Life With The Everette's

New Blog!

laureneverette — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:00:35 +0000

Please check out my new blog which I will be using from here on out!

http://laureneverette.blogspot.com

Busy days!!!

laureneverette — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:53:52 +0000

Just wanted to post a quick update about the lives of us Everette’s! As always we have been busy, but it seems we have been EXTRA busy this past month! I am finishing up my summer semester of classes (they end July 23rd). Only 6 days of classes left, but who’s counting?!? It has been a very crazy semester with 16 weeks of work being crammed into 8 but I’m nearing the end. Then I will have 2 or 3 weeks off before my fall semester begins. During that time me and Chad are hoping to take a long weekend getaway to the beach! I will also be having my wisdom teeth removed on August 7th so even our “break” will be quite eventful! Prayers please for my wisdom teeth surgery because I am anxious as all get out about having it done!!!

During the past month Chad has changed jobs to a new company, Davco Heating & Air. However, after working for them for a month it was decided that his former employer held a much brighter future as far as career advancement was concerned. So he will be returning to that job at the beginning of next week and we are keeping our fingers crossed that he won’t have to do the amount of traveling he was having to do before!

Finally, we are in the process of trying to sell our house and boy is it a roller coaster of up and down emotions! We actually had it almost sold to a family who had moved down from Michigan. We had a contract written, had been to look for new houses, but then the family decided against buying the house. I have to say it was very disappointing though I know that God has a plan and a reason for what happened. We are showing it this week to another couple who has moved down from California so we would appreciate your prayers for guidance in the situation! Well, I think that’s all for now! Hopefully life will have slowed down A LOT the next time I blog! Leaving you with a few recent, random pictures. God bless!

Jon and Kate Plus 8

laureneverette — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:18:35 +0000

I am so saddened by the announcement from Jon and Kate to seperate after 10 years of marriage. I watched the show last night in disbelief of just how different Jon has become recently. He is definately not the same man that he was in the past although he claims that this “new him” is who he always was. I don’t know about anyone else but I certainly don’t like this “new Jon”. My heart just breaks for Kate. Not to say by any means that Kate is perfect and has done everything right, but it’s sad to see a Christian woman who has done everything that she can to save her marriage, end up in a situation like they’re in. It’s sad to see a Christian marriage that is in the public eye end like this. I guess all that we can do is pray for Jon and Kate’s marriage AND their 8 children who will be so affected by this. Such a sad announcement. I’m still holding out hope for the best though.

Summer time, summer time….

laureneverette — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:23:53 +0000

So, to celebrate the lovely, frying weather that we have here in Georgia in the summer, I cut all of my hair off! I’d say a good 5 to 6 inches came off! I threatened to pick up all of the hair off the floor and make Jonathan a toupe there was so much! I think I really like but I’m still getting used to it because it’s such a drastic change! I’m sure it will be a lot quicker and easier to handle!

More Crafting Fun!

laureneverette — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:03:05 +0000

Last night I made the hairbow holder pictured below for my cousin Brandy’s baby shower as well. It turned out really cute! A lot of people use a picture frame to hang the ribbons from but we thought a chalkboard would be cute! That way it could potentially be written and drawn on with chalk!

A Baby Gift!

laureneverette — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:54:05 +0000

My cousin Brandy is due to have a little girl, Audrey, this July. We are having a shower for her May 9th and I wanted to contribute a handmade gift since everyone else in my family seems to be so crafty! So I made her the blanket pictured below that I learned to make in my old small group at church. It turned out really cute and my mom handstitched the furry lion on for me (thanks Mom)! Hopefully she will enjoy it for many years to come!

End of the semester….booooo!

laureneverette — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:59:20 +0000

So, you gotta love the end of a school semester….NOT! All of the professors decided to cram all of the assignments into the last four weeks of the semester so that you go absolutely insane trying to complete them all. At least that’s my philosophy. Let me give you the rundown of all the assignments that I have due in the next 3 1/2 weeks. I have a program presentation, a curriculum presentation, a Cultural Immersion project (this ones a biggie!), a theorist presentation, a final project, an assesment analysis, a lesson plan, a mock parent-teacher conference, an assessment instruments assignment, a behavior management assignment, and a final exam! Whew! And yes, I did say all of this is due within a 3 1/2 week period! Lord help me!

The good news is I got all of the classes that I needed for the summer and fall semester. So I am right on track for graduating. I will definately be celebrating the day that I no longer have to attend school year round! Already counting down the days…..

My Crazy Life!!!

laureneverette — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:50:31 +0000

So I haven’t updated my blog in awhile because it’s been absolutely crazy these past few weeks! Between work, school, church, and social events I’ve been on the go 24/7! However I love every minute of it and wouldn’t trade it for the world!

School has been crazy busy! I am nearing the end of my Spring Semester so the work is beginning to pile up! It seems that teachers always seem to save the biggest projects for the end of the semester and the amount of work due tends to pile up as if they’re trying to cram everything in to the last few weeks of the semester! I will survive though as I always do! The good news is I FINALLY have a graduation date! Yippee! Those of you who know me well know that I have been in school for 29083 bizillion years with no graduation date in mind so it’s nice to finally have one! I will be graduating in 2 years, the Spring of 2011! I know it seems forever away and impossible that I could have that much more schooling left as long as I’ve been in school but that’s the story! I’m just stoked to finally have an end date in sight!

Work has started to pick back up therefore raising the amount of hours I am getting weekly! Praise God! My boss says that I will soon be full-time again which is an amazing answer to prayers! Well I guess as full-time as I can get while in school. I will be working somewhere between 30-35 hours weekly! So this has definately been a huge encouragement to me and Chad!

Our church opened up our new worship facility 2 weekends ago and it is amazing! We are so blessed to be a part of such an awesome church who has such a heart for the lost! The building is beautiful and large! We can now seat up to 1,000 which allows us to accomodate for more guests! We currently have 3 services but some of them are already almost full so we might be adding that 4th service back on real soon! Praise God! Mom, Jonathan, and Anne Marie actually got to come and visit this past Saturday which was great! I love it when we can all attend church together since we are all so spread out as far as church goes usually!

Other than that we are just rolling along with life! Chad has a birthday coming up on April 18th and he will be the big 27! Oh, and I’m still waiting for a niece or nephew from Jonathan and Anne Marie! Hopefully soon!

Weekend Fun!

laureneverette — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:49:17 +0000

This past weekend was fun! On Saturday night we went to Disciple Now at First Baptist Church Douglasville to see Edenfield and Shane & Shane in concert! They both did excellent and there were a ton of students there for the event! I’ve always loved Shane & Shane’s music so it was very exciting to get to see them in concert! They were amazing and we got to meet them after the show. Very humble and down to earth guys! I highly recommend you check them out if you haven’t already! And then yesterday when we emerged from church it was SNOWING! Hard! We had a blast playing in the snow with our dog. He loved it and had absolutely no idea what to do! Below are some pics from the weekend! Enjoy!

A Quick Update!

laureneverette — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:09:44 +0000

Just wanted to give ya’ll a quick update since I have been slacking at blogging lately! Nothing too new going on but here’s a quick rundown!

Chad has been crazy busy at work and with side jobs which is such a blessing in the current economy! I am so blessed to have a husband that works his rear off during the week AND on the weekends to support our life together! I know he has to be exhausted always so I try to cut him a little slack and let him participate in his second love of life….FISHING!

I am doing well and am busy with school! I am currently working about 25 hours a week at my job and the hour cut has been a major blessing in disguise with all the school work I have this semester! I am in my education classes so they require so much more time, energy, and work! However I am loving it and I should, let me emphasize SHOULD (or maybe I should say hope) to be graduating in the Fall of 2010!

Hershey is still his crazy sweet self! He is getting so big and is about 65 pounds now at 7 months!!! He’s such a sweet dog though and he has the cutest personality! I can’t imagine life without him now!

Well, I think that’s about it! Hope everyone is having a wonderful and blessed week!