Dad, Birthday, Swimming

This past weekend was a very busy weekend. We had two birthday's to celebrate and Father's Day. My two nephew's spend the month of July with their mom, so we try and celebrate both birthday's the same weekend. Ryder just turned 5 on June 15th and Colten will turn 7 on July 2nd. So, Kane and I loaded up on Saturday morning and we were off to Dallas to his sister's house. It was a weekend of swimming in the pool, eating burgers and can't forget the cake that their Grammy made them.

Colten just after opening his presents!!

Ryder with his present from his Aunt Jaime and Uncle Kane.

Lily even got a cute little pink soccer ball.

Colten with his cake!

Ryder with his cake!

Lily wanted to give her Aunt Wendy a flower, so Lily picked her a flower from her garden. Unfortunately, Lily pulled ALL of the flower out of the ground:)

For Father's Day we didn't do much. Lily and I got Kane a movie and card.I made him a special dinner last night. I made him a spaghetti casserole and sopapilla cheesecake!!! Let's just say yum yum:)

Lily and Kane on Sunday!!!

Our weekend ended with a stop at Buc-ee's in Madisonville. Lily wanted to take a picture with every display that was there:)

The last picture was not taken this weekend, but it was taken last week sometime. Its a cute picture of Lily and I just had to share it. She is ready for ALL the summer activities I have planned just for the two of us:)

SuMMeR BreAK

Well, my summer break has been jammed packed since Day 1!! Here is what Lily and I have been up to this past week:

Friday, June 4...First day of summer break. I was up at 630am to have my very first garage sale with Isabel. Let's just say I made a chunk of change. We were actually able to pay off Best Buy and still have some:)

Saturday, June 5...Same thing up at 630am for Day 2 of garage sale!!!

Sunday, June 6...My cousin on my dad's side of the family graduated from High School this year. He is the last of 12 cousins to graduate.

This is some of the "Moore" Family. My cousin Jimmy is the tall kid standing right behind Lily.

Monday, June 7...Kane's first day of college. I had to go get his book for him since he wasn't able to get before his class. So, Lily and I was off to Lonestar College to get his book. It's not a very big campus at all, but I was kind sad that it wasn't me who was going to walk through those doors everyday:( I absolutely love love learning new things. I can't wait till its my turn to go back to get my Masters!!! After getting Kane's book it was off to Walmart to do some shopping.

Tuesday, June 8...Kane survived his first night of college math!! I actually had to go back to the bookstore to exchange his book. He only needed to buy the access code for his math lab, not the book. That's technology these days. He does all his work and test on the computer. He only goes to school to have the math concepts taught to him. After that it was more shopping but this time at Target:) Since, I made a good bit at the garage sale, I was in the market for some new dinnerware. I was planning on going to IKEA with Isabel on Wednesday. Therefore, I want to check at Target before going.

Wednesday, June 9...Off to IKEA with Isabel. I have never been to IKEA before, lets just say I was amazed at all the stuff they have there and for CHEAP!!!! I actually found some nice dinnerware. I got a set of 18 (6bowls, 6 small plates and 6 big plates) for 9.99!!! They were originally 21.99 but on sale for 9.99!!!! So, I got a brown set and a cream set!!!

Thursday, June 10...I had a day long Teacher Conference on Rigor, Relevance and Relationship!! I had a great time and learned lots of new things for next year. I can't wait to share it with my team. Lily spent the day with Isabel. She had a great time. They went swimming, to the park, played, colored and watch movies.

Friday, June 11...Relax and clean my house day!!! Lily and I are just relaxing, watching movies, doing laundry and cleaning up. I try to throughout the week clean alittle here and clean alittle there, so that way I am not spending ALL day cleaning the whole house!!

I hope you enjoyed my crazy, long list of what I my first week of summer looked like. I have one more ALL day staff development on Monday and then I am done till the end of July. The rest of summer will be going to the gym, swimming, shopping, painting my living room and getting Lily's first year scrapbook done.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!!

No more....

PACIFIERS!!!!! Lily is officially done with her "paci" On May 10th I picked Lily up from daycare with a 103 fever...ughh:( We just got done with a fever the week before. My first thought ear infection again...well Kane took off from work to take her to the doctor. She still had her two ear infections. He wants to see her back the beginning of June to talk about going to an ENT. Well, back to the paci story. Monday night she gave me the paci and said "Mommy it hurts." Since then she hasn't asked for that it!!! Whooh:) I wanted to post some of my favorite pictures of Lily and her paci!!!

One of my ALL time favorite pictures of Lily!!!

She even had to have the "paci" when it was time for bed.


Or even when hiding in the cabinet from her NaNa:)
It's hard being a princess but having her "paci" its easy!!!


The "paci" was her best friend.


Bye Bye finally to that "paci":) The next step to get Lily to sleep in her own bed!!! That's the goal this summer!! Which btw I have 7 days of school left...whooh:)

Week in the Life...Day 5,6, and 7

I officially suck at this blogging thing. Not sure if it is because I didn't take enough pictures or my life is not very interesting. Either way I am going to do my last three days in one post because we didn't do much this weekend.

Friday~ Started off at 5:30, I actually got out of bed on time. Most people start their mornings off listening to music or watching the news. My mornings start off with Blue's Clue!!!

Lily and I got out the door on time. I was right on time to work Friday...yay for me!!! Well after school I rushed home because we had company coming. Kane has a good friend that he has known since the military that lives in Beaumont. He got off work early and came up on Friday. Kane and I play an online game (more Kane than I) called World of Warcraft. Well, we have played with the same group of people for almost three years now. Well, a friend of ours Doug drove in from Atlanta and Jenn who lives here in Houston drove up to the house. Kane cooked us all some steaks for dinner:)

Saturday~ My morning start off with a morning run in the neighborhood. I am planning on running my first half-marathon in November, so I am trying to get myself ready for it:) Kane and Bruce was nice enough to go get me some Starbucks while I went for a run. They got me my normal White Chocolate Mocha:) We all met up for lunch at Macaroni Grill before heading out to go bowl!!

Lily and I

After lunch we headed to the bowling alley. Here is the score of the first game...I actually beat all the boys..hehe:)
It is not the best picture but I am the first "J" on the screen on the right with 126 points...I was very proud of myself. Lily had a great time too keeping score!!!

Here are the last bit of pictures I took:
Jenn and I

The boys: Doug, Bruce, Kane and Lily

Sunday~ We haven't done much today. We hung out at the house and cleaned up after everyone left. Kane took me to Chili's for lunch. We met up with my parents for a bit on their way out of town. We did the usual grocery shopping and that's about it. I am now sitting here watching Army Wives and then it will be off to bed for me!!! I hope you guys enjoyed the Week in the Life of me. Like I said, my weeks are not very interesting, it is usually the same thing every day: drive, school, drive again, gym, home, dinner, bed:) Night everyone have a great week!!!

THREE MORE WEEKS OF SCHOOL:)

Week in the Life of....has been delayed:)

I will update the Week in the life tomorrow evening. We have company coming tomorrow evening and I have to get my house cleaned up!!! So, I will blog tomorrow night...no time right now!!! I apologize to my, maybe, two readers I have:)

Week in the Life...Day 4

I got off to a late start today as always. I did however made it to school only 5 minutes late today:) My very sweet neighbor Beth made us some homemade banana bread. It was a very yummy breakfast.

I dropped Lily off today at Happy Days.

It was a normal day at Owens. Here are some pictures of my classroom. I teach in an open-concept building. Meaning we have no walls or doors. My first year it took alittle getting used to, but now I don't even notice it:)

My Desk

I did really well not eating out this week, but I broke down Thursday and had Chick-Fil-A for lunch. It was yummy as always:)

After school it was time for the gym. Thursday I decided to go to the gym to workout. I have a membership at Gold's Gym and love it.It is literally 5 minutes from the house, so there is no excuse why I should not go!!!

After the gym I rushed home to get my house clean. We had company coming in on Friday, so I needed to get the house clean. When I got home I found Kane and Lily playing with her blocks on the floor.

Well rest of the evening I cleaned my house and did laundry. I didn't get to bed till about 11:00 or so.

Week in the life...Day 3

Today started at 6:00 am instead of my usual 5:30 am. I am so sore from head to toe that I could not drag myself out of bed this morning. Lily is still not feeling 100%, but who would after running a fever for four days straight?!?! Lily finally got moving about 6:45. We should be walking out the door at 6:45 to start our hourly commute:( Finally, we got out the door at 7:10. I already knew I was going to be late to school; therefore, I decide it was a Starbucks kind of morning.

My ALL time favorite drink is an Iced White Chocolate Mocha, nonfat milk with no whip cream. I have to cut the calories somewhere:)

I forgot to take a picture until it was almost gone:)

I finally dropped Lily off at 8:15 at her daycare. She goes to a local daycare called Happy Days. I absolutely LOVE her daycare. They are very friendly, clean and she has learned tons since starting there. The ONLY drawback, they have TONS of kids. I believe that is why she stays sooo sick:(

Lily usually takes a mid-morning nap before we arrive. I would too if I had to ride in a car every morning for an hour:(

Finally, I arrive at school. I am supposed to be at school at 8:00am. Most mornings I don't get there till about 8:05 or so. Lately, its been about 8:20 or so:( Thank God there is only 4 weeks of school left...whooh:) Its was a normal day at Owens, just teaching Math and Science to my 3rd Graders!!!

Today on the lunch menu for me was: Ham Sandwich, pudding and animal cookies.

Most of the time I eat my lunch at my desk. The third grade teachers have the best schedule. The kids go to Large Group, which is our planning period, at 11:15. Then they have lunch from 12:10 to 12:40 with recess following from 12:40 to 1:10. Since I only teach Math and Science, the Language Arts teachers switch with us on lunch and recess duty. Every other week we have over an hour break before we have to pick up the kids. On those weeks, most days I eat out:( I am trying to be better about it, but its really hard not to just go get Chick-Fil-A or Firehouse subs when we have an hour to eat!!!

Today after school we had our 3rd Grade Ice Cream and Movie Party!! I finally got home around 6:30 and since it is Cinco de Mayo we decide to go have Mexican food.

It has been a great week so far. I can't believe that tomorrow is Thursday:) Until tomorrow...have a great night everyone!!!