The Knights

Yesterday, October 7th, was our four month anniversary!! WOW. Time flies when you are loving married life!!! It has been so much fun!!! I really can't say enough great things about being married to my best friend! I finally (four months later) got our wedding announcement in the paper!! Click here to see the online version of it.

Sweet Corrie Beth

Yesterday, October 3, 2008 was a very special day. It was the birthday day of Corrie Elizabeth Robinson the sweet daughter of my wonderful friend Karen and her husband Brian. She is 6 lbs 12 oz. of cuteness. The Lord has graciously allowed Karen and I to be in the same city for this season of our lives, a feat that we never thought would happen again, but this has been especially wonderful as Karen has been here to celebrate first hand the first months of marriage with Adam and I and I have walked with her as she anticipated Corrie Beth's birth. Yesterday was beyond words as I sat in the hospital room next to one of my best friends and reflected back on her 40 hours of labor (yes folks and she welcomed this baby without an epidural! She is amazing!!). We are truly at an amazing place in our lives, she had just become a mother and I was thrilled to sit with her and smile at the Lord's goodness and then to hold this sweet little one and know that the Lord has such great plans for her life. I know that she is going to be loved and prayed for by two amazing parents and so many others who already thinks she is the prettiest thing we have ever seen!!!Welcome to the world Corrie Beth. Take good care of your wonderful parents!!!

R= Really, Really tired

Hello friends.. I am typing this post and feeling every bit of the title of the post! Tired. I returned last night from a conference that our office put on. It was in a great location, Columbiana, Alabama. Beautiful. Very secluded, lake view, mountain lined area. It was just gorgeous. We were joined by about 150 high students and 60+ teacher leaders. Does that make you exhausted? We had a great time exploring future trends in leadership.

Saturday before the conference, Adam and I supported the Auburn Tigers as they welcomed (and sent home with a loss) the Tennessee Vols to the Jordan-Hare Stadium. This was an especially important game in that my dad is a HUGE Vols fan. So I would call dad to rub it in when we had done something good. (not a lot of phone calls happening, but hey we won) We wanted Mom and Dad to come for the game, but it just didn't work out. Adam and I had a great time despite a few fanatical fans around us.

Another exciting milestone this week....I am published!!!! I have been writing a Mentor Guidebook: Tips and Strategies and I finally finished and got it sent to be printed. I learned a lot during the writing of this book. I was able to distribute them during the conference this weekend am hoping that the information will be useful to mentors that get their hands on the book. Here is a picture of the cover. I had fun designing it.


Adam is still plugging away extremely hard on his dissertation. Keep praying for his strength and endurance in this time as he is getting tired as well.

I am eventually getting through the alphabet.. Have no fear... I am determined to make it to the Z!!

Have a great day!

Quite the special day!!

Today is a very special day for two of my favorite people.

Happy birthday to you. YOU!!!!

What a special day to celebrate the birth-days!!!!

Happy Birthday Amy and Samantha!!!

Amy is my wonderful sister-n-law who is just a joy to have in my life. Amy I pray that your day is filled with love, encouragement, laughter and sloppy wet kisses from Jackson. I pray that this year you are reminded of the strength of the Lord, his faithfulness, and the fullness of his grace. You are great mom and wife and a wonderful sister-n-law!! Happy Birthday!!
Amy and Amy ( hehe) at the wedding.

Samantha was a student in the scholarship program that I worked with. I have had the privilege of watching Sam grow and mature into a beautiful Godly woman. Her friendship is a delight and I am so proud of all she is accomplishing and becoming. Samantha I pray that your day is filled with laughter, encouragement, and the joy you offer others is returned to you ten-fold today. I pray that this year you claim the promises the Lord sings over you. May you live in his fullness, dwell in his goodness and stand on his faithfulness.
This is a picture of Lisa (sister-n-law), Samantha and myself at the Grand Canyon. Ignore the hair.

Happy Birthday!!

Pirates....Arrrrrrrrrrr

Well today is a significant day in the Knight household....My husband woke up very excited this morning. As a matter of fact he couldn't go to bed last night until he got ready for today. Do you know what today is? If you read my sister-n-law Amy's blog you do. It's "Talk like a Pirate Day", a celebrated holiday at the Knight house. Last night Adam couldn't go to bed until all of the "booty" was secured. He had to find his famous eye patch. And this morning Arrrrrrrrrrrrr he was strikingly handsome in it. As we were leaving he had something in his hand, to which I looked a little closer to find, a movie that he was taking to work. Any guesses.... yep. Pirates of the Caribbean. Now remember he is collecting data so he said this is for the "students" who have to wait to have something to watch and of course it fit with the theme all together now, TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY!!!! Guess what he had for lunch? ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRby's That's all I've got folks.

Happy Friday Friends!!!!

Oh- the places we have been

And I'm back..... Yes I know its been a while friends. I know you hate excuses, but I really have been waiting to post until I had pictures uploaded to include in this post but I decided that this post could wait no longer. You need updates. So what have the Knight's been up to you ask? LOTS..... Life is busy here on the plains of Auburn. Since I last reported. We have traveled back to Hattiesburg for a visit and the Southern Miss game. We had a great visit but it was cut a little short by Hurricane Gustav. Because of the traffic heading out of New Orleans and the Coast areas Adam and I decided to take the scenic route home and cross the state of Alabama in a different direction. We had a great time navigating the Alabama map and the small towns along the way.

The next weekend the Golden Eagles came to the Plains to visit the War Eagles. And our apartment became Hotel Knight. We had 6 additional people (additional means + Adam and Amy) sleeping in the apartment. Where you ask? Every available space. It was great. The Knights and their significant others (Lisa's fiancee Patrick and Lori's boyfriend James) all came the Friday night before the game and we filled air mattresses and covered the floor with them. Saturday, Mom, Dad, Ben, Jeremy and Amy joined the party. I loved having a house full of folks. I could have kicked myself for not taking pictures of the air mattresses. Just imagine an apartment full of folks. But we had a great time, EVEN at the game.

Work has been insanely busy for both Adam and I. I have been traveling a bit doing Mentor Support Session Trainings with Teachers in Alabama. Planning these trainings and then conducting them has been fun but exhausting. I am also teaching a Speech class through the Outreach office here, so that has started up and has been a lot of fun.Adam has started collecting the data for his dissertation, so he is swamped. The Lord is meeting us in the busyness and sending us little reminders along the way. Isn't it neat when he does that. Just this morning, the verse I read on our fridge from Proverbs said, "Commit your ways to the Lord." As though the Lord was saying to us, don't forget children in all of this that is going on around you to keep me in the middle of it. It is so easy in the busyness to commit some things but not all things. What have I forgotten to commit to the Lord? What have you forgotten to commit to the Lord?

Oh the places we have been, things we have done, are doing. Its good to reflect and ponder for a bit! I will be back sooner than later this time!!

N is for next step!

Congratulations to my wonderful husband for successfully defending his dissertation proposal today!!! He really is the smartest man I know. The next step is for him to collect the data. He is looking for people with previous history of an ankle sprain. I am sure there are other qualifications and I am also sure that all of the ladies in his classes will volunteer as usual but I don't think they are coming out in droves like they used to before he had that wedding ring on his hand. Thats right later he is TAKEN!!! I am proud of you sweetheart. One step closer to Dr. Knight!!!