Chris and Carrie

Posted by Carrie | June 11th, 2011

Chris and I finally finished up the school year this past week. We both had a good year and can’t believe that next year will be our 9th year of teaching. Where has the time gone!? We are also going to be doing the same jobs next year unless something changes over the summer. So I will teach 3rd grade again, and Chris will serve as the science and math specialist at his school.

To celebrate the end of the year we had some of the teachers over from our schools on the last day. I was having too much fun because the only pictures I managed to get were of our backyard before the party started. Chris and I have been working really hard to plant grass, flowers, and re-stain our concrete, so I think it is looking pretty good!

Before the party

Sadly, as soon as the weekend was over, my classes started for my masters, and boy is it going to be a tough summer! I am taking cataloging which is basically like reading legal code or Greek, and then I am also completing my practicum. I will be going to high school, middle school, and elementary school summer schools to get some hands-on experience in the library. I am excited about this, but feeling sad that I don’t get much of a break. I have been throwing myself a real pity party this week about the fact that this is my 3rd summer to not really get to travel much or just be lazy, but I just have to keep reminding myself of how great this career will be once I am done! So I am trying to snap out of it. I am so thankful that I have the summer off to double up on some of these tough classes and not have to work at the same time like I do during the school year. And I shouldn’t say that I am not getting to go anywhere because I have my annual mother/daughter trip coming up, and we have a really fun family trip planned at the end of summer so I am looking forward to those.

At the same time, we are completing some summer projects around the house that I am excited about. One of those projects is remodeling our guest bathroom. We have been working on it a little bit overtime, so I can’t wait to show the before and after pictures when it is all finished. I really think it is going to make a huge difference.

Until then, happy summer to all!

-Carrie

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Posted by Carrie | May 8th, 2011

I wanted to wish those of you who are moms a very happy Mother’s Day today! For many people I know today was their very first Mother’s Day so I am sure today was extra special for them. One of those people is my sister Claire. She is such a wonderful new mom to my niece Evelyn.  I hope you enjoyed your day Claire! We love Evelyn so much and she is so lucky to have you as her mom!

I also want to wish my very own mom a very happy Mother’s Day. She is the BEST mom in the world! She made me into the person I am today, and she is always there for me no matter what. Sadly I couldn’t be with my mom or Claire today to celebrate as I am wrapping up my masters class, but I was with them in spirit!

My mom also recently sent me some old pictures of her back in the day so I thought I would share.  I love seeing old pictures and seeing all of the old hairstyles, clothing, and in this particular picture the furniture. Ha!

Does she look anything like me? I can’t tell..

My cute mom!

This is a picture of me and my sister Claire with my mom at my cousin’s wedding this past summer.

As you can see my mom is just as beautiful today as she was then.

Happy Mother’s day mom and Claire! We love you so much!

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Posted by Carrie | April 10th, 2011

We have had a nice weekend. On Friday I submitted the second component to a super big project that I have been working on for my master’s class so I am glad to have just one more part to complete and the end of this class will be in sight! I am enjoying my class this semester, but it sure is a lot of work! I am ready for this class to end and for me to start my summer classes.

Then on Saturday we attended a couples baby shower for my friend Missy who is due this summer. We had such a great time I forgot to take pictures, but it was great seeing her and her husband and some of my college friends.

Warning: This next part is mostly for my mom as she is dying for me to post about this…ha!

In the meantime we have made a few home improvements that I thought I would share. I ordered this rug back in November and after many months of waiting it came the first week of April and it was the WRONG color. They sent me a brown and black one, and it was not cute, so I returned it and the correct one came this past week. It is much better and Coco likes it too!

Here is another picture of the rug without Coco.

We also got an a new armoire for our bedroom. We really needed more storage and I wanted a piece that would hide the T.V.

Of course that meant that we HAD to get a new T.V according to Chris. I will admit our old T.V weighed a thousand pounds and was outdated so I am not complaining. I have been enjoying the T.V when I have some spare time to watch it!

I hope everyone had a nice weekend too!

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Posted by Carrie | March 17th, 2011

We are so excited to say that our new niece Hollis finally arrived yesterday and she is perfect in every way!  Chris and I are on our spring break this week so we were so glad that we got to be there to meet Hollis on her birthday.

We drove up to Arkansas on Tuesday to be with Chris’ family before the big day. Then on Wednesday morning we were at the hospital super early so we wouldn’t miss a thing.

At the hospital Harper was wearing her “Big Sister” dress and was kissing mommy and daddy goodbye as they went to go have Hollis!

Harper got to hang out with all of her grandparents and Chris and I while we waited. We loved that we got to spend  time with her and that she let us love on her lots because we don’t get to see her enough.

When Hollis had arrived the paparazzi was on it! ha! I think between all of our families we had hundreds of pictures by the end of the day!

Kelly and Scott and their new family of four! So cute!

Of course all of the grandparents were there and were so proud. They could not get enough of their new grandbaby. Who can blame them?

I also loved getting to hold her.

Harper loved kissing and petting her new sister. She is going to be a super big sister.

Such a precious and sweet face. And look at all of that hair! She is one lucky girl!

We are so happy you are finally here Hollis! We love you so much!

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