Doin' Some Paintin'

Well, we finally closed on our house in Oxford on Thursday and then closed on our house here on Friday. God is so great--His timing is the best!! We started doing some work on the house this weekend. We pulled up the carpet to put hardwoods down and did a little painting. The fam has been a huge help. I really wouldn't want to be a painter for a living--I would if I had to--but I feel a little carpel tunnel syndrome coming on after 2 long days of painting. A little more painting tomorrow night and then hopefully we can start actually moving in.

The Helmet

Matt's parents came to Bham today to eat with us for Matt's mom's birthday. Well, we walk them to their car and they were like oh by the way, Matt we brought your high school football helmet to you. Hmm... not really sure why.. but ok, we'll take that home and put it on the dresser. So we get home and I wanted to try that helmet on. So... Here I am in the famous helmet, clutching that "balloon hubby gave me for valentine's day"

Then I had a little trouble getting the thing off. I guess I have a big head.. I don't know.. but I probably won't put another football helmet on for a while.

And then Matt tries it on... guess it's been a while since he played, he seems to be having trouble too. As you can see, and I am sure you already know, it doesn't take much to entertain us. We have so much fun together!

Valentine's Day

I am a little behind on the Valentine's post... but this monster of a paper seems to be consuming my time lately. It's totally messing up my social life, but anyways... So for Valentine's Day we went out to eat with some couples from our small group. It saved the hubby from having to plan something extravagant for me :) We had a great time fellowshipping with these friends.

The Carbys (this was their first outing since having their baby girl like.. a month ago-so sweet) and the Kings.

Heather and Gemini planned this whole shin-dig and decorated our little area and everything. Here's a little something extra that I won't charge you for. So yesterday in our small group class we went around and told what we got for V day--well, it came to us and sweet ole matt tried to tell everyone he got me a balloon and a box of chocolates--when really Heather gave those to us at the dinner the night before. That little booger!

Study Time

Well, here we are... at the library. This is our exciting life these days. Matt and I are back in school... again!! We are getting our Educational Specialist (EDS) degree in Administration. It's been hard to get back into "school mode"- I thought if I bought the cute smelly highlighters and sister even got me a cute pink pencil box--that it would make it more fun.. not really. We have a ridiculously huge paper coming up very soon... and I would pay someone a very nice price to write it if I could just find that special someone. But anyways, what a beautiful sunny day it was and well we spent it applying for a library card and searching the card catalog.. we are such losers!

PS... really ...who does take pictures at the library? We... I mean I ... was getting a little bored and decided to spice it up a little. The librarian gave me "the look"-I guess you shouldn't take pictures in the reference section.

Circus Fun

Matt and I went to the Circus Friday night. I know you are thinking we are probably a little too old for this... but who cares!! Every year that we go to the circus we think--we should quit our jobs and join the circus. Wouldn't that be fun? I would be the girl that rides the elephants and Matt says he would be the tiger trainer man. Now you know our dreams.... Anyways, we did get there an hour early for the meet-and-greet with the clowns so Matt could get his clown autograph book signed. Matt did get his picture taken with this girl clown--he has faced his fears--You know he really is scared of clowns. I thought he was going to break into a sweat during the picture. So proud of him!! The circus has changed over the years.. not like it used to be. Lots of magic this year. But they still have the elephants-which next to the trapeze artist is my favorite part. We should have rented some kids for the night, so we didn't look like dorks.

POD Packing Party

Well, the ole' casa has finally sold. The closing date is quickly approaching so we figured we'd better go pack our house. The fun part. We had some fabulous friends from our small group at Grace come help-and we couldn't have done it without them, my parents. and my sister and Steven. They were all huge help! We even got to see some cute kiddie poos that we haven't seen in forever and a new baby, Hannah, that has been added to the class since we left. People were packing things like little ant workers-I have them trained good... and well, I know where nothing is now, but that's ok! We have awesome friends and family-thanks to all!! Now, we must look for a new home.....

P.S. to those that came to help--I promise I do clean our house--despite all the dust you found when you started moving things! (Thanks Kristy for the title of the post)

Going For A Little Walk

Unfortunatley, there is nothing too exciting going on around here lately. It's ridiculously cold, so the other day we decided to take a walk (Matt and I are doing Scale Back AL and Harley is beginning to become a little chunk) So anyways, we had to bundle up...even Harley. He loves his fur lined jacket. When we go for walks, Harley gets really tired fast and is usually panting by the time we are half way down the street--he did pretty good this time. Harley is a great dog but Matt feels so unmanly walking a 10 lb dog on a leash. I love this dog!

Big Pete's Birthday

Happy Birthday to Steven (sister's bf)!! We had a little party time for him yesterday. Keri made a little gumbo, that stuff will set you on fire, and we had a little cake. And you can't forget the chips and french onion dip-who can have a party without that?! We all contributed to the Wii Steven got for his birthday.. and it's a good thing.. because we were fighting over playing that thing. Here are a few action shots. I think I threw my hip out on that bowling, but when it came to the golf--I was so stinkin good it was scary. I knew all those putt-putt days would be put to good use one day! Happy Birthday Stevo!!

Sugar Bowl

Matt and I were already in New Orleans and Friday mom and dad came down with another couple. Before heading to the dome we went to the Riverwalk. Along the way you would never believe who we saw---ok well, I siked that up to be pretty exciting so I hope it doesn't let you down--anyways we saw Tyron Prothro and I pushed Matt up there to meet him and honestly I think we freaked him out a little. I did get a picture to prove it. So that was the highlight for that hour. We headed to the game a little early so we could soak up all the fun. The last time I was here was for the Sugar Bowl in like 1942--really I think it was like 89 or something. Matt has never been so he was about to pee in his pants. We had a great time, despite the fact that Alabama played like the Bad News Bears. **** For the record, sister did have an opportunity to go with us but she had to work, so sad we missed her, but you make the big bucks when you work the weekends in her line of business.

Visit With Friends in New Orleans

We decided to go down to New Orleans a day before the Sugar Bowl to visit our dear friends, Matt and Celeste. We love us some Flummers!! They moved to New Orleans last year for Matt to go to seminary and we miss them so much. They took us around the city and down to the famous French Quarter. My Matt forgot his beads so it wasn't near as fun as it would have been. We stopped at Cafe Du Monde' for coffee and beignets--Matt definitely got his money's worth because he left with powdered sugar in his hair. I didn't know what a beignet was before we went here --in the words of Matt Flummer- it's a funnel cake in the shape of a pillow. Thanks Matt and Celeste for a great visit and a nice place to stay!!