Settled in

 What an amazing Christmas season this year. Wonderful times with the family and my wonderful husband. It was certainly a special first Christmas as a married couple. A new road of our journey has begun. We MOVED! Yes, out on our own, in our own apartment. I unpacked the last box last Friday. We have been here for 12 days. Thanks to all the family that helped us move. Even all those boxes of textbooks (VERY HEAVY).
My Kitchen:

The Livingroom:

And the bathroom:

Couldn't take a picture of the bedroom and huge closet because Allen was asleep and he would kill me if I took a picture of him and his CPAP. haha.

We have been blessed.

Through the good times and bad.

Whew... school is done. well for four weeks anyway. Time for a much needed break and a margarita. It's been a  while since my last update. Allen and I have been through a lot the past few weeks. I had a stomach flu from one of the kids in the Nursery. All i can say is yuck.  Allens' great aunt passed away Sunday at the ripe old age of 90. He spent most of his summers over there running between her house and his grannies. The funeral was Wednesday and of course it hit just when finals were so I couldn't go. After working a 12 hours shift, he drove 2.5 hours to Lenior City (near Knoxville) for the funeral then drove back home. Once he got in the door he started throwing up with a 100 degree fever. Needless to say, I slept in the guest bedroom last night. All better today, though. Kept down all sorts of things.


The Lord works in mysterious ways. His timing doesn't always match up with my timing or when I see things happening. Sometimes I don't always understand why things happen or why it happens to some people and not to others. Why things happen to the people that do the right things. Do everything their suppose to, follow the right steps and then get kicked to the curb. While others who go about things the wrong way prosper and flourish. Sometimes we don't understand His purpose but I just have to believe that he has a plan for me and my family. 


Trust in the Lord and do good; so you will live in the land, and enjoy security. Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him. (Psalm 37:3-5, 7a)

Food out the ears

I think Allen and I have had enough turkey until next year. Our first year Thanksgiving as Mr. and Mrs. Harvey included 3 Thanksgiving dinners, plus Thanksgiving breakfast.

#1- Grandma Covington's (My mom's mom)

Allen and I were responsible for the green bean casserole and cranberry sauce. I only accounted for the people that are usually at family dinner not the extra people that were coming that day. Luckily gran had extra to double it. Of course, I double it and how much gets eaten? Less than HALF! Who is eating left over green bean casserole for the next week. This person. We remembered to bring the can or cranberry sauce but we forgot to get it out of the fridge. haha

Thanksgiving  Breakfast @ Grandma Covington's

Every year we go to grandmas, cook breakfast, and look at black friday ads. This year, my uncle, aunt and cousins were in but Allen decides he isn't going to go. He is going to stay in bed. 830 on the dot, at grandmas with a paper helping her cook. My dad comes in and what does he do? He breaks the tradition! He opens the paper before breakfast! 11 soon arrives and I am off to Thanksgiving #2.

#2- Nanny (Allen's Grandmother)

This time we were not responsible for anything. Nothing was burnt. We remembered the cranberry sauce with the rings. Turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, broccoli casserole, dressing. Eat, Clean up, Done. 

#3- Phillips (Dad's mom)

It seemed like before we were even done with #2 we were off to #3 and when they got there they were cleaning up. haha. Hope you weren't hungry? We had apple pie, pumpkin pie, and angel food cake covered in whipped cream. Gram is the best with dessert. 

I am done with Turkey. Time to get back to the gym. 

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Hat Lady

I am a lady of many hats. I am a student, a wife, a daughter, a sister, a clothes washer, a baby rocker, two year old tamer, teacher, cancer survivor, friend, baker, boo boo kisser, chemist, and many more. But one of my favorite hats that I get to wear is my teacher hat. Currently I teach 2 classes.

On Sunday mornings approximately from 10-12:30 you can find me in the two year old room at WOC. For seven years I have taught the same age and love it. I love getting the new little ones just after their 2nd birthday and love graduating those at their 3 year old mark. I get to love on them and teach them about Jesus and how much he loves them and then I get to send them home fully of goldfish and lemonade. YUM!

The other class I teach is my 7-12 year olds on Tuesday nights.  If you are bored and want something entertaining to do, come by, sit in and just listen. I love this group of kids. For the most part they are the same every week. So, the relationship we get to form as a class is so much fun. We do a craft and lesson every week. This month we are studying thanksgiving (considering it is November). This past Tuesday we made tambourines and talked about praising and thanking God through music. Each week will be themed around thanking God for what we have and have been blessed with. This group is neat to talk to. They are starting to form their own opinions about subjects. Learning what the bible really means and expanding on Jesus Loves me, made me and wants to be my friend forever.

As for Allen and I, we are great. Quickly approaching the 3 month mark and his birthday as well. We are only the same age for 11 weeks. Now that EYH (science and math conference for high school and middle school girls) is over school is beginning to pick up. Only 5 weeks left. Let the countdown begin.

bigger bed

Five days/nights a week, I have the bed to my self at night and he has the bed to himself during the day except for the few hours in between him coming home from work and me getting up for the day. So we have become accustomed to being about to sleep how we want, comfortably. Except for Wednesday and Thursday nights. Don't get me wrong, I love when he is home and we get to spend the evenings together.

Last night, or Allen's Sunday as he calls it, was funny. Crawled in bed and before the lights went out we talked and goofed off a little bit. Some how we got on the subject of how I look when he comes in from work which then morphed into Allen and his new love, or Ashely and Allens' new love, the CPAP. Then we got on the subject sides of the bed. Now, out bed has a distinct line down the middle of the head board, which Allen says is off center. I'm on one side and he is on the other. Not the case, I am on 1/3 of the bed and he has the other 2/3. I think at least 2-3 times during the night you'll hear "Allen, scoot over. I'm falling off the bed!" Thus, we need a bigger bed.

Mr. and Mrs.

I can't believe that 9 weeks have gone by already. Excited to see what God has in store for us the next 50+ years.

After the wedding had settled down, i began to ask myself "what will become of this blog?" It was my refuge for all things wedding and now that it is over, what to do.....

I figured well, will turn it into an "us" blog. We are newlyweds, which means there will be many ups and downs in our life. No, that does not mean when Allen and I get in an argument I will post all about it divulge all the deepest secrets. Instead all the funny stuff we go through, discover, and learn. Will try some new amazing recipes....

I belong to an amazing group of ladies who were all married in August. There are 110 of us who all chat and converse about all things pre and post wedding. But now the weddings are over, we share pictures and stories that have helped us become super close. A lot of these ladies live up north so are able to meet up and see each face to face. 8 of our wonderful women are expecting! Excited and looking forward to follow everyone's journey.

Just heard that Wedding pictures will be done on Tuesday. Until then here are some more teasers.