Change Is Happening

around here.  I gave my two weeks at Trekkers yesterday.  That is my big news that I couldn't share.  What, you don't think that's big news?  Well, its big to me, okay?  I gave my two weeks yesterday and I will now be working at Trekkers only as a sub and not as a full-time teacher.  Because I am going on my unexpected trips this summer to NC, I am converting to a sub.  I am so excited about this.  Its unreal.  I have been SO busy lately that I will really not know what to do with myself when I don't have a job or school to go to.  Can't wait for that.  Don't get me wrong, I love Trekkers and it is such a fun job, but I just need a break and some quiet time without being constantly busy.  Moving on...

This weekend for Memorial Day, we (the Weavers + me) had the annual Crawfish Boil.  Can you say yum?  It was such a fun time.  I always have a blast when I'm with the Weavers, so when you add cute babies, yummy crawfish, and great weather to that, you get an awesome day.

 Poor little guys had no idea what was coming.

 

YUM.

 Lowering them into the pot and to their death.

Rick eating his first crawfish of the evening.

I stole this picture from KateandKuby, because its the only picture with me actually in it.  Haha. oops.

Easter Weekend:

Friday, I slept in with my pup, Grendel, then went and got a mani-pedi with my mom.  After our nails dried, mom and I met dad at Steak n' Shake for lunch.  That Frisco Melt was the best.  Yum.

Then, I went shopping with mom and we found some cute stuff, like this little Elvis piggy bank at Old Navy.

After much shopping, I went home and got ready to go to Revision's Good Friday service.  Ricky's brother-in-law, Ben, is one of the pastors at Revision and Ricky's other brother-in-law, Josh, leads worship.  Their service was wonderful.  Very convicting, encouraging, and exciting.

Saturday, Ricky came over and we dyed Easter Eggs.  Some turned out good, some bad, but thats okay.  We had fun.  It has become a tradition for us and that's exciting.

These are a few pictures from our egg dying last year.

These are from this year.

 This one is dad's Storm Trooper Egg.

Our dying kit came with these fancy bowls.  Too cool.

Here's our whole dying station.

My ombre egg.

My attempt at a red white and blue egg.

Cool speckled egg.

After we finished our eggs, Ricky and I worked on our Halo costumes.  I've been trying to hold off on this subject, because it makes me seem super nerdy, but here goes nothing...

So, Ricky, Kenny, my dad, and I are making Halo's Master chief suits.  You build them our of paper then fiberglass them to make them hard.  It is going to be a long process, but hopefully it will turn out really cool.  Plus, its great bonding with my boys.  Get it, "bonding"?  Haha.

At about 7:30, Ricky and I went back to his house and ate steaks with his family.  Then we watched Rise of the Guardians with his parents.  When the movie was over, Ricky walked me out to my car and when we walked out the door, we both froze.  It was SO foggy.  It literally looked like we were inside of a cloud.  We ran back in to bring his parents out to see.  We all stayed outside in amazement for a while before I finally went home at midnight.

Once I got home, I had to bake cupcakes, because we had a few families over after church on Sunday for lunch.  Well... when you try to bake cupcakes at midnight, it doesn't always turn out just right.  So what happened?  Well, I had some batter left over after I filled the cupcake pan, and I wanted to be able to go ahead and wash the dishes, so I put the extra batter into a few cupcake liners and set them on the stove.  Well, then I went and cleaned up the house a bit, and when I came back, I found this...

The batter had spilt out all over the stove.  Awesome.  So I threw all of these little gems away.  Moral of the story: taking a shortcut can sometimes actually make things take longer.  I ended up going to bed at 3, so I was very tired on Easter Sunday, but it was still wonderful.

After everyone left my house on Sunday, Ricky and I went over to his sister, Lindsay's, house to eat dinner.  Dinner was amazing.  (Side note, Ricky's family should own a restaurant, because they are all master chefs.  You think I'm kidding... I'm not.)  After dinner, Ricky and I watched some Curious George with his niece and nephew, Jovie and Jack.

My Easter weekend was filled with fun, family, and lots of laughs.

A Weekend In The Life...

A summary of my Saturday:

Saturday was my friend Megan's baby shower.  We have been best friends since 7th grade.  We kind of fell apart a little when we went off to college, but we reconnected this year and have become close again.  She is pregnant with little baby Greyson James.  He was not exactly expected, but he is a blessing already.  So Megan's baby shower was Saturday morning and there were SO many people there.  It was great to see people supporting her through this time.  She got a ton of stuff and after everyone left, me and my other bestie, Kayla, helped her organize all of her stuff.  We had a blast.  That kind of stuff is what Kayla and I live for.  We love to organize and sort things.  It was great to have some "girl time".

After we finished up with Megan's stuff, Ricky picked me up and we went to the Wolfchase Mall.  We ate Chinese, sampled Teavana teas, got our free Godiva chocolate for this month, gave each other back massages at Brooks Brothers, and shopped around for some summer clothes.  It was a fun-filled date.

Here, for your viewing pleasure, are pictures of Ricky getting an eye and head massage at Brooks Bros

Once we finally left the mall, with aching feet, we met my dad at the Mid-South Con, a geek-filled weekend where nerds from all around gather to be weird together.  Needless to say, my dad fits right in.  He "trooped" and led games throughout the weekend.  By "trooped", I mean he dressed up in his Storm Trooper costume and walked around and took pictures with people.

Dad in his Storm Trooper suit

Ricky, Darth (dad), and I at the Crystal Ball in 2012

NYC

My favorite city that I have ever been to is New York City.  I have a love for that city that runs deep.  I got to go visit NYC for a week in the Summer of 2010.  It was the best trip of my life.  It is my dream to live in NYC at some point in my life (whether that be for a month or years).  Here are some pictures from that amazing trip.  The week that we were in NYC was one of the hottest weeks they had had since the 80s.  We were miserably hot the entire time.  I wanted to die at many times on the trip, but it was still the best trip I've ever been on.

This is the group that I went with, Youth Choir.  We were in NY state for two weeks.  The first week was spent in Upper State NY hosting VBS's and Backyard Bible Clubs and handing out flyers and such.  The second week was spent in NYC.

This is the group of girls I hung out with for a little bit of the trip.  This is us at Hard Rock in Times Square.

My mom, aunt, and cousin flew up to NYC to stay with me for the second half of the trip.  This is when we joined up at the Cake Boss bakery in NJ.  This is our "Hey-a, Buddy, make-a me a cake-a" stance.

This is me and Jord on Fashion Ave with Betsy Johnson's mannequin.

Here's me and mom in Central Park.

This is when mom, Aunt Tammy, and I watched the 4th of July fireworks from a dark alley while Aunt Tammy sang the Star Spangled Banner and God Bless America.

This is Aunt Tammy, Jordan, and I in the Metro.

Us at MOMA.

On the Metro

When we met up with Kayla, her mom and sister at the World's largest Macy's.

Me and Jordan being disappointed with mom for buying the Empire State Building Skyline Map. Useless.

In line for the Empire State Building

On the Empire State Building.

Modeling with Laney on the Empire State Building.

On the Metro

After we were just asked by a news reporter if we were British.  Dream come true.

Resting our aching feet.

Buying Dr. Scholls gel inserts for our shoes.

Going into Jordan's friend Jessica's dwelling place in Brooklyn.  She was living with this really quirky couple and their place was so cool.

At the Brooklyn Promenade.

Visiting my main squeeze Marc's store.  Absolute dream come true.
Sleeping in the lobby of the hotel waiting for the taxi to take us to the airport.  Worn out.

In a taxi for the first time.

On the Staten Island Ferry.  We were delirious from the heat.

On the ferry again.  (See my huge bruise on my leg?  Yea, I ran into the armrest on the charter bus.  I had a black and blue bruise for weeks.)

Modeling at Century Twenty One in NY.