Wow! 4 Months is a Record

Before you say it, I am well aware of the fact that I am a slacker when it comes to the blog. I always say I am going to do better, but then life takes over.

Here is the run down since the beginning of 2012. I work a lot. I work and when I get home I tend to crash and then repeat the cycle. Work is going well. I am learning a lot and although it has it's hard moments I know that the Lord is preparing me for something. He is preparing me for my next step. One day I will look back and say "Oh! I am so glad I did that extra job." I know that there is a reason. I just try to focus on that.

Since the begining of the year I have traveled to Birmingham, Auburn, Calhoun County, Decatur, Folly Beach, and Edisto Island. I spent a lot of time in Knoxville. I have even had some visitors. I went to Birmingham to have a weekend with my cousins and sisters. We don't see each other enough and so this was a weekend for us to just hang out and relax. I went to Auburn to see friends and family. I got to spend time with my Mom, Aunt Jill, Laurie, Julie, Emily, Laura, Molly, and Andy. We spent the weekend celebrating St. Patrick's Day and Julie's birthday. I also went to visit Hollie and Wynn in Calhoun County Alabama. Hollie works for Talledega and Wynn and I went to visit.

David and I spent the last weekend in April at Folly Beach with his family. We all lived in one house and just hung out. It was fun to see everyone and catch up. The only downfall was that I got burnt to a crisp. It was the worst sunburn of my life. My legs radiated heat for a solid three days and at one point my bottom lip doubled in size. I learned my lesson and on the way home I bought new sunscreen for the rest of the summer.
The next weekend I headed to Decatur to visit Mom and Dad. I needed that. I have always loved going home. It has been one of my favorite things since going to college. I love the little slice of land that we live on and the deck that we added on. It's just so relaxing to go there and not have one single worry. I spent the weekend hanging out, shopping and cooking with Mom. Dad spent most of his time in the yard with Sully.

Mother's Day weekend I was graced with a visit from Molly and Laura. I was so excited to see the two of them. I also couldn't wait to explore all the places in Knoxville that I have wanted to go, but didn't want to brave a lone. We packed as much as we could into the short weekend that they were here. I miss my best friends so much. I took for granted the times that we lived just one flight of stairs from each other. If someone gave me the option of living in a dorm room again with them I would be all over it. I don't think they will ever know how much it meant to me that they drove all the way to see me. Next I will be going to Birmingham to visit.

Last week I was lucky enough to get to see David's family again for the happy ocasion of celebrating his cousin's wedding. I also got the chance to conquer my fear of flying by myself when I flew from Knoxville to Charleston with a 37 minute layover in Atlanta. Once I arrived David and I headed to dinner then we drove the 40 miles to Edisto. It is such a cool place. It's small and everyone knows when there are non-locals in their midst. We spent most of our time on the beach on Wednesday and Thursday playing a good amount of volleyball. Friday we started the day off with volleyball on the beach and ended it with the rehearsal dinner. Saturday David and I went to eat lunch at a local Bar-B-Q Restaurant which just happened to be the restaurant of the caterer for the wedding. The wedding was beautiful. The reception was so much fun and Anna and Preston looked as happy as two people could look. Sunday we cleaned up and headed to the brunch for the couple and then headed towards Knoxville.

Now that information over load is over here are some pictures:

Folly Beach

Sweet Sully

Sweet Molly

 

Laura- Who is now a CPA

487 Taleeda Court back together

David and I at Whaley's in Edisto

David and I at the Rehearsal dinner

The bartender at the rehearsal

Father and Son

 

The Welesko Family

Well that is about it for right now. I will be back later with more happenings.

NYE Celebration

Happy 2012 everyone!

I hope that you all got to have as much fun with people you love on NYE as I did.

My weekend half way started early when Mom and Dad got here on Thursday with my furniture. We worked for about and hour and a half but finally got everything moved in. We went to eat after that and then Mom and Dad headed back to the hotel and I started organizing. 2 hours later I crashed.

Friday I headed to work while Mom and Dad went exploring. When the Weleksos arrived we met them and went to dinner. Sadly David couldn't come because it was his worst week of work. After dinner we all headed back to hang out with Ashley and Zach.

Saturday David and I went to lunch with Mom and Dad and then I headed to to Gatlinburg, but we didn't get very far due the massive amounts of traffic. We headed to the outlets to return a few coats. Then David and I went to get ready for his cousins wedding. We met his family at the hotel and headed to the wedding.

The church was beautiful and even though I don't really know the bride and groom they looked as happy as possible. I was also really glad that I got to meet some more of David's family. He has a great family and is very lucky.

Sunday everyone headed back home and I headed to work. I always hate it when everyone leaves, but it always has to happen. I'm just super glad that I got to spend so much time with people I love this weekend.

I am so blessed. Here are a few photos:

2012 Snuck Up On Me

Last year I was super on top of the new year, this year not so much.

I feel like 2012 is going to closely resemble December of 2011. A whirlwind.

This year instead of re-capping everything from every month like last year I am going to say the twelve things I am most proud of myself for doing. (In other words I am going to pat myself on the back.)

1. I made a move with out any real plans because I was following my heart and trusting in the Lord's provision.
2. I stayed in touch with my friends even though we are all living in different cities for the first time ever.
3. Started not one, but two jobs.
4. Didn't cry at a single wedding. (sorry guys)
5. Learned the value of a dollar. This lesson is a hard one to learn.
6. Learned how to be ok with having a breakdown. Sometimes you need to just cry it out.
7. Moved in and out of Apartments 4 times. (Shout out to Dad)
8. Learned that all people aren't going to do the same crappy things that some others have done.
9. Found out that my friends have my back no matter what.
10. Made time to spend with my family.
11. Went to almost all of the Auburn home games.
12. Grew up just a little bit.

I know these aren't very exciting to most people, but they are to me.

I'll be back later with an update on last weekend. I have to upload my photos.