The Burleys

Nov 10, 2008

My Blogging Peeps

One of my blogging friends did a pretty neat post a few weeks ago where she listed all of the people on her blogroll and explained how she knows each of them. I warned her I was going to steal her good idea! If you're like me, you probably love to check out the other blogs on people's sidebars but wonder who all of those random people are! So, let me introduce you to my blogroll . . .

Just Me: friend from church in Anderson

Just Me and the Boys: friend from college, and although we didn't hang out much back then, now one of my closest friends! She's also the wife of one of Jason's college roommates.

Living Beyond Ourselves: friend from college; we lived on the same hall

Me & My 2 Men: friend from church in Anderson

Meet the Smiths: my sister

Melissa, Gary, Caedyn, and Eli: friend from Winthrop; she was one of my Resident Assistants when I was a Resident Director in Wofford Hall

Moove Over Munchkin: friend from college

Newsome Notes: wife to one of Jason's college roommates; we also were at Winthrop together

The Allens: friend from church in Anderson

The Cassidys: friend from Winthrop; also one of my RA's

The Devescovis: friend from college; we roomed together one summer

The Edwards - A Duet: my sister's college roommate, but now one of my closest friends

The McConnell Moments: my BFF

The O.K. Corral: friend from college; we lived on the same hall

The Phillips Family: my sister-in-law

The Yarboroughs: Jason's cousin

Three Football Boys and a Girl: friend from college; we lived on the same hall, too

Also, these are a few blogs I think are good reads. They are either complete strangers or friends of a friend, but I usually make a point to check them out regularly!

Blessed, Believing, and Blogging Browns

Random Ramblings from A Southern Girl Now Known As Mommy

Rocks In My Dyer

The Preacher's Wife

Tres Alejandros

Nov 9, 2008

Win a Wii!

Mary Ann, who is in my Wednesday night Bible study group, is holding a raffle for a Wii to help pay for some of the adoption expenses for her two sweet girls she and her husband adopted from Guatemala. What a great Christmas present this would be for someone! Tickets are 1 for $2, 3 for $5, and 7 for $10. If you are interested in purchasing a ticket, you can go to her blog, The Shrum Family Adventures, and use the Paypal option on her sidebar, or you can send her an email to let her know you'd like to send her a check. November is also National Adoption Month, so what a great way to support adoption!

Nov 6, 2008

Camryn's New Song

Just sharing some of the cuteness we experience in our house each day! :)

Nov 4, 2008

Everyone is sharing their voting stories, so I thought I would join in. Our experience this morning was pretty painless. We heard the busiest times would likely be early in the morning, at lunch, and after work, so we aimed at a time in the middle and left the house at 9:00 sharp. Since we weren't sure how long we would be waiting and had Camryn with us, we took along necessary supplies - fruit snacks, books, MagnaDoodle, stickers, and water. We waited roughly an hour and 20 minutes, which was pretty good since our youth minister was in line behind us and later sent Jason a text to tell him they waited almost two hours and had to stand in the rain. Camryn did great. She was so good the man standing in front of us commented that he would prefer to vote for her since she was such a polite and pleasant young lady instead of some of the people in the local races who have been doing some nasty politicking. I took Camryn to the voting booth with me. She was funny, because she had a million questions while I was trying to concentrate, so for all I know, I probably voted for the Green party for president! So, now we are just keeping our fingers crossed that our candidate wins, but are remembering God is still in control no matter who our next president ends up being!

Nov 2, 2008

Homecoming Weekend

We traveled to Anderson over the weekend to attend Homecoming at Anderson University. We really weren't sure how the weekend was going to turn out, but we ended up having a BLAST! We've never gone back to the college for homecoming before but decided to this year, because we were invited to be part of the AU Reunion Choir. Jason and I both sang in the college choir, and it was such a memorable part of our college experience. Although we were a little disappointed that few people our age participated, it was fun to sing with alumni who graduated from AU many years before us, as well as with some of the current students. It was also great to sing again under our former conductor, Dr. Williamson, and he chose some of the best music for us to sing. We did a lot of reminiscing, catching up with old friends, and remembering how important Anderson was to us. I think we have taken our experience there for granted, because we still lived in town and could visit the college any time we wanted to. Being away for the past few months has made us appreciate it more and made our weekend that much more special.

Although there are no pictures, we also spent our down time this past weekend with our friends the McConnells who were sweet enough to let us stay with them overnight. They had a busy weekend just like we did, so by the time we were all sitting around their house, there was no picture taking because we were all just tired! But, we got to be part of their weekly football get-together, which was a lot of fun. We played along and were Dawgs fans for a few hours! Camryn and her BFF Alyssa got to spend lots of time together and I got to hold Eli, so it was great to see everyone and just hang out!

Friday night Reunion Choir Dinner