I have returned!

So I haven't posted a blog in about a million years! I have been meaning to but then I would forget or stuff would come up! I am gonna try to do it more often because it was a pretty good way to keep in touch when I was doing it regularly!
SOOO much has gone on since last December which was my last post! We went to California for a vaca/preaching trip in march, in Feb I went to New York for the wedding of one of my best friends Holly Mendenhall, now Holly Powell!! Cliff's parents, Mick & Jeanetta came down in April and we went to New Orleans, then summer came and we had 2 weeks of youth camp, 1 week of campmeeting, 10 days in Indiana, 1 week of Impact conference, A week of youth congress then a week of rest before I started school! Also around March I got laid off from my job but it really has turned out to be a blessing because I was able to do all that stuff with Cliff this summer and I am now taking 16 credit hours and I can focus solely on that and be done with school FINALLY in may of 2012!!
I have been making headbands and Flower/Feather pins to sell kind of on the side so that has helped with me not having a job a little bit! I am going to have a booth to sell my stuff at our MS District Ladies Conference this coming friday and saturday! So everyone say a prayer that I make lots of money!! lol!
Also My best friend in the whole world Nicci is going to have a baby boy!!!!! She is due the very end of oct/ Nov 1st so of course I can't wait to meet my little nephew Cullen! I will be making an Indiana trip in November for about 3 days to see the baby and Mommy!!!
My Aunt Frieda and Uncle Bobby are flying into New orleans on the 17th of September and we are meeting them at the airport then staying in New Orleans until Sunday the 20th! We are so excited to see them and spend a few days in one of our favorite cities! If you have never been to New Orleans you must go at least once! Then at the beginning of October Cliff's parents are coming to Meridian to spend a few days with us! It is going to be soooo great to see our parents so soon! I can't wait!!
In between that though is September 21st which is our 2 year wedding anniversary! I cannot believe it has been 2 years already! I love being married, it has been such a fun, eventful 2 years!
Well I guess that is about everything! I'll write again soon hopefully!!

So excited!!!

We will be in Indiana Friday!!! 4 more days! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

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Lots has gone on since I last had a chance to write! We had a great Thanksgiving with the Mansfields, we didn't end up going to Biloxi at the last minute but we still had a really fun Thanksgiving! I talked Cliff into getting up at 4am with me on Black friday to go shopping! We were at the mall by 5am and we had a lot of fun although we were so tired! Cliff got a new outfit to wear in the pictures Brandy took of us! We went to Columbia this past weekend to have our pictures taken and they all turned out soooooo good! She got really cute pics with Elvis too! We love them! Friday we took pics and went out to dinner with Mitch and Brandy! Also, Andrea had her baby on Friday! A little boy named Ross Hayden! We are so excited to get to meet him when we come home, and Cliff is so happy to have a nephew! On Sat, Brandy and I slept in while Cliff got up at 4am to go hunting with Nate Rios! I can't believe he actually went hunting because he hates to hunt but he did! They didn't even see a dear though haha! We had lunch with mitch and brandy and shopped with them for a while then we went to Nate and Shera's house to hang out and have dinner! It was a really busy weekend but we had a lot of fun! I have finals this week then I am out until after the new year! I am so ready for the break! This Friday is our youth christmas party and we are going to Christmas Caroling then come back to the church to eat and play games and do whatever! It will be a good time! I am so excited to come home for Chrsitmas I cannot wait!!! We are so excited to see everyone! We will be flying into Louisville on the 19th and flying out on the 27th! We still aren't sure Exactly when we are staying where but this is what it looks like as of right now...

Fri 19th: Staying in Indy
Sat 20th: Lunch with family, staying in Indy
Sun 21st: Staying in Columbus
Mon 22nd: Staying in Columbus
Tues 23rd: Christmas with mom and grandparents, staying in Indy
Wed 24th: family christmas, staying in Columbus
Thur 25th: Family Christmas, staying in Indy
Fri 26th: day in Indy, Staying in Columbus
Sat 27th: Leave for MS

This is most likely the schedule so as everyone knows the days in indy are for people in indy and the days in columbus are for the people in Columbus! We won't be making any special arrangements b/c it's just too hard yada yada you've heard this everytime we come home =)Aslo, Elvis won't be coming home with us! It's so sad, I know, but we just did not want to have to deal with him at an airport! He would go crazy haha so we are leaving him at the kennel! I guess that is everyhting! We leave in 11 days! Woo Hoo!!

I am sitting at work being really bored (as usual snce we have 6746297856485 people that work here now) I have done a lot of my homework today though which is great! I have to say I am thankful they don't mind that I do homework as long as my work is done! I started my painting on canvas last night and it's looking pretty good if I say so myself!! I did pick the easiest painting ever to copy though so that helps lol
I have been pretty busy with school and that is about all I have done the last two weeks. On Saturday I went to Kemper Baker's 13th birthday party which actually was a formal sit down tea party! We all dressed up and all the girls had big fancy hats on...it was so cute! Then that night we went and had dinner at Mark and Kerri's house! They are a semi-new couple at our church and they are so much fun! Next week we are going to Biloxi for Thanksgiving which is on the coast so that should be a lot of fun! Nate and Wendy Barrett are awesome and really fun to hang out with.
I am still really excited to get our pictures done with Brandy, although Cliff said no wedding pictures...he said he didn't care to do that again so poop on him! lol looks like we are just going to have normal couple pictures! I am, however, insisting that we take Elvis and get a family shot for our Christmas Card! He is honestly the cutest dog alive! I love my shmuppy!! We are doing 2 outfits because cliff wants one in his new gray suit but I have no idea what I am wearing...just a good excuse to go buy something I guess! =) That is about everything! My last day at school is Dec 11th and it couldn't come fast enough! We will be home in 30 days!!! YAY!!!!!!

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!!

I have been so busy! School is really killing me right now...monday night I sat at the Mansfields and did 3 1/2 hours worth of homework! I have 3 huge group projects I am working on 4 test between tomorrow and Tuesday, not to mention my English paper, and I have to do a painting on CANVAS!...I am dying! lol Profs honestly think that their class is your only class!
And I also wanted to let you know I have not bitten my nails in 6 days!!! WOO HOO! Yes I have had fake nails on BUT I haven't bitten those either! You can ask Cliff, my fake nails last like 3 days at the most before I have them bitten and torn off!
We are for sure coming in On December 19th! I still have not one clue as to what we are doing yet! I think the only things set in stone are that we are having Christmas dinner with my mom and grandma on the 23rd and Christmas with my aunt and uncle and my In-laws on the 24th and 25th...We don't have exact plans but of course we would be with our fam on Christmas Eve and Christmas day! I am trying to orchastrate a girls day with my friends and a girls day with my family girls like my aunt Frieda, Aunt Bethani, Jeanetta, Andrea...of course I haven't even talked to them about it so if ya'll are reading this what how about it?? lol but hopefully I will have a tentative schedule a week or so before we leave to come there! If anyone has any ideas to get together let me know! I need to start figuring out plans and I don't want to leave anyone out! I am pretty excited that we get to use the new Airport! I didn't even know we were gtting a new airport until Rachel told me in an e-mail this morning!
We have cool Thanksgiving plans! We are going to Biloxi, Ms to have Thanksgiving with Nate and Wendy Barrett...they invited us a few weeks ago and we thought that would be a lot of fun! I think I am going to make some cream cheese pies...my new favorite thing to make! yummy!
My stinky work cut my hours this week! I am so annoyed! I don't work Friday's anymore...That is great except I need money!! lol They just keep hiring new people and we don't have neough work for everyone! Basically we all have about an hour of work in an 8 hour day because so many people work here! It's craziness. Oh well nothing to do about it I guess...
Cliff and I have an appointment to get our pics taken with Brandy Rose the first weekend of December! I CANNOT wait!! She is gonna take pics of us and also take some wedding pics of us! I know we got married over a year ago but we have NO wedding pics other than our album and we want some! She is giving us a great deal too! I think we are going to spend the day in New Orleans taking pics! Her website is www.brandyrosephotography.com you all need to go check her out! She is fabulous!!!

ps. 37 days until we are home!! YAY!!