GACE

I didn't pass the GACE and it is just very discouraging!! I really wanted to pass it and be done with it so I could at least mark one thing of my list to worry about! I am just really stressed out with all that is going on right now. I really don't have time to add studying for the GACE every night on my list but I guess I'm going to have to. Piedmont College advised us not to take the GACE until we were finished with all of our methods classes...well that was stupid advice becasue I should have been taking it a long time ago so that I wouldn't have to be worried about that now. I just really need everyone to pray for me that God will give me patience and peace about everything that is going on right now. Pray that this next time I take this GACE I will pass it with flying colors or just PASS IT!!!:)

On the other hand, something actually about Fred and I. We are looking for a house in Commerce and praying that everything works out and we get one in a good neighborhood that we like and that would be great for our dogs and to one day start a family in. I just pray that one thing in my life would be for sure....it is just very stressful that everything that is coming up in the next year is so uncertain......like where I'm going to teach and where we are going to live (and those are TWO MAJOR THINGS)!! But I know that God has a plan for us and I just really need to learn to trust in him and not let this stuff get to me!

KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERS!! I LOVE YA'LL!!

TIRED! TIRED! TIRED!

I AM SO TIRED!!:) I just feel like I can not get enough sleep. This student teaching stuff is just wearing me out...LOL!! There is just not enouogh time in the day for me to get everything done that I need to. I come straight home from school and get to work on school stuff and don't get done til 9:00 and still don't feel like I have finished everything. I just think I am crazy for trying to plan a wedding and student teach at the same time!!! AHHHHH!!!:) I am just really stressed out right now with everything going on..I think it will be better once I can get these classes over that go along with the student teaching. Also if anyone has any ideas for stuff I can do for morning work for 1st grade...I would greatly appreciate it!!

I am also having an issue with my cake for the wedding. I really want this certain cake (it is in the movie Because I Said SO...its the one at the very end of the movie that falls on that guy) and the lady that we have doing it(she is Fred's mamas best friend) can't do it the way thatI want it. What do I do??? Tell her that I want to go to somebody else because she can't do it how I want it or just get a cake that I'm not going to like?? I am just really torn because it is Fred's mamas friend and we have already met with her about the cake and I didn't say anything I just went along with getting the cake that I don't want!

OH DID I MENTION THAT THE CAKE IS $634.00!! More than my wedding dress!!
I really need some advice and yall are the best people to give it!!

MISS YOU ALL AND LOVE YOU LOTS!!!
Keep me in your prayers!

Girls Day Out!!

I just wanted to tell everyone that I had so much fun with ya'll on Saturday! I am so glad that everyone was able to make it!! I am so excited and blessed that all of you are sharing in this wonderful experience with me. I hope that everyone else enjoyed themselves. I also hope that ya'll liked the dresses, the shoes, and that the price wasn't too high. I tried to pick out something cute but cheap. I wish that the shoes wouldn't have been so expensive but I was afraid to get dyeable shoes somewhere else and then the shoes not match the dress perfectly. I can't wait for all the upcoming showers and events!!

Fred and I went to the post office yesterday and got our passports!!! I am SOOOO excited about our honeymoon! If I haven't told you...we are going to the Dominican Republic!! We are staying in a brand new resort that just opened up this month and there is a juccuzzi in the floor right in front of our bed and huge windows that look out onto the beach. It is an all inclusive trip and that is the most exciting part because lord knows Fred and I aren't going to have money to spend. LOL!

Also, if anyone hears of a house for sale in Commerce that is in a good neighborhood and is relatively cheap let me know! Fred and I are wanting to buy a house but we have to find one first!

Thank ya'll again for being such great friends and family!! I LOVE ALL OF YOU VERY VERY MUCH!!

Student Teaching

This post doesn't really have anything to do about the wedding but I wanted to update everybody on my wonderful student teaching experience so far. I am at Commerce Primary in 1st grade with Pam Adams and I am absolutely loving it so far. It is very tiring though......I have only been there for two days and I am exhausted!!:) I am not used to getting up early...LOL!! I told Daddy before it was all over I was going to end up going to bed at 8:00 every night!(When I do, Bugg you can make fun of me like I used to do you:)) But the students in the class are great. They like to talk so sometimes that can be a problem but they are really smart and love to participate in class lessons. Mrs. Adams does a lot of small groups throughout the day and I really like that. She is constantly doing something so I am never just sitting there getting bored. I LOVE IT! I hope everyone else is doing great and I can't wait to see ya'll on Saturday! I LOVE ALL OF YOU!!

Bridesmaid Dresses

To all of my lovely bridesmaids. We have an appointment at David's Bridal at 1:00 on January the 17th (that is next Saturday). I was thinking that we could go eat at Five Points Deli (which is right beside Davids Bridal) at 12:00 and then head over to David's Bridal when we are done. If you don't want to meet to eat that is fine we will see you at 1:00. Also if you are leaving from Commerce and you want to ride with me then you are more than welcome to meet at my house at like 11:30. Also I found out that because I got my dress at David's Bridal then ya'll will be able to get $20.00 off anything in the store. So either the shoes or the dress which is great! I hope everyone is doing well and I can't wait to see ya'll on Saturday. Let me know if you can't make it! I AM SO EXCITED! I LOVE YA'LL!!

Invitations

Today my mama and I went to Commerce Printing and ordered our invitations and our napkins. We are ordering 425 invitations so we are definetly have a HUGE wedding. When we left my mama kind of started freaking out about how many people we were inviting but I assured her that everything would be fine. God Bless her she is going to drive me CRAZY before this is all over. But I love her for being here for me and helping me even if it means going crazy:) Here is a picture of our invitations the only difference is that our invitations will be written in black and they will have a different font. The inside flap of the envelope is also going to be black. They are very plain but cute. Our napkins are just the beverage size napkins and they are going to be black as well....We are putting a big M in the center of the napkin and under that it will say Beverly and Jared and under that we will have the wedding date, June 6, 2009. It is really starting to come together! I am very excited!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Happy New Year!! This year is going to be such a great year. I have so much to look forward to in this upcoming year. First I'm going to be student teaching at Commerce with a great teacher, then I will be getting MARRIED, and I will begin my career (hopefully at Commerce but who knows). I am just so excited about the year 2009!

Fred sent me a text message this morning and said, "Baby, we can finally say we're getting married this year!" We are just so excited about being husband and wife and we are blessed to have so many great people be a part of our wedding!

This picture is Fred and I last night eating at Carrabas with a few of our friends and my brother!

We wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope this year brings you lots of joy!