Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my WONDERFUL mom! Hope you have a fabulous day!

Thank you for everything you do for us!

Vacation Ideas

So our goal for our third anniversary, June 7th, is to go on a vacation. We went to Mexico on our honeymoon and LOVED it! We would like to go somewhere different. So I am blogging to ask for some advice on places you have been that you would recommend. I would like somewhere tropical and definitely all inclusive. So please let me know if you have any ideas for us!

Who is in need of some furniture?

Furniture For Sale!!!!
1 couch
2 chairs
1 coffee table
2 end tables
2 lamps

Let me know if you are interested!!!!

Summer

It seems that the summer is slowly coming to an end. I think I only have about 5 more weeks before I go back for workdays. That is probably the last time I will say anything about going back to school for sometime.

After working an 8 day summer camp at school, Brandon and I made it to the beach for a week. We had a wonderful time. We ate too much and stayed out on the beach alllll day. It was so nice to get away and not have anything to worry about for a while. We couldn't take Bella and I missed her like crazy.

Since we have been home my summer has consisted of cleaning, reading, and relaxing. My mom was out of town for about 10 days and Brandon and I kept her dogs. So needless to say, this past Monday I spent about 5 hours cleaning my house. I cleaned baseboards, blinds, dusted, vacuumed, and mopped the whole house. I was exhausted when I was finished.

Still on my to do list for the next few weeks:

clean off the shelf in the garage (it is terrible!)
make a jewelry board to hang in my closet
make a picture frame out of an old window (when I get this finished I will post pics)
make a coupon notebook
sale furniture!

Before I go back to school this is what I want to do just one more time...

Happy Anniversary!

This post is a little late, but Monday was our 2 year Anniversary! It is so hard to believe that 2 years ago we were married! It has been an amazing 2 years of loving, arguing, learning, lots of laundry, new house, new (to us) car, and lots of getting used to! I can't wait to spend MANY more years with my wonderful husband! Here are a few pictures from our wedding day...

Our First Dance!

Right after being pronounced Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Tipton!

Loving my HUSBAND!

Happy Anniversary Babe! I love you!

End of May/Beginning of June Happenings!

May 28th-31st we headed to Myrtle Beach with Amber and Andrew. This was a much needed vacation. We left Friday around 6:00 and arrived around 11:00. Of course we had to stop for dinner and restroom breaks. Saturday morning the guys got up early, took our stuff to the beach, then they went to play golf. Amber and I walked down to the beach from the condo. We stayed out on the beach ALL day. For dinner we went to Drunken Jacks in Murrells Inlet, yum! Sunday morning we got up and got out on the beach by about 9. Once again we stayed until about 5:30. Sunday night for dinner we went to Carolina Roadhouse. Then of course we had to go down memory lane and cruise the strip, it was hilarious! Monday morning we got up and went to the outlets and Hamburger Jo's before heading home. We had such a wonderful weekend!

The Case of the Missing Rose Bush
After coming home from the beach, Brandon had to leave for PA Tuesday morning and didn't get back home until Friday. Friday night we were outside watering the garden and flowers. All of a sudden I realized that one of our rose bushes was missing. It was there just last week and it was blooming. When we walked over to investigate, there was a hole that looked like the bush had been dug up. Immediately we decided someone in our neighborhood spotted our beautiful roses and decided they wanted them. We couldn't believe someone would do that. We called Brandon's mom to make sure they didn't decide to take it and she said she had no idea what we were talking about. We look around at our neighbors houses and call people we think could have wanted to "borrow" it. Later that night we talked to Mark, Brandon's dad, and the mystery was solved....

HE THOUGHT THE ROSE BUSH WAS DEAD AND PULLED IT OUT OF THE GROUND!

WHY?!?!?!

I then decided to let him know that it was not dead because just last week it was blooming. Needless to say I was not happy!

Monday is our 2 year anniversary so later tonight we are going to eat dinner at Del Friscos and see Wicked!!!!

Pictures coming soon!

Summer Vacation Is Just Around the Corner!

I am so happy to say that there are only 15 days of school left, yes 15! I love my job, but summer break is much deserved! I have a wonderful class, but they definitely keep me on my toes. I have been called stupid, told that they didn't have to freakin' listen to me, and much more! So needless to say, I am ready for June 9th! Although I have to continue to work a few more days, workdays are different. They are extremely peaceful and so much more can be accomplished.

This week we are taking EOG's. We started today with reading and continue the next two days with math. These poor kids. We started testing today at 8:30 and did not finish until 11:45. I mean seriously???? I am not a 9/10 year old and I was about to go insane, and all I had to do was walk around to make sure they stayed on bubble! These kids are put under so much pressure to pass this test. Students are gifted in many areas and not all of them are gifted in reading and math. To me, that is completely fine. People shine in different ways every day. If we all were experts in reading and math life would be boring. I am so proud of my students. They worked super hard today and I hope they continue to work hard the rest of the week. It breaks my heart to see them stress. So tomorrow and Thursday between 8:30-11:30, please say a short prayer for all the students in Lincoln County that are testing, they need it!

Just a little side note: We leave to go to the beach in 10 days for a long weekend!!!!!