What a week...

It has been a week to remember.

Both incredibly historical occurences and small day-to-day life happenings have made the week very interesting to say the least...

-The South, including my old town, was devestated by one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in the last 50 years.
-Osama bin Laden, one of the most infamous terrorist leaders in history, was killed by US forces.
-A monumental royal wedding took place in England (although I didn't care too much for it I still found it worth noting..)

On the brighter daily-life side:

-I played in the street for money for the first time and we were threatened by a homeless man with a knife (sorry mom if you are reading this for the first time, but we are ok..)
-I played electric guitar for the first time in almost 8 months at church with friends.
-Another famous week-long festival has started here in Sevilla:  Feria de Abril (lots of photos will be taken)
-We went to our first baby shower as a married couple!
-We celebrated our 4 year "dating" anniversary!!!

God has used many of these, if not all, to strengthen our faith in him.  Whether it be through heartbreak over losses, joy through the beauty of new life, or the exciting growth of our own relationship and community with other believers, God has and will always provide as well as receive the glory.  Last night at church, we sang "How He Loves Us" by John Mark McMillan.  The beginning of the song says, "He is jealous for me, loves like a hurricane, I am a tree bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy."  It hit Emma and I pretty close to home.  We were reminded that the extreme power of a storm can destroy an entire community but at the same time God's love is an all-consuming, overwhelming love that pursues us without end.  It will change you completely.  It will wreck you, but bring ultimate peace.  There is hope in the aftermath of it all.

Tomorrow starts our work week and we will continue on as usual.  We look forward to our first maternity photo shoot with our friends Andy and Jamie who are expecting a baby boy any day now.  We hope to learn how to dance "Sevillanas" with our friends Jordan and Sarah to prepare for Feria.  We look forward to talking with more friends and hearing updates from back home.  Finally, we look forward to spending quality time with Emma's dad as he comes to visit this weekend! 

A picture from a recent trip to Matalascañas. It's nice only living 1 hour away from the beach!

tomorrow.

"I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep." 

John 10:11

Keep 'em coming!

I have realized that not all my blog posts have to be sooo darn long and/or require superimposed pictures of me with famous people or animals..... 

Sooo here is a little info on some awesome people coming to visit us this month!!! 

We are super excited to be hosting our friend Lyndon and my brother in less than a week.  We have gotten to play "guides" before, but this will be even better!  We get to be guides and tourists all at the same time, taking them to places in Sevilla we haven't even gone to yet!

Look out men of Espana.  She's always on the prowl....

This guy be ballin!!

 After Daniel jets off, we have about a week to recover and then the rest of my family comes to visit!! (almost....minus sarah who will be missed terribly) We plan on hanging around in Sevilla and then head south to do a little exploring on the southern coast of Spain!  It will be both my mom and sister's first time to Europe!  It's also mandatory that my dad, kevkev, sport the typical speedo if we go to the beach.

yipppeeeeee!

And of course I could write a list a trigazillionmillion names long of friends and family I wish were also coming to visit but for now.... I will only put these 3.  

Of course the circle of my family wouldn't be complete without my sister here (and her sexy half matty matty nutt-nutt)  She will be greatly missed!! and maybe we can have a family skype date...

we'll just come visit you in Dallas when we get back!!!

and of course the cutest/weirdest dog in the world.... Sally.

Don't be sad Sally.  You can come next year when you are 7 years older in people years.

Amiguitos!

 The past 2 or 3 weeks we've gotten to hang out with some pretty cool people (and eat lots of good food with them)!!  

One Sunday evening before heading to church, we went over to Jamie and Andrew Goodwin's piso for some sweet Mexican food!!!  You'd be surprised at how many people would ask me, "Wesley, aren't you going to get tired of Mexican food over there?".............   

Mexican = comes from Mexico. Spanish = comes from Spain. Just because they speak Spanish doesn't mean they always eat burritos and enchiladas... Spain is probably one of the last places you will find Mexican food.... we went to Barcelona last weekend and saw a restaurant named "Mi Burrito y Yo" and it was all seafood....

We were dying to get us some great Mexican food and hang out with new friends on top of that!!!  Andy and Jamie were great hosts and have the coolest little piso with there own private terrace right in the heart of the city.  They are also expecting a little chiquitito baby!!  Which is going to be born in Spain in just a few months!  We are super glad to know them!

 

Gofresssss w/ Greek yogurt and rasberry jellllllyy

Chowing down on some sweet desert.

a nice waffle/moustache combo

Sarah was taking the photo!

Here is Jordan always copying me with the dark jeans and dark green jacket combo.  Also the view was nice!!

In the middle of hanging with friends, we had a little Valentine's Day celebration!  It was more of just an excuse for a day of baking in the kitchen because we celebrated our 6 month anniversary/Valentine's day in Barcelona.  I asked our neighbor's what they were doing for the Day of Lovers and he responded by saying that they celebrate everyday by being in love.   Good call.

Thanks America for your easy-bake items.

Look at this Don Juan Casanova.

Only people in Spain with a full-sized oven....

Emma got me some awesomeee chocolate!!!

One evening about 2 weeks ago, we invited our neighbors, Cristina and Pedro, over to help teach us how to cook the infamous Spanish tortilla (basically just potatoes and eggs.. but super special potatoes and eggs).  The difficulty with the Spanish tortilla is that it has a tendency to just come out as scrambled eggs with potatoes if you don't flip it right.... or fall in the floor if you just stink at cooking like the guy writing this blog....

Cristina and Pedro are an awesome pair.  Pedro is an awesome painter and Cristina is another one of our friends expecting a baby in the near future!  They live directly across from us and also have a nice place in the country and have invited us to come visit one day.  Upon my second time of meeting Pedro, I kind of invited myself in their house and found Pedro reading the Bible (which caught me off guard in general) and I asked him randomly if he liked reading it and he responded "Es lo mejor que hay" (It's the best there is!) Blam, right off the bat, we got something cool in common and I knew we'd be friends.

Ladies choppin potatoes.

Barely 3 people fit in our kitchen at a time.  And they only fit in a line.

a;lskdfjaov;ilekrsdfhgsrdfjxavnmoilskdj...  We flipped it right.

master flipper pedro.  and look at my sweet hand posture.

After whipping up a nice meal of Spanish tortilla, Pedro and Cristina took us out for some good ol' friend seafood.  We haven't tried any since we've been here in Sevilla, but you better believe Emma and I will be going back for more. 

Fried Chipirones!  you better believe those are little tentacles.

The night before hitting up Barcelona, our German friends, Albrecht and Francesca, came over for some sweeeet pasta!  They are probably the German version of us!  Albrecht likes music and has a super goofy sense of humor and Francesca is sweet as pie like my little Emmiegirl (but Emmie's the sweetest in the world).  We have been trying to meet up with them ever since our first encounter at church last October.  They study here in Sevilla and have adopted a little cat off the streets named Mookie!  The cool thing about our friendship is that neither of us communicate in our first language!!  They speak German and Spanish and we speak English and Spanish.  We loved talking together because we can all practice our Spanish without shame!  Everything is also funnier when you don't exactly know what you're saying.  They also got married a week before we did and packed up and headed to Sevilla just like us!!  Another reason they are super cool!

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

The day we got back from Barcelona, our friends N'SYNC were doing a concert in Sevilla and picked us up at the airport on the way back in to town.  We showed them around town, the usual dirt roads and open cotton fields, and then we taught them how to really wear blue jean jackets and wife-beaters.  I love these guys!  We spent the afternoon laughing and joking like we used to.  I also put highlights in J.C.'s hair on our terrace and we went to Claire's to get Lance's ears pierced.  Later that night, we watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding because Emma loves Joey in that movie....  I gave in because I secretly like him too.... The next morning, before they left, consisted of playing with our Tamagachi's and Pogs and talking about Britney Spears... It was good to hang out with old friends and I even came away with some sweet flair jeans from L.E.I that Chris didn't want anymore.  Hopefully we'll see them again soon...

which one of these doesn't belong??....

I know......
I might actually make more posts about Spain if I didn't spend all my time photoshoppin' myself in random photos..... pero, disfrutan!
Hasta Ahora.....

Over The Break! Part 2!!

After traveling between Memphis, Dallas, Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa, we were finally back in Decatur for basically the remainder of our time in the States!

The week before Sarah's wedding (12th-18th) was filled with all things awesome!!!  That Sunday through Tuesday was full of just fartin around and hanging out!! We indulged in lots of Christmas treats, movies, and music! Things we definitely would have missed if we had stayed in Spain!!  We loved being home for the holidays!

A rare case of air dandruff hit Decatur on our first day back!!

I paid for that haircut.  Matt didn't pay for Sally to sit on his head.

sally the melancholy reindeer/beagle

Both of my parents LOVE The Elf. And having their picture taken!

just fartin around!

Flirting before the wedding.... ewww!

Other things we did besides just fartin around, lots of searching for some tight outfits and dirty Santa gifts.  Wednesday night the 15th was reserved completely for our first annual Teague tacky Christmas/Dirty Santa/Gingerbread house contest.  We decided to do it this year because Sarah was getting married! and would be in Dallas for Christmas, but we hope the tradition continues on because it was incredible.  Wednesday was also the first day my whole family had been together in one place since practically September!!  Andddd, on top of that, everyone had a date!!!!

that aint a woman's suit.

i promise ally girl just be drinking some sparkling grape juice!! and kev is bout to drive a motocar!

My sister married a used car salesman.

Flannel and weird pijamas are in this year.  i mean, every year.

Hey Corey, give me back my sweet baggy cargo khaki's with 25 pockets that are from Old Navy that I wore in middle school.

Ally girl and her popcorn!!

Our first try at "Dirty Santa" as a family was a pretty awesome success minus the fact that I looked like a pumpkin pie haircutted freak with that Reindeer hat I won.  I also won CandyLand and a pair of girl's socks.... (I still love you anyways Sarah hehe, and I cut you some slack because it was your wedding week...and it's called "Dirty" Santa)  Emma came away with 3 pairs of girls socks, Scrabble Slam!, and some lotion.  I was REALLY tempted to go out and buy a really crappy silly crazy funny gift like my family might expect of me, but this year because of my dad's plea to get all "nice" gifts so that nobody felt like they got jipped, I got what seemed like a fairly decent gift.  I bought a sleeping bag, which I wanted back... but as normal dirty sanchez games go, I didn't win the sleeping bag.  Everyone won as follows:

Daniel- my sleeping bag and other assorted gifts (glowsticks, batteries, and 3 breath mints, a year old candycane)

Ana - a tent

Matt- a  Toy Story 3 kid's shaving kit

Sarah- Nerf guns

Rachel-something I don't remember

Corey- An airplane that only flew 5 times

Mommy- Popcorn

Dad- A goldfish which he didn't take care of and it died 2 days later.

Immediately after Dirty Santa, we made some tight Gingerbread houses.  It wasn't really a contest but everyone tried hard.... until 2 of the houses melted and the roof started sliding off.. then the windows started dripping...  then someone ate part of the tree and some of the decorations.

Emma was very happy that our house began to crumble! literally into crumbs heheheheheheelkas

Daniel and Ana's wasn't as good as ours.

Emma and I were the weiners overall!  Matt and Sarah won tallest and most licked icing.  Daniel/Ana won most reindeer and turtle necks.  Corns and Rachel won nicest bow tie.

AWWWWW!

In all seriousness, the night of our family Christmas festivities was one of my favorite things we've ever done!  Emma and I are so blessed by my family

Thursday and Friday were spent running some last minute errands before wedding time hit!!  Saturday for the guys basically meant running back and forth to the airport, making sure all the dudes made it in town ok! For the girls it meant a nice cute little brunch and making bouquets!!!

All the cute little girls having little brunches with little bouquets!!!

Aint she purdy!!!!

Saturday night was also the night of the wedding rehearsal dinner!!  It was pretty scrumptious!  The night was full of making lots of new friends, laughing, crying, talking about Matt and Sarah, and just basically enjoying the community and oneness that weddings bring.  Of course I cried during my speech... so did daniel.... and sooo did my dad..........and my mom goes without saying.  but it wouldn't have been made complete if I hadn't caught our table on fire with my napkin....   it was a complete accident but extremely hilarious.  who knew that fire burns paper?

Cutie Patooties!

We love weddings because it reminds us of when we got married sooooo long ago!

The day of the wedding turned out to be great!  The weather was incredible.  It wasn't really that cold at all.  The morning was spent decorating with my mom and grandparents and helping Matt pack up the rest of their U-Haul.  We even got a short game of football in, while Emma and the girls played and got ready! 

The wedding was beautiful!  We had tons of fun eating delicious food, hanging out with old and new friends, and of course bustin moves out on the dance floorrrr!!!!!!!

The whole gang!

The ladies!

Some of my new breast frands!!  I love these guys.

This is Matt and Sarah cutting the cheese.  And getting ready to head on out of the wedding right before someone threw a sparkler in the tree and almost set the whole Monte Sano Park on fire.

Congrats to my beautiful sister and her awesome husband Matt.  The Lord will definitely use both of you to grow one another and share His love, without a doubt.  We love you so much and glad that a bunch of Nutt's are now part of our family!!!!  Emma and I look forward to lots of family outings with them in the future!

Christmas Eve and Christmas day are 2 of my favorite days of the year!  Normally the routine starts off with us going to the Christmas Eve service at our church.  Then we head on over to my uncle's house and everybody who ever was a Teague comes out for the get-together and the southern spread of food.  Then just my dad's immediate family sticks around for presents and watching my Memaw use a ShakeWeight.  Then we all part ways and everyone under 25 (next year it bumps up to 26) goes to Waffle House to ring in the Christmas Day with tradition!!  It's always my friends from high school and church that I haven't gotten to see in a while and I love catching up with them.  It's easy to just pick back up where we left off.   I love them.  Then we go home and nestle sweetly in our beds until Santy Claws comes!!

On our way to the Christmas Eve service and off to my uncle's house for Teague family Christmas

 The year's we spend out at my uncle's house seem to get better every year!  I don't know if I've said it enough but I love my family!  We always end up talking about when we were little kids or old family friends that are as crazy as they come.  We even looked at pics from the 1950s and 60s of my dad and his brothers.  This  year, Emma finally got to see what a Teague Christmas was like!  I loved introducing her to the fam as my wife and of course one of the newest Teague's. 

Los Teagues!!

Memaw loves it!  She also bought The Hangover as her gift to give away because she loves that movie..

Christmas Eve as always!  Don't even know how many years and counting!!!

Christmas DAYYYYYY is the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ!!!!!!!!!! 

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 'The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Emmanuel' -which means 'God with us'.

and of course we open up presents from Center Clues..

This Christmas was particularly awesome because it snowed like never before!! Unfortunately we couldn't drive to Birmingham like normal to see my other cousins and grandparents.... but we still had fun locked in our warm house!
We always wake up and Sunter Cloons always leaves his presents in the designated spot that we call before we go to sleep.  The whole day was just spent relaxing, playing in the snow, and playing with all of our new toys that Sanduh Clones brought.  It alsooooo marked Emma and I's first Christmas as a married couple!!!!!!!!!!! yipeeeee!!!! We loved it!

Christmas Day!!

Enjoying Christmas lunch! We made Breakfast!

Sally loves Christmas!

Dominating Ray in the snow!

Getting dominated by Emma for dominating Ray in the snow!

The day after Christmas, we got a little visit from our best frands, the Hesters!!!!!!! alskdjfamn,vjasikji

We took advantage of the snow that we barely get in Alabama and made a sweet ramp!!!! After many attempts at pulling each other on a bike and with a string, Dan joined in to add some extra horse power and we got some air off a 1 foot ramp on a lawn chair cushion.  Sawyer, their new pup even helped out by eating the trash bag that was holding the law chair cushion.  He even had yellow snow.  I can't wait to spend more time with them when we get back from Spain! 

I love these guys!!!!!

This post might seem long, but I like putting up pictures way more than I do writing words.  Even though I might write a lot of words too.....

You can basically see even more pictures of our time at home on my sister Rachel's facebook page.....

In a previous post we mentioned that we are already back in Spain!  It's been about a month since we've been back and things are still moving along wonderful.  We're really learning to cherish our time here in Spain since we've only got 4 more fast moving months left.  School has done been started back and we are planning vacations throughout Europe as we speak!  We hope the next 4 months go by super slow and if you're in the area, drop us a line!