New Family Pictures

I have posted updated pictures of the kids as well as our family pictures.  Hope you all enjoy.

A New Year

It's been just over a month since my last blog and so much has happened.  We spent Christmas at home most of the time but did venture out to Amarillo for a family gathering and then to Lubbock for the 2nd gathering.  Tanner left on Christmas day to spend the last week with his dad.

Last minute New Year's weekend we decided that we would take a trip to Glen Rose and bring in the new year with Sarah and Rusty and the kids.  Had a GREAT time.  Gives me great hope for the New Year knowing that I brought in 2012 surrounded by friends I consider FAMILY.

Tomorrow Tanner will turn 14 and I just can't imagine that it has been that long since I spent a nearly 12 hours in labor to have this precious thing placed in my arms and heard the words "Congratulations Mom."  He entered the world at 3:19 PM and weighed 5 lbs 13 ozs.

 In 2 weeks, our family and my ex-husband's family will enjoy a long weekend in Ruidoso, NM in a cabin.  The guys (Jeremy, Tanner, Robert, Rustin, and Dell) along with some of the kids (Emily, Logan, Leevi, and Kateri) will be skiing down Ski Apache.  Although I don't partake in the skiing part, I will enjoy some great fellowship with Cecilia, Jessica, Kristin, and Ashley and of course my little man Brayden.  I hope everyone has a great new year.

Our enemies have no reason to gloat over us.  We have fallen, but we will rise again.  We are in darkness now, but the LORD will give us light.  Micah 7:8

Christmas...LOVE IT!!

Tonight was the Gauntt Christmas Open House and Jeremy and I along with Brayden ventured out and enjoyed the company.  Tomorrow, Tanner has a basketball tournament in Hereford and the entire family will be taking part in cheering the team on.  I am enjoying the fact that I am home for the time and that I can spend quality time with my little ones.

I hope that each of you has a great weekend!!

Try it again

I realize that it has been nearly 3 months since I have posted on the blog...even though I promised that I was going to do better.  It is always promised with the best intentions.  Life has gotten crazy but that shouldn't be an excuse.  I have found this wonderful sight called "Pinterest" and I must say that it consumes my time almost as much as FaceBook does.  There are lots of interesting things to be found here and I have included one blog that I am now following and hoping that I can put some of those ideas to good use.  I hope each of you has a great day and a blessed holiday season.

Matthew 1:23 "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel"

Football 2011

Tomorrow starts the next to last semester for me at Wayland Baptist University.  I am really excited to be so close to finishing and starting a new chapter in my life.  We took pictures Friday evening for the Bulldog website which is http://www.plainviewdogpoundfootball.com/ and of course I will include one of the pictures that was taken.

One week from tomorrow starts the 2011-2012 school year and both Tanner and Emily are really ready to start back and see what is in store.  Emily has cheer camp this week and then we have Meet the Bulldogs Thursday night at the stadium.  Hope that all of you close enough to Plainview will come out and support our boys.  I am truly looking forward to this year's football season...can't wait to see what is in store for this year's team.

Wright Family 2011 Football Season

I hope that each of you has a great week and that God has many blessings in store for each of you.

Psalms 40:2-4 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

and so it begins...

Well, I am little late posting the beginning of football season but I am excited to say that we are a week into practice and things are busy...yesterday was the first day of full pads in practice and today was Bulldog Alley and the watermelon feed. It was exciting to see the boys out there hitting each other and getting excited about the upcoming season. This evening we had our annual coaching family get together...SOO much food and such great fellowship. The kids have such a great time hanging out in the pool and playing water football...it is just never-ending.

Tomorrow is Sunday and so we will be up and at it early for church and then to come home and get ready for another work week. I ask for prayers as there will be auditors in the building on Monday to make sure that we are following federal guidelines...also this week, Emily will be registered for school and I just can't believe that she will be starting kindergarten, my how time does fly when we are having fun.

Jeremy and I truly believe that God has kept us in Plainview for a reason and that whatever that reason may be, we accept it and look forward to the many blessings that will be coming our way. I will end this blog with this favorite Bible passage

Psalms 25:1-7 "Unto thee Oh Lord, do I lift up my soul. Oh my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. Show me thy ways oh Lord; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation: on thee do I wait all the day. Remember Oh Lord thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness; for they have been ever old. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, Oh Lord."

I hope that everyone has a great week and that everyone's football season is a great one!!

A new promise

So after I promised nearly a year ago that I was going to do my best to keep up with the blog and then for some odd reason, I had a really hard time following through with that promise. I am going to do my best to at least post once a month on the blog. I will end this post with a few new pictures and a wishes of a great upcoming season.

This is Brayden during the Easter party at the daycare.

This is Emily and Temperance riding in the Jeep...when they are together, they are inseparable.


Here is Tanner sitting on a rather Big Rock in Glen Rose during Easter weekend.

It has been a while

I know that it has been over a year since I have posted to the blog and I am going to do my best to keep up with it. So, let's see where to begin...

Tanner will be starting the 7th grade this year and Jeremy will be coaching him...I know that this year will prove to be rather interesting BUT we are looking forward to it.

Emily will be starting pre-k at PCA and she is beyond excited. I have mixed emotions as it is the realization that she is growing up. I hope that she will continue to hold on to the excitement as she gets older...

Brayden...what can I say about him?? He is such a precious baby and I know that our family is complete with him. He keeps me on my toes. I can't seem to turn my back for very long before I know that he is into something.

Jeremy will be starting his 6th season here in Plainview. He is always busy and I just love him for the passion that he has for what he does. He always seems to connect with his athletes in such a way that amazes me.

As for me, I will be starting another semester at Wayland and getting that much closer to completing my bachelor's degree in education and finally becoming a certified teacher. Life is going well and I am looking forward to another year. I know that we will be rather busy this year since Tanner will be involved with football. I pray that I will be able to keep up with everything. I think that I will end this here.

Counting down

It is three days away from the end of school and the summer is so close that I can taste it...graduation has come and gone and it was quite an experience. I will include a few pictures at the end of the post as well as a few of the kids. I am truly excited about taking the summer off from school and just enjoying my family. Brayden is getting so big and Emily is just as prissy as ever. Tanner is becoming more and more of a teenager with the inquisative nature but he is also still a youngster in the fact that he wants to go and play and just enjoy his time off. He will leave on Sunday for the first three week visit to his dads and then he will be home. It is always hard the first time that we take him but I know that it will come and go and then the next visit will go by quickly and then the beginning of school will be upon us-lets just get through the first few weeks.

Well as I have promised...here are some pics from graduation and then a few of the kids.

Just before graduation.

Emily at Relay for Life with her face painted.

Tanner trying to be "big" but it back fired...

Brayden is a happy baby.

Amber is letting him know who's boss ;0)

Graduation

I know that it has been a while since I last posted and there is good reason for that. I have been hard at work trying to finish the semester at SPC and get ready for graduation as well as getting back into the swing of things at work. So much is going on that I have hardly had time to stop and breath let alone do much of anything else. I am excited that this Friday is graduation and that I will finally get a break from school and I can enjoy a summer break.

I am getting excited about my sister-in-law's preggo belly and how things are going very well for them...they have a doctor's appointment this Thursday and I am hoping that they get good reports. Next month we should be able to find out whether it is a boy or a girl...I hope that all of you are having a great week and I promise I will try to post more often.

Its been a while

Yes...I know that it has been a while since I was last here to let everyone know how things are going. So here I am. I started back to work today after being gone on maternity leave and I must say that it was hard but it was also good to get back into the swing of things. Brayden is staying with my mother-in-law this week and although it was nice to get a really good nights sleep, I truly miss my little one being home.

We had a really good Easter and I did manage to get one picture of Emily and Brayden-Tanner feels as though he is too old for that sort of thing so...I will post the pic at the end of my post. I can't believe that this time next month I will be graduating from SPC and then getting ready to start at Wayland in the fall.

I am looking forward to being able to go to a Coaches Outreach banquet Monday night and then on Thursday we have our all sports banquet and then believe it or not...spring football is here...it is hard to imagine that things are moving so quickly. I hope that everyone is having a great week and I will try to keep everyone more up to date.

Spring break is over

Well, tomorrow school starts back and I am just a little sad that my husband is having to go back to work. I have truly enjoyed him being home with me and helping me with the baby as well as Emily and actually getting some things done around the house. I know that it is gonna be a little difficult to get back into the swing of things but I am looking forward to getting into some type of routine. I can't believe that tomorrow Brayden will be two weeks old-it doesn't seem like it has been two weeks but it has...he is changing everyday and I am just amazed at how protective Emily is of him. I am truly blessed.

Yesterday, we learned that my brother-in-law and his wife are expecting and that the baby will be here late October...YES!!! I am so excited for them I know that they have truly been aching for a little one of their own and they will finally be blessed with one.

I guess I need to end this post for now so that I can get my kiddos into bed and get them ready for tomorrow and whatever it may bring.

Enjoying some time at home

Well it is the beginning of spring break and I am really glad that everyone will be able to just hang out and have some quality time together. Jeremy's parents will be here for the biggest part of the week to enjoy the grandchildren. I look forward to being able to getting to visit with them as well as anyone else who might stop by.

I hope that the weather will warm up just a little so that at least Emily and Tanner will be able to get out of the house for a little while. I hope that everyone is having a great start to their spring break and will post more later.

Announcing Brayden Heath Wright

Well Monday morning around 4:00 AM I started having contractions and they lasted until about 6:00 or so. I went ahead and went to work because I had a meeting and shortly after getting there I called the doctor's office and he had me come in and see him. Shortly after getting to his office he decided that I just needed to go ahead and go to the hospital-YEA!!! I called Jeremy and told him what was going on and shortly after 10:00 AM I was in a hospital gown getting ready to start my whole laboring process. It took a while for things to get really going but once they did, there wasn't any problems.


Brayden Heath made his arrival into this world at 5:32 PM and he weighed 7 lbs 10.6 ozs. and was 20 1/2 inches long. He is doing well and our whole family is so happy that he is finally here. I feel that our family is now complete. I have just a few pictures that I will include in this post and I hope that everyone is doing well!!

Waiting for Wednesday

OK...so my next doctor's appointment is Wednesday morning early and I am hoping that he will just tell me then that we are going to the hospital and that we are finally gonna have this baby boy!! I am so ready for all of this to be over, don't get me wrong, I love being pregnant and I love the feelings that no one else can experience during the whole process but it has been a rather long nine months and I am truly ready to hold my new little one in my arms. Both Tanner and Emily are ready to see their new baby brother. Jeremy is just ready for something to be different...who knows what though. We are just excited that it is so close to being here but yet wee still have to wait another 3 days before we know for sure.

Maybe the next time that I post I will have some really exciting news...I hope that everyone has a wonderful week and God bless each of you!!

Just a few pics

I know that I said that I would post a few pictures from the shower and so here they are...we weren't able to get many because the batteries in the camera died before the shower was over.

Here I am at the table just before it started

Julie and I sitting together.

One cute outfit...

A diaper wreath for the hospital room door.

A bib that looks like a bandana.

Baby Shower

Today the church that Jeremy and I attend is giving us a baby shower and I am very excited to see what wonderful treasures will be given for Brayden to use when he makes his arrival. Jeremy's family is coming in and I am really looking forward to getting to see them and visit with them. It seems like there always has to be something else happening in order to get all of us together for a good visit. We are all so busy with our own lives that we can never seem to just get together for the heck of it. I really enjoy being able to see my brother-in-law and his wife as well as my father and mother-in-law. Jeremy's grandmother is coming with them and I am glad that she will be here to see the kids. She doesn't get out much and so she enjoys being able to travel to see everyone.

I learned just a couple of days ago that my application for graduation from SPC has been accepted so now all that I need to do is finish the last two classes that I have and then I can move on to a bachelor's program!! I am so excited to reach this milestone and know that it won't be much longer and I will be fulfilling a dream that I have long had. I hope that all of you have a great weekend and I will post pictures from the shower soon!!

Just a little while longer

We are just about done with getting the babies room ready. We have to go to Lubbock this afternoon so that we can get a few pieces of furniture since everywhere that we have looked in Plainview doesn't have what we are wanting. I am really excited to finally get things done and just focus on resting and taking care of the rest of the family until Brayden finally gets here.

School is going very fast this semester and for that I am glad because it will be time for graduation before I know it. The kids are doing well and I enjoy watching them just play and have fun with each other...I hope that everyone is having a great weekend and that you are all ready to start a new work week tomorrow.

Really quick

I know that it has been a while since my last post but we have been really busy trying to get things done around the house as well as the spring semester has started at SPC and even though I am only taking 6 hours there is a lot of required reading for those 6 hours. We were finally able to get the baby's room set up and I am anxiously awaiting his arrival-I know that it is still 6 weeks away but I can't wait.

This past Monday was the first of two baby showers that we are being honored with and I was so happy to get so many wonderful things for Brayden-yes, that is his name. After it was all said and done I went home that evening and began putting things away and moving things around and I am looking forward to the next baby shower toward the end of the month to see what wonderful things we will be getting there. I didn't bring my camera to the shower but there is a picture that was taken of me and Tracy with the wonderful cake and I will hopefully be able to post it soon so that all can see it...I hope that everyone is doing well and I promise to post more later!!

Weekend time

Well here it is Friday evening and we are getting ready to go to the pancake supper and then to watch the girls and boys basketball teams take on Abilene Cooper...Tanner is on his way to Plains to spend some time on the farm with his other side of the family. He always enjoys going out there and "doing" something with the tractors or whatever else they have going on. We have plans this weekend to start clearing out the office and begin bringing baby things in from the storage building. I know that I have at least another six weeks or so before he gets here but I can't helped but be a little stressed about the fact that we don't have his room even started. I am truly looking forward to getting started on it.

It's a good thing that most of the stuff that we are wanting to do will be inside since the weather is going to be changing to more winter-like then spring. I am hoping that winter will arrive soon and that maybe we will get some type of moisture. I don't want a whole lot of it but we so desparately need something to help settle the junk that seems to be getting everyone's sinuses all worked up. Well I guess that I need to go and get ready for the supper and the game. I hope that all of you have a wonderful weekend and that you all stay warm!!