm waiting to hear something back. Hopefully I will. That would definitely relieve my mind a TON!

On June 2nd we celebrated Tucker's 2nd birthday! Well, I did-Kyle totally forgot until I gave him crap at 10 o'clock that night. Poor Tucker. The boys are doing well. They are not liking all the humidity we have been experiencing lately. Zeke especially just cannot take the heat. He is getting so big though. Kyle just weighed him yesterday and he's up to about 120 and still isn't even a year and a half old! They are both such good boys though and I don't know what we'd do without them. They have been one of my few sources of happiness over the last couple of months.

I had Jackie's bridal shower this past weekend! It went really well! I don't think I ever realized how much preparation, time and effort go into those things, but I definitely have a lot more appreciation for the people who throw them now. It was a lot of work but definitely worth it. Everything turned out great! She had a great turnout and got some great gifts. I'm so excited for her and glad that her big day is quickly approaching. She's going to be an amazing bride!

We really haven't done much that's very exciting-just trying to get things done around the house like finish landscaping, lay rock, paint the porch and shed, etc. We're trying to make it look nicer. I've been reading a lot more which always makes me happier! I'm reading all the Twilight books for a second time now. Getting ready to start Breaking Dawn tonight! I finally got Jackie hooked on them! Haha! She tried to avoid it as long as she could and I think I finally drove her nuts enough to give them a try. I'm definitely ready for the movie Eclipse to come out! Kyle does not share my enthusiasm but I expect him to be there with me on opening night. Haha! We'll see how that goes.