Day three.

"My first love"

I love lots of things.

Well I atleast say that I do. Like I love Chinese food, traveling, Auburn football and sleeping in.

But I hope my life is living proof that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior and the LOVE of my life.

So now I will tell you about my loveeee. His name is Matthew Ryan Watford and he is amazing. I could go on and on about how amazing he is, so I will spare you. Let's just say on May 27, 2010 he asked me to be his wife and I said yes! And now we are on an adventure of a lifetime living life together. There's nothing I want more than to grow closer to him and us together use our life to glorify our awesome God :) So basically I can't even begin to tell you how ready I am for May 7th to be here! I look forward to learning how to love Matthew more and more every day.

Day two.

"The meaning behind your blog name"

There's not too much of a story with this. When I was making my blog I wanted to come up with something that went "good" with my name, because I knew I wanted it to be Summer's "something"... So I thought of a good "s" word that meant something along the lines of what I thought or felt. I finally came up with "Sentiments" and I think it works pretty well. See... not a good story at all.

Am I allowed to do a regular post with my 30 Day Challenge? Well I don't think there are any rules so here I go:

Just one super exciting bit of information... Auburn is 11-0! Woah, it's been quite the ride. Especially with all the recent "allegations" against my CamCam. I have absolutely no idea if he is guilty or innocent, but for his own sake I hope it's all just a bunch of junk (I guess for our sake too!) Another exciting thing, WE'RE GOING TO THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP!!!! War Eagle, can't wait to take on those Gamecocks again!

Now an update on the job front. Just last week I got moved from my 18-21 month olds to a 3 year old class. I'm beyond pumped and have enjoyed it so much so far!! It's still yukky work at the daycare but still at least I can go to work a little more happy now! Well, isn't God good? Don't forget it!

Hmm, so how's the wedding planning going you ask?! Well it's a measly 174 days away and I've got about a billion things left to do. But that makes it especially fun, right? Yes! Right now I'm working on booking the caterer, cake maker, and doing invitations.... also looking for a veil and accessories and deciding on bridesmaids dresses- (which I had already decided on but am now second guessing... haha!) But it is fun. Can't wait till the day gets here!!

Okay, well I think that is most definitely an update suitable for catching you all up :)

See you tomorrow for day 3.

30 days; Day one.

Welcome to my 30 day Blog Challenge...

Eck! I hope I make it through!

Two of my fellow bloggers have done it so I'm following the pack.

Day 1: -Introduce myself -A recent picture -15 interesting facts.

I'm Summer Thaxton and am first and foremost a follower of my Lord and Savior! I'm 21, and graduated from Auburn University this past May. I've been on a roller coaster with jobs and such but have landed working at a daycare in Auburn. I'm engaged to marry my best friend, Matthew Watford on May 7, 2011. This day can't come soon enough :) I love Auburn a little too much and would be so satisfied going to every game for the rest of my life. But I realize some things are more important and I'm content with that!

1. I used to LOVE to plan any and everything... now that it comes to my wedding I'd rather someone else do the dirty work.

2. If Auburn turns out to be guilty of the allegations about Cam and such I'm going to be tremendously disappointed and probably won't know how to react.

3. I own a "big camera" and take way to many pictures.

4. Working at the Growing Room is super miserable, but I do look forward to seeing the (some of the) kids daily.

5. My Matthew is going to be an accountant and I'm extremely proud of him thus far!

6. I just got my first niece, Tatum Michelle. She is the most precious thing ever.

7. Besides getting married, I cannot wait to be a mommy.

8. With getting married, I can't wait to "be grown up" and take care of our own place.

9. I like to try new recipes and I hardly ever like them. But Matthew keeps me cooking with his positive comments :)

10. I named my car Ele (pronounced ellie) but hardly ever refer to her as that.

11. I could eat Chinese food 4 nights out of the week.

12. Me and Matthew are going to our first Iron Bowl in Tuscaloosa this year. War Eagle.

13. I desire to do "crafty" projects, but lack the creativeness in my body.

14. I call my mom my best friend.

15. I want to be the best I can be in everything I do for my King.

I WILL get through this 30 day challenge (eventually).

Blessed.

So I have been a complete blog failure here lately. Pathetic, pathetic!! I feel like I've been oh so completely busy. I thought after graduating, life would get slower... nope it hasn't.

Anyways, I feel like there is completely too much to catch you up on... but I did want to share this:

Me and Katherine made this for Elizabeth's birthday. It was my first time to ever use fondant, it was pretty fun and turned out GREAT (if I do say so myself!)

Also, AUBURN IS 8-0!!! And let me just tell you, we have been having a ball!! Most of the games are pretty nerve-racking but atleast that keeps it interesting!! All I got to say is: CAM for Heisman!!

And lastly on a wedding update... I bought my dress :) That was big time news a few weeks back! Hopefully this next weekend I will get a lot done (more updates to come!!) since I'm heading home... for TATUM!! Yes, I'm an aunt! Wade and Amy had their baby last Monday and I can't wait to meet her!!

She's perfect :)

On that note:

I am blessed.

I was reminded this week about how blessed I am in my life. The first reminder was when someone asked about about when I got my car. I told her the story and about how I cried, and it just hit me how big of a deal it is. I saw a news segment this morning about a girl in China who is the first person in her family to ever get a car. Wow, I've already had two. This is just one thing that reminded me of it. Also, Tatum... what a blessing! So I was pleasantly surprised when Brother Al preached on it this morning. Love how my God works :) And I could go on and on.

We are blessed to be a blessing.

Auburn Love.

Yes, Auburn just may be my third love.

This is one of the many reasons why!

Our traditions and our "loveliest village on the plains" are a few more :)

It's football season and were 4-0! I'm so pumped!

Ranked #10 and ready to take on LA Monroe.

Week after week, nervous game after nervous game just makes me LOVE them oh so much more!

I believe in Auburn and love it!

Auburn Tigers.

Watch this! (you only need to watch like the first two minutes!)

So happy to have a wonderful smart coach with a good head on his shoulders! War Eagle!!

"...those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint" -Isaiah 40:30b-31

Sickling.

ohhhhemmmmgeeeee... this may have been one of the craziest weeks yet since, mmm finals week! But I did survive. Maybe not with as much "grace" as I would have liked. I spent all day Friday losing my voice slowly but surely. This morning woke up and it was complete. Haha, I whisper and it's funny.

It probably didn't help too much that I spent the majority of last night blabbing at the first "and fire" party of the year at the plex. Ugh, I sure am paying for it now!! But anyways the party was fun with a few fun surprises! For one Nathan Douthit surprised Matthew with the presentation of a "man cake!" Lets just say that we had just eaten Mexican and I'm pretty sure not much else was going to go in his mouth! Haha, thankfully Micah came to the rescue and instead we had a Freshman eating contest!

Haha, it was quite entertaining to say the least! Then we were also in the first group of people to her Logan and Mac's new rap single :) It was a treat!

So having a job really makes someone enjoy the weekend! I've had a semi productive Saturday (besides the being sick thing!) I did some cleaning around the house and I bought some khakis for work! I'm really just tired though because I haven't been getting good sleep! Yuk!

Anyways tomorrow will be a first for me: a Bridal Show :) I'm so excited! Me and mom are going to meet in Bham and let the adventure begin! Maybe we can get some good ideas!!