Wedding Pics

I finally got a few pictures from Mary Beth's wedding. My sister got married in October at Destin Beach, Florida. The wedding was so beautiful. Here are a few pics for you all to enjoy.

THE FAMILY

LONG TIME

Monday

Not Me Monday!

• I did not have a nervous break down on Sunday.
• I did not miss Baby Lane all weekend.  OMG I could eat him up-it wouldn't do for me to live close to LL and Josh-I would be over there every waking minute.  
• I did not workout so hard that I can't move and it is now Wednesday-OUCH
• I did not have really bad dreams last night.  No details-I don't even want to remember them. 

Tuesday

SCHOOL DAY

This morning I had school.  And then made it to work by 1pm.  I worked until around 6:30pm did a quick workout and headed home.  I have a huge project that is due Thursday morning at 8:00am so I figured I should get started on it.  I will post a picture of it next week when we actually present it to other students.

Wednesday

EARLY BIRD

This morning Brad and I decided to get up at 5:15am and get to the gym to have a quick workout before he had to be at work.  When the alarm went off I wanted to just roll over in the bed.  I am still painfully sore from Saturdays workout.  (Ring dips and push ups are not fun) Anyways we decided to get up.  Brad left a little before me-he has to stop by the store every morning to get him a gallon of water and his food for the day.  I still had to get all my things together because I was too busy working on my project last night to get my stuff packed.  

So we got to the gym and did the quickest treadmill workout EVER!!  It is 8 mph on 8 incline -run/sprint for one minute then rest one minute 8 times.  Did you get that?  I had to decrease my incline each time because I really thought I was going to fly off the back of the treadmill and that would not have been a pretty sight.  So our workout was complete after a total of 20 minutes.  LOVE IT!!!  Brad left and I -well I had to stay and work.  

Meredith and I had arranged to have dinner together.  She is my BFF-she is getting married to Brad's best friend-Lee (picture below)and I am one of her bridesmaid.  Anyways-she had to get my measurements for the dress and we decided to go eat at Newk's.  YUMMY!  I love that place.  I had broccoli and cheddar soup with half chicken salad sandwich.  I seriously could eat another. Oh and their sweet tea is to die for too.  I got to hang out with her for a good while.  We talked-I miss her so much.  She used to work with me until this school year.  She got a teaching job and has been really busy since it is her first year.  But we got to play catch up and promised to visit again on Sunday.  I miss you MEREDITH!!!  We used to eat lunch together EVERY day.  It is hard going from that to no Meredith at all.  So we promised to not go long without talking or seeing each other.  I love her to death!!!

Meredith and Lee

That is all for now-more tomorrow-maybe!!!

Mandy

RELAXING DAY

This weekend has been a really relaxing weekend.  Here is what we did:

Friday night-visited Josh, LL and Lane at the hospital.  Josh and LL wanted to go for a walk so me, Brad, Sam, and Janice got to babysit.  When they came back they found out that the nurse had given him a bottle when we should have called LL to come nurse.  Sorry LL!  Needless to say our first babysitting job didn't go over well with the new parents.  They said we could not babysit for awhile.  I PROMISE I WON'T DO IT AGAIN!!!

Saturday Brad and I got up and went to the gym and then to Chick-fil-A.  We pretty much eat there every Saturday for lunch and Wednesday night before church.  We went to Wal-Mart to get a few things and then headed home.  We took a little nap.  Saturday night we had to watch UFC fight night.  It was pretty good.  I caught up on reading all of my blogs while he enjoyed boys hitting each other until one was knocked out or bleeding to death.  We got in the bed pretty late.

Sunday- Brad had to go to work today.  I got up late and went over to my mothers to visit.  My grandmother was there too.  I stayed there until around 6pm and then headed home to get my bags.  I loaded up the car and came over to Janice's.  And now I have so much homework that I don't even know where to start.  

I will get you an update tomorrow with Not Me Monday!!  

Hope you had a great weekend!  

LANE JOSEPH COX

LANE JOSEPH COX

Born at St Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham, AL

Date: February 19, 2009

Time: 11:10am

Weight: 8 pounds 10 ounces

Length: 21 inches

Proud parents of Josh and LauraLee Cox

Here are few pics-I hope you don't mind LL!?!?!

BABY LANE

DADDY AND LANE

LL and favorite nurse Teri

PRAISE GOD! For He is good. Thank you so much for your prayers. Mommy and baby are wonderful!!! LL was 9 cm dilated when I got to the hospital this morning at 9:45am. We left the room at 10:10am. She pushed for about an hour and he was born at 11:10am. I must say I was there and talked to LL and she never acted like she hurt. She is a real trooper.

We got to see him at 12:00pm. He is so precious. A gift from God!!! I can't wait to go back and visit them tonight. I can't wait for my turn!

Here is the MORE

I got so excited about my marathon I didn't catch you up on every thing else this week.

1. Valentine's Day-  I had to work from 5:30-11:30am.  I got Brad a cookie cake.  That is all I got him-he got a HUGE Christmas present so I think he is okay with just that.  He got me a new pari of running shoes for my marathon in Nashville.  We went to eat at pasta with Chief, Amy and their son Chase.  We carb loaded since the marathon was the next morning.  YEAH that is right-the marathon was Sunday morning starting at 7:03am.  So we went home after eating and went to bed.
2. Baby Lane-Still not here.  Laura Lee went to the Dr yesterday and she is scheduled to induce tomorrow(Thursday) at 5am.  So Baby Lane will be here by noon tomorrow--we hope.   He sure is being stubborn-he likes being in his mommy's tummy all comfortable and safe from this chaotic world.   I will be sure to post pics as soon as I can.  He is going to be so cute.  He will have the best mom and dad not to mention Grandaddy and Nana.  WOW Lane will be spoiled.  He pretty much already is.  I am so excited for them.  Please pray that LL will have s smooth delivery and that everything will go just as planned.  We have such an amazing God and He will do great things with this child.  
3. Here is a picture of me and Amy finishing the marathon.  Our time says 1:57 but we were 2 minutes from the start line-yep two minutes-there were that many people.  Our real time was 1:55.  YEAH FOR US!!!

MARATHON AND MORE

Hello Everyone-

It has been a while since I have been able to blog.  School and work have really taken over my life these days.  This past weekend I ran in the Mercedes Marathon-I finished the half.  My goal was to finish under 2 hours-GUESS WHAT!?!?!  I DID IT!!  I ran it in 1 hour and 55 minutes.  Here are a few pics of me that morning and throughout the course-Brad was like Spider Man-he was on every corner taking pictures.  It was the best ever!  i can't wait until next year.  This is addicting.  I will be running the Country Music Marathon in Nashville, TN on April 25th.  As of now-I will be doing the full marathon-that is right all 26.3 miles.  Not really sure what my goal is-maybe 4 hours and 30 minutes.  Enjoy a few pics-

Me, Chief, and Amy

Me and Brad before the race

WOW I look tired

Me, Amy, and Jay around mile 2

Thumbs up-Mile 5

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY- I LOVE THIS BOY!!!

This is my nephew Rylan.  I just love these pictures that I took of him.  He is so much bigger now.  I can't wait to meet Baby Lane. Any time now-maybe tonight-it is a full moon.  

Later

Mandy

NOT ME! MONDAY

Welcome to Not Me! Monday!  This blog carnival was created by MckMama.  

You can head over to her blog to read what she has been doing this week.

I did not wake up this morning with an aching back-I said I loved our bed-what is going on?

I did not get to work early so that I could take a shower in the Spa shower.  It has 20 shower heads -  

I DID NOT LOVE IT!!!  All 30 minutes of it.

I did not go do my grocery shopping during my lunch hour.

I did not eat a Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese from McDonald's on Saturday and regret every bite of it.

I did not give up COKES?

I did not get nervous when I got my confirmation for the Mercedes Marathon.

I did not think it hurt when the lady took blood from me today.

I did not look at her with evil eyes.

I did not get upset with a classmate for not returning any emails the past 3 days.

I did not run 12 miles Saturday-therefore I really did not deserve that quarter pounder.

I did not call my husband 3 times and to hear him say, "Let me call you back."

I did not freak out when Janice called me tonight.

I did not think that Laura Lee was in labor.  

Have a great night!

This week's journey...

Things to look forward to this week:

NOT ME! MONDAY

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

UPDATE ON TRAINING FOR THE MARATHON

OH and hopefully Baby Lane will be here this week...

Later

MC

Happy Birthday SAM!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM!!!

I hope you have a very Happy Birthday!  Thank you for everything you have done for me and Brad.  We love you very much.  Hope you had a relaxing day!  See you Tuesday night.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!  

YOU LOOK GREAT FOR 35!!!

NEEDS

I got this idea off of THIS blog last night and thought it would be fun to try out.  Just go to Google.  Type in your name needs and it will tell you the top 10 things you need.

MANDY NEEDS:

1. An obsession- Wait I though I already had that-I can't get off the computer-I love reading all of these blogs.
2. Antiperspirant- Not sure why-I wear it every day-maybe I am getting low and don't know it.
3. Pumping up-I know all I do these days is run-so I need to start working out more after my marathon. Don't worry I will make sure I have what I need from Number 2 needs.  PS Mercedes Marathon is in 9 days. I AM SO NERVOUS!!!
4. A man????  What I love the one I have!  And only God knows I don't need another.
5. The human touch-I agree!!
6. Help in ways I cannot comprehend... wow!  Maybe I need a little more than the human touch.  LORD HELP ME!!!
7. Lunch money.  Well we could always use lunch and yes the money part-but Janice has me pretty much taken care of.
8. A knight in shining armour.  I found him over 8 years ago-come on people realize this!!!
9. A new home.  I love my home.  I could use a new home at the beach-remember how much I love the beach.
10. An intern.  Actually God answered this prayer last week.  He started this week and he is great!!!

Have a great night!

OVER ACHIEVER

So I am known as the "overachiever" in my classes at school. This morning in my first class (PE 320 8:00am) we got our paper back that we turned in last week. The paper was on Behavior Management. In other words, if you were a teacher what would you do to ensure that your students are following the rules-what are your plans if they do not follow the rules. She had also mentioned that we could make a plan that we might follow if we were in a coaching position. I had already planned on writing out the plan that we use at work-Positive Redirection. I had all of that typed up already for my staff so I thought that wasn't much work. Plus I was afraid she would not like that I am not in school to get my Master's in Fitness but for Physical Education. So I thought up a plan for my class. In the meantime, I found some great literature on the merit/demerit system for a cheer leading program and included that in my paper as well.
Little did I know that when I got to class the professor wanted to pass my paper around and let all the other students review over my plan. She went on to say it was really a great paper. OMG! My face was so red-I get embarrassed very easily anyways-but now the whole class was looking at me and under their breath you know they were dogging me. Boy did I get it after that class from my class mates. Most of their papers were 1-2 pages long and here mine was 10 pages.

Not to mention the professor had to write EXCELLENT!! WITH A BIG FAT SMILEY FACE!!

So needless to say-I will not go above and beyond in that class again-well maybe-that is just my style. If I am told to do something-I want to do my best work and that my friends was the best. So just call me "OVERACHIEVER" I don't care.

NOT ME!!! MONDAY

NOT ME MONDAYAre you feeling ashamed for going to bed without brushing your teeth...again!? Did you drink a Coca Cola without anyone knowing? Are you feeling embarrassed that you walked out of the bathroom stall with your dress tucked in your panties? We'll don't be. Not Me!Monday was born out of a desire to admit some of our imperfections and reveal a few moments we'd rather forget.
Why?
Because it's fun to pretend that we really did not do the things that we actually did do. We're all human, we all take embarrassing shortcuts, and so we may as well show each other that we're all in good company!

So here goes nothing-

I did not get up really early to go to work so that I could leave work early to spend some time with my wonderful husband.

I did not eat a lot today-yogurt, leftover shrimp and grits, sandwich, chips, pickles, 2 weight watcher cakes, and a hamburger for supper.  Oh and I can't forget those AWESOME sweet potato fries.

I did not wait in line at the bank for 30 minutes!!!!

I did not go to the tanning bed on my lunch break so that I could get a power nap.

I did not complain with my tummy hurting all day long.

I did not have 50 million things to do at work.

I did not use all the hot water tonight knowing Brad had to get in the shower after me.

I did not do my homework- no really I didn't.

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY

Today is Super Bowl Sunday!  But that really does not mean much to me.  Janice and I went to 9:30am church and then we met Joshua and LauraLee at McCormick and Schmick's -I love eating shrimp and grits off of their brunch menu.  We left there and went shopping at the Galleria.  Our house phones have not been working well so I ended up buying a cordless phone (4 phones).  I also went to Forever 21 and bought me 3 shirts and a sweater.  

We decided that we needed to hurry up and get home for our "Super Bowl Party."  I mean we are hosting a party and we don't have any refreshments prepared for the two of us!  ha-ha Joshua and LauraLee called and said they were going to come over too-uh oh!  Now we really need to hurry-that means we have a pregnant girl that needs some grub and of course we all know men need food at all time and we have nothing!!!  So we hurried to Publix and picked up some chips, dip, and crescent rolls.  We then ran by KFC for some chicken wings.  (YIKES I have had 3 so far!!!)  When we got home we prepared pigs in a blanket, cheese dip, chips, and cheese with crackers.  I am so full right now!  It almost makes me sick to type this right now!!!  So after we ate we watched a little football.  I have to pause in between typing this to watch the commercials.  I haven't seen any that I really like all that much.

I hope every one has had a wonderful weekend.  Back to work tomorrow!!!