Firefly Lane

I just finished reading Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah and just had to write about it! I loved this book! It is about two friends growing up together through the 70's, 80's, 90's and today! It is a truly heartfelt story! Its one of those few books that brings tears to my eyes! The last one was P.S. I love you by Cecelia Ahern. Another great book! If you saw the movie yes its good, but the book is life changing! Anyways I highly recommend it! Its not only a neat journey but also gives insight to motherhood, married life and friendships that last.

As for the job search I put in my General Application to Eanes ISD and Lake Travis ISD. I am working on my Hays ISD and will hopefully finish that tomorrow. The way you apply is so stange. You put in a general application to the district...then what! I am thinking that I may try to personally go to the schools and introduce myself to the principles. I just worry that TAKS is next week and with the upcoming end of school that they are super busy! The last thing I want to do is be in the way! I just don't know how else to make my application stand above the rest! No matter where I get my job I will work harder than most will to be an amazing teacher!! I just need that first job to prove myself!

Slideshow

Hello everyone!
So some of you guys know i have an obsession with slide shows! I've been wanting to buy a cool slide show program but the one I want is like 70 dollars! So I settled for the much cheaper version lol! I had a lot of fun making it! Its a really REALLY simple program. I edited the music to put the two songs together on Audacity then used Smilebox to put it all together! Just a note you can use the arrows but it will also move on its own, thats how I timed it with the pictures. The biggest draw back I think is not allowing you to pick slide time and how many photos per slide! But overall its a great program! Hope yall like it!!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Spring Cleaning!

I finally feel accomplished! Yesterday Bo and I gutted the kitchen! We just took everything out and figured out what we wanted to keep and goodwill! We had to make room for all our new amazing kitchen stuff! I think people know how much Bo and I love to cook because we only got 2 presents that weren't cooking related lol! Its where we spend our bonding time :) lame I know lol! Anyways it just felt good to get rid of some things! Clean the cabinets, wash some dusty dishes, match the Tupperware, and all that fun stuff! I was sad to see my first set of plates leave! I remember Miranda and I picking them out at Target freshman year! That doesn't feel like it was over 5 years ago! Crazy!

After spring cleaning we made some great Pork Chops with stove top and green beans! Simple, cheap, under 5 minutes and awesome! Just our style lol! During dinner we started dreaming of our perfect house! We are just beginning the house hunt! Such a scary thought! But with the incentives given this year we decided that we just need to put our foot out there are find our first house! I will keep yall updated as developments come in!

Today was my first day back at Cedar Creek! It just felt right! I missed the people, the atmosphere and especially my students so much!! I am PRAYING that I am lucky enough to teach there next year! It would be a gift from Heaven lol! So far I have just put in one application for a job. I will probably do the rest this week! I am going to apply at Eanes, Lake Travis, Hays and maybe round rock? Hopefully I find that perfect fit for my first year!!

ALSO Bo sold his first Aston Martin today!! YAY!! He was so pumped!! We are going out to dinner tonight to Celebrate!! So I gotta run and get ready!! Love yall!!




Random last note to my Rascal Flatt fans- Yall know I love them but their new CD....really?? not feeling it! :(

Personal Assisstant Stephanie :)

Since the wedding I truly feel like I have become a personal assistant! Returning items, cleaning the house, taking the dry cleaning, breaking down boxes, buying a new alarm clock and soap! Really exciting life for me lol! Yet after 3 days of cleaning the house is still a wreck! I love my wedding presents but they are all sitting in the middle of the living room lol! What to do with them is overwhelming! My Recycle bin is already completely full!

I am getting some hints on the job hunt now! I can't wait to get my first teaching position! Right now I am working on a cover letter that makes me sound like the perfect new hire :) Its difficult to write those! I was truly surprised how much you need to say and have been researching different approaches and such! I may take a couple more days to get it perfect!

Also the professional photos were posted!!! You can click here, use my old email address and you will be able to see the pictures!! There are some really awesome ones and some that I am not too crazy about because I tend to make not so attractive faces! I am always my worst critic though! I will post some when I get the DVD! But our Photographer Travis Gagon was Awesome! They were so easy to work with and really know what they are doing! We will definitely cherish them forever!

Gotta run! Bo is FINALLY coming home!! It is going to be rough adjusting to the dealership schedule! But this first week is just crazy putting in extra hours to get everything started!! John Eagle European Austin Coming REALLY Soon!! Woo

Mrs. Guilbeaux

Well it's safe to say that planning a wedding was stressful! I do apologize to those who read my blog ! If your still out there Thanks!! The whole idea was to keep updated on what was going on during the planning but well blogging fell low on the list of priorities lol!

As stressful as it was I must say that it was Worth EVERY BIT of it! It was more than I could imagine! My detailed-ness came in handy but may have also been a little over the top! Come wedding day some of my picky-ness was overlooked and you know what! It was okay! Because the day was beautiful! I got to Marry the Man of my DREAMS! All my family and friends were there supporting and celebrating with us! We danced, shoved some cake in each others face and laughed ALOT! It was perfect! I can't wait to see the professional photos but I thought I would post some of my fav's from my friends! Thank you facebook photos lol!

Some of the girls with our "princess hair" as Reese called it :) Unfortunately for Rheannon they gave her like a Mohawk/fro so we had to go home and re do it! LOL! Sorry Rhanna!

RJ was PRECIOUS!! He decided that the isle was just too much and wanted daddy instead! I thought it was soooo cute! I had a perfect side view and he just went straight for daddy! SO CUTE!

Reese and Linda! She wanted to know why RJ wasn't walking down the isle! She was absolutely adorable!! Great Job Reesy! ps- the bands car is on my hit list for being parked right there during the ceremony...grrr

Me walking down! Bo cried as I was walking down! It was the most amazing moment! All I could see was him! Now looking at the pictures I realized that I was the only one who didn't follow the rule about bouquet height lol!

The alter :) Look at how comfortable Reese looks lol! She's like my jobs done! Time to relax and have a cupcake lol! She is adorable!

Most perfect Wedding Kiss Ever!

Mr. & Mrs. Guilbeaux!

We have a HUGE family now!

Thank you John for this picture! I love it!

Taking our posed pictures!

Amazing bridal party!

Love these Boys! Thanks for not dropping me!

Chris's toast was awesome! Put us all to shame!

We ended dancing the night away! My ipod died so luckily Doug our awesome DJ had some back up songs! Of course they were all high energy songs so we were all exhausted by the end! It was awesome! Even thought some people threw some bumps in my night it was more than I could have asked for! I would love to go back and relive it! It went by SO FAST! Thank you to everyone who helped make this weekend amazing!

I will try to post more often I promise! Hopefully we will be on a journey to a new job here in the next month :) Also Bo has his first official week at Aston this week!! Yesterday was his first day (talk about a crazy weekend lol) he said that it was awesome! Best first day of a job ever! Well after cleaning all day yesterday the house is still in chaos from all the new presents and wedding supplies lol! So better start working!! Love yall! Thanks again! Most perfect weekend ever! I am so happy to finally be Mrs. Guilbeaux!

Wonderfulness

Life has been just spectacular lately! I am just one happy lucky girl!! The job is going great!! Mrs. Samuelson was having some early contractions so I took the class over on Tuesday! It has been great! Just the best opportunity I could have wished for!!

Wedding planning hasn't gotten too far but we did have an AMAZING engagement party!!! It was one of the best nights of my life! Other than that my life is just going 90 miles an hour but it a great way!!! Nothing new to report!! I do miss having friends lol! But I had a girls date today for Mooney's Wedding dress shopping which was super fun and exciting! She found an amazing gown that is going to knock everyones socks off!! I can't wait!! However hanging out with them reminded me that I should really get on the ball with my own wedding planning lol! It is like 140 days away lol.....

Anyways here are some pictures of the engagement party!! Thanks to everyone for coming and celebrating with us! We are extremely lucky to have such great friends and family!! LOVE YALL

Bo and I at the end of the party! Oh hey we should probably take a picture together lol!
The Reese Clan
The Guilbeaux'sUncle Mike and Aunt Pam! They hosted an amazing party for us! We are forever grateful!

The Grooms men! All in coats in ties!! How great do they all look!!! Too bad it wont happen again till the wedding lol!

My Lovely bridesmaids!

Hello!!

I know I know!! I have been MIA for longer than a month! Life is just crazy but amazing right now!!

Student Teaching is going wonderfully! Things are really paving out and my hard work i feel is finally paying off! I had the opportunity to teach full time for 10 days these past two weeks due to an unfortunate incident but really it turned out for me to be one of the best experiences! It showed me and my school that I am a good teacher and that I can do this an be amazing at it! Everything is just falling into place! I also got my TExES scores back which I was flipping out about for no good reason because I got a 92% on the Generalist and a 94% on the PPR!!! So I am just flying high right now!!

All my other free time is spent working at Third Base, Wedding planning and spending time with Bo. So there really is no time for me to sit and blog much anymore :( But it is a good busy at least!! Anyways some of my friends think i have fell off the earth but here is me saying that I am alive just crazy right now lol! Gotta run now to one of Bo and I's pre marital counseling sessions (Which are also going well) So see yall next month lol ;)