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Hey everyone! I hope everything is going great your way. I can not believe it is August! August means two things: my birthday and school/work is starting back. Twenty thirteen brought me to the ripe old age of 28. Twenty-seven was the best year of my life and I can't wait to see what this new age has in store Adrian and I. 

Last week, my husband finally talked me into going to look at new vehicle for him. And we came came with this... 

I will admit, I was iffy on getting anything new, because his truck was only 2 years old. I am the kind of girl that keeps a car until the wheels falls off. Then I would I buy new wheels. When I traded my maxima in it a 192,000 miles on it! In the end, I am in love with the jeep. Especially with the top off. The forecast for the week looked rainy but we got to take the top off on my birthday and cruise for my birthday. 

After my birthday, I tried to catch up on my house work before going back to work. Well, Monday rolled around and I still had laundry to do but work was calling my name. This time of year I am itching to get into my room and make things new. 

The picture above is when I first started working in my room. I was beginning to get overwhelmed because the table needed to be fixed, I hadn't made my copies for take home folders, and I still needed to type up all the important first days of school. One my goals for this year was to be more organized. Organization has always been of weakness of mine. But this year I will be organized! I worked my little tail off today getting papers together, lesson plans and.my favorite part, getting my classroom ready. Here is my favorite part of the day. 

There is more on down the board but its not quite ready yet! We have one more day of meetings & working in our rooms. I still get the same butterflies the night before school starts as I did when I was little. I can't wait to see my kids and meet the new ones! 

Wedding Recap: BRIDE & GROOM

I mentioned before that Adrian and I decided to a "first look" and get the majority  of our pictures done with so we could spend time with our guest. I was happy we went this decision. A is not a big fan of pictures but he participated with a good attitude this day, I mean it was his wedding too. :) Enjoy! 

Wedding Recap: FIRST LOOK

Adrian and I decided to the first look for a few reasons. The number one reason being that we didn't want to be all caught up after saying "I do" taking pictures. We wanted to spend time with our guest. 

Our first look was something I will never forget. I wanted to run down that aisle to him as fast as I could. The suspense killed me. It seemed like it took forever to get to him. (and Whitney made me walk slow so she could capture the moment.) 

Our First Look:

Wedding Recap: Getting Ready

My sweet cousin came from Arkansas to do my hair and make up. She did a fabulous job with my hair and all the girls hair. I liked having this down time with these girls. They were funny to watch and listen to their chatter about life. When Whitney arrived my heart started beating just a little faster. IT. GOT. REAL. The photographer was here. Time to get married. We started running a few minutes behind and I got little uneasy. Wedding day or not, I like to be punctiual. Amber worked her magic and got it all done and then we were off to the venue. 

"Sweat is fat crying"

Since I have been married, life has been been pretty busy. I've been working. Adrian is getting settled in his new job, which he is loving so far. I feel like my house is finally coming together. I have a few things hung up which really makes a big difference to me. We get our wedding pictures this week and I am anxious t to see what Whitney has come up with. If working with kids wasn't her true passion, her second one would be photography, that girl has got it. She has been sending me "sneak peeks" to get feed my anxiety, I can  NOT wait to see them. I know I will spend all my extra money on Shutterfly this weekend.

For the past three weeks, I have been spending a lot of time at  the gym. Yes, you read that correctly. Scotti Leigh Miles (I love seeing, hearing, and writing my new name.) has joined the gym. Anna, aka Sister, begged me forever to the join in off season of soccer to "stay in shape." But really looking back, when you are 18 are you ever really out of shape? I played some time of sport my whole life, so working out came with it. But it was more mandatory then voluntary.

A. has been getting shape to pass his CPAT so I thought I would join with him. I am not doing his CPAT work outs though. I run and do some weights. I started running on the treadmill and then running outside when it wasn't ninedegreeshotterthanhell  too hot. I only ran outside two times in past two weeks. This week, I've ran outside 3 times. It was an eye opener. Pretty much what I can do on the treadmill I can barely do half outside, on the pavement. I was pretty discouraged. I've been getting some advice some of friends who run about 7 miles a day. Ok, well one friend runs 7 miles a day and the others aren't far behind him. My neighborhood is a good mix of flat roads and not so flat roads. There are 2 hills that will be the death of me. I will get in through it though.

I made a collage, whichtookforeverandIdon'tevenlikeit, of some of things I use and like while running.

From right to left.

1. The Color Run is coming back to Memphis in October and I plan on rocking it out.

2. My Tervis Tumbler water bottle. We all know I love my Tervis' but this is perfect when working out.

3. Nike Free's. I got the 4.0 cushion level. They are the best running shoes I've had.

4. Nike Plus App. This neat little app keeps up with everything. And when you run outside it keeps up with you via GPS. 

5. The Elvis Presley Run & Walk will be my first official 5k. It will start and end in front of Graceland. 

6. I love to run in my comfort color tank top. I wish I could find more. Running in the south, in the summer time is HOT! Staying cool and hydrated is a must!

ONE month!!

Hey yall! We've been married for ONE whole month today. Can you say time flies? I can't believe it was ONE month ago, I was getting ready to marry the man on my dreams. Let's just say life started buzz by right before the wedding.

We finally got everything finalized to close on our house the last week in May. Also, A had a job interview the week of our wedding and he found out not soon after that he got the job. This couldn't have come at a better time. The Lord was really shining his grace on us. It's a better job with much better benefits with room to grow. He got his uniforms Monday and he looked oh so handsome & official.

The house we bought was an older one but it came with a pool. Now that pool deserves a whole another blog post. It has a built in book shelf, big rooms and a covered back patio. It's perfect!! We are still unpacking. It seemed like every time we got a box unpacked, there was another that we found.

This summer, I signed up for extended school year aka ESY. It's a little an extra money which is never bad thing but it's getting experience with different kiddos that I am really in it for. Most of the kids I work with our high school age, my kiddos this summer are younger.

This summer is one full of changes and I am trying to embrace them all. Another hobby I've picked up is running. I got this fire under me and I'm taking it head on. A and I are also trying to eat better too. I can't say that I have given up Dr. Pepper completely but I have cut back. Baby steps right?? My goal is to be able to run The Color Run. I eventually want to build up to a half marathon. Who knows, maybe I'll will go farther after that. I know I've only been doing this a week but I already feel better and want to be better! I am following The Color Run beginner 5k plan! I will start week 2 in a few days.  

Introducing..

Ozzie Smith Miles

Ozzie is a blue heeler and he is about 7 weeks old. He is about the cutest puppy I've ever seen. (minus his sister.)

We drove about two hours to pick the little guy up. As soon as we saw him, we knew he was perfect. This was Ozzie's first time to ever be in a car..poor A got thrown up three different times. I, on the other hand do not really handle throw up very well. His words were, "I've had grown people throw up on me, I can handle some puppy throw up." Good for you A. :) Because I can't.

This is Ozzie's way of trying to figure out the bed. We are crate training and over the past few days it's been going a lot better. Last night I kept him up and playing a little later than normal and I woke up at 7am this morning and he was still snoozing. Thank you Ozzie, momma needed that.

A and I were both pretty worried about bring Ozzie home to big sister Pancho. She's been and only pup for almost 6 years. She plays really well with other dogs. She actually plays better with big dogs. I guess because she thinks she a big dog. At first, Pancho really didn't know what to think about this thing running around her house. She is loosening up and doing much better. :) Good girl pancho!