September

I'm ashamed that it has been so long since my last blog! This month has whizzed by in the blink of an eye. Hopefully, I can catch everyone up everything. First, we are finally settled into our new home! New furniture has been purchased (pics soon, I promise), pictures have been hung, and we are slowly coming to the relaxation that we do in fact, live here. For a while, Tucker and I felt as if we were living in a hotel! Ha! We still have a few more things to do such as, purchasing lamps and curtains, but for the most part it feels like home.

We also had the pleasure of hosting our first dinner guests in our new home. We invited Grandaddy John and Carol over to visit and see our new home. It was so nice to actually have the room to entertain! We really enjoyed our night with them. We can't wait to have them back over!

And if you haven't noticed, football season has officially started! Ha! I can't believe we are almost a month into the season. This weekend we hosted our big tailgate. We usually do one or two a year. It was so nice to spend time with our wonderful family and friends. My sweet friend Elizabeth, her husband Loftin, and their precious son, Reese shared the day with us. Reese was so fun! He played football till he dropped, literally! Elizabeth reported he didn't even make it to the car that afternoon before he was sound asleep. What a cutie!!! We can't wait to do it again!

School is wonderful thus far! I have a very sweet group of 17. I love third grade! Everyday I'm more sure that I made the right decision to move back down. I miss my dear friend,Virginia though! It was so nice to be able to run across the hall when I needed her. It was also nice to have someone to plan with and bounce ideas off of. And things will never be the same in third grade without Leslie and Bria. They were my calm in the storm. Luckily. I still get to chat with them often. As much as I miss my old teammates, I must say that I'm loving working with my new teammates. Fresh faces and fresh energy can be a very good thing! Well, that about sums it up for now! Whew! This blog is jam packed! I'll do my best not to wait so long next time.

Amanda

Blessed Beyond Measure

We are in the new house, finally! Thanks to my sweet in-laws for graciously helping us move, organize, and decorate our new home. We love ya'll to pieces :) I also have to thank our sweet friends and family with the big muscles (Josh, Jay, Al, and Andy) for helping to move the big stuff. You guys are were amazing! I can't believe the amount of stuff we have. Josh told me I needed to donate some stuff to the Salvation Army. What he didn't know, was that I had cleaned out and had donated lots of stuff before the big move. Ha! Andy, our family engineer, said there was no way that we could have fit all of that stuff into that tiny 2 bedroom house. Somehow we did :) We were worried we would not have enough stuff to fill the new house. Boy, were we wrong!

I can't even begin to tell you how blessed we feel. God has been so good to us, much better than we deserve.We have an amazing life, and we owe everything ti Him that made it possible. I was a little weepy last Monday when we made the final sweep through the old house. There were so many happy memories, and they all came flooding back at once. But at the same time, I'm excited to fill our new house with happy memories. We absolutely love our home! I feel like I'm in a dream sometimes :)

 I can't believe we have a garage!

 Leaving the house :)

 You have no idea how excited I am about the garage!

 sitting room

 dining room

 breakfast area

 kitchen

One of the guest bedrooms

At this moment, I'm doing one of my favorite things-watching Auburn football! Lets hope we get a win against Mississippi State today! War Eagle! We are hosting a few friends here at the new house. Entertaining is fun, when you have the room! Ha! We went to the AU vs. Clemson game in Atlanta last weekend. We had so much fun tailgating with family! Thanks Uncle Dan and Aunt Diane for hosting such a fun get together! I hated that we lost, but I also thought our guys did a pretty good job. We all knew were weren't going to win every game this season, but I did notice lots of improvement from last year.

War Eagle, friends!

Amanda