Great Wolf Lodge. 40 High School Cheerleaders. 3 Coaches.

Tomorrow morning I am off to GWL to take my new group of cheerleaders to camp! I am so excited to spend this week w/ them and also super nervous that the responsibility is on my shoulders! I am also looking forward to getting to know my JV coach, Holly, this week! We will be gone until Thursday- I hope I get sleep between now and then! :)

Hurdle #1 for the year: My freshman coach quit this week :) So my sweet friend Ann Marie is filling in for us at camp! And the old JV coach from last year has agreed to come back and take over the freshman team for the year. I am so excited that I will have somebody that is familiar w/ the program to help me out. And she is super sweet :) For this week- Ann Marie, Holly, and myself will be doing our best to keep 40 high school girls under control at a resort! ha!

I will update soon on how these high school girls are keeping me on my toes!

Fun For Sale :)

We are selling our four wheelers! :( But if you know someone interested, direct them our way!
2009 Suzuki King Quad 750 AXi
4x4
Fuel Injected
Rear sealed breaks
Locking front differential
Push button 4WD
250 Miles
34 Hours
2,500 lb winch
2009 Suzuki King Quad 450 AXi
4x4
Fuel Injected
Push button 4WD
Rear sealed breaks
Locking front differential
44 Miles
9 Hours


You can call Austin if you are interested!

Congratulations Maegan!

Maegan graduated this May from Texas A&M Commerce and will be teaching elementary in the Fall! I am so happy for her! She is going to be an amazing teacher! We got to celebrate after she walked the stage with her (WHOLE) family, Eric's family ;), and old friends from high school! With smoked bbq, a heated pool, and a margarita machine... It was a fun day! Congrats MaeMae!

Fun.

Austin and I experienced our first Jimmy Buffett concert Saturday night! His cousins Brooke and Magen along w/ several of their friends tailgated all weekend at Pizza Hut Park w/ 2 RV's, a grill, and their very own porta-potty! We had a lot of fun!

1 week left with my sweet kids!

This has been a very challenging year for me work wise and it's coming to an end. I am so excited for what is to come, the new opportunity, and the new challenge..... but as I realize I only have 1 week left w/ my kiddos, I cannot help but be sad! We had a graduation reception today for our graduation seniors. There are 8 of them! Here are some pictures.

We had a great turn out! All of their parents were able to join us along w/ old teachers that have worked with them along the way. I also made a slideshow with pictures from our year and the end had all the seniors w/ their baby pictures and senior pictures! It was a lot of fun!

Married Life.

We have been married 2 months! I am still adjusting to my new name, in fact a couple weeks ago when I was interviewing for a new job, he called me back as Mrs. Knight and I didn't answer! I didn't even recognize it. You'd think w/ the kiddos calling me by Mrs. Knight everyday that I'd be used to it. 

I got some exciting news last week! Prosper High School offered me a job as varsity cheer and drill team assistant. I am so excited! I have prayed for months about an opportunity, and I really feel the Lord blessing me. As challenging as this year was, I can see his reason for me staying at Sachse and coaching freshman cheer. So no more 5am alarms or $8 worth the tolls everyday. I am excited!

And... we got new bedroom furniture last week! So I had decided maybe if I started selling our furniture, Austin would finally cave and buy us new.... So I sold the nightstands to a friend of mine, Ann Marie, and Austin didn't even hesitate and pulled 2 chairs from the kitchen in and set our lamps on them. haha. But, I finally talked him into it! :)

Honeymoon :)

Customize your own picture slideshow

Whew. I can breathe!

Easter Sunday and I can breathe. Austin and I are officially married! March 13, 2010. Life until that point was completely out of control. Starting with Christmas we had Christmas w/ all families, my dad's birthday,  new years, my birthday, our first shower, our couples shower, my brother's birthday, our couple's shower, Austin's 30th birthday, our bachelor/bachelorette weekends, and then there we were 3 weeks from our wedding! It was all a whirlwind, but there are plenty of pictures to help us remember! It was such a fun time, but such an emotional time- every emotion between stressed, irritable, to giddy, excited, to happy tears and sad tears- we felt them all, multiple times a day! We felt so blessed the whole time to have such wonderful families and friends around us to celebrate with us and help us so we could enjoy. Between my mom, bridesmaids, friends, and co-workers, they took so much off my plate so I could take it all in. I could not be more thankful. So I am going to attempt to write about the weekend of the wedding and include pictures- because Austin is out in the garage and I have time... such a great feeling!

So we started the wedding weekend Thursday night with Girls Night by me. I wanted to spend some time w/ my bridal party and moms and have a chance to thank the them for how much they did for me! So we enjoyed pedi's, dinner, wine, and friendships!

We had lots of fun! And although these girls and my moms deserved SO much more- I hope they enjoyed some time w/ the girls to pamper themselves before the crazy weekend startedFriday it was go time! Austin left first thing to get one last work out in and then head to the Cotton Mill. Randi and I enjoyed breakfast together then met Maegan and headed to the Cotton Mill to start setting up. We met my brother, Austin, my parents, my aunt, and my cousins there to unload the trailer and begin setting up what we could. Mom brought us a Chick-Fil-A nugget tray and we all enjoyed a picnic in what would soon be set up for our wedding ceremony!

 

Then it was back to the hotel to get ready for rehearsal! We all made it back in time for the rehearsal and then all headed over to the Dulaney House in McKinney for the wonderful dinner Kathy had put together! We enjoyed Buca Di Beppo for dinner, a childhood slideshow by my dad, and toasts from our families! The Dulaney House is in the historic Chestnut Square in McKinney and can be rented out for events. It was a really neat place!

And on to the wedding day! After the rehearsal me and my bridesmaids headed back to the hotel to spend the night together! We were up first thing Saturday morning and headed out to get breakfast. As soon as we got back Kristin Colaneri showed up to do our hair and makeup. While we were relaxing and being pampered, there was lots of wonderful women at the Cotton Mill helping my mom set up. They worked so hard and were able to have the entire ceremony and reception areas set up by 2pm! Thank you mom, Dodie, Donna, Shirley, Alexi, Kristen, Lacey, Amy, Katie, Joya, Barbara, Diane, Cari, and everyone else that was there helping! You were all lifesavers that day! My mom was able to join us at the hotel to get herself all done up also. And then it was off to the Cotton Mill to get dressed and begin pictures! 

Oh ya, I can't forget the flowers Austin sent me at 9am that day and the card read- "Good Morning Princess- See you at the ball!" He is way too good to me! So needless to say- I felt like a princess!

The day was wonderful! It went so smooth, and the Cotton Mill turned out better than I could've imagined. Austin and I had so much fun and loved getting to see so many friends and family in one place. On Sunday we left for the Bahamas for the week and it was absolutely incredible. Having a whole week to breathe and just be w/ him was exactly what I needed. It was a great start to our marriage and I am so happy to just be doing life w/ him now. Things have slowed down so much and I am so thankful to have my brain back! 

For pictures of the wedding you may see them at:

www.pictage.com/809704

June. Please Hurry.

I am so ready for June to be here! I am officially looking for a new job. If anybody has suggestions, I am open to all ideas. This has been a very rough year for me, work wise, and I am ready for a change. I currently drive 50 minutes to and from work and am ready to work close to home (or at home!!). I would also like to clear my schedule so I have more time (energy) to give Austin as we begin marriage :)!

Wedding is in 38 days. But more importanly right now, I am planning Austin's birthday. It's his 30th and I can't ignore the milestone. So apologies people that you are celebrating us so much! We promise to pay it forward.

I cannot wait for summer. June 4th cannot get here fast enough. 100,000 lbs will be lifted off my shoulders.

Oh yes, prayers accepted for a beautiful, spring day on March 13th! :)

42 Days! Eeeek!

The countdown is on! It's so close! We had our first shower last weekend at the McVicker's House. It was so much fun. I have my bridals tomorrow and next weekend we have our Couples Shower at Paul & Tiff's! We are feeling so blessed. Austin's 30th birthday is coming up also and I have something up my sleeve. He is going to be so excited! 

One question: I need ideas for wedding favors. I am no clue what to do! 

Off to the gym :) Happy Saturday!

Happy Birthday To Me :)

Figured I should leave some pics of my birthday present! I finally got my own four wheeler.

I'm Back!

Thought I'd give the blogging thing another shot! I sure have started loving my Saturday mornings. The house is silent and I have a moment to do whatever I want! Thought I'd update about wedding plans! I haven't even blogged about being engaged, but yes Austin and I are getting married on March 13, 2010. We are 2 months away and it finally seems real. I cannot wait! 

So my mom has gone about the whole wedding in true Sherri form. She has found deals on everything. Her goal going into this was to prove that you could have a nice wedding w/o it costing an arm and a leg. So, Craigslist, Ebay, and garage sales have become her best friends. She refused plastic silverware, so we spent this week cleaning, drying, rolling, and tying bows on 400 forks, 200 spoons, and 200 knifes! I appreciate her for it though because the budget has been able to go much further! I had my last dress fitting on Thursday and I cannot wait to get it home w/ me. Bridals up next :)

Our first shower is January 23rd. My moms birthday group is throwing a huge girl shower. You really feel the love of your friends during a time like this as so many people reach out to help. 

Here's a few pictures of the planning process along the way! Enjoy!

Us finishing our cake tasting! Austin is getting banana pudding, so I got to choose the cake. Chocolate w/ more chocolate :)