Showing posts with label FFA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FFA. Show all posts
Sunday, April 5, 2009
81st Tennessee FFA Convention
Last week we attended the 81st Tennessee FFA State Convention in Gatlinburg. We were both very involved in the FFA and met through the FFA so we love it and love the opportunity to help out! At convention John David is the production director (communicating between media people & backstage director) since his job at church is Media Director this is the perfect fit for him. I create all the slides for the convention that coordinate with the sessions & then run them! It is stressful & busy but it is a lot of fun!
John David hard at work keeping the show going!
Me & Sarah keeping the slides going! (Sarah was the state officer candidate assigned to help John David & me & she is now the 2009-2010 East Tennessee Vice President!! Yay Sarah!!)
A view of the convention hall...I just love seeing all of the blue jackets!!
The 2008-2009 State Officer team ending a session! They did such a good job at the convention!
John David & me...the only photo we have together...there was no time for fun, games & pictures in Gatlinburg this trip but we did have a great time!!
Friday, July 4, 2008
4th of July!
We have had a wonderful, laid back 4th of July! We actually went to FFA Camp yesterday to do some filming for a promotional video for the state officers to take to chapter visits. We arrived there around 10:30 and spent yesterday filming all the fun things that go on at camp! We really had a great time there! John David ended up as the DJ for the camp dance last night and everybody had a blast...we even danced and he spun me! I am learning!! Camp ended this morning and we headed back home, stopping in Murfreesboro for barbeque.
Us at camp!! (This picture was taken on John David's Blackberry...it looks amazing to me!!)
When we got home we were tired from staying up late last night so we laid down and rested...how nice to climb in the bed and relax!! I spent some time on one of my most recent projects, cross-stitching a baby bib for an upcoming shower...I am almost finished!
He caught some of the exciting cross-stitching action!!
We also began working on another project, refinishing a chair! We got this chair from Mom B. and I absolutely love it. It has a crack in the seat and is missing a spindle but we are trying to make it into a beautiful dining chair!! We worked on stripping off all the paint tonight! I haven't decided if I want to stain it or paint it black.
The chair!!
John David hard at work...he is much better at these things than I am!!
So that was pretty much our 4th of July, no big party or cookout, just enjoying a day together doing the things we like to do and enjoying the simple pleasures of life!
Us at camp!! (This picture was taken on John David's Blackberry...it looks amazing to me!!)
When we got home we were tired from staying up late last night so we laid down and rested...how nice to climb in the bed and relax!! I spent some time on one of my most recent projects, cross-stitching a baby bib for an upcoming shower...I am almost finished!
He caught some of the exciting cross-stitching action!!
We also began working on another project, refinishing a chair! We got this chair from Mom B. and I absolutely love it. It has a crack in the seat and is missing a spindle but we are trying to make it into a beautiful dining chair!! We worked on stripping off all the paint tonight! I haven't decided if I want to stain it or paint it black.
The chair!!
John David hard at work...he is much better at these things than I am!!
So that was pretty much our 4th of July, no big party or cookout, just enjoying a day together doing the things we like to do and enjoying the simple pleasures of life!
Sunday, April 6, 2008
FFA Convention
This past week was the 80th Annual Tennessee FFA State Convention! John David and I were both convention staff in Communications so we were there Friday until Wednesday!
Convention was really great! We both stayed busy while we were there because we had jobs to do! In addition to my convention work I also covered an event for Co-op!
A view of our convention hall...I just love it!
Katelyn, Joseph, and Me introducing Rebekah for her retiring address, Too Prideful! Rebekah did an amazing job on her retiring address!!
Katelyn was named State Star Greenhand (which is a pretty big deal!) I am so excited that both Katelyn and Jospeh have gotten involved and love FFA as much as Rebekah, John David, and I do!
2 West Tennessee Vice Presidents and an East Tennessee Vice President...we have decided Rebekah has to marry a Vice President!!
I just love this..farm living is the life for me!!
Me and Dad!
The girls!!
Us again!
Rebekah after she retired and the new West Tennessee Vice President Colton Teague
State convention was a blur to say the least...that is why I am letting the pictures tell the story!!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Spring Break
We have had a relaxing Spring Break thus far! Yes, we have slept in but we haven't slept past 9:30 at all (which is a feat for us!!)
My birthday was Tuesday and we had a lovely day! We made my birthday cake together the night before and I was really excited about my cake so we had birthday cake for breakfast!!
My homemade birthday cake! Strawberry cake with cream cheese icing!! Yummy!!
Wednesday I called "Spring Cleaning" day! Since the big moving day is getting closer I wanted to have a pre-moving cleaning day! We had a very successful day cleaning out closets and drawers and I realized that we really do not own a lot of things that we do not need! It was really encouraging to see that we do not have a lot of useless clutter and that we are really living simply!!
Thursday was a relaxing yet productive day! We went to pick up a few items at the store and only bought what was on our list! (This is really exciting too!) We are trying to stay organized by not bringing in new things into our house that we can live without and to live a simple, non materialistic life! We did buy a small bottle of white paint (on our list) to finish a flag that I started in December! When we got home John David finished the flag by stamping the stars!!
This flag is made from a scrap piece of tin from my Grandpa's farm! I think it is beautiful!
I couldn't resist taking a picture of it with my rocking chair!!
We have the flag hanging on our door for now! Hopefully one day soon we can hang it on our barn or front porch!!
John David had an evening job filming for a man who goes to church with us. While he was filming, I did laundry (a week and a half worth at the laundromat!) After getting home from doing laundry I ironed John David's shirts and starched his jeans!
I also got some good news while I was doing my ironing, my cousin Katie called me and told me she was named Star Greenhand for West Tennessee!! (Star Greenhand is for Freshman FFA members, it is based on their Supervised Agriculture Experience Program as well as their involvement in FFA) I am so excited for her! She now will advance to state for the opportunity to be named Tennessee Star Greenhand!! I am so glad that Rebekah and I were able to be involved in the FFA and that Joseph, and Katelyn have become involved too! FFA really has had an impact on our lives!!
My birthday was Tuesday and we had a lovely day! We made my birthday cake together the night before and I was really excited about my cake so we had birthday cake for breakfast!!
My homemade birthday cake! Strawberry cake with cream cheese icing!! Yummy!!
Wednesday I called "Spring Cleaning" day! Since the big moving day is getting closer I wanted to have a pre-moving cleaning day! We had a very successful day cleaning out closets and drawers and I realized that we really do not own a lot of things that we do not need! It was really encouraging to see that we do not have a lot of useless clutter and that we are really living simply!!
Thursday was a relaxing yet productive day! We went to pick up a few items at the store and only bought what was on our list! (This is really exciting too!) We are trying to stay organized by not bringing in new things into our house that we can live without and to live a simple, non materialistic life! We did buy a small bottle of white paint (on our list) to finish a flag that I started in December! When we got home John David finished the flag by stamping the stars!!
This flag is made from a scrap piece of tin from my Grandpa's farm! I think it is beautiful!
I couldn't resist taking a picture of it with my rocking chair!!
We have the flag hanging on our door for now! Hopefully one day soon we can hang it on our barn or front porch!!
John David had an evening job filming for a man who goes to church with us. While he was filming, I did laundry (a week and a half worth at the laundromat!) After getting home from doing laundry I ironed John David's shirts and starched his jeans!
I also got some good news while I was doing my ironing, my cousin Katie called me and told me she was named Star Greenhand for West Tennessee!! (Star Greenhand is for Freshman FFA members, it is based on their Supervised Agriculture Experience Program as well as their involvement in FFA) I am so excited for her! She now will advance to state for the opportunity to be named Tennessee Star Greenhand!! I am so glad that Rebekah and I were able to be involved in the FFA and that Joseph, and Katelyn have become involved too! FFA really has had an impact on our lives!!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
February
It has been a while since I last wrote, I have stayed busy between school and work this past month!
School is going pretty good, I have had tests in all of my classes and I am doing well in all of them so far! The semester will be half over at the end of this week and our Spring Break is this coming week! We don't have any big plans for our break. We would like to go camping but that is completely dependent on the weather. (I would not enjoy sleeping in a tent if it is 40 degrees and rainy outside!)
We had our second Valentine's Day as a married couple and we weren't supposed to buy each other anything (at least that was the agreement!) I held up to my part of the agreement...he did not. I guess that is what good husbands do though! He bought me a Lodge Porcelain Enamel Cast Iron Dutch Oven in Blue (which is something I have been wanting for awhile) and he gave me a beautiful tulip! I was really excited about the tulip because it is so beautiful and makes me think of Spring and I am taking an Interior Plantscaping class this semester and I have a flower of my own to take care of!!
My beautiful tulip!!
On February 15th and 16th we attended the Tennessee Alumni Convention. That was a nice little weekend trip! We both competed in the Collegiate Contests while there, John David in Extemporaneous and I competed in the Agriculture Professions Interview. I also made the Collegiate FFA Scrapbook which took a long time but turned out great! As always we enjoyed this FFA trip because we were able to see our FFA family!
My plaques for winning the Scrapbook and Agriculture Professions Interview!
Last Tuesday the School of Agriculture had a career fair which we both attended. It was the first career fair that I have attended that I have actually seriously talked to anybody about a career! It is somewhat scary but very exciting at the same time! I talked to Farm Credit, UT Extension, and of course Co-op! I would love to work for Co-op so I would have happily just stopped there but if I don't get a job with them I want to know what else is out there and I think I would enjoy just about anything in the Agriculture field!
John David still hasn't secured a job but we are confident that God will work everything out and we completely trust in him for our future! He graduates May 3rd which is only 2 months away! I am really excited about something new especially a new place to live! I am getting tired of our apartment, it is not the size that bothers me, it is the little things like not having a sidewalk and having to trudge through the mud to get to my car, climbing stairs, and having neighbors that we can hear through the floors and walls! Oh how I long for the quietness of country life which I took for granted when I was at home! (Living in the middle of nowhere would be amazing!!)
A new picture of me!
School is going pretty good, I have had tests in all of my classes and I am doing well in all of them so far! The semester will be half over at the end of this week and our Spring Break is this coming week! We don't have any big plans for our break. We would like to go camping but that is completely dependent on the weather. (I would not enjoy sleeping in a tent if it is 40 degrees and rainy outside!)
We had our second Valentine's Day as a married couple and we weren't supposed to buy each other anything (at least that was the agreement!) I held up to my part of the agreement...he did not. I guess that is what good husbands do though! He bought me a Lodge Porcelain Enamel Cast Iron Dutch Oven in Blue (which is something I have been wanting for awhile) and he gave me a beautiful tulip! I was really excited about the tulip because it is so beautiful and makes me think of Spring and I am taking an Interior Plantscaping class this semester and I have a flower of my own to take care of!!
My beautiful tulip!!
On February 15th and 16th we attended the Tennessee Alumni Convention. That was a nice little weekend trip! We both competed in the Collegiate Contests while there, John David in Extemporaneous and I competed in the Agriculture Professions Interview. I also made the Collegiate FFA Scrapbook which took a long time but turned out great! As always we enjoyed this FFA trip because we were able to see our FFA family!
My plaques for winning the Scrapbook and Agriculture Professions Interview!
Last Tuesday the School of Agriculture had a career fair which we both attended. It was the first career fair that I have attended that I have actually seriously talked to anybody about a career! It is somewhat scary but very exciting at the same time! I talked to Farm Credit, UT Extension, and of course Co-op! I would love to work for Co-op so I would have happily just stopped there but if I don't get a job with them I want to know what else is out there and I think I would enjoy just about anything in the Agriculture field!
John David still hasn't secured a job but we are confident that God will work everything out and we completely trust in him for our future! He graduates May 3rd which is only 2 months away! I am really excited about something new especially a new place to live! I am getting tired of our apartment, it is not the size that bothers me, it is the little things like not having a sidewalk and having to trudge through the mud to get to my car, climbing stairs, and having neighbors that we can hear through the floors and walls! Oh how I long for the quietness of country life which I took for granted when I was at home! (Living in the middle of nowhere would be amazing!!)
A new picture of me!
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