Quickest Summer Recap Ever

I know that it has been well over a year or two since I have blogged. I don’t really know what caused the halt in blogging, but it has lasted long enough. I think about all the entries that I could be writing quite often, but never make myself sit down and actually document the occasions. There are a lot of things that have taken place since I quit blogging, but I will just have to start with the current events. I cannot imagine having to backtrack that far! So, here is a quick recap of what has been going on with Scott, Suzy, and I.

We sold our house on Fairway in February 2015. We searched for houses like crazy people, but just couldn’t find the perfect house for us. This meant that we had to move in with my mom and dad (Mimi and Papaw). Talk about an adjustment… While we lived there we stored all our belongings at the old Performance Auto building across town. All that we took to Mimi and Papaw’s was enough work clothes to get me through the school year and Suzy’s stuff. Everything else was locked up! Living at my parents’ house was wonderful for Suzy and a major adjustment for me. It is amazing how much you take your personal space for granted. I didn’t realize how nice it was to have my own bathroom/bathtub that I could soak in as long as I wanted. When we were there, I always tried to ask Big Sue (my pet name for Mimi) if I could use her tub (since the soaker tub was in her master bath). I am also a huge fan of cooking chocolate chip cookies every night… Living there didn’t change anything about that habit. Big Sue and Big Ron just probably gained a few unnecessary pounds :) I am so thankful that we have such great relationships with our families. Life is so much easier with them involved.

We bought a childhood friend’s parent’s house at Back Acres Country Club and closed my last day of school. We spent the summer getting everything settled just how we liked it, and frequenting the pool with our pals. Scott got pretty well acquainted with the golf course, and actually got me hooked on the sport as well. Find the house was definitely a “God Thing”. We heard that the Shidelers were thinking about selling their house eventually. I sent Scott a text and told him to find out some info. He contacted Mr. Craig, and I was looking at the house the following afternoon. As soon as I left the house I called Scott and told him that we were definitely buying it if we could. The rest is history… Scott went to look at it the next time he was home, and just as I had predicted we were the new buyers! They never had time to even put the house on the market. It was perfect timing.

Outside view from the road... There is a detached carport with a workshop area and a completely floored attic/office space. The carport is my favorite part of the house, actually.

1 of the few pictures I have saved of the house after we moved in. 

Suzy's room finished. 

I painted the dining room the green color. It was a brown sponge paint color when we moved in. It was my first and only project thus far. 

As you know, Scott has worked out of town since we started dating. He worked for a wonderful company that treated him great, but he was just ready to be home. Suzy and I were ready for Daddy to be home too. If I am being honest, if he wouldn’t have moved home we may not have made it much longer without completely falling apart. We had gotten so used to living separate lives that it was hard to live life with each other when he would be home. We were about at the end of our rope when a golf tournament rolled around that Scott always plays in with several guys from BACC. At the tournament he started talking to a friend and ended up compiling a resume’ a week or two later to send to him. It was definitely a “God Thing”. Scott accepted a job offer from Grinder Haizlip at the beginning of summer. He now is a full time Senatobia resident, daddy, and hubby. He is loving being at home, and Suzy and I are soaking up every second of it. We finally have some “normalcy” in our lives and it is truly wonderful! It is amazing to be able to leave school to go workout without getting a babysitter. I was to the point of always needing our family to help out in order for me to do anything for myself. I felt guilty for asking, but I knew that the only way I would stay sane was to have an hour to myself a few days a week. Now, when I leave the gym I can go straight home and most of the time Scott already has supper cooked (we have eaten off our wedding registry plates more in the past 2 months than we did the entire 6 years of marriage). We get to do fun stuff together as a family on the regular, and that is also amazing.

We decided to cook one random weeknight, and invited KK and Oakey over. The boys and Suzy struck out to the golf course to go fishing... Oakey said Suzy caught the biggest fish of the day. Our sweet Ole' Oakey. 

Random afternoon golf outing... 

A good visit with Nanny! 

Sue Baby… Oh, my Sue…. She is in 3K at FBC Preschool here in town. She loves school!! She goes Monday and Tuesday until 11:30 and full days on Thursday and Friday.  Memaw still picks Suzy up from school and keeps her the full day on Wednesday. She goes back into retirement from Thursday-Sunday each week! We would be lost without our Memaw for sure. Suzy is seriously one of the funniest kids I have ever been around. She says the craziest stuff, and gives the most candid looks. I have cursed her with the “you never have to wonder what she’s thinking” attitude. She loves her family, pets, Orange Coke (Fanta), picking blanket, glitter flip flops, Play Doh, swimming, and golf cart rides. I will have to go into more detail about our wild child as the blog catches up. There is just too much to share all at one time!

These sweet little best friends spent the entire summer together! We love Evie Allison. 

This is her favorite past time when she is not outside... I am sooooo sick of Play Doh. 

Sweet play-date with Emma Cate. 

Feeding stray geese at the Lake House. 

Sam took the girls to Sonic to make their very own drinks! Of course, Suzy wanted Diet Coke instead of something fun like a slush! Suzy loves the Ayers girls. 

On the way to see fireworks at the Lake House the night of July 4. 

I got to be a professional at making flowers with Play Doh over the summer. Have I told you that I hate Play Doh? 

"Nutty Buddies" at BACC pool.... AKA- snow cones... No clue why she calls them Nutty Buddies. 

Ready to meet her teachers at FBC. 

Time flies! Just cannot believe my Sue is already in 3K. 

The 1 year apart comparison. 

Her first project for FBC. 

Our dirty face princess! 

Sue Baby the beauty. 

Sue with Wrigley, Kalon and Oakey's baby.

Emma Cate, Suzy, and Piper at Piper's birthday bash! 

I am still at Senatobia Middle School. I teach 3rd grade inclusion now. I am now shockingly pregnant with Baby #2 (more on that later). My life is so much more boring than Scott and Suzy’s, but I will fill in the gaps soon!