Alright bloggers, you know what to do! Welcome to week 2 of our Smilebox Sunday! Post a link on our comments to your blog of your smilebox creation of a special moment, event, or blessing in your life! Have fun, and we look forward to sharing blessings and moments with you! Enjoy ours!
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Our memorial day was so relaxing. We woke up and ventured to get my new phone and Heidi a few things. I got the Blackberry Storm and I love it! Holly, Sam, and the boy dog Bailey came over at 1:00 for a day filled with grilling, sunbathing, and strict relaxation! We thouroughly enjoyed ourselves and the pups did too! 
They got into the mud and decided to roll themselves in it. It was a site, but we figured they enjoyed it and made them stay outside the whole day. Later, they both got a bath together. 
It was a hoot!
We will let you know how we make it towards our goals in 2 weeks with results! 
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I must say that I have recently really enjoyed being out of school and work. Seeing as finding a job right now is painly difficult, I have made the most out of each day! The other day I found time to clean my windows! Oh what great fun it was! I get to do things that I always wanted to do but couldn't because of "time". The other day I got to go to Bryce's Kindrgarten graduation! It was so precious! I can't beleve he will be 6 next month! wow! And have I mentioned that he is going to have another baby brother? I got to go to that docters visit too! See, I have got to do great things recently! 
Back on track. After Bryce's graduation I asked if he wanted to spend the rest of his day with me. Of course he wanted to! Some of my Twitter followers probably noticed all of the fun "Bryce Quotes" of the day! I hope you enjoyed those! 
We went to the park, bought a ball, played with the ball, went on 3 walks around our neighborhood, made a cake, 
ate the icing, 
and ate even more icing, rested to the Disney Channel, and made pancakes for dinner! We even have "B" for Bryce and "A" for Aunt pancakes! 
It was a beautiful day! I kept telling him that we could do whatever he wanted to do all day. And he was very thankful, and excited to spend the entire day with just me and him! I love you Bryce!
Jenny and I traveled to a fun event over the weekend. Her aunt is apparently a "big wig" for something or another, both of us aren't really sure. Anyways, she got us tickets to a benefit auction and concert. The tickets were sitting with her at the VIP table right up front. The ticket price was $600. So, we felt special needless to say!
The auction raised a lot of money for the kids and Sawyer Brown was absolutly incredible! He was an awesome entertainer, dancer, and singer! He really did all three! I don't think that we ever stopped smiling the whole night! It was an awesome night out on the town with just us girls!
We also celebrated Sam's birthday this weekend with Japenese food! It was delicious and our bellys were full by the time we were finished! Afterwards, we went to their townhome to enjoy the beautiful weekend weather. 
John and I have been trying to figure out what to do with our patio. We had a glider that was a wedding gift so we decided to play with what we had. 
This is what we came up with! We love our new patio! It's so cozy and relaxing! This weekend was perfect. John and I relaxed outside all day yesterday. We cleaned the fence row finally and planted some trailing flowers out there for some color! Heidi, in all of her glory-hair, also enjoyed her day. I don't know WHAT she got into but she was filled with cuckaburs and stick tights, and she also decided to go visit out neighbors garage! We are for sure not ready for children if we can't even keep out own puppy clean and safe! All of a sudden we realized Heidi was quiet and then we saw her playing in our neighbors garage. I was so embarrassed! Because it was at this point that the dirty pup was COVERED in stick tights. She looked disgusting! (Please note, this picture was taken after she was clean. We would never let her on our carpet dirty! Trust me!)
It was at that very moment when I was finished with cute puffy hair! I have called 5 groomers today and all of them are full until mid week! I suppose we will have to deal until then!
Something just HIT me right in the face just now and I want to pound them out into words. A verse just stuck to me a while ago. Psalm 37:4. It's a verse that I "randomly" read on another blog that I follow. THIS verse led me right where my heart needs to be. RIGHT where God wants me right now. That verse then led me to THIS verse, another one written by a very wise man--my father. "Lindsey, read Psalm 37:1." And that verse led me to three others underlined from previous times in my Bible. THIS is the message of encouragement sent from my Almighty Father. THIS is why I know God has a plan for my life and my job. I am not worried, but delighting myself in Him.
Do not fret because of evildoers,
Be not envious toward wrongdoers.
For they will wither quickly like the grass
And fade like the green herb.
TRUST in the Lord and do good;
DWELL in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
DELIGHT yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart.
REST in the Lord and wait patiently for Him.
The STEPS of man are established by the Lord.
I will TRUST, I will DWELL, I will DELIGHT, I will REST, all in the Lord, for HE only knows my STEPS.
Praise God! This is my prayer from now until the time comes for me to have a job to serve Him for His Kingdom!
You have NO idea how long I have waited to be able to put up that blog title! Finally, graduation came yesterday at 10 am. We woke up bright and early to begin our beautiful day! Graduation was incredible. Earlier is the week, the idea of me getting my hard earned degree hit me in spirts. On my way down the steps and into the huge gym filled with hundreds of people is when it REALLY hit me yesterday. I admit...there were tears. 
A different type of tear that people don't really get often. A silent, happy, grinning from ear to ear type of tear. Know what I'm talking about? They are special! Once I had "arrived" in my spot to sing the National Anthem, I noticed my family. All of them. Standing up waving and so proud. And the tears flowed even more. The people that mean so much to me were all there standing, proud, for me. 
It was such a special moment for me to see my husband, mother, dad, brother, sister, nephew, aunt, andrea, steve, andrew, luke, jenny, suz, holly, and sam all there to celebrate with me. It was at the very moment that I thanked God for blessing me with all of them and their support for me in my life. It was a proud moment. I was proud of each of them. For being able to be there wife, daughter, sister, daughter-in-law, neice, and friend. I sang the national anthem with the symphonic band. Let's back up a bit....I have sang in gyms before, but not LARGE gym's if you would even classify the Dunn center a LARGE gym, but probably larger. Anyways, the night before, I was a bit uneasy and nervous about singing because I didn't know what to expect. Once I entered and was ready, I wasn't nervous, as usual. It was the most INCREDIBLE singing experience I have ever had. Singing for that many people was truly--speechless. I was honored to be asked to sing it and honored to sing it with my fellow classmates in the symphonic band. I was honored. Once I "arrived" back to my seat with the tears flowing, it was time to really begin!
I was now waiting--(obviously me in the PINK sparkly hat!)minutes away from what I had worked so extrememly hard for. 
Once my name was called, it was the most beautiful my name has ever sounded (well second most--first is when John said it to me in our wedding vows) It was a honorable moment receiving my diploma. My diploma. (Shaking our Presiden't hand. I was so pumped mom got this on the jumbo tran!)
After it was all said and done--there were pictures. And then John and I were off to get ready for our party!
My family came over to bring some stuff and help us set up. We originally set up in the garage praying, literally, that the rain would stop. Just one hour before our party the sun shined so brightly above our new home. We switched the party on the concrete as orginally planned! It was beautiful and perfect, just as we asked. It never rained all night! So many of our family and friends came out to celebrate my graduation and our new home. 
It was truly a blessed night together! (My parents gave me this ring--real? yes!) We are so thankful for each and every one of the guests that we had in our home. I wouldn't be where I am TODAY if it weren't for each of them and their prayers, love, and support. John and I are so BLESSED to be loved and encouraged by each of them. We are truly HONORED to be called your family, or friend.
We have had a lot going on these days! I can't wait to share all the fun stuff we have been up to! So be ready for a bunch of pictures! 
I experienced the most amazing feeling of the last day of college classes, ever! The reason beind this dorky looking picture is for a crazy creative lindsey idea. My very first day of Kindergarten my mom took a picture of my outside on our side walk with my backpack. So, John took a picture of me on my very LAST day of school! (Also note the flowers we planted...another check on the to-do list!) And on my last day I shared it with my friends! The two last classes were astronomy which is shown here, and marriage and the family which lasted about all of 5 minutes! 
What did we do in the last day of astronomy? took pictures.... 
John has been working hard to clear our fence row so we can plant wild flowers on it! He drove me to school yesterday because I have a crazy time gap between my classes. 
what did we do on my break? We bought canvas and paint! One project on our list is now complete! Livingroom art....Enjoy!
This weekend (or lack there of) has been packed FULL of either John working or me stuck in the music room plucking away at some crazy assignment for my bazillion online courses that I have. Well, 3 really, not a bazillion. Anyways, the LAST DAY OF CLASSES EVERRRR for me is WEDNESDAY! I know! I know!! It is now finallyhitting me, and I can actually see the light getting a little closer! yay! Today, I yard saled for an hour with mom and April and found some beautiful Banana Republic items BRAND NEW(sorry, capslock crazy tonight..it's this room i think) I was so excited! Now I have all the professional clothes, now all I need is a JOB! Anyone???? I need your help bloggers! It's a tough world out there! shew! Anyways, so after yardsaling, I had rehearsal for my LAST CHOIR CONCERT EVER for 4 hours and then headed to petsmart. Where which I can NOT go into with self control. I went in for food and got that along with a toy and bone. 
Well, shedeserved it! And this is why...
...When you leave a puppy alone in a house for 5 minutes...
She gets bored quick and decides to unroll the ENTIRE roll of toilet paper in the guest bathroom into the living room...and then hide under the couch.
Yesterday John and I celebrated our nephew, Adam's first birthday! It was held at a local park with yummy BBQ, and of course birthday cake! Adam had his very own "puppy" cake. It was actually shaped like a puppy. 
John and I predicted what he would do with the cake. We decided that he wouldn't probably just pick at it. 
Well, we were wrong...Actually, VERY wrong! He poked a bit, then dug his hands into it and smeared it all over the place! MMMmmmm.....
It was absolutly adorable! It was a great puppy themed first birthday party! He is such a happy boy!
My birthday this year was absolutly awesome! I will have to say a BIG THANK YOU to my amazing hubby for making it all happen and for working his magic! John understands that birthdays have always been made extrememly special for me. He also knows that I love surprises, so he worked will hard on this one. The Eve of my birthday John told me that once I got off of work that I had to get ready to go out to a"nicer" restaurant with some people. He wouldn't tell me who with or where which I totally loved the suspense! And because of my super sly family and friends, I really had NO clue what the heck was going on!
I got off of work, came home and got spiffed up and we hit the road. Still clueless. We headed to Clarksville and began to pass all of the restaurants. I kept eliminating the restaurants as we would pass them. I had fun with it. Then as we approached the place John shouted, "RED LOBSTER". If you are an active reader, you know that I LOVE crab legs and LOVE Red Lobster. I was super stoked! As we pulled in I was laughing and looking for "familiar" cars. None were in sight, so John told me that we were dinner for two. Once we got in Holly and Sam were there at a table! I was so excited! Those sly dogs told me that they were going to their "small group" that night, so I ruled dinner with them out long ago. It was a wonderful dinner with great company! I ate crab legs of course! salad, and Holly and Sam ordered me some yummy cheese sticks! Afterwards John and I got a movie and we watched it over at Holly and Sam's place. It was a real treat, and one GREAT surprise!
John took all of this into thought I know! He told me to sleep in for a while so Heidi and I watched some TV while John got to work on stuff. He finally let me come into the rest of the house. 
Much to my surprise, he made me pancakes and had my gift on the table with all of my birthday cards set up! He got me a Kathy VanZeeland purse that HE picked out himself! I love love LOVE it so much! I think he was pretty proud of himself! I know that I was! He told me that he waited at the store for an hour for the newtruck to deliver the newest ones! Too cute! 
Once we were finished with breakfast and gifts, he told me to get ready to do whatever I wanted. So we headed to Starbucks for some yummy coffee, went to Lowes where he let me pick out a firepit for our patio, ate lunch at an amazing Chinese buffet and then decided to go home and spend time outside together. It was an absolute, perfect day! We loved and soaked up every single moment of it. That night John's family dropped by to bring my gift. They got me some awesome gardening things! I can't wait to use them! Now I have cute stuff to put on my gardening bench! 
My birthday was so special. It was the most perfect birthday that I could have ever asked for! Really good first birthday married too! I am SO blessed to have such an incredible husband, family, and friends. THANK YOU for making my birthday so great!
Easter is by far my favorite holiday. And if you know me, you know I always make holidays themed and special! This morning I woke up way early to begin Easter. I made and assortment of fresh muffins, flavored coffee, and had my easter mats, lavender, and my diva easter bunny on the table. It was a great easter morning together. John had to work today so it was very wonderful to spend some time with him this morning. I went to church and really enjoyed our precious Sunday school class! The little Pre-K's looked adorable today! And they were all so wonderful! We did a cool craft and made a sun rise. I let them tear all colors of paper and glue them on paper. The absolutly loved that! 
Lunch was at my parents house of course with the nephews. It was AMAZING! My mom is definatly the best cook that I know! We had ham, fresh garden corn, mac and cheese, rolls, salad, peach cobbler and vanillia icecream! Yum! When our bellies were full we headed out to hunt eggs and got to visit with my cousin Shelley's sweet twins! All of these babies are growing so fast! They are so beautiful! 
Bryce loved hunting eggs and Adam...well, not so much. He wasn't quite as into it as Bryce was! Afterwards, we all visited and Bryce and Heidi played with Easter eggs. 
Later, they came to see our new house. It was such a great day to celebrate our risen Lord!
