cherishing memories...

I think I will forever remember this summer, more than most...b/c its my 'first' summer as a teacher-getting PAID! And its just been so memorable, with trips that we've taken and are going to take... Jordan getting his desired score on the MCAT, and getting 5 interviews from Medical Schools! (yes, I said 5-all last week & this week he got them, and we are SOO excited).

Swim time at my parents=)

I had fun going to Mardel's and Chick Fi La with one of my best friends, and also fellow teacher: Lauren! It was good to hang out and get to catch up some...

we didn't take any pics, but this is her:

We had Sushi night at the Segreti's before Bonnie had the baby! It was delicious!=)

Then on Sunday, July 26-the baby was born, Matthew Gentry Segreti!:

....and my friend at school Robin, Averitt had her baby on Wed, July 29th at 11:12 am!! Her name is Adalyn Grace, and she weighed 8.1lbs, big babies!!=) This was their first, so cute:

I'm getting really excited about our trip to Hawaii which is in about 2 weeks now! We leave August 8th, and I can't wait! It's such a great way to end the summer.

Jeff and Becca drove down from Kansas on Friday to drop the kids off for a week while they go to their youth camp. So we got to spend Friday with them, and Kelsey too. It was a lot of fun!!

We went to this place called Shenanigan's with my family for Jennifer's bday, it was really cool! I enjoyed getting to spend time with them and play some bowling=)

I am sad that one of my best friends moved away this summer....Natalie Kreifels. I have known Natalie since 3rd grade, and we'd always been pretty good friends, but she left our HS after 9th grade and I didn't talk to her until the summer before college when we found out we were both going to DBU. We decided to room together, and it was SUCH a blessing from God. She is so precious and I love her to death! But she and her husband Jake, moved to Boerne at the end of June, and I'm pretty sad about it, but hopefully I will get to see her again soon, and many times thereafter...

That is our dorm room at DBU the day we moved in, back in 2004!

This is her & I a few days before they left.

Alright, well, I guess that is all for now. I will be updating yall about our trip to Houston this weekend and let you know how Jordan's interview went! Please keep us in your prayers and thanks for taking time to read this!=)

Thought for today I want to leave you with...

"Awaken what's inside of me. Tune my heart to all You are, and even though You're here, God come. May the vision of You be the death of me, and even though You've given everything, Jesus come."

-Shane and Shane song

whoa, its JuLy already??

Wow, I cannot believe it is already July!! I haven't blogged in over a month, which is soo unlike me! I have just been busy doing stuff and ever since I got an iphone, I don't spend as much time sitting at a computer (which is obviously where I get the itch to do my blogging...) Jordan got me an iphone for our anniversary this year and I LOVE IT=) Our anniversary was on July 8!! We celebrated 3 years...crazy how time flies, but at least we're havin fun!! (the pictures from our anniversary are at the end of these pictures-we went to Simply Fondue and ate-it was delicious!)

Then the rest of these pictures are from our trip to Kansas! We finally got up there to see Jordan's sister Becca and her husband Jeff, and their 2 kids: Jayce and Grace. They moved up there over 2 years ago b/c Jeff got a pastoral position at a church in St. Francis, and we haven't been able to go up there until this year. We are so glad we got to go, it was a lot of fun! Their little town they live in is soo cute=) We got to shoot a ton of fireworks on July 4th, Jordan was loving that!! The rest of the Carl family also came up there, so it was fun for Gabe and Emma to get to play with Jayce and Grace as well.

Other than that we've just been spending time together and hanging out with family and friends! Out next big trip will be to Hawaii. We are going to celebrate our 3 yr anniversary there for a week on the island of Kauai. We leave Aug 7th, and then when we get back I start working again..

The week before we went to Kansas I did the cheer camp with the Grand Prairie 9th Grade Center Cheerleaders! I am helping my friend from DBU (Lyndsey, aka...Coach Moore) help assist her in Coaching the squad this year. She is a teacher at the GP 9th grade center and that's how she got the position, and then since we're friends she told me about it and now I'm helping her coach! I love being called Coach Carl!! It is so cute, I've always wanted to coach a cheer squad so this is really a lot of fun for me! I am glad I am getting this opportunity, b/c maybe one day I can be the head coach of my own squad! They had their cheer camp at DBU this year, so I was there helping them out and stuff. We made up a good routine for them to do, and they did a fantastic job with it! I can't wait to see how they progress this school year! (I think I put one picture from that with the DBU cheerleaders, the coaches and the girls-check it out!=)

Bella hasn't been doing her training this summer, I'm giver her and my paycheck a break from that until school starts up again...so those of you that were waiting with bated breath to hear how that is going will just have to wait ;)

My 2 friends Bonnie and Robin are about to have their babies!! I can't wait to see them. Bonnie is having a little boy and Robin will be having a little girl=) That should be sometime in the next 1-2 weeks..so we'll see....

Jordan is going to start getting his medical school interviews in August, so please keep that in your prayers! We are very excited to see where God is going to lead him in this area, and I am SO proud of him for getting to this point!

OK, well enjoy the rest of your week, and the pictures=)

These are the girls from our squad at camp! I'm on the far right in the grey, and my friend Lyndsey (the other coach is in the other grey shirt on the left side!) -the rest of the girls not in uniform are from the DBU cheer camp.

Kansas Pics:

With all the little ones!! this is a cute one!!

Grace and her usual face=) Jordan and the bike with Emma

Makin smores in the backyard! Jordan goin crazy with fireworks..oh my

At Simply Fondue for anniversary..

3 year anniversary at Simply Fondue=)