Sweetwater Road

I receive a call yesterday around 2:00, I didn't recognize the number so I ignored it until after school let out. When I listened to the message I realized it was the Sheetrock Delivery Guys... they had gotten stuck on Sweetwater Road. This is the 2nd person that had been on Sweetwater Road, the first one was lost... these guys weren't as lucky to only be lost. They were in a HUGE truck, according to my dad and father-in-law, and they had gone down this little dirt road that had 2 wooden bridges- they were lucky to make it over the bridges! Anyways, once I got the message, I called the guys to see if there was anything that I could do- at this point they had been stuck for about 1.5 hours. They had called for a tow truck, so I told them that I would call my father to go check on them and see if there was anything that he could do to help. Well, my dad and Seth's dad go down there and check on them...well, needless to say, the tow truck they sent was too small to even budge the truck, so the delivery guys get in the truck with my dad, (I can only imagine at this point how scared the guys must have been, my dad is not a scary person, but being out in the middle of no where and getting in a truck with some random guy can't be too comforting), so daddy takes them back to his house to wait on a larger tow truck...and waited....and waited.... the larger tow truck didn't show up until around 9:15 that night. Around 10:30 I called daddy to check, and the guys had just gotten off of Sweetwater Road and were headed back to Birmingham! Needless to say, they took the sheetrock back with them and we will get a new delivery on Monday morning!

My father-in-law saw the directions that they had and noticed that Sweetwater Road was scratched out, but I guess they were just going to chance it...boy was that a mistake!! So, if you ever mapquest our house and it tells you to take Sweetwater Road- call me and get better directions (unless you have a 4x4 truck!)!!

Seth's Surprise Party

Seth's birthday started out with his home room class throwing him a surprise party during SSR (silent sustained reading)! The teachers across the hall help the students arrange the party- they used one of the other classrooms, then had another teacher occupy Seth so that I could sneak in before the party, all of his kids were so excited to pull it off that they could hardly be quiet while waiting on him! When Seth entered the room, they all screamed and he even had one jump on his back! Some of the kids had brought in cookie cakes and they had drinks- over all the kids had a blast, and Seth was surprised!

Then for dinner I had planned a surprise dinner at Provino's, but that got a little ruined when I received a phone call from a friend stating that Provino's was BOOKED and we wouldn't be able to eat until 8:00- which would have been fine for us, but Seth's sister and her husband with their 2 kids came, and I don't think Harrison could have waited that long. Then we also had friends from out of town coming, so I didn't want to post-pone for 2 hours, so I had to tell him so that we could plan where we could go. Needless to say, Seth was upset, but he decided on Shoguns for dinner. (Provino's normally doesn't take reservations, except 2 weeks a year- this just happened to be one of the weeks!! :( )

Harrison and his Uncle Seth

Then we went to Marie and Karin's apartment and had a cake! Thanks Marie, it was GREAT!!

Overall Seth had a great day turning 25!!

Happy Birthday Seth!!

Seth turns 25 today!! This morning his home-room class threw him a surprise birthday party this morning, and they invited me- pictures will come soon! Tonight our dinner crew, plus a few, are going to eat at Provino's for dinner- it was supposed to be a surprise, but that didn't work out as planned! Anyways- more pictures to come of this morning and tonight! Happy Birthday Seth, I love you!!

We passed Inspection!!

I’m not sure if I posted last week when our house did not pass county inspection- it was very small things that needed to be fixed, but to hear that you didn’t pass puts an uneasy feeling on you! But we contacted everyone that needed to correct something, they were in and out in less than 3 days and this time we PASSED!! So what does that mean? Well, it means that we know have all our insulation in and have hired someone to do our drywall! The guy that we are using is from Auburn, I actually teach his daughter, that is where we found him!! He came in way below others and he is even going to do smooth ceilings for us since I do teach his daughter!! He told us that he would do whatever it took to get our business- and he did!! So, that means next weekend EVERYONE needs to wear their best work clothes and shoes and come visit us to begin painting!! We are currently looking for paint colors to use- HELP?

House Update

I haven't had a house update lately! We went to the house Friday night and insulation was up!! He is going to come finish blowing it into the ceiling tomorrow- and then sheetrock can begin!! It's really beginning to look like a house that I can move into soon!!

It's kind of hard to get a picture of insulation

The brick people are supposed to be back by the end of this week, and they told Seth tonight that they would stay at our house until they were done!! Hopefully we will be moving in by March- cross your fingers and say a little prayer for us that God places the right people into our lives to help us finish the job!

On another note, my mom has made it out to LA and we will be going to visit her December 26th- Jan. 3rd! I am super excited and I have my camera ready to take pictures of all the stars I see while I'm there!! :)

Christmas Celebration Concert

Saturday night, Marie, Karin, Lauren and I headed off to Birmingham, AL to see Casting Crowns in concert! (along with Michael English, Natalie Grant, Avalon, Denver and the Mile High Orchestra and Pure NRGY) Marie has a friend, Harry, that is a member of the sound crew- we weren't sure if we would get free tickets or not, but Harry pulled it off! We had 4 free tickets on the 11th row! They were great seats! We also got Aftershow Access Passes!! We got to meet everyone! Needless to say- we were excited!! Below are a few pictures from the night:

Marie and Harry Avalon

Casting Crowns (Part of the group, anyways)

Us with Natalie GrantUs with the lead singer from Casting Crowns, Mark!

Us with Denver from Denver and the Mile High Orchestra- he was VERY outgoing on stage, but very quiet during the meet and greet!

Merry Christmas to me!

Thanksgiving has come and gone, and with that has come Christmas shopping! I believe I have purchased my last Christmas gift for the year, hopefully, but I also received a gift! After much research for a digital SLR camera, Seth and I bought one! I am very pleased with my purchase! Below are some pictures that I took Sunday with the camera, I also have photo-editing software that I hope to learn how to use soon, too!

The brick is coming right along!

King!

Caddy!

This is my Pa-Paw Stephens, he would probably kill me if he knew his picture was on-line!!