Busy Living Life!

I can't believe it's almost been a month since my last post! We have been sooooo busy, but in a good way! :)

What have we been up to:

*Visiting Tricia and Chase in Birmingham, Alabama! It was so good to see them and we wish we could have stayed longer!

*Spending 5 days in Gulf Shores with Kara, Justin, Grayson, Justin's Parents, Justin's Sister and her son Caden! We ate, soaked up the sun and played games! Matt and I got to experience sleep interruption since we shared a room with Kara, Justin and Grayson and Grayson was sick with a cough and drainage so he woke up several times a night. :)  We definitely aren't ready for a baby yet! He liked the sand, but was a little timid about the big ocean.  He LOVED the pool!
Here's a couple of pictures from the trip:

*We spent the last two nights of the trip in Destin, Florida visiting Kristy and Rob! I'm mad I didn't take any pictures while we were there. :( We had so much fun eating at an Italian Pub, going to a wine tasting and eating seafood! We wish we could have stayed longer there also!

*The day after we got back I started my long term sub position in 5th grade! Having taught for three years already, I thought there wouldn't be too much to learn, but boy was I wrong. Procedures, lesson plans and resources are different in every county/district and I have had a lot to learn about the traditional public school program, which I absolutely LOVE! I'm in my third week there and it is going great!

*The weekend after we got back from FL we spent some quality time at home.  We also went to two different festivals that weekend.  One was in downtown Louisville called Nulu fest and we had a delicious caramel apple! The second one was an Italian festival and was in downtown Jeffersonville. We ate some good Italian food and had to leave quickly because of rain. :(  Sunday after we left the Italian festival we went to Kara and Justin's house to hang out for several hours.  After being with Grayson 5 days straight the week before, we were really missing him, and of course Kara and Justin too! :)

*This past weekend we went to Chuy's (our favorite Mexican restaurant) on Friday (if you've never been to one you've GOT to go)! On Saturday during the day Matt and Justin went golfing while I cleaned and studied for my National Counseling Exam which is coming up October 15th.  Saturday night I went to dinner with the girls to celebrate Ashley's and Brandi's birthdays and then Matt met us out later! Sunday we went to Huber's with the whole fam and Grayson loved it! Here's a couple of pictures from Hubers:

This coming weekend we are headed to Michigan on Friday to stay with Katharine and Andy! Yay! On Saturday we are going the rest of the way to Canada to visit Matt's grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles and family friends! The Canadian Thanksgiving is on Sunday so we'll be able to celebrate with most of his family! I have Monday and Tuesday off for fall break so Matt took two personal days so we could stay and visit in Canada a little longer.

Sorry this post is so long! I'll try and do better with posting more frequently. :) Have a wonderful night!