Lazy Bums

Now that it's Summer I am home for a couple weeks before teaching Summer School mid-June. The animals love having me home and all the attention and I have learned some things about them...

From the hours of 9:00 am to 1:00 pm all they do is this:

Lazy. Bums.

Animal House

I snapped some cute pictures of the cutest animals around the other day! I may be partially bias, but come on look at 'em!

Meet Kira!

Well, after the tragic death of our two beloved pups in October and 3 months of waiting... we finally have ourselves a new puppy!

Meet Kira

Lots of people have seen the ridiculous number of pictures I have posted of her already and have asked what breed she is. Long story short, we "rescued" her. Not from a shelter but from a family that got her and couldn't keep her. They have no animal shelter in their town and basically gave her to us for next to nothing. They advertised her as a Miniature Australian Shepherd, but we are pretty sure that isn't the case. So honestly, we are not sure what in the world she is! We plan on finding out later, but for now we are happy she is cute, sweet, and healthy! 

Being a puppy owner is A LOT of work, but very worth it! She is the sweetest thing and overall has been really good! She wakes up once or twice at the butt-crack of dawn to go potty but then goes back to sleep in her kennel. She is doing great with potty training and is learning to play on her own! Theo and her love to wrestle and play. Melvin doesn't really care about her, but he is moody anyway :)

Now for a ridiculous number of pictures and a video too! 

A woman that The Hubs works with took these first few pictures with her fancy camera and they turned out so good!  

Looking Back: 2013

Today I review the year of 2013 and all the milestones and even mediocre events it held, month by month.

<<January>>

I started my last semester of classes EVER and started a great morning routine of breakfast and the Bible!

Celebrated Christmas in January with my best girlfriends! 

Favorite January Posts:

Facts of Me

Guidelines 

<<February>>

Celebrated The Hub's 23rd birthday with a day date at his favorite mexican restaurant. 

The Hubs and I celebrated our first Valentines Day as a married couple! I sure do love this man!

Favorite February Posts

High Five For Friday

<<March>>

Celebrated a friends upcoming wedding with a wonderful shower! Love you Ashley!

Enjoyed a quick spring break trip to St. Louis with my bestie CoCo! We stayed in a cheap hotel, ate tons of good food and did lots of shopping! Perfect getaway!

Favorite March Posts

Tuesday Letters

Meet the Hubs

<<April>>

At the beginning of April we moved to a new house. Downsizing was great for our budget and we really love this house and our amazing landlords! But it was confirmed...I still HATE MOVING!

CoCo and I threw a bridal shower for our friend Christine (usually called Crusty). Such a fun afternoon with some really great friends. We also seriously considered starting an event planning business cause we kicked party throwing booty!

Favorite April Posts

Currently

<<May>>

Finished school and started my summer job as a nanny for two precious kiddos. 

Bachelorette party in Memphis!!!

I was honored to get to stand up next to one of my best friends on her wedding day! She was absolutely gorgeous and her wedding was perfect!

On the 25th The Hubs and I celebrated our One Year Anniversary! What a great year we had, I love being married to my best friend!

Favorite May Posts:

Summer Lovin'

Ten Smiles

<<June>>

We headed home in June for a high school friends wedding and a get together with the whole family. It turned out to be the best trip home ever! Tarl, my oldest brother surprised us all, found out I would be getting a new nephew in December and we were all home to celebrate fathers day with the best daddy ever!

Favorite June Posts:

Faith

Cat Letters

<<July>>

Went to our Cardinals game for the summer. It was incredibly hot but we had a great time and enjoyed all that Busch Stadium has to offer!

We celebrated Melvin's 5th birthday and his one year anniversary of being ours! We sure do love this big guy!

Favorite July Posts:

Why Having Animals Is Like Having Kids

10 Tight Budget Date Night Ideas

Teachers Say the Darnest Things

<<August>>

A big transition month. Ended my nanny job and began student teaching. 

Favorite August Posts

Listen Up...

Organization Tips

Days Gone By

<<September>>

Celebrated my 23rd birthday on the first and my favorite present was our new puppy Maura!

Got knee-deep in teaching and all that it entails. Absolutely loving every, single minute of it!

Favorite September Posts

Teacher Outfits

If I Could Write a Letter to Me

<<October>>

Our church did a huge community serve day and The Hubs and I had the chance to help a local Elementary school with their outdoor classroom! 

I got to meet my #1 celebrity crush Ben Affleck! But don't worry, The Hubs is still #1 in my heart!

Sadly, October also held one of the saddest moments of my life. We lost both of our dogs in a tragic event. Still missing them everyday but also have so many happy memories of them. Read about the event here.

Didn't blog much in October... oops.

<<November>>

Got ourselves a new little guy so Melvin would have a new friend! Theo is the sweetest and cuddliest little guy and has been such a great addition to our family! 

My new nephew was born a month early and had a few issues that landed him two weeks in Special Care. My sister and I made a short little trip to Texas to help the family out and celebrate Thanksgiving! Got to see the new little one, his big sister, their parents and my parents too!

Favorite November Posts:

Give Thanks

Weekend Happenings 

<<December>>

I finished up student teaching and I graduated!!!!!

Favorite December Posts:
10 Things I Wish I Were Better At
Christmas Family Photos 

I can't wait to see what all 2014 holds for our little family. I have a feeling God has some big things in store!!!

Five.

Linking up for 5 on Friday to share some of the great things from my week! 

1.  6 day weekend! Yep, you read that right. Missouri got pounded with snow and ice and since the school I am teaching at is in a rural community we had 4 snow days. I got lots done, but by the end I was going a bit stir crazy!

 2. Family photos were taken. The Hubs basically hated it the whole time but it had been a REALLY long time since we had taken some nice photos together. Plus it is our first Christmas in this house and that needs to be documented! 

3. With so many snow days I got to sleep in and have quiet mornings drinking coffee, blogging and snuggling with the cats! Speaking of snuggling here are a few adorable snuggly photos from this week! I am so glad to have these little guys, they kept me so warm in the freezing cold temps!

4. The blog got a new look and I am loving it! This is the fourth time I have redone the blog. I do it all on my own and it takes hours of work and googling how to do things, but it is really satisfying to see the end product!

5. There is no laundry in this house right now because with all my days off I just did laundry over and over and over. Feels good to be caught up, but also sad that this is a highlight of my week ;)

Christmas Family Pictures

Had a fun little afternoon taking family pictures. One of us enjoyed it more than the other... bet you can't guess who!