Way Overdue...

It has bee WAY too long since I've blogged and I've neglected all the fun things we've done recently. Well, this post isn't recent at all but I've yet to blog about it.

Mom, Dad, Dwayne and Glenda came to Nashville the last weekend in September and we had a blast! We picked them up at the airport around 9 am Saturday morning and headed straight out to Loveless Cafe... it was delicious. It never seems to disappoint. We drove around Belle Meade, saw my classroom at Lipscomb, got half price drinks at Sonic, visited the Parthenon, ate Texas Caviar, went to the Wild Horse Saloon for dinner and {some} dancing, went to church, ate lunch at Southern Bred, shopped a little, and had a delicious dinner at Blake's parents' house. It was a wonderful weekend and I can't wait until they are able to visit again. It probably won't be very soon though. Both my parents and Dwayne and Glenda are expecting their first grandchild in February. Bevin and John are expecting a girl and Craig and Deidre are expecting a boy... Just two weeks apart. These two couples are best friends and I think their children might already be betrothed. :-) Hopefully I will manage to catch up on my blogging this week.

- For those of you who have asked about my dad, he's doing okay. He started chemotherapy and radiation today. He's doing three rounds of chemo and seven weeks (5 days a week) of radiation. I would appreciate prayers for Dad and Mom throughout the next several months. I did just get a text from my mom saying that Dad is doing okay today. Hopefully he won't be too sick throughout this whole process. Thank you for keeping him in your prayers.

Prayers

I've got a favor to ask. No... I don't ever blog during the school day, much less during chapel, but I've got a favor to ask. My dad is having surgery today at 2:30pm to remove a mass from his jaw. They will do a biopsy after it is removed. I'm humbly asking for your prayers. Please pray for a successful surgery, a speedy recovery and no bad news from the biopsy. Also, I try to be a big girl about these things buts it's bothering me that I can't be there with him and the rest of my family. Thank you for your prayers in advance.


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Once again...

I'm at play practice again with Maverick. For those of you who don't know, Maverick is "starring" as Sandy in David Lipscomb Middle School's production of Annie. He is only in two sceens (which is a good thing). Hopefully he will figure out what he is supposed to do by Friday (his first real performance). I'm mostly just excited that I will finally have a real, legitimate reason to take Mavy to school with me. Friday the cast is performing for the 4th and 5th graders and the show is at 1pm... Which means that Mavy will spend all day at school with me. I'm pretty pumped. The kids in the play love him and I'm sure the kids I have in class will be no different. I probably won't plan anything for Friday... We'll probably just have a play day with Maverick... Just kidding!!

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Finally...

YAY!!! I'm officially finished with Grad School.
(I've been unofficially finished since July 31)

First time for everything

For a time, I had a fantasy that Moriah and I would enjoy all sorts of outdoor activities together once we were married. Looking back now, I'm not sure what I was smoking.

I thought Moriah might want to go mountain biking, so I gave her one. Now I think how made she would be with me if I dragged her out to the trails. Then I thought, maybe a tandem bike. I could do most of the work and she could just go along for the ride. My pitch never seemed to get much traction. I could write an entire essay on my struggle to get Moriah interested in running. I purchased cute running gear, new shoes, iPods. Nothing worked.

I gave up a couple of years ago, and we're both the happier for it.

But this weekend, there was a first - a 20-hour overnight outing in the woods. I mentioned the idea of going camping over the weekend and was shocked to get a yes. Before she could back out, I locked in the deal. We drove up to Savage Gulf Friday night. We pitched the tent at the Savage Falls ranger station and started a fire for some S'mores. There's really no way to get Moriah near a campfire without involving chocolate. Saturday morning, we rose early and hit the trail for a five mile day hike to Savage Falls. Moriah is pictured here carefully stepping from rock to rock below the falls.

We were done by about 10:15, so we headed home.

Moriah was very concerned about bug bites before leaving. I told her to stop being a baby. In a twist of fate, I must have disturbed some friendly chiggers on my hunt for firewood. I have some crazy bites going on. I'm actually going to stop so I can spend some time scratching my ankles off.

-Blake

It's been two weeks...

Since I posted last. I've been working, working, working. I keep stressing myself out but it will be okay. I know it will. It has to be, right? :-) I'm posting this during a break at "Meet the Teacher Night." I have two high school classes, one during first period and one during seventh period (the rest are middle school classes). This MtTN is only for high school. So that means I'm sitting around (actually I'm planning and wanted a break) for an hour and fifteen minutes until my next group of parents comes along. I thought I'd share with you how I've been introducing myself to the kids. A little video about Mrs. Farmer. By the way, I know I'm a nerd and I embrace it!

HELP!!!!!

We need your help!!! Our 5th anniversary is coming up in May and we are going to go on a fabulous trip somewhere... we just don't know where yet. That's why I'd really like your help. I know there aren't a ton of people who read this blog but I do know there are enough to help us find a great vacation spot. If you have a place you've been that you really love please share it with us.

For our honeymoon we went to Cabo. We had several people tell us that they loved their vacations there but we didn't really. We never asked what part of the beach is best, which hotel did you stay at, etc. Needless to say our experience with Cabo wasn't the best so we want to try something different. We (well, just me, really) want to go someplace warm/hot. We plan on going in the first part of June so we need to start looking at places to go. Any help you blog-loving people can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Lake Trip 2009

We're obviously back from the lake... a week ago. I've been crazy busy so I'm just now getting around to posting our pictures and writing about our adventures. Here's what our trip consisted of:



Beating my parents to the lake because they had a ton of tire trouble, not getting in the water for a few days because it was a little chilly, playing in a Wii bowling tournament organized by Uncle Kenneth (I was terrible and am usually a really good Wii bowler), eating a large fluffy homemade biscuit for breakfast every morning that I secretly hoped were frozen so I could eat them at home, hanging out with Holly and TJ for a couple of days and the Lipscombs for the rest of the week, sleeping on the floor with Maybel and Maverick (it wasn't nearly as bad as you might think), the boys taking the pups to the beach, eating yummy food cooked by other people in our group, introducing my family to sopapilla cheesecake, seeing Bevin and Deidre pregnant (even though they did not look it), eating too many peanut butter and Hershey's Kiss cookies, reading Twilight in less than 24 hours, riding in the boat, swimming in the lake, skiing and wake boarding (for some... not me!), laying out at the pool, floating in the lake on floats and most importantly... just relaxing. It was a great vacation.