Bagpipes playing in the distance

Raegan keeps telling us how much she loved the bagpipes, except she calls them the bigpipes. Too cute! Today we attended the memorial service for my Uncle George who lost his battle to brain cancer. The service was beautiful with eloquent eulogies and of course bagpipes. Afterwards we congregated at the Pitts Family Farm for the spreading of his ashes. He never was a dull man and his memorial service depicted that well. His ashes were spread over the farm by way of an airplane and bagpipes played in the distance. Raegan was awakened by the many sounds and she hasn't stopped talking about them all day. Death is never easy but it doesn't have to be eternal. I look forward to the day that I will see my loved ones who have passed on before me. I think about the wonders of Heaven and being in the presence of the one and only Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior. One day we will rejoice as perfect, sinless beings. Thank you, Lord.

Update on Us!

Well we have a new puppy! Took him to the vet Friday and he weighs 1.10 lbs at 7 1/2 weeks. He's a long-haired applehead chihuahua. Raegan has named him Smokey! He's so UGLY he's cute. I've taken a few pics but haven't uploaded them yet.

We took Raegan to pick out a halloween costume and she picked out a pink butterfly outfit even though she was originally set on being a bumblebee. PINK won her over! I had already bought a bee costume at Party City for $30 but it turned out to be cheap made so we took it back today and went to Old Navy instead and found the butterfly. It turned out to be $16 on sale.....Yeah!

I had class this weekend and it is going to kick my Bootay! I have to read 5 books in about a month and a half and write papers on 4 of them and give a presentation in 3 weeks on the other one. As luck would have it none of the bookstores had a copy so I had to order them online and wait on shipping. I was hoping to atleast get started on one of them. I like to read but I'm not a super fast reader and especially not when it comes to "educational" books. This is supposed to be the easy class. I have another one next weekend. YIKES! I'm nervous already.

Tomorrow we are having a memorial service for my uncle who lost his battle with brain cancer. All of our family has come in from Georgia . This time spent with family will be bittersweet. Losing loved ones is nevery easy.

Next week Scott starts the drill field portion of his training. He is excited to be taking a break from the classroon rigor but I know this part of the training will be physically exhausting for him. I am so proud of him for making it this far and doing so well. He will graduate Rookie school in November and then will start EMT class after that. He is expected to complete the training in January and start shift work soon thereafter.

Kid talk......

Today as I was sorting laundry Raegan emptied my basket only to put her two little chairs in it. She said to me, "Mommy I in my boat wanna ride." I politely declined and she said with the sweetest smile, "I in now, take my picture." She gave me the best laugh. I love her imagination and her spunky spirit. Thank you God for this precious gift.

An eventful weekend

Well what's a busy week without an even busier weekend. Friday night I cut my brother's hair and Scott helped a friend work on his farm then we were off to the ballgame only to witness another slaughter for the record books. Then Saturday we were up bright and early for the Bell Buckle BBQ Cook off....YUM YUM! When we got home I did a little shopping with my mother and we had the best time together. Saturday was also a good day for the SEC with Tennessee and Auburn chalking up wins and unfortunately Alabama as well. Sunday we went to church, then lunch, then to the cemetary with my dad and Grammy. I had gotten a gift card from friends at school and decided to use it to purchase a concrete bench for Grandaddy since it was given in his honor. Somehow the rain managed to hold off long enough for us to spend a little time taking care of things. Thank you God. The bench looks nice and I think Grandaddy would be pleased with it.This afternoon I colored and hilighted mom's hair and then cleaned up the house some. Scott cooked us dinner and also cleaned some to help out. Thanks Babe. If all goes well we plan to take Miss Raegan to the zoo tomorrow. We are really excited!!! Hope you enjoy your Labor Day Weekend.

Another Busy Week

This week has been busy at work. I am doing a 3-day lab with my students. My copier is broken and we're still waiting on our teaching materials. The other teachers are beginning to get the hang of things which makes my job easier. We have 4 new ones to the dept. this year and that makes me the veteran mentor. I love working with new teachers but this year has been filled with many unusual challenges. Progress reports go out this week and then finally a school holiday on Monday. Yipppee!!!!

Scott has a tough week of studying ahead with a state test on Friday. He has been working very hard and I am so proud of him. He is counting down the weeks until graduation. We have adjusted to the changes in the schedule which was such a fear for us in the beginning. Today, we laughed at the fact that we feel "old" going to bed before the news comes on and still being tired in the morning.

Raegan has enjoyed some extra time with my dad (Papa) and Grammy because Grandaddy has had to be with his family this week. Unfortunately on Saturday Scott's aunt passed away unexpectedly and her funeral was today. Raegan has enjoyed her time on the farm visiting the he he's ( horses), moo cows, and goats. Every afternoon she screams bye-byes and night-night sentiments to the barnyard brood. It's the cutest thing in the world.

Today is our nephew Tyler's 9th birthday. Every year that he is another year older marks another year of Scott and I being together. He was only a month old when we officially started dating. I remember when he was little and he would ask me all the details of his babyhood. He loved for me to tell stories about the silly things he did and how he was practically joined at my hip. I couldn't even get out of his sight. Man how time flies. We think back to how we miss those days. Scott and I dressed up as clowns for his first birthday party and we blew up about 100 balloons with a helium tank......then he was scared of us. Imagine that!!!!

We are looking forward to the long weekend....LC Football, the Bell Buckle Cook-off, and then to the zoo or the aquarium. We haven't decided. I am trying to talk Scott into an overnight trip for just the 3 of us but I'm not sure he is going to go for it. I know that my school will be right around the corner and it will soon be too cool to do some of the things that we missed out on this summer. So, I hope it all works out and we can just enjoy each other.