Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice

That's what little girls are made of! Shane and I are a little less than two weeks away from finding out what gender our sweet little one is, so I was looking back through my pictures and found this one from when I was little.

If we have a girl I wonder if she will look like me? I can't wait to meet our precious baby!

Fun Times In Louisiana!

This past weekend, we had the privilege of attending two dear friends, JJ and Katie's, wedding in what they refer to as "the promise land", also known as Louisiana. Shane and I agreed that this trip through the "L" shaped state redeemed it for us after having only driven through the southern swampy areas previously. It was beautiful! The tall tress, the flowers in bloom, the little ponds scattered about....it was truly remarkable. So the fact that we drove about 7 hours over on Friday evening, and 7 hours back on Saturday afternoon was helped by the view.


The wedding was so sweet. They made sure their wedding was loaded with southern hospitality! Shane thoroughly enjoyed the fried catfish, and I was a big fan of the chocolate cheesecake! Here are a few pictures from the festivities:

This is JJ and Katie during a prayer....I guess it is safe to assume I didn't have my eyes closed...oops :-)

Here I am (well at least my back) with a group of our friends from Austin who also attended the wedding.

Congratulations JJ and Katie!!!

Now That's Style!

Today in celebration of my school raising over $12,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, we had "Clash Day". The kids were all so excited to walk in and see their teacher "clashing"! Here is a lovely picture of my ensemble.

Kids are so precious. They don't know that you aren't supposed to mix browns and blacks, or that you shouldn't mix silk with cotton, and they practice what they preach...totally clashing clothes whenever they are in charge of what they wear :-) Today I received more compliments from my sweet kindgarteners than I have any other day of the year. I bet I had ten kiddos tell me, "Mrs. Walker, you look pretty today!" Wow, why in the world do I try so hard? All I really need to do I wear tons of jewelry, and throw in a few sequins here and there, and I am pretty :-) I did have a few tell me that I looked like a pirate and a hippy, but I will choose to focus on the pretty comments!