Spooktacular Halloween

Hey!! I hope everyone has had an enjoyable week and has a great Halloween!! Well, not much has happened around the Courington household in Glencoe these few weeks. Daniel's still job hunting, and I'm still teaching. Last night we got to see David, Susan, Kim and Paul. It was nice to see everyone especially since we don't get too as much as I'd like. Kim seemed to be feeling like her normal self, and I was extremely glad to see that! They also said Maw-Maw was much better than she was at one time; so, that's great news as well!!

Friday is my long awaited trip to Christmas Village! Over 46,000 people and $6.5 million dollars were involved in the event last year in just 5 days! Here is a list of the BJCC's other events coming up soon! (I took off Friday, so tomorrow is kind of like "my Friday" since its my last day to get up early this week!! Yay!!)

Hope you enjoy your weekend whether you spend it watching football, shopping at Christmas Village, or even both!

Have a boo-tiful day!! Here's a fun Halloween coloring site for kids!! Also, here some other fun games! I had some cute Halloween clipart, but it's not letting me add it right now. I'll try again later!!

Lila!

My new niece Lila Victoria has arrived. I'm so proud for Paul, Kim, Addi and Levi. I think Kim was proud of Lila, but Addi was possibly even prouder! When Addi woke up from her nap, they told her that they needed Addi to hold Lila. Addi was so tired she told us that they both needed to keep napping. Addi was exhausted from being a good big sister. Another precious little one in the world. I look foward to watching her blossom into a brilliant little girl!

Lila Victoria Kelsey

Lila Victoria Kelsey joined the world today about 7:30. She has a head full of red hair, weighed 7 lbs 5 oz, and is almost 20 inches long!! Yay!! I can't wait to see her! (I'm at work today.. pooie!) Daniel, Katie, Gramps, Granna, Hannah, Addi, Levi and of course Paul and Kim are at the hospital!! I'm heading that way as soon as school ends at 3:00!

Baby Lila

Tomorrow I will be an aunt again. I'm excited and cannot wait to meet Lila. We don't have any of our own kids right now, but I sure do enjoy spoiling my neices and nephews rotten just like I will my kids someday. I also know my kids will be spoiled rotten by Kim and Katie and everyone else. I've enjoyed watching Addi grow so much in the past few years into the young lady she is today with her bubbling personality. Levi has become Mr. Conversationalist in his ripe old age of 2 1/2 years. Then, there's Hannah. All that girl has to do is smile, and the room lights up! She's quite the giggler too! Lila will be one among four but I cannot wait to see her personality grow as she grows in the coming months and years! So, Lila... welcome to the family!

Weekend

I'm here again in Basic Skills, and while my kids do their assignment, I'm updating my classroom and personal blog. This weekend was a blast. Friday night we cleaned up the house. Saturday morning Daniel got up and went door knocking for the Hispanic work in the area. After door knocking we went yard salin'. We had a blast. We spent less than 20 dollars - CAN'T BEAT THAT. We also got lost looking for a restaurant in the middle of no where Ball Play, AL called Beans 'n Greens. We found it after ending up in Piedmont/Centre. Go figure. We also went to the Spanish worship services at 3:00 PM Saturday. (They had the services at Glencoe.) I didn't understand a word they said except I caught "loco" once. I cracked up; I couldn't help but laugh. We worked on the nursery some Saturday and got some stuff for it at the yard sales. Yesterday, I went house looking with Mom just for the fun of it. (It's my favorite past time.) Overall, we had a great weekend! Oh, we also ate lunch with our preacher and his wife on Sunday. That's was a sweet treat! Much love to all!!

Interview and Dinner

I'm sitting here with my Basic Skills reviewing for the graduation exam. Life is pretty good. Daniel has another interview today. As a matter of fact, it just started! It's with Amedisys. I hope we find out something soon. I'm starting fret over finances. I know we'll be fine without him working; I just don't like change or adjustments. We're planning on setting up our nursery this weekend so we can get Levi one weekend soon. I'm excited. I went to eat with Sharon last night (the preacher's wife). She's soo sweet. I didn't realize how much I miss female interaction until last night. I guess it's something you can definitely live without but is a definite luxury. It's always nice to spend time with christian brethern. Well... that's our life in review. I'll update soon. Should be updating more often because I've started my classroom blog which I'll update daily. Love to all. Miss you lots!!

Life in Glencoe...

• Well, life has been pretty simplistic around here.
• We've been able to spend a good bit of time with the Courington side of the family lately. I always enjoy seeing them.
• School is good. The drive is getting old though.
• Daniel got to go to the Auburn opening game with Alex. They both had a blast.
• We've starting spending time with our preacher and his family. They have a 5 year old little boy and a 4 month old little girl.
• Daniel thinks he's landed a job with New Beacon Hospice here in town. We hope it all works out. They gave him a drug test and a background check before they even interviewed him, and from what we heard from a previous employee of the company, they only do tha if they know they are going to hire you.
• Hm... we've been working on our house. I need to post pictures. Some of you have never seen it. We're in the process of setting up a guest bedroom and a nursery (no, not for us) but for nieces and nephews when they come visit. We have entirely too big of a house. I guess that's a good problem though! :)
• We officially have no friends. It's hard to find good Christian friends to do things with. Thus, the spending time with the preacher's family. They are still a good bit older than us, but it works out well!