Since I have started my new, ever-exhausting job working with preschoolers, I have come to CHERISH my weekends! I have become extra stingy with my free time and am snuggling up in my bed a whoooole lot more! While I LOVE my job and the sweet faces I get to see everyday, it is so super draining and forces me to stay on my toes all day!!!! I know many of you can attest to that!
I am very excited to say that our Newlyweds Sunday school has started up again after the holidays - yes, we were a bit delayed! This weekend we will begin the study "The 5 Love Languages" - I am extremely excited to dive into this study as I feel I need a minor tune-up in that area! It's always refreshing to learn new things about your spouse and to invest time, energy, and focus into your marriage!
Speaking of marriage, our TWO year anniversary is coming up on the 25th of this month! I can't believe it has been two years since I walked down that aisle with all of my friends and family watching, speaking those vows to my husband, and celebrating with all of our friends and family! Time flies! I'm not quite sure what we are doing to celebrate this year - last year we went to Houston and it was FREEZING the entire weekend!!
Today I went to perform my ultimate duty as an American citizen - I voted! I was very excited as I hid behind the curtain looking at this "thing" I didn't quite understand! It took me about 10 seconds of panicking to realize which buttons I needed to push, but I did it and am very excited, as silly as that sounds! I voted in 2004, but had to vote with a paper ballot and that was much less confusing! Maybe I am just being dramatic! Me????
I'm sure this blog seems quite random - I guess I just have to get back into blog mode, it has been a while! I hope everyone is having a relaxing weekend with their friends and families! Much love to all of you!
KT
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Ohhhhh the weekend!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Oh my word!
I am so embarrassed at my lack of blogging this past month and a half and apologize to those who actually check to see if I have updated!
WOW - where to start!! December was a month full of excitement and wonderful happenings! We went to the beautiful Florida Keys and had the most fantastic time together - I even got to KISS a DOLPHIN!! Woohoo!! Pictures will be posted soon for those of you who haven't seen any from the trip.
Christmas was very special as we spent the morning together at the house opening presents and preparing Christmas dinner, which we shared with our sweet friends Mark and Laura. Goodness, Christmas seems like ages ago!
I started my new job at the beginning of January. I know I said before that I didn't want to spill the beans on my blog about where I work, but I feel that it is probably pretty public information anyway so I might as well go ahead and say. I work at the LSU Childcare Center on campus. I absolutely love it and am so excited to be working daily with preschoolers whose sense of humor, honesty, and innocence never cease to amaze me! Mo works only a few buildings away so we get to carpool and have lunch almost every day. Some people might think that would make you sick of each other, but I honestly have not been this happy in so long! It is so great to be able to share lunch with your spouse and have that mid-day checkup on each other to either vent, share stories about the day or just be able to hug each other halfway through the day! I just feel so fulfilled at the end of the day, especially when those sweet little creatures give their goodbye hugs! Priceless!
So there is somewhat of an update! I am super exhausted and ready for bed so that will have to be it for tonight! I love you all and am sorry for the super-delay in updating!!
XOXOXO
Katie
Friday, December 7, 2007
Concert
Yay for a beautiful concert last night full of amazing music and worship! Here are some pictures! Please excuse the blurriness - that's what happens when they say "No Flash Photography!" Booo...
More waiting - at least we were inside at this point!
Scary faces 
We were certainly bored 
Daniel Kirkley
Aaron Shust
Natalie Grant
Yay for FREE concerts!!!
Thursday, December 6, 2007
In Better Hands
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
He's So Good!
He is so good people!
I am no longer in need of finding a job, the Lord has taken care of that! Let me tell you my story about trusting in Him.
As everyone knows, a couple of months ago I quit my very safe, secure, well-paying job to jump into this opportunity of helping my mom to open her store! Well it is open, and while we have had mostly pretty slow business, there have been some very encouraging moments as well! People love the store and are starting to realize we are here and are not only looking, but buying now as well! And that is what we need! While this is very encouraging, about a month ago, I realized that this isn't a job that best fits my personality. I need people! I need co-workers! When I quit my job and took this chance I told myself, the Lord WILL take care of me. He will NOT let me suffer if I am trusting in Him.
Well he has taken care of it! And rewarded me beyond what I expected. Not only have I been provided with a job, but it is one that I have been praying for AND one in which I will be able to use the degree I spent four and a half years earning! I feel so blessed that I have been rewarded for my faithfulness to him. Because of all the craziness that happened with Lindsee I don't really want to be too specific, but I will say that I will be working at LSU (only a few buildings away from my precious hubby wubby) and I will be working with children! I have wanted to work at LSU since I graduated and had to leave my student worker position, and I am so happy I will be returning! He is so good!!!!
Other beautiful things that are happening
- LSU is going to the National Championship game!! Yaaaay!!! Please keep your fingers crossed and pray that Mo will be called to work down there for the game and that we will get to go!
- In less than two weeks, we will be off the the Keys! Please pray for safe travels, good weather, and lots of fun while we are down there!
- Christmas-time! I love it, love it, love it! I love the music, the Christmas trees, the Spirit of giving, the reminder of the birth of our Jesus Christ, and of course, the food!
- I have kept that 10 lbs off that I lost a month ago and I am super-excited about it! Jen is too because she got to take away two pairs of my jeans this weekend that fit her beautifully! Yay for awesome, free jeans! We have both lost weight and should be rewarded with great jeans, don't you think so?!
- We got a Wii! This I KNOW was by the grace of God - this is a funny story which ties into how I got the job on campus - I basically responded to an ad online about a Wii, went to the people's home, and when I met them, I realized it was the woman who I had sent my resume to that morning about this particular job I was later offered. I stayed for about 45 minutes talking to her about the job and when I went in for my interview a couple of days later, everyone knew the story!
I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season! Stay warm and don't forget to drink your hot chocolate!!
Katie
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Wii are crazy!
I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday weekend and got to spend time with their family, friends, and loved ones! Oh yeah, and gorged on embarrasing amounts of food! I know I did...
Does anyone want to know how I spent my day off yesterday? Well I will tell you!
A typical Monday for me consists of sleeping in, cleaning the house, working on laundry, and grocery shopping. It's my day off, but I try to get all of my wifely duties taken care of while Mo is away at work and I don't have someone behind me messing up something I just organized! Bless his heart, but he is not the tidiest, but I suppose that's why he has me!
This is not how my Monday played out yesterday. We wanted a Wii. Yes, that little box that can brings hours of pleasure that is virtually impossible to get your hands on at this point in time. On a consumer note, it is the comparison of what the Tickle-Me-Elmo was a few years back. Now something I have to admit about myself is that if someone tells me I cannot have something, I WILL find a way to get it. It's not a good thing. It is a very bad thing that can drive me absolutely crazy, as well as others around me. Well this is one of those cases.
Mo and I drove around on Sunday night, stopping at several stores looking for this Wii. This is how most of the conversations went:
Me: "Hi, do y'all have any Wii's?" (I already feel silly for saying the word Wii)
Person who works at Gamestop/Target/Walmart/Gameware/Best Buy/Compusa: "No." (Rolling their eyes and acting annoyed that I would ask such a heinous question)
Ok, well this was not OK with me. Apparently. Because the next morning I woke up and started at Best Buy, made my way over to the mall and stopped by Gameware, Gamestop, then Walmart, Target, another gamestop, a different Walmart, another Gamestop, another Gameware, another Walmart, another Walmart, a Kmart, Target again, and another Gamestop.
Is there something wrong with me!!!??? Seriously, I do NOT want the Wii this bad, I only want it because someone is telling me I can't have it and I don't like that!
While I was at one Walmart, I walked up and asked if they had any - yes they did - and the guy standing in line in front of me got the last one (BTW he would not make eye contact with me - I think he sensed my anxiety over the Wii) - Well I THOUGHT this was the last one! But then I saw one behind the counter - and asked "What about that one?" I was told that the customer was going to get cash out of the ATM because her credit card wouldn't work and they were holding to for her. I said "My credit card works just fine. And there is a Wii right there and I can buy it right now." They said "No." I was sad.
I finally went home defeated, exhausted, my little legs were sore from running through parking lots the size of a football field.
That night Mo and I decided that instead of a Wii, we would join the XBOX 360 bandwagon since a lot of our friend's have Wii's. This morning Jen officially welcomed me to the XBOX 360 Widows club!
Quite honestly, I do NOT care about video games or anything that has to do with them, but it's fun to me and I enjoy joining in with friends when they are playing them. I guess I just had to prove the US Consumer market wrong and show them that I could get a Wii if I wanted one! But I didn't, and that's ok because I actually had a lot of fun yesterday playing my little "Find the Wii" game! haha!
Isn't it funny when you begin to put things into perspective though? Here I am searching desperately for this $250 toy when there are children and families all over the world who don't even have a bed to sleep in at night and play with sticks for toys. I am beyond grateful for the blessings that the Lord has bestowed upon me and for everything that Mo and I have been given. I don't have to worry about being cold at night. I turn on the heater. If I am hungry, I walk to my refrigerator and grab some food. If I am bored, I turn on my TV or play on the internet. So who cares about a Wii or an Xbox....so while I might not have been cleaning the house all day or working on the laundry - I was learning something about myself and changing something about myself...and I supposed that is worth more than all of the Wiis in the whole wide world! (Had to throw that in there!)
God Bless you All! Love ya!
Katie
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Whole Wide World
I don't even know what to say about last night's episode of The Bachelor: The Final Rose - so sad. I agree with Jen that he should not have proposed to either one of them if he couldn't make that promise. And honestly, who can truly make that promise to someone in a span of 6 weeks. That aside, I am dissapointed in how Brad pulled out these women's deepest emotions - it was almost as if he was just desperately searching for something to cling to. Jen and I sat on the edge of the bed about to ralph all over ourselves as we awaited the final outcome. Who knows, what I do know is that if I have to hear Jenni say "whole wide world" one more time, someone's gettin slapped!
I am desperately hoping that he will propose to one of them tonight on After the Final Rose, but I am not that lucky, and apparently, neither are Deanna or Jenny!
Ok back to reality!
Mo's brother Sam has decided to come visit for Thanksgiving, so it will be nice to have a little out of town company over the holidays! I am certainly looking forward to the Thanksgiving spread! I am trying my hand at a Green Bean and Artichoke Casserole and frosted pumpkin squares - mmmmm! Let's hope this goes well!
Happy Holidays everyone and don't forget to praise the Lord for all of the wonderful blessings in your life. While life can certainly bring us struggles it is so important to focus on our blessings and be thankful for what we have been given!
XOXOXO
Katie
