sorry...

I know it's been a long time- I guess after the wedding, there isn't as much going on that would be interesting to blog about. I do want to try to keep up with it though.

I have been very busy with school. It takes up pretty much every minute of my day. I don't have much time for anything else during the week. I love what I do, so that helps keep the stress level down. Luckily, I have Kirby who is a great listener and understands what I'm going through. It's very nice to come home and just vent to him. I've had everything from a little girl chase after me and pull my shirt as we both fall to the ground, to parent phone calls at night on my cell phone.... and recently hearing another little girl tell her friend she was going to go home and stab herself with a knife. BUT of course there have been times when I've stepped back and realized how much I love my job. A student asking us to go to church with her and her family, long heart to heart phone conversations with parents, and the many hugs I receive during dismissal.

Kirby has been having a good year. He gets along with the other 2 PE teachers and well... who wouldn't like getting out at 2:45 and having nothing to work on after school!?

We've recently bought a new vehicle. Kirby worked hard to clean the Jeep and make it look new. After his hard work, we were thankfully able to sell the it on Criagslist quickly. We now are driving the Honda and our Toyota FJ Cruiser.

We have decided on a honeymoon. We are going to take a few weekend trips during the school year and then Costa Rica in June. We are going for our friend's wedding, but plan on staying longer to make a honeymoon for ourselves. We both can't wait. We are just waiting to get my new Social Security card so we can get our passports.

We are starting to feel the fall weather. Cool and 70's- it's kinda nice. I've got excited recently to come home in the evening and put on a sweatshirt.

Hope I haven't let anyone down by not updating the blog lately. I'm going to try to do better... I'll even add pictures next time.

not a spelling bee champ!

Well Kirby has informed me that I have a lot of misspellings in the last post... oops! Sorry if it was hard to read or understand. I guess I was in a hurry to get something written since I hadn't in awhile.

Anyways-
We aren't up to anything different really. We are thinking about buying a new car. My Honda Civic has been sitting in the driveway for over 6 months now and needs jumped everytime we move it. We plan on getting it fixed soon, but we know it'll put a dent in our pockets. The Jeep isn't too bad now, but it's been making noises that Kirby doesn't like and with over 100,000 miles on it, it'll probably go soon.

We go invited to our friends' wedding in Costa Rica next June. I'm going to try and convience Kirby it's a once in a lifetime chance.... We should do it while we don't have kids... they are covering our room... So we'll see. Maybe we'll have a second honeymoon!

Hanna hits the Kings

Hi everyone! I'm excited to get the blog back up and running. Kirby and I have been so busy and I haven't got a chance to update everyone. Here are a few things that have been going on.

• School started 2 weeks ago. Kirby and I both have had a good start back at school, but haven't enjoyed getting up at 5:45 again.

• We just bought new furniture with a lot of the money from our wedding gifts. THANKS EVERYONE :)






• Tropical Storm Hanna hit Friday night at the border of North Carolina and South Carolina. School was cancelled Friday so we were able to "prepare" for the storm. We didn't have to do much though- bring in the grill, fix the mailbox post (which was loose) so it wouldn't blow away, and make sure we had flashlights, candles, and water & food. Luckily we didn't get bad effects. We had a lot of landscaping debri in the streets of our neighborhood, streets were flooded in Cherry Grove Beach (just down the road from us) and the power went out in a few areas of N.Myrtle Beach. We made it through our first storm together! Here is a picture of us on a walk before it hit that night.
  
  


• Due to the storms (Hanna, Gustav) Kirby has been surfing a lot with his buddies. They have been going to Sunset Beach in North Carolina where the waves are better. And yes... he went out on the day that Hanna hit. He went that morning and had a blast! And of course- I wasn't surprised when he came home and told me he jumped off the end of the pier with his surfboard so he didn't have to paddle out through the rough surf! He's still a kid at heart! Here are some pics.

• Kirby is working on our honeymoon. We are starting to think a lot about Hawaii. We'll see what happens with that though.

Well that's all we've got for now. (I'm sure there are things I've missed) I hope to do a better job updating the blog more often. Hope everyone is doing well!

We love you- The Kings

quick post

I haven't been suscessful at keeping this updated after the wedding like I would have liked. I hope once we have things settled around here, I'll get back on track. Our "to-do-list" is huge and with school starting we just haven't got much done on it.

Anyways- I thought I'd post our slideshow on here for you guys to check out.
www.bluecrushphoto.com/Slideshows/KingWedding

I hope to post some other things soon! Kirby and I are planning on getting our passport soon so we can plan our honeymoon.

More later....

favorite photo so far

School starts tomorrow... and the photos aren't ready yet, but I thought I'd post my favorite picture so far! :) More pictures soon!

It's all sinking in

Well almost all of our families are gone.... slowly one by one they are leaving. We have been able to spend time with everyone since Saturday and have really enjoyed it. We have tons of pictures and details to share- so we'll post them as soon as we get a moment to breathe. It's all starting to sink it though- I held in the tears the day of really well, but the past 2 days...not so good.

...more to come soon!

the "wedding planning" room

Here it is... it looks like this now & it'll look like this for everyone when they come to the house next weekend too. Gosh- no matter how I rearrange it, it doesn't look any better. Maybe we'll just have to close the door next week.










But.. we are almost ready!
We are going to the beach today though- we need a break and some sun!