Mr. Fix It

David has done it again! My car continued to sputter on each start since Thursday, and David determined that it was the battery. Instead of taking the car in to the dealership, David decided to do it himself! On Saturday we went and bought the battery and David just popped it right in! The car is running wonderfully again! I am so thankful to have a husband that is willing and able to fix things around the house!

On Friday night we took Becca out to eat for her birthday at a great restaraunt in Westport called McCoy's. It was our second time there and we think it would be a fun place to take our families on a visit. On Saturday I worked around the house while David studied and of course fixed my car. Today was a good day in church and we signed up to work at a marriage conference in November so that we can go to the conference for free! The conference is going to be done by Gary Chapman (writer of The Five Love Languages) so we're super excited about going. Especially going for free! I've included a couple pictures of fall decorations and our newly framed wedding photos!

I also wanted to include Dad's birthday cake from the celebration in Fayetteville since it was such a hit and one picture from Lauren's baby shower that same day.

Wake Up Larry!

This morning was quite interesting. David left the house at 6:45 so that he could be on time for his practical this morning and I went outside to get in my car at about 7:05. I was pleased as punch with myself for making a quick outfit decision this morning and even giving myself enough time to make a smoothie for the drive to work. As I turned the key in my ignition I thought to myself, "I feel good this morning. I might even have time to stop at Starbucks!" All of those thoughts vanished as my car's engine sputtered, dash board lights blinked, and engine did not start! I was shocked! MY HONDA? Not starting? This has NEVER happened. In fact, the red racer just had her oil changed and the mechanic said, and I quote, "Your car is in great shape. I can't find a thing wrong with it." I tried starting my engine about 5 times before I realized I had to come up with a plan B. First, call Westminster and tell them I'm going to miss the morning meeting. No answer. Second, call the other second grade teacher so she can deliver the message for me. No answer. Third, call my boss' cell. Don't have it. Then I moved on to focusing on getting the car started. Got the hood open! Yes! I realized my only option was to go get Larry so we could jump my car (I assumed it was the battery). Larry was not out of bed yet, but he managed to get up and out to my car. He asked to hear it real quick. I said, "No problem, I've tried it about 8 times." Of course...it started! Poor Larry! And poor me! What a crazy morning!

2nd Graders!

We should have blogged way before now, but things got very busy very fast. The school year has started off really great. I love teaching at Westminster and my class is really sweet. All of the kids are hilarious. It's a lot more planning than PreK, but I have a really great girl named Sarah to teach plan with. She's the other second grade teacher. I also managed to make it through Back to School Night and three sessions of parents. It actually turned out to be fun. So in short, I love teaching second grade and I am super thankful for Westminster. Pretty soon I'll be meeting with the athletic director to get the cheer program up and running.

David's year has started off fast. He has like 13 classes and tons of labs. He's working really really hard to stay on top of it all, but is glad to be really learning all of the true "dental" stuff. Next summer I will be his patient! Hopefully he'll have some time to blog about it soon.