Hello World

and Blog World...it's been a LONG while. "Hello World" is one of my new favorite songs by Lady Antebellum. I like all of their songs on their new cd though!

Anyways...lots have happened since the last time I wrote on here. I ran in my first 1/2 marathon. I did the Rock n Roll San Antonio. It was so much fun be surrounded by thousands of athletes! My dad and aunt came out to Texas to watch me! We made a quick trip out of the deal and went to the Riverwalk when we were there.



Then came Christmas. Wes and I flew to GA...sister picked us up in Atlanta. We hung out with here in ATL for a night and then headed to Moultrie. We saw family and friends and then headed back north and up to Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge for a few days. We stayed in a cabin tucked away in the woods and had a great time!


We rang in the New Year back in College Station! Wes has begun his final semester of his undergrad work. We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I signed up for my 2nd 1/2 marathon for Mar. 7th...looking forward to it!

Other than that...we are just living and loving life. Hope all is well with you all!

Whew...It's Been A While!

Enjoy the update and a few pics!

Wes and I at the GINORMOUS Aggie Ring Replica
Me and my favorite sis

My awesome new car!

Just a classroom shot from beginning of year

WOW...sorry I haven't updated in a while. But some friends reminded me tonight that I have been going to West Texas for a while now...since June I guess! Well, really...I've just not had a whole lot going on to blog about...or have I??? Let's see what's went on since June:

• Went to GA for about a week
• Decided to sign up for my very first 1/2 marathon
• Taught Jumpstart (summer school program)
• Lots of reading and laying out
• Bought a new car (LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!)
• School started...what a CRAZY start...started off the year with 23 kiddos...had to hire a new teacher....things started settling down (if you can say settling down...a teacher is never settled) oh...and I'm grade level leader...can be a little overwhelming at times.
• Started tutoring twice a week
• Wes got his Aggie ring...WHOOP!
• Aggie football games
• Church activities
• First ever flu shot
• Baking /Cooking
• Training for my 1/2 marathon...in week 7 of training
• Starting to make Christmas gifts...LOVE IT!

Okay...so that's a few things that I can think of off the top of my head! So, nothing to exciting...but definitely staying super busy.

Off to West Texas

Wes and I went to West Texas (Midland) this past weekend to see one of his cousins get married. He wasn't too excited about the wedding...he wanted me to see West Texas. It wasn't a traditonal trip because they have had more rain than we have so it was much greener and cooler than it is supposed to be. I didn't get any pictures during the wedding...but here are a few from our trip.

On our way...it started raining and I loved the sunset.

Another view of the sunset...and wind turbines.

A wide open field with NO trees.

Lots of oil wells EVERYWHERE!

Wes and I before the wedding.

Wes and I at the wedding.

Another shot of the wind turbines as we were on our way back. There were TONS of them out there...pretty cool to see!

Fun Times...

My sister came to visit for a week. It was so good to have her here. We stayed a busy. We went and got a pedicure the day she arrived....that was nice to do together. Then the next day we went and saw Up in 3D which we really enjoyed. Later that day we went swimming and layed out. Then the next day we went and saw The Hangover, went to eat at Olive Garden, and went bowling. Fun day! Then we left early on Sat. morning to go tubing on the Guadalupe River. It was the perfect day and the river wasn't that cold. Then we went to San Antonio for the evening and went to the Riverwalk. We ate at Hard Rock Cafe on the Riverwalk and just walked around. We had a great time. On the way back the next day we stopped at the San Marcos Outlets and then came back to College Station. We watched Slumdog Millionaire that night...we liked it! On her last full day we layed out again and then had Schlotzsky's for dinner since she had never had it. We had to take her to the airport the next morning. She was here for a week and it went by too fast. Here are a few pictures from her visit.

Me and Jill at the bowling alley.

Me and Wes at the bowling alley.

The 3 of us before we got in the river to tube.

Me and Jill...she had just gotten stuck on a rapid and had to get out of her tube so she is holding on to me now so she doesn't get left behind again.

Jill in front of the Alamo

Me and Jill on a bridge at the Riverwalk

Me and Wes at the Riverwalk

Anniversary

Eating at The Gristmill in Gruene, TX

Wes at The Gristmill

A patio at the Bed and Breakfast that we stayed at.

A view of the lake from our room.

Wes and I with the lake behind us.

Happy Anniversary Baby!!! It's been a LONG time since I posted on here...been busy! Today is our 3 year anniversary and I can't believe it! It has been 3 GREAT years and I look forward to many more. We went to Canyon Lake, TX for our anniversary and it was a weekend full of lots relaxing! It was much needed for both of us. Enjoy a few pics of our nice weekend!

Lady Antebellum

Carrie and Jason invited me to go with them to see Lady Antebellum at the Houston Rodeo. I've been dying to see them and when they asked me I jumped on the idea!!! Wes was not able to go because he had two tests this week and had to stay back. He was bummed about it! We had a great time! We ate at Pappados when we got down there and then went over to Reliant Stadium. This was my first rodeo and I enjoyed it! I'm from the country but I had never been to one. I'm still not a fan of bullriding and I'm not that big of a fan seeing the calves getting roped...so maybe I'm not a fan of rodeos! hahaha! But anyways...our main reason for going was to see Lady Antebellum anyways...we got to go backstage and Meet and Greet them. That was exciting! We also got to see Hillary afterwards! We had a GREAT time but I felt it the next day. Going on 4 1/2 hours of sleep just isn't enough for teaching 7 and 8 year olds! BUT...it was ALL worth it! I hope you enjoy the pics...they are not in any particular order!

Hillary, her aunt, and me on the way to our cars after the concert!!

Lady A

Lady A

Me with Lady Antebellum at the Meet and Greet...not the best picture of me...but great of the band!

The Rodeo Arena

New Toy

Wes and I finally got with the program and got a new tv. We weren't really wanting to spend all the money that would have to go into getting one but we bit the bullet and did it anyway. Now with our old entertainment center it would only hold a 27" so that meant getting rid of it and getting something else. After looking around for the "perfect" piece we ended up getting a t.v. stand at Wal-Mart. Now you think Wal-Mart...well, this piece of furniture is incredbile!!!! Check out this link: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7732491 and you will see what we got. The drawers do not have to be in there so that's where we put our DVD player, receiver, etc. Then we bought our towers from a friend that is moving and doesn't have room for them and that match the stand PERFECT!!!! We are so happy with our new purchase and have enjoyed watching it! We went from a 27" to a 42" which is a big increase for our small place. We are having a great new year so far and we hope everyone else is also!!

The excitement of traveling at night!!! :)

Well, we finally made it to Georgia! :) I don't know if some of you remember our drive from the summer when we got pulled over twice getting here. Well, this time we only got pulled over once...so not too bad! :) Last time we got pulled over in LA for driving in the left hand lane when we weren't supposed to and then again in Mississippi for not going the speed limit because the speed limit changes so much Wes missed a sign and so the cop thought we were drinking since we weren't going the speed limit. This time we were about 20 minutes from my parents house and a cop turns around to follow us for a little bit and Wes knew he was about to get pulled over. Sure enough the cop turned on his lights and pulled us over. He came to my window and said that the reason he was pulling us over was because he thought my tint was too dark. I was thinking "You have seriously got to be kidding me". I have had my car for 4 years and got it tinted in GA and have NEVER had a problem before. Anyways...he wanted to test it to see if it was too dark and of course...it was fine. He went on to ask us if we knew where a certain town was in TX and we didn't. He said that a lot of drugs come from that town but we didn't know where it was. He really just wanted to chit chat at 4:30 in the morning so he thought he would think make up something to get us for. He wrote us a warning and said have a Merry Christmas! Oh the joys of traveling at night!!!

I've Been Tagged!

I've been tagged! This is a picture of me and Wes at Lake Grapvine a few summers ago. We walked some of the trails around the lake.

Now it's time for more people to get tagged.

1. Go to the place where you store all of your pictures on your computer and open up the 4th folder.

2. Open the 4th picture .

3. Post the picture and give an explanation.

4. Tag 4 people.

Now I tag:

1. Sarah Evans

2. Jennifer Parks

3. Amy Gunter

4. Sherry Faucett

SNOW!!!!

We woke up to snow this morning! It has been an extremely cold day....the temperature was in the 30s and the wind chill in the 20s...but it has been beautiful! Here are a few pictures of the snow in College Station, TX!

Right outside our front door!
Our grill

Me standing in the snow!

Our street...the snow looks beautiful!!

Wes standing in the doorway!

Great Monday

It's a great Monday when you get to dress comfortably! Two other teachers that I work with and myself decided to wear our outfits that we all have the same...just different colors. We had to take a picture. We wish everyday (or maybe just Mondays) was a dress down day!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

I hope everyone has had a great day! Boy was it an exciting day at school. Not only was it Halloween...but it was also CRAZY HAIR DAY!!! I didn't do anything crazy with my hair because I didn't want it all crazy when we go out with friends tonight. BUT...the kids had some pretty crazy hairdos!

The picture above is the set-up that my wonderful parents did for our class party!!! The kids LOVED it! They got to paint their own pumpkin and make their own mix of goodies. The kids played "Hot Potato" with a pumpkin and then they worked with groups to wrap one of their group members like a mummy. It was fun for all!

Tonight Wes and I are going to play Laser Tag and Putt Putt with two other couples from our Sunday School class. We are excited!

Field Trip

We went on a field trip today to Texas A&M for a tour. The field trip could have been much better. It's all according to who you get for a tour guide...you would think that tour guides should know there stuff...well...I could have done better than our tour guide and I didn't even go to Texas A&M. Anyways...a wonderful parent of mine made screens to come up on the "Jumbo-Tron" and the ribbons in Kyle Field for our school. The kids loved it!

The "Jumbo-Tron"
The ribbons going across the stadium.
A close up of the ribbons!!

October 18, 2005

I know I'm posting this early...but we're going to Dallas this weekend and I'm not sure I'll have the time to post it.

October 18th is a very special day in that it was one of the best days of my life. After a long, hard day of working with 16 5 year olds I went home to work on graduate work. I was deep into a writing a paper when my phone rang and this is what I heard

Wes - "Hey Leanna, I was wondering if you would come out to the waterfront tonight. It's so nice out here!"
Me - "Wes, I'm writing a paper and the mosquitoes are TERRIBLE...we didn't even have recess today because they were so bad. I know they are bad out there."
Wes - "No, they aren't bad...come on out."
Me - "Well, why didn't you come and get me?"
Wes - "I don't know...just come on."
Me - "Okay...well, where are you."
Wes - "I'm on the pier behind Lang's."
Me - "Okay...I'm on my way."

Now, I had only been gone a few minutes when my phone rings again.

Wes - "Where are you?"
Me - "I'm on my way...I'm at the intersection of HWY 40 and St. Mary's Rd"
Wes - "Okay...see you soon."

I get there and I get out of my car and the mosquitoes are SWARMING!!! I thought to myself...what was he thinking!!! I walk to the pier and I see Wes all dressed up (and here I am not looking the best) and he has his guitar. As soon as I saw him I instantly knew what was about to happen. He started playing the song from the "Wedding Singer" called "Grow Old With You"....it was SOOOOOO sweet! Then he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! I had never been so happy in my life. We left shortly there after because we were being eaten alive. We immediately went to a teacher's house that I work with and interrupted dinner and then went home. Wes cooked spaghetti while I ran next door to another teacher that I worked with that lived behind me in my apt. complex. We started planning for our wedding immediately because we new Wes was leaving in Jan. - Apr. to go out to sea and we wanted to have the majority planned. Mind you...I was still teaching and still in my masters. I look back and I have NO idea how I did it all...but I survived. I couldn't do all that now!!!

I LOVE MY HUSBAND!!!

The Past Few Weeks...

I can't believe the 1st 6 weeks of school is over. The year is already flying by. I still feel like I'm spinning my wheels trying to get everything accomplished...but that's the life of a teacher.

My mom came a few weeks ago for a few days. It was nice to have her here. We took her to an Aggie game. She loved it. There are a few pictures below.

I am LOVING the fall weather. I'm still running (not as much as I did before school started though). I ran this evening and it felt wonderful outside. There was a nice breeze. As I was running I noticed so many people out and about enjoying the nice weather as well. Kids were all out at the soccer fields practicing...people out walking their dogs. It's so nice to see people out enjoying the weather.

Me and mama on the campus of Texas A&M

The parachuters landing at the game...it was amazing!!!!

Some fans and the band going out!

I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the fall weather!!!!!

Hurricane Ike

We survived Hurricane Ike! It actually wasn't as bad as we thought it was going to be because we were on the west side of the storm. We never lost electricity or satellite...which was great! The good thing about Texas is that there aren't that many big trees that could have snapped and fell on roads or powerlines. Texas is good for something! :)