everything mothers.

happy mothers day

to my mother.

to my grandmothers.

to the women in my life that are my second mothers.

to mothers that have been called home.

to mothers of today.

to  mothers-to-be.

yesterday consisted of..

a great church service.

an amazing lunch.

 naps. naps. naps.

for everyone.

family time.

and most of all celebrating my mother.

thank you mommy

for always putting me before yourself,

loving me unconditionally,

always being there when no one else was there,

always taking care of me,

feeding me, doing my laundry,

driving me everywhere i needed to be,

teaching me how to become the person i am today,

being a role model,

and most of all..

for being the best mother in the world.

everything easter.

sunday morning i woke up to a basket full of goodies.

a few more hands than usual helped make my easter morning.

in my basket was the typical..

gift cards face wash toothpaste

shampoo conditioner chapstick

candy candy & more candy

all thanks to my wonderful parents.

but this year i also had a special surprise

thanks to ms.courtsimms..
a meredith college tshirt.
with the statement
"its not a girls school with no men,
its a women's college with no boys"

then my mother handed me and envelope

the first thing i noticed was this is not her handwriting..

she had me stumped.

i was surprised to find a lovely letter

from jennifer my big sis at meredith
as well as a sticker for my car.

it really made my morning that these two girls

took the time to make my morning so special.

thank you so much courtney & jennifer!

hope everyone had a blessed easter!

everything canceled.

this morning i woke up to

an unexpected but common

phone call from scs saying there would once again be

no school today.

at that moment i started thinking.

when was the last day i was in school?

january seventh..

a day that has long past

two weekends,

one holiday,

and six snow days ago.

i never thought i would say this

but im so sick of snow days.

i just want to go back to school.

everything twothousandeleven.

2011

the year ive been dreaming about for thirteen years.

this is going to be..

the biggest

most life changing

most bitter sweet

most memorable

most emotional

most unbelievable

year of my life.

Just a few expected adventures coming my way this year are..

2 years.
in only a few weeks being about to celebrate the past twenty four months
of my life with the one that i call my bestfriend.
better known to the blog world as superman. 
choosing a college.
making a decision solely by & for myself
that will determine the place i will call my second home.
graduating.
being about to call call myself an alumni of ESHS.
senior week.
the last week of my life with the people that i owe a thank you to
for making the past four years of my life beyong amazing.
summer.
family vactions, pool, shopping & planning for college,
spending quaility time with my friends & family
and making it one to remember. 
turning 18.
becoming a legal adult..
ugh that word will take a little while to get used to
college life.
starting a new chapter of my life that i have a feeling
i am going to beyond love. starting "the best years of my life"
home for holidays.
for the first time i will experience coming home
for the holidays & to see my high school friends & family.

most of all i cannot wait to see what God has planned for my life this year..
tomorrows blog is going to be about how he already has started.

everyhing is better in fours.

who says that christmas can only last for one day?

last wednesday night was the night of the fantastic four christmas gift exchange.

after the basketball game we all went our separate ways before reuniting at mi casa.

around nine fifteen everyone had arrived & we were ready to begin.

but before we torn the paper off the first gift,

we realized that they only christmas decorations left in the basement
were the hanging from the many deer, bear, and the elk on the walls around us..

 

photo was taken before the santa hat was added.
photo credit to my father.

 we saw the scrawny tree in the corner & decided that it was its time to shine.

it was its lucky day.

it was our charlie brown christmas tree.

after admiring our homemade christmas tree..

i was time to exchange from oldest to youngest.

first was fall.

she received..

a book, pajama pants, candy, ice cream maker, candle, lotion, sticker for her car.

second was chris.
she got..

an earth friendly coffee traveling mug, pajama pants, earrings, sweat shirt, lotion, candy.

third was myself.
i received..

a yellow and black scarf,  watch, wallet, a personalized book, candy, lotion.

i am so loved. they each know me so well.

fourth was allie.

she got...
an umbrella, beanie, necklace, pajama pants, robe. 

after exchanging gifts,

taking a thousand pictures on skype,

making cookies,

eating junk food,

watching going the distance twice,

 

catching up with each other,

& having a wonderful girls night..

we finally hit the hay & called it a night.

everything flashback.

flashback to two thousand and ten.

two thousand and ten was a year that was so good to me

and one that i will never forget.

during the past year of my life i...

celebrated one year with superman.

attended my first prom.

had a killer junior year.
& officially became a senior.



won a state championship in softball.

traveled to california.

       

brother got three baseballs at all three mlb parks.

he caught a home run ball from his favorite player.

(everyone in the stadium that saw it was clapping & yelling)

beach trip with superman's family.

 

celebrated superman's 17th birthday.

 

3 days later i turned the big ONE SEVEN.

 

my brother started middle school!

senior pictures by the lovely & talented courtsimms.

last high school football season.

homecoming court.

superman's first senior night.

lost my best friend of 12.5 years.

my best friend turned 18.

last basketball season.

boys basketball--undefeated in the 1st half of the season.

white christmas. 

         

thank you 2010
for the many life long memories you have provided for me.

everything white.

 today was a day filled with..

snow.

 

sledding

& more sledding. 

snow boarding

snowball fights.

football.

basketball.

failed attempts

at making an igloo.

my daily dose of coffee

(plus a little more).

hot chocolate.

christmas snacks.

movies.

playing games.

watching movies.

sweats.

& doing this all while

spending time with..


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everthing started out yuck.

i woke up this morning to find my alarm clock displaying 10:20am.

either i had overslept or it was the 1st snow day of the year..

after getting brave enough to get out from under the warm covers

i walked over to my window to find a major disappointment..

there was no snow!?
what a waste of a snowday.

at that moment i thought this is going to be a yuck of a day...

to my surprise i was so wrong.

as soon as i walked into the kitchen

my mother had already prepared me

exactly what i wanted.

a sausage, ham, and cheese omelet

a side of toast

and my new

peppermint flavored coffee

that had i bought the other day with

my mother's special decorative touch.

yummmm :)

after breakfast

i watched my morning

 "summertime" shows

that i have missed so much

while doing my secret hobby..

wrapping christmas gifts.

my grandmother brought gifts

 from her house so that i could

wrap them for her.

so i not only got to wrap hers but i also realized

that i am officially done with christmas shopping

and everything is wrapped

and under the tree :)



superman joined me and my family

in a afternoon of

naps, food,

christmas movies, &

staying warm by the gas logs

on such a cold winter day.

one time then nothing.

im officially the worst blogger ever…

i have realized that if i am going to be able to continue being a member

of the blog world

im definitely going to have to make it a priority.

my week has been busy busy busy.

so here is a very breaf run through.

monday-- december 6th.

i joined the blog world (:

tuesday-- december 7th.

as i opened my eyes on my own and not the obnoxious

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP.. of my alarm clock,

i knew today was going to be a great day..

the second two hour delay of the year.

PLUS...today was the day of the game

that my small town dies to see..

the big game against "the" mount airy bears.

the only difference was that this year

our guys acualy had a chance

and they brought home a 51-40 victory.

for the first time we had 2 dunk attempts..

even though they were not successful they definitely

got the fans excited and i have a feeling rs&bg will

be attempting again in the super near future.

wednesday--december eighth.

with many yawns

i dragged myself through my school day.

[it is hard going back to the normal schedule

after having back to back 2hourdelays]

another basketball filled night awaited

only this time on our hardwood.

the guys won with ease against EW.

they put on a beautiful show for the fans.

thursday--december ninth.

calculus, calculus, calculus

what more can i say.

from 1:09-9:30
my life revolved

around this subject.

as well as preparing my self for

a friday filled with the

       tattle telling,

       snotty nosed,

       germy,

       3rd graders

that have my heart tied

around their little fingers.

friday--december 10th

the best day of my teacher cadet class..

without a doubt.

i jumped onto a cold activity bus

with 80 third graders along with zb&superman

for a fun filled day to the gertrude house

and chili verde.

the house definitely put the kids in the

christmas spirit&

even santa took some time out of his busy schedule to come see the kids.

chili verde was quite an experience.

oh were the waiters in for a treat.

but the days wasnt all fun and game..

i arrived back at school right in time for a big calculus test.
friday night basketball.
west stokes at home.
the girls grabbed a much needed win.
and the undefeated guys played
against west undefeated guys.
after overtime our guys snatched this
title from west and are now the only
undefeated team in the conference.

saturday--december 11th

up bright and early

and off to the 1st christmas event of the year.

superman came to pick me up as always

(he is such a gentleman)

and off to his great aunts house we went

for a delicious christmas breakfast.

after eating, socializing, gift opening, and

an intense game of hungry hippos

with superman's sister & little cousin

back to my house we went

to see my wonderful grandparents.

the cons and i went christmas shopping

at walmart.

here we found much more than what was on our list

but what’s new.

i also got my secret santa gift for yearbook,

gift bag goodies for my 3rd graders,

and a teacher gift for my cadet teacher.

superman arrived back to my house around five o clock

before we left to go to ah's EIGHTEENTH birthday party.

i cannot believe it!

it was an outdoors chicken stew by a bonfire

therefore superman and i

dug threw my fathers hunting room and found quite unique outfits to wear.

i have to say we looked pretty redneck with our head to toe cameo apparel.

sunday--december 12th.

jesus day..
due to my mothers love for playing the hand bells
at my church she had practice during sunday school
therefore i stepped in and taught her preschool sunday school class.
i instantly fell in love and realized that I now want to officially
become a fill in sunday school teacher for my moms class 
for when she needs a break one sunday.
the rest of my day was spent as a lazy day with superman.
i wrapped many many many presents..
why we watched football, ate, & did homework all day.

what a week…