Girlfriends.....

Gotta have 'em, gotta love 'em. Can't wait to meet up with "the girls" this weekend to scrap, eat, drink, laugh and play catch up on all of the latest family happenings. I always look forward to spending the day with them---we can solve all of the world's problems in ONE day!! (ha, ha!) See you Saturday, girls.....
I'll share some scrappin' layouts soon.....

It's a small world......

23 third graders + 23 pumpkins + 6 school days + 14 bottles of paint + 9 colors of paint + 26 different paint brushes + 30 markers + 7 days worth of newspapers + endless splatters = one messy classroom and one crazy teacher!

We painted pumpkin globes! The kids had a great time with this project, but I was happy to send their little worlds home with them and get the classroom back to "normal".

Big Kids.....

It's so difficult to get the big "kids" to pose for pics lately. I was so happy to snap these quick shots of Caleb and Kelsey. He was so sweet to come home for the weekend to help us celebrate Kelsey's 18th birthday--of course, it included a big birthday dinner out for all of us! Who would turn that down?

I was able to sweet talk them into a few snapshots as we headed to the car....

They're my two "funny ones".....

I hope they never stop laughing and enjoying life...

Thanks for the pics, kids!
Love you guys bunches!!!

Lil' Trick or Treaters....

Here's what you get when you mix an astronaut costume with an excited 3 year old, who is ready to hit the streets......

(iphone quality photo)

And here is what you get when you mix a martian critter with an 11 month old who is ready for bed!......

Seriously, aren't they the cutest grand kids, ever!

My baby is 18!!!

Here's my birthday girl, Kelsey. I can't believe she is 18---she's having a hard time processing it, too!! I'm not too sure she wants to be"grown up". Sounds good when you're trying to get there, but what do you do when you finally arrive? It's going to be really hard to let her go away to college. I'm trying to convince her to stay home the first year and commute. I'm pretty sure I'm losing that battle....

Happy 18th Birthday, Kelsey! I love you bunches and am very proud of you!!!

Believe it or not...

Believe it or not, here I am! The picture above shows what I've been up to lately. Halloween, you say? Well, actually, no. That's a new friend I found this weekend to help me in my classroom. We're studying the human body--isn't he/she cute! I asked hubby if he thought Ken doll clothes would fit him.....

And this is what I face every evening. A stack of papers to grade. That's the part I'm having a difficult time fitting into my schedule. My family has been very patient as I have logged hours and hours in my classroom getting all settled in. I'm finally sliding into a nice routine--all except for the paper work. Maybe I'm just not as fast as I used to be!! This is the first Sunday I haven't gone back up the school to work in my room since school began in August. I'm trying very hard to get my weekends back!

So, so sorry!!!

I know it's been a while. My daughter left me a sweet reminder in my email box that she kept checking my blog---but found nothing new. Guess I was just due for a little break. I'm going to try my best to continue my updates now, especially since I'm beginning a new (kinda new) chapter in my life. I made the decision to start teaching again in August. That means I'd better get myself in gear! Starting tomorrow I'll be working and planning on my new classroom in the afternoon. I'm still working at the law office until Thursday, but just in the mornings. In the afternoons, it's off to school. I officially check in on Friday the 7th. I'll take some pictures this week so I can document the "before" and "after". In the meantime, here are some pics of my front flowerbed.