I said YES!!!!!

Just a quick update to the blogging world and to those of you who actually read this...I'm getting married!!!! Alex took the plunge and asked me to be his wife Saturday, February 6, 2010. We are so excited for the plans the Lord has for us. Check back soon for an update on the details and pics!!!

SNOW.....and ice...

We had our first snow of 2010 this past weekend in Raleigh. It started snowing Friday night around seven and continued into Saturday morning. I love snow and typically get very excited about the white fluff that falls from the sky, but this snow was different. It wasn't so much snow as it was ice and I mean LOTS of ice and the ice didn't do much for my weekend. You see, my birthday was Sunday and my parents were supposed to come up Saturday to take me to dinner, but that didn't happen. Thank you snow/ice.

Aside from that, it was a pretty good birthday weekend. I did get to see snow on my birthday, which was pretty awesome. Saturday night, Colleen and Tiffany (two of my Bible Study girls) stayed the night, which is always fun to hang out with my girls. Sunday, for lunch my amazing roommate, Emily, fixed cowboy stew for everyone. She also fixed me a pound cake, which was delish! Here are some pics I grabbed of my roommate Avis Sunday afternoon!

I took this in the living room before heading out.
I thought it was pretty. Avis...not so much.

We ventured over to a nearby building that had these awesome doors.
Thought it made an interesting look.

Another at the building.

I was pretty proud of myself with the light in this picture.

Another pic of the lamp post.

And yet another one. Which is your favorite? Feel free to comment!

I hope you enjoyed being snowed in this past weekend! Have a wonderful week!

Why Yes, I am a SENIOR!

Fall Semester came and went and it happened rather quickly and I am already in the midst of Spring Semester, or should I say my last semester of college. I guess you could say, we started the semester off right by having our annual Campout for NCSU/Carolina basketball tickets. It was rather cold and I can check off "sleep in Talley" from my list of to-dos for my college career. Even though it was freezing, it was nice to be able to spend time with some awesome people after a few weeks apart for Christmas. Since classes have started I've been going non-stop. My teacher internship semester has been crazy, and I'm only two weeks in.

This semester I will be Student Teaching at Knightdale High School alongside Mrs. Melinda Mouzzon. My friend, Jodi, is also at Knightdale, so it's great seeing a familiar face when we are there. I will be teaching 2 classes of Algebra I and one AP Stats class! Yikes. I'm super excited though. I already love my cooperating teacher and the other teachers in the Math Department at Knightdale. I don't officially start teaching until February 26th. Until then I am taking my Senior Block Methods Courses. I am learning a lot about teaching and managing a classroom. I am also learning a lot of different math, teacher's math, as we call it. It's been rather interesting. I think some of the stuff we are learning is just to help us realize that our students are not going to always understand our number system and the math we are discussing, so as teachers we must know multiple ways to help our students understand math.

Overall I am really excited what the Lord is going to do this semester during my time as a teacher. I know it's going to be a hard semester but I also know I'm going to learn a lot about teaching, the real world, and myself.

I will try and continue to update my blog a bit more, the goal is once a week, with happenings at Knightdale HS, at NCSU, and some photography I'm doing. Oh yea, did I mention I'll be 22 next week! YIKES! :D

The Fattest Cheeks I've Ever Seen

Lorie Smith, my youth leader from middle school, had a baby last March. Emma Claire is the cutest little thing I've ever seen. She by far has the fattest cheeks on any baby, EVER. Alex and I spent some time with her after church one Sunday, and I used that opportunity to take some pictures. These were some of my favorites! Let me know what you think!

A beautiful (in my opinion) picture of the sun beaming through the trees.

Alex and PawPaw driving off.

Erica (Alex's Sister), Fran (Alex's Mom), and Alex

Fran and Erica, one of my favorite pictures.

Christmas with the Greers

After Christmas I was able to spend a few days with the Greers. The Greer men have a habit of busting wood to put in their stove to keep their house warm in the cold winter months. I thought this would be a great opportunity to try out my new DSLR, a Nikon D-3000. It has been so much fun learning how to use this camera. I'm still learning a lot and hopefully will have many opportunities to get to know my camera better.

This is Alex's PawPaw...Buddy. I see a resemblance.

This is Alan, Alex's Dad, throwing wood onto a pile.
It's awesome that this camera stopped the motion in mid-air.

Father and Son working together.

Another shot of Buddy. He's such a fun character!

Looking Back

Well 2009 has come and gone and it was a fabulous year. I thought I would celebrate 2009 with a year of photos. Enjoy!

My beautiful birthday cake that Lauren got me for my 21st!

With the Rooms at the UNC/NCSU basketball game on said birthday.

Some awesome people at the Annual UT Dance Party

I got to go to Atlanta, Georgia for Crusade's Preview Weekend.

Then I went to New York City with Crusade for Spring Break.

Then I met this amazing man, Alex Greer, after Crusade in March.

After classes ended, I went straight to Uppsala, Sweden on Summer Project.

While in Sweden, I was excited to find Pepsi.


I also met Malin, my sweet Swedish friend, my first day there.

Fellow Wolfpack in Uppsala.

Roomies and I fixing to leave. We weren't that excited.

Reunited with my man after six weeks!

Barn Party. Rooms and their men came!

Right after we whooped some Carolina butt in football.

Project Reunion in Black Mountain, NC.

Went to Old Salem with Emily to practice taking pictures.

Semi-formal with some of my faves!

I shot my first deer!

Crusade Christmas Party

I hope you enjoyed all the pictures. I'm really looking forward to what 2010 brings. Tomorrow is my first day as Miss. McLawhorn at Knightdale High School and I begin my student teaching Feb 25th. It's going to be a busy semester, but I'm excited it's going to be my last!

Oh yea...new years resolution...blog at least once a week. I know I've already been slack on it, but give me a break. Hopefully I'll reach my goal somewhat.