HAPPY NEW YEARS!

This year I do not have a New Year's resolution. This year I can not think of one thing I want to change or need to change! I love everything about my life! I have so many blessing and so much faith in the good LORD that all I need to do is keep my faith and love in my LORD, FAMILY & FRIENDS and everything else will fall into place! I have been blessed with so many things here lately! I guess always doing the right thing and being a good person is paying off slowly but surely! Lord knows that I have had my ups & downs this year but I stayed strong & kept looking upward and God helped see me through! I have also been so blessed to see my Brookelyn-Grace's first birthday and see all the ways she has grown! She is truly a blessing! She is my reason for EVERYTHING! In my eyes, she did not just hang the moon she created the universe! I am so in LOVE with her! God has also lead me to a wonderful man! Jeremy & I believe that we were seriously created for one another! He is EVERYTHING I have ever wanted in a man! He treats me so unbelievably good! He truly cares about ME & does things for me, and not to just benefit himself! He truly cares!!! I have also met two of the most wonderful kids ever! Hannah is such a sweetie pie! I love that child so much! We so get each other! She is so easy to talk to and I just adore her and think she can do no wrong. Parker is such a cutie patootie! He is such a sweet little boy! He is super funny and says the most funniest things! I love & adore him! Also I have a beautiful home, not a care in the world & I AM DONE WITH COLLEGE! That's right! I am officially done with college courses! I start my student teaching January 8th! I will graduate in May and hopefully get a job and start in August! ;) Today is my last day at the District Attorney's Office. :( I have worked here since I was 15 years old every summer and became full time after I graduated High School. Charles Baker is the best boss anyone could every have!!! I've learned so much while at the District Attorney's Office! As I leave here today it will be bitter sweet! I love the D.A's office! Everyone here is like my family!!! I am going to miss everyone from staff, officers, attorney's etc...

ALL IN ALL THIS YEAR HAS BEEN WONDERFUL! HAPPY NEW YEARS TO EVERYONE!!!!!

Jeremy and I are so ready for New Years! 2009 was a little bumpy, but the year ended up being WONDERFUL! I am so thankful for 2009 and the many gifts that God has given me!!!! Last year I celebrated New Years with Brookelyn-Grace (well I watched her sleep!) Ha Ha So this year Jeremy and I have decided to go out New Years and have a blast! Then we are going to pick Brookelyn-Grace back up before 12:00 so that we can kiss her while we bring in 2010! (Even though she will be a sleep...Ha Ha)

Here are a couple of things I am greatful for that 2009 brought!

1. Peace in my life...~(I am truly blessed & so happy!!!)

2. Brookelyn-Grace's first birthday!~ (Brookelyn-Grace is the best gift GOD could ever have given me!!!)

3. Jeremy Owens ~(The sweetest man alive! He bends over backwards for me and always makes sure that I'm happy.)

4. Hannah & Parker~(Two of the sweetest kids! They are both wonderful!)

5. My Mother~(The person who has always stands behind me! She is my best friend!!!)

6. My beautiful home~(Thanks to my wonderful dad who built my BEAUTIFUL house! I am so lucky to have a dad that would build me my dream home!)

6. Brookelyn-Grace's first beach trip to Destin Fl.~(She loved the beach!!!)

7. GOD.......HE IS THE BEST!!!!!

CHRISTMAS 2009

I HAVE A LOT TO BLOG ABOUT SO HERE GOES....

Friday-Jeremy and I woke up and drove to Athens. I ended up finding out Thursday that I was not able to graduate with out passing my post-test called exiting college. It is a test that basically asks 50 questions that you would have learned from your foundations classes. I took it online Thursday and made a 66. I had to make a 70 to pass. So Friday morning the college was offering one last attempt for people that still needed to pass the test. Without passing this test I would not be able to student teach and graduate in May. So I get there to take the test. I was so scared! I took the test and made a 76 so I am now eligible to do my internship & graduate! THANK GOD! He was so with me that day! After our terrifying trip to Athens we headed to my work's Christmas party. MeMe had already went to BG's daycare and picked her up so that she could be there. We ate and played Dirty Santa. We had a really good time. After that we got Hannah and Parker and headed home.

Saturday-Brookelyn-Grace, Hannah & I went to Kenlee's 3rd birthday party. She had a tea party themed birthday that was really cute!!! Everyone had a great time and Brookelyn-Grace of course looked adorable! After that Jeremy and I cleaned the house from top to bottom! After the cleaning mania we decided to let the kids decorate Christmas ornaments that we could use every Christmas! I painted Brookelyn-Grace a super cute snowman, Hannah painted a snowman and Alabama ornament, Jeremy painted an Auburn ornament and mountains, Parker painted something crazy and an Auburn ornament. They all were so adorable!

Sunday-We had Jeremy's family up. Crystal and her four kids and his mother. Jeremy and I cooked a wonderful dinner and everyone had a great time! Katy-Bug also came up and she had a blast playing with all the kids. We had 8 kids in one house....(goodness) but they had a blast and I always have a GREAT time hanging out with Crystal!

~SKIPPING SOME DAYS~

Wednesday-Jeremy and I took Brookelyn-Grace to daycare and we headed out to town to do some last minute shopping. We had a couple of things we still needed to pick up. After that we headed to BG's daycare Christmas party where she got to see Santa and got tons of presents from Nonnie, Paw Paw & Jonathan. They love her! Then Keith took BG with him and we went to pick up Hannah, Parker & Kaitlynn. We took all the kids to see Alvin & the Chipmunks new movie. Then we went home to make Santa cookies. We put the kids to bed late in hopes that they would sleep later, because Santa was on his way.

Thursday-Santa came for Hannah & Parker. They both got 32in flat screen T.V's for their rooms, two outfits a piece, one pair of shoes a piece, and ten toys a piece. There rooms where full! MeMe also brought up there gifts for them to open Christmas Eve morning. MeMe also brought all of Brookelyn-Grace's gifts up and she had TONS to open :) The kids probably got 6 presents a piece from MeMe, Grandpop & Aunt Brooke. After all the gifts had been open Jeremy cooked us a HUGE breakfast! Around 11:00 MeMe, Grandpop & Aunt Brooke left and Keith came and got Brookelyn-Grace so that she could go to his family's dinners. Around 2:00 we started to get ready and headed to my dads family's for Christmas. The kids got tons of things! By the end of the night you could barley get any of the kids rooms. After all the festive fun we took Hannah & Parker home and Jeremy, Brookelyn-Grace and I headed home to wait for Santa.

Friday-Santa CAME!!!!! Brookelyn-Grace woke up around 8:00 and we headed into the living room to see what he had brought! Jeremy recorded everything and took tons of pictures. Brookelyn-Grace got a HUGE kitchen from Santa! She loves it!!!! She also got two outfits, a pair of adorable boots and ten presents. She had a great Christmas morning!!! Thank goodness I cleaned out her room and gave Keith two garbage bags of toys plus a riding toy and three other large toys that she played with as a baby. Then Jeremy cooked us a big breakfast and we played with toys the rest of the morning. MeMe and Grandpop came up for a little bit and got to play too :) Around 11:00 Keith came and got Brookelyn-Grace so that she could open her gifts at his house. Then Jeremy and I relaxed, drank coffee and watched t.v, I even took a nap! ;) Then we got ready for Christmas at moms. Keith dropped Brookelyn-Grace off and we meet there. Brookelyn-Grace's name was drawn for our family stocking which means everyone buys her 3-4 toys more and puts them in a huge stocking. She got tons of things!!! Then Jeremy and I went to get Hannah & Parker. After we got back to moms everyone got to open their presents and all the kiddies got tons of things. We all played Dirty Santa and Jeremy and I got back our gifts we brought ;) We had a blast!!!!

I love Christmas, but Jeremy and I are so glad that it is OVER! Now Jeremy and I are going to concentrate on ourselves and plan a FUN & EXCITING TRIP ONLY THE TWO OF US! ;)

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

ITZY BITZY SHOES!

Well I gave Brookelyn-Grace her squeaky shoes this morning. It was so funny! As soon as she stood up and started walking she began to turn in circles, like a puppy does trying to catch its tail, looking for the noise. I had to sit her back down, take her shoes off and show her where the noise was coming from. Then she was super excited! Jeremy was trying to talk on the phone and Brookelyn-Grace was so loud jumping up and down with her squeaky shoes that he could not even hear! It was so funny! She would take off running from Jeremy to the garage door. She loves those shoes! I did a GREAT job on those ;) Thankfully they come with regular soles too just in case all the squeaking gets on your nerves! Ha Ha. I got them from the online store called Itzy Bitzy. They are adorable! Everyone with kids needs to go check them out! THEY ARE ADORABLE!

THE BEST NEWS!!!!

I've been so behind on blogging! Well here goes!

I GOT THE BEST NEWS LAST FRIDAY 12/11! I PASSED MY PRAXIS! Jeremy read me the results! I swear I thought he was lying! I was so excited that I almost cried! ;) I start my student teaching January 8th at Curry High School! I am beyond excited! I AM SO PROUD OF MYSELF! I AM OFFICIALLY D-O-N-E WITH COLLEGE!!!!! ;) YAHHH ME!!!

In other news I can not believe it snowed at our house! Not once, but twice! Jeremy came in and woke me up at 5a.m to show me the snow. It was so awesome! The kids were so excited! Brookelyn-Grace just stared in amazement! ;)It had melted before we could get outside, but it sure was beautiful!

Also I got Brookelyn-Grace's ears re-pierced. I got them done a long time ago, but when MeMe bought her real pearl earrings for her 1st birthday she pulled them out. Then I went and bought her another pair. Then she pulled them out and her ears ended up getting infected :( So I let them heal and by the time they were good and ready for earrings, the holes had grown up. So Jeremy and I took her Saturday to the mall. We went out to eat with Dad & Vicki to celebrate my accomplishments. We saw Santa and then headed to Clair's. They pierced them at the same time :) Thank goodness! She barley cried! As soon as they did it they handed her a sucker and she instantly stopped crying! I was so proud of her!

ALSO... I made the cutest plate and cup for Santa's cookies & milk! I just could not find anything so I made it more special and just made my own! ;) AND... I finished the dinning room tree ;)

EVERYTHING IS GOING GREAT FOR JEREMY AND I! WE COULD NOT BE ANY HAPPIER! I THANK THE GOOD LORD ABOVE FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL MAN, BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, AND ALL THE GIFTS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME! :) SO THANKFUL & BLESSED!

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

What have we been up to here lately? Well Jeremy is getting so much better! He has already had his staples removed and the healing process is going great! He did not realize how bad this surgery was going to be on him, but I knew. He handled it pretty well though! He has been hurting a lot but everyday is getting better! I am just so glad God watched out for him during his surgery and healing process! Well in the Christmas department I have got about six more presents left to buy and I am DONE! ;) I also need to get Jeremy a couple of more things! I have got him some really cute stuff! I still need to get him and me a North Face. Yes, I am buying me one too! Ha Ha Merry Christmas to me! ;) Ha Ha! The kiddies are going to have a great Christmas! We got them TONS of things! I think they are going to die when they see their 32 in flat screen T.V's, & Brookelyn-Grace's is going to be so excited about her HUGE kitchen! I am beyond excited about Christmas!!! I have been trying to finish everything up by doing a lot of online shipping. I have bought a ton of stuff online. I think I will have about six different packages coming to my house next week, and that does not include the rugs that we got from Home Depot! Our house is DECKED out in Christmas decorations! I am not sure it could hold much more! lol I have also been enjoying the Christmas movies, shows & music! I just LOVE Christmas!!! I love shopping, cold weather, Christmas movies, decking the halls, Christmas music, being in LOVE, & being so unbelievably blessed! I am so grateful!!!!!!!

Oh and I finally got Brookelyn-Grace some of the squeaky shoes! They squeak when she walks! They are so adorable!!! I can not wait to hear her squeaking all over the house! Ha Ha!

Also I am taking my last final tonight! This is my last college class I will ever have to take until I graduate! Then of course I will be going back for my Doctorate & real-estate this summer! I just keep moving up on the success ladder! ;)

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS!!!!!!!

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND...

Jeremy is doing much better! He was able to finally get out of the house today! I am so glad that he is feeling way better! The thanksgiving break was a long one and I really enjoyed it! Thanksgiving Brookelyn-Grace and I went to Uncle Jim & Aunt Donna Kay's house. Brookelyn-Grace had a great time & the food was wonderful! Afterwards Keith got Brookelyn-Grace for a bit and I went to pick up Hannah and Parker. Then me, Brookelyn-Grace, Hannah & Parker went to my Aunt Deb's for thanksgiving for my dad's side of the family. We had a great time! Jeremy was miserable all day that day! I brought him all kinds of goodies home, but he was barley able to eat at all. Brookelyn-Grace of course looked BEAUTIFUL! Her outfit was adorable! ;) Friday, I woke up at 2am and headed to MeMe's house where I picked up Brooke and Memmer. Then we headed to Wal-Mart for some good deals! My intentions of shopping Black Friday was to just get Hannah and Parker'S T.V's and a couple of gifts here and there, but I ended up finishing all my Christmas shopping in that one day! Of course I have picked up a couple of extra gifts for the kids here and there but I am now completely finished with Brookelyn-Grace, Hannah & Parker's Christmas. We got the kids so much for Christmas! We decided to start letting Santa just bring the big gifts. Maybe one or two presents, and we will take the credit for all the others ;)

last night Jeremy and I decorated our first Christmas tree together. :) I was debating on whether or not to do a baby tree or the traditional angel tree that I do every year. I had a couple people tell me to do both, so that is exactly what we are doing! I am hoping to get started on the angel tree tonight. We put the angel tree in the dinning room because it is so formal! It is going to be beautiful! Can not wait to get it decorated! Also we have so many decorations to put up!

Also I bought Brookelyn-Grace her first potty chair last night! I am so excited! I think that she will be easy to potty train! (fingers crossed!) This morning she kept saying poo poo, and when I sat her on the potty she tooted! Ha Ha! So I believe she has the gist of it! I think that is so adorable! ;) Also this morning she goes and gets her cereal and sits back on her potty while she's eating. I thought that was hilarious! She is such a funny little girl!!!

HERE ARE SOME ADORABLE PICS FROM OVER THE WEEKEND ;)