Shane and Crystal

I’m finally out for summer break from teaching and I’m already loving the time I get to spend with my sweet little “nip”. (My nickname is Cheeto, so Cheese “nip” just fits!) The three of us went to a little playground yesterday and Harper slid down a little baby slide (with lots of [...]

Hello! It’s Mommy again. I’m really going to try to be better about blogging now (at least for the summer), since I have more time. Harper is growing and changing so much with every single day. He still takes my breath away every time I look at his sweet angelic face. [...]

Hello! This is “mommy”! I LOVE my new name. I had hoped to make a post sooner, but for **some** little reason, I just have a hard time finding the time to do that! The last three weeks have been the most wonderful, exciting, new, overwhelming, unsure, blessed, confused, tiring, amazing [...]

Our day began at the big time of 2:15 am. Yes, boys and girls, you heard it right. We were going to bike down the Haleakela Crater—one of the world’s largest dormant volcanos! We were picked up at 2:45 am and driven to the Mountain Riders place where we watched an informational [...]

Again, I woke up SO early this morning. I woke up at around 5:30 (10:30 back home) and made myself lay there until about 6:15. I got up and typed for a little while before Shane rolled out of bed. We got ready and went to the town of Napili to eat [...]

We both woke up quite early, since we aren’t on “island-time” yet. We are five hours behind Georgia here, so that is taking some adjusting. We walked down to the concierge and booked the biking down the volcano tour and a sunset cruise. We walked around a little and took some beautiful [...]

I woke up pretty early with a case of the “Wedding Day Jitters”. I had been doing so good up until this point, but my tummy was just a fluttering! I tried to eat a little breakfast…(we’ll just say that didn’t stay down where it was supposed to) and then headed out [...]

November 2nd and 3rd were very busy days! On the 2nd, Shane and I both got started pretty early. He had to help my dad carve a whole bunch of pumpkins as we were using them with flowers for table centerpieces. I had to meet Brandy, Candy, and my mom at the [...]

Mrs. Sylvia Flanagan (a very close family friend) hosted my Bridesmaids’ Luncheon this past Saturday at a lovely little tea room in Woodstock called “Tea Leaves and Thyme”.  It was so much fun!  All of my bridesmaids and flower girls were there, along with a few family members.  I passed out a few gifts to [...]

Yesterday, I was given a shower by four ladies at church (Karen Carp, Cindy Smith, Ginger Tumlin, and Carole Scroggins). It was a sweet shower and we received some really wonderful gifts! It was a brunch (10:00 am) and the food was delicious! The cake was so cute…it looked like a toaster [...]

This past Friday evening we had a little “bachelorette’s night out”…we had so much fun! Natalie, Linda, Jennifer, Brandy, Candy, and I all went to Brio Tuscan Grille in Buckhead. I had to wear dress up beaded necklaces, dress up chandelier earrings, and a dress up tiara with a veil attached. I [...]

This past Saturday, we had a shower that involved both sides of our family.  It was held at my Aunt Jennifer’s lovely home and it was so much fun!  The shower was given by my Aunt Jennifer, my cousin Kristi, and my Aunt Diane.  They did a wonderful job with the food and the games!  [...]

Yesterday evening my mom, four bridesmaids (Natalie, Brandy, Candy, and Jennifer) and I had an “invitation assembly line” going on!  It took all six of us about 3 1/2 hours straight to get it done, but they are ready and will be mailed this week!  Shane–you’re stuck now, mister!  Hehe…just kidding!

Wowie wow! These wedding plans are just consuming my days right now. It truly makes teaching interesting. I’d like to clone myself two or three times to take care of everything. If I’m not talking to the wedding coordinator, I’m talking to the caterer or the harpist or the violinist or the [...]

On Tuesday, August 29th, I was “showered” by items from Pampered Chef. The shower was given by three of my co-worker friends (Jennifer Crump, Amy Findley, and Amanda Jordan) at Jennifer’s lovely home. We had around 15 people or so there and had a great time. When I arrived Jackie (the [...]