Updates!

Ok, so once again I have let a month slip by before I have updated! Crazy, it is not December 3rd and really and truly I have felt like a whirlwind has gone by! Can anyone believe that in about a month and 10 days Kenny and I will be celebrating our 1 year anniversary?!!! WOW! We have had a fantastic month...but very hectic! Right after my last post, I got 2 cases and have not stopped since. Work has not been that great, but I'm really trying to look on the bright side of everything. Kenny feels the absolute same about his work, but we're trying! I'm in full swing with Mary Kay! YAY..especially for Christmas! (Need any gifts? Let me know HAHA). We are now putting up the decor for Christmas which is the BEST TIME OF THE YEAR for me! Although it will be a small Christmas this year, we still have a LOT to be thankful for! Thank God for our blessings! I know that 2008 will bring even MORE joy to our lives than 2007 has! The pictures this time are from the LSU ... Louisiana Tech game on November 10th - of course La Tech CREAMED LSU (NOT NOT NOT! -- I don't want to be hurt!) Not really, the Techsters lost by 48 points! CRAZY..final score- 58-10! Tiger Country is in full swing here...everyone is in purple and gold and honestly I wasn't sure that I wouldn't be tackled in my Blue and Red! We got to see some friends at the game, which made us both homesick for Tech! But....new chapters will start soon! Right now we're also tiling the floor which has not been fun! Kenny and I are off today (Dec 3) and tomorrow as a mini vacation before December eats our time! We are looking forward to the holidays! Thanksgiving was AMAZING with too much good food, laughter, friends and family, and of course the day after waiting in a line for 1 hour 1/2!! Wow...Never can deter those shoppers! Honestly, this year I'm not interested in receiving at all, but giving! I am so much happier to do that! I know that makes it hard to shop for me but just don't HAHA! :) Love you all - we are soo thankful! Have a wonderful holiday season and remember that family and friends are the GOLD in our lives!

So I know I can't update this once a MONTH!!!

So is it already NOVEMBER? Whew...where did that time go? I cannot believe the amount of things that have happened since the last post! Wow!
Well, let's see...October was one of the most challenging months in our lives! We held down jobs, school, working on the house, different functions, and HALLOWEEN, and a partay!
If we weren't exhausted before, we definitely are now! The kitchen is going great and we took a weekend off this weekend in order to relax a little bit! Here are some new pics! The beautiful flowers are the ones that my sweetie bought for me with the new table he put together!! :) Anyway, the previous picture is the one without the wainscot and the second one is the with the wainscot! We still have a lot to do but at least it looks really really nice!

We are looking forward to the completion of the project, but I also know that it looks really nice now too! :)

Anyway, Kenny is doing really well in school and but especially CHEMISTRY! He loves it! He just started his advanced scuba and he makes dives over the weekend...eventually I want to learn how to dive but for now I'll stick to my million and one things!

Speaking of which, I restarted my Mary Kay business! I 'm so very excited! I am reminded of my previous attempt to make my business work and I know I have to do a lot more and better things in order to succeed, I'm ready to be the "worker bee!" I need to leave my job!

HAPPY FALL DAYS! We are excited about fall & the weather that goes a long with the fall! YAY! Here are some pics from Halloween - we had the best time with some friends over Halloween! We completely enclosed the carport with vis queen(?) and we spray painted with florescent paint -- then we put up black lights and some scary things outside (complete with a fog machine!!) -- we had a super time with THRILLER dancing...learning how to do other dance moves and lots of punch! :)





Clif, you'll be so proud...I was ELPHABA! And if I wouldn't have lost my voice I would have sang the songs too! :) Harper won with the most ORIGINAL costume...she was a WHOOPIE cushion! It's sooo funny! The rest of the pics are the decorations and ..... of course Kenny sleeping at the end of the show! :) We had loads of fun!
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Join us next year, if you missed it!



Anyway, HAPPY FALL and I will update again soon!

Is it already the end of September??

I swear, the whole month I have been saying, I need to update the blog!!! Anyway! Sorry so long since we posted a blog! We have been super busy! Lets see....here's the list: ~Kenny and I work 40 hours/week - plus I usually put in about 10-15 hours of overtime/week ~Kenny is taking 6 hours of school on top of that! ~I am working all weekend! ~We are trying to remodel our kitchen and add another room ~I am helping some Mary Kay directors prior to my re-launch in November and the list goes on!!!! Wow, it's amazing, I know I will look back to this time and ask myself....how did I do it? Anyway, September is here & flying by! We had an AMAZING vacation in CT!! We want to go back so badly! I'll post some picture soon! The day after we came back I took bridal shots for my very first time and I will post those too! In addition, we've been working working working! It's finally getting a little cooler & I don't know why but I am TOTALLY excited about the holidays coming up! I am ready for all of them! Tomorrows is Kenny's Meme's Birthday & the next day is my mom's birthday...then next month - Kenny's favorite holiday...then THANKSGIVING (wow, we have so much to be thankful for) - and then MY FAVORITEST holiday in the entire world : Christmas! YAY! Then off to Gatlinburg, TN for a Cmas vacation with the family! We're psyched! I'll post some pictures of the kitchen remodeling and we are starting the procedure of building a sun room! Lots of friends are having babies & doing really well- we are having a great time being married! Life is great! Miss everyone! Please call us if you come into town or want us to see you...we love to travel (if we have time!!!!) Love you all! Kenny and Lida



P.S.
This is what your car would look like when a HUGE branch randomly falls on it in the middle of the driveway!
YEP, that's Kenny's beauty and it's going into the shop in October!!!

More wedding pictures....

More amazing pictures......

HOT...HOT....HOT..

Can the weather be ANY hotter? Every day during lunch I go to my car & and it says 107!!!! Oh my goodness..that is awful! Can we be in Antarctica please? Anyway, enough weather complaining...it's been a super busy week!
We've been out most of the nights this week plus Jay and Ashleigh came to visit...this weekend YAY! We always have lots of fun with them! On top of that we attended Paul's brother's wedding Saturday which proved to be entertaining!! It was lots of fun...
Kenny has been adding to his pool skills & was invited to be on a league which is awesome! That will probably keep him pretty busy for a while! I've been running and running and working and working some more! School starts this week for Kenny & I'm soooo missing classes!! Isn't that funny? When you get done..all you want is to start again. I've still been checking out some grad school programs but I have to tackle the GRE first. In addition, I would really like to take some photography classes because I'm missing my camera & fun pictures.....I will be posting some pictures then! I've started back in my puzzle interests and I'm now into scrapbooking because I have to do that for work! I'm glad that I have some crafty skills to help with my job!
I'm really trying to work on enjoying my job and not dwelling on the negative like I & 1million of my co-workers do.....wish me luck!

In addition, we will probably be starting some renovations on the house! Since BJ helped us redecorate the kitchen...it needs some improvement. I'm working on some pictures that can be blown up and framed for our decoration because our bare walls are just pitiful!

The walls!!!!
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We are enjoying life....we've really enjoyed visiting Jay & Ashleigh, 2 weeks ago we visited them in Kingwood & they just visited us....let me share with you what it was like all weekend!!!
Jay & Kenny on the computer (below)
Buddy Lynn...bored out of his mind!!! ----->>
Kenny playing World of Warcraft (below)



Kenny, Jay, and Ashleigh are addicted to WOW or World of Warcraft..I wish I could have video taped the experience...it's pretty neat!

Anyway, hope everyone is well, can't wait to go to Connecticut this week and can't wait to have a 3 day weekend!
Yes....
Love you all!
Kenny & Lida

Too long...

I love this one!

So, it's been insanely too long since I've written but time is precious around here..and I definitely don't have time to write!! Lots of new things happening..and what's really sad is that I always want it to be better than it is!! Kenny is starting school in about a week! He's going back to get some additional biology & chemistry credits! He's excited and nervous about that! Also, work is in full swing..I have 17 - yes 17 children to take care of and 14 parents! As if it couldn't get any more busy...I am bringing work home every night and I'm just glad that my WONDERFUL husband is so supportive! I'm thinking about starting a graduate degree in Spring (and no, it won't be with the Office of Community Service funding!) -- in Public Administration. I never seem to feel as though I've done enough during the day, yet I'm left exhausted!! We got an email from the Secretary this Friday saying to basically be ready for emergency deployment to New Orleans because Hurricane Dean is in full swing...as if we didn't have enough!! YAY...

I'm excited to say that Kenny & I are traveling to CT to visit Grams and Gramps for the first time in 5 or 6 years!! We are too excited! We'll be there over labor day...yes... yes...yes!! Pictures will be up soon!
I'm sorry I can't post too many pics of the wedding due to the space and time it takes..but I will post a few!

We are so excited about Fall..first everyone goes back to school...YES...but the traffic is heavier...Uggg...the weather might feel a little better & Thanksgiving and Christmas are approaching..the MOST WONDERFUL time of the YEAR! I love being with family, even if they are my in-laws they are SOOO amazing...they are like blood fam to me--but really when did I ever not adopt people as "family"!!

We are going to start on some improvements to the house..including paint in the front and I will be posting some pics of our awesome house soon!

We miss all of you so very much (even if you are right next door)--we really don't get to spend a lot of time together!
It's going to get busier and busier...I hope I'll keep you updated!!

Love you!


My Dress & My girls!

Bailey Lee Mathews!
Look @ that CUTE face!

How funny!!
I love my big bro!!
I love my big brother....I even sleep under his leg!!

Kenny's Suprise Party & Bailey!

I threw a surprise birthday party for Kenny! :) It was a Hawaiian Luau! :)



Mr. Lynn is HOTT in his Luau man apron!

The Birthday boy with Ms. Ginger!!

Me with my AWESOME Pops in Law!

Do I really look like her?

I have been told that I look a lot like Tracy from Hairspray...I've never seen the musical or the movie - I'll have to do that! :)

I'm not sure I really look like her...but I don't know!

It's amazing how near and dear best friends are to our hearts...more wedding pictures to come but i want to tell you that I have the BEST best friend in the entire world! :) We have had more fun together...and have stuck by each other through everything! Our inside jokes...are too funny to us & to you...would be boring! Here's a couple of fun pics!

Rehearsal!


Right before I walked down the aisle!! Thanks Harp for your amazing talent with the pic!
Harp's bday in 2006...see the magazines?? Harpers & Lida!! :)
Look at those big BLUE eyes!!

Harper Levy! I love you bunches and bunches!