School! School! School!

So, grad school has started for me. Things are going pretty good right now.....nothing to dramatic or ridiculous. I love my little first graders! They are so precious. I am with first grade for the first 9 weeks, then I go to kindergarten for 18 weeks, and then 3rd grade for 9 weeks. And then I can actually do it for money!

I was reading "Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse," by Kevin Henkes, to the kids the other day. There was a very simple quote in it that I liked a lot, and I thought maybe I would share....

"Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow will be better."

Final Guesses....

I was just wondering...what are everyone's final guesses on the sex of the baby. Only a few more weeks now, and I want to tabulate it all up of who thinks which!

*What's coming up!*

September 5 -- "Pamper the Bride Shower" Lingerie/Bridal Shower @ 4pm. This will be at Elizabeth's home. Girls only. :)

September 19 -- Girls go to Conway for my Bridal Shower thrown by my MOH, Jessica. I recently registered @ the Kitchen Store in Conway, which is not listed on the invitations. [The coolest stuff in the world]

September 19 -- Boys stay in Cabot at Elizabeth's home for Chris's "Honey-do/Tool Shower". I'm mailing the invitations tomorrow. It starts @ 5pm & there is a razorback game @ 6:45 to watch on ESPN afterwards. Also, Chris is registered @ home depot.

Hope everyone can come to everything!!! :)

Kera

Trista's New Haircut!

Guess you'll have to wait until you see her to know what it looks like!

Baby!!

Hello All,

We got to go to the baby Dr. again today, and everything went wonderful! Heard the heartbeat again and it was nice and strong. They said my uterus (sp?) was a little larger than average at this point, which only means that we are going to have a nice, fat, healthy baby! We go back for another ultrasound on September 17th, so pretty soon we'll have new pictures to put up! Anyway, thats about all I've got, but I just thought I'd let you all know that everything is good and healthy.

LoveLoveLove,
Jordan, Michael, Joey and Baby!

October 10th!!!!!! Wedding Reception

OK! Girls we have a reception to plan and I need some suggestions for the menu:

Buffalo Wings, Sausage Links, Meatballs, what other kind of finger food do we need?

Can Bobby set up the Chocolate fountain? We can get Strawberries and what else to dip in chocolate?

Let me know what you all think! Love you all so very much Mama

*going to the chapel...but not really, lol.*

mark this down ppl:

as for my siblings, sibling-to-be, the parents, & grandparents. the small ceremony will take place @ my home in conway october 3rd. but you will get an invitation :)

one more thing for you guys ^^^ & the rest of you... october 10th - my then mother-in-law will be throwing a kick-butt reception to celebrate our marriage @ her house.

i'm thinking a bachelorette/girls weekend could take place september 25 or 26. i was thinking just a get together @ the frantal home. what do you girlies think??

also, be expecting an invite or call for a lingerie shower (thrown by elizabeth & jamie) & bridal shower (thrown by MOH, jessica in conway)

yay for getting married. no i'm changing my date again, you buttholes!! LOL

kera

News!

Hello All,

Just thought I would update you all on some new developments. I decided to go ahead and start back to school next semester to work on getting my Masters degree, and I got accepted at Henderson. After talking to a few people I was offered a Graduate Assistanceship working in the Writing Center on campus. It will pay for my school and $2000 stipened per semester. Michael and I are really excited about it, because it gives me a new opportunity to make money until the baby comes since I won't be able to waitress at the truckstop much longer anyway. It's going to be really good for me, because if things go well, I may end up being able to teach some freshman english classes in a year or so, and that could help me get an adjunct faculty position after I graduate! Also, more good news: I won't have to work on the weekends anymore, so hopefully that means we will be getting to see you all more often!!
Anyway...just thought I'd share our good news! I know everyone is getting ready for school and other things to start, so I send you all my positive energies for the begining of your new year!!!

And don't have much updating to do on the baby front...I go back to the Dr. next week, and I think they have to do a lot of tests, so everyone be praying that those go well. Then, in 4 weeks I go back for another ultrasound!! Other than that....I only know that I am getting bigger and bigger by the day...I think the baby is a little bigger than a softball now, and I'm pretty sure I can feel her/him moving around a little bit sometimes! We are starting to work on the baby room and the new guest room this week.

That's all I've got for now....love and miss you all,
Jordan

P.S. Do any of you know anyone who might have some maternity clothes I could buy or borrow?? It's hard to find things that fit these days, and I have to have some dressier clothes to work in at my new job. I plan on going shopping in a week or so, but if any of you know anyone who might want to get rid of some maternity clothes or let me borrow them if they aren't using them now, any help is appreciated!!! Thanks!

So I figured out why my fountain never has water in it...

You guys are TOO funny...

So how about I do a little explaining. First of all, I never in my life imagined how STRESSFUL a wedding would be. From about my second month of being engaged I thought, "I hate this. If I could 'get away' with doing it small, I would." I'm not trying to point any fingers, more like give thanks to, some people that I had deep conversations with about doing what I really wanted no matter what. I am not the one to normally give-in to that, but in the end, that's what we decided to do. With that being said, my small/intimate ceremony will be in either October/November. The people who will attend besides the basic wedding staff are: parents, siblings, & grandparents. It's not that I didn't want to spend that time with everyone, it's just that I wanted it to be very intimate. It will take place @ my dad's home. Since I'm not having 500 people attending, I can do all the nice things that I wanted from the get-go. I can afford $4 chair covers & even a nice dinner served. Please don't hate me for this, I promise I'm not trying to be selfish. I also talked to Elizabeth about doing a BIG "reception" on another date @ her house to celebrate everything. ALL of the family & friends will be invited to this! :) Can someone tell me when Lauren's getting married, btw?? As soon as I talk to everyone about what date is best, I will give you a for sure date. I'm sorry to have thrown anyone off by changing the date & the set-up so many times. I hope you all still love me!

Love, Kera

Ps. NO, i'm not pregnant. HAHAHAHA! I just preferred it in the fall. THANKS GUYS!

Cruise Fun Pictures!

Macho Chris holding up our ship!

What a sexy bunch!

Our journey...

Happy Watermelon man...

From wall to wall...

Towell Creature

Girls! Girls! Girls!

Family Cruise - 1st Group Picture

This was the group boarding the ship! Everyone was so excited! it is hard to believe that it was almost two weeks ago! I can't wait till the next family vacation!

Count Down Clock

I think the next count down needs to be till the birth of the newest member of the family!

January 29th Baby Gross will arrive!

Nutty Updates!!

Ok, so since the cruise is over, I would like for everyone to post their best "story" from the cruise (or just the trip in general) on here please! Yes, you can post more than one, and even come back to post more. Let me hear 'em people!! :)

Btw...we prob need another countdown clock too....bobby! :)

Miss you all bunches!
XOXO