GLAD TO BE BACK

Well it has been awhile since I was able to write my blog. Last Thursday night I was up till midnight packing for our upcoming Spring Break trip. Friday, we left and were at a place that didn't have wifi! We are finally at a place that has wifi connection. 

I am not going to lie, it was a little hard at first to not be able to get on my Instagram or Twitter till last night. I even caught myself almost freaking out a little bit because I wasn't able to do my blog! That is the perfectionist side of me, but then I started thinking about how people use to communicate before Wifi! I remember when dial-up internet was the cool thing, and you had to wait till you were home to MSN Messenger your friends. Now with just a click of a button we can communicate with just about anyone. 

I will say I enjoyed not spending my spare time checking my twitter or instagram all day long, and I am sure my cell phone battery appreciated the time off. I am very grateful for the change of times too. To be able to share good news, prayer requests, and pictures with others that can't be there with just a couple clicks of a button is awesome! I am glad to be back blogging and sharing my day with all of you! 

Happy Tuesday!

SPRING BREAK FEVER!

I am so in love with the amazing temperatures we have been having the last couple of days! I use to think it was silly when people would talk about having spring fever! 

Holy Moly! It is NO joke! The beautiful sun shining and amazing temperatures makes it hard to focus. Knowing that in only 2 days I get to experience a week of sleeping in, soaking in the sun, and spending time with my family is only making the Spring Fever worse!!! I can't seem to remember what I am doing at work, I can't remember where things are, and all I want to do is BE OUTSIDE! 

Two more days! Two more days! That is what I am telling myself as we start packing for Spring Break! WE CAN DO THIS!!! WE CAN MAKE IT TWO MORE DAYS! 

School Fundraisers!

Tonight Brock brought home a paper to purchase his artwork for a fundraiser for his school from Art To Remember. It was the cutest thing I had ever seen! Grant it, I think this about everything that Brock creates. Still, the fact that I could have his artwork on a garden flag, magnet, flower pot, notepad, mouse pad, etc was beyond cool to me. 

Of course I did the most normal thing and called the Grandparents to have them go online and look at this stuff too! I mean one it is there grandson, and two it is a school fundraiser! I am pretty sure that is part of the Grandparents handbook to purchase things from their grandson. 

This is probably one of the coolest fundraisers I have been seen. Trust me, I use to be a HS cheerleading coach so I have seen A LOT of fundraisers. For the first time though it is something that different represents your child, grandchild, etc. I also love the fact that this isn't your purchase some chocolates or extremely overpriced wrapping paper. This is something that has meaning, represents my son at this age, and that the fundraiser represents what it is for, the art department! I am so excited to have helped out my son's school, and at the same time I will have something that I will cherish forever! 

Truman Party

Today I had my 2nd Truman Reader party for 26 of the qualifying 7th and 8th graders. In order to be a part of this you have to read 4 of the 12 Truman Nominee Books. These are books that have a copyright date of 2 years ago, and are known to be the best books for JH students in the state of Missouri. All the students have to do is read these books and answer a few questions about the books. It is a lot like the Mark Twain books that are offered to the middle school students. 

I had 2 students that read all 12 of the books, and 8 students that read more than 4. Every student that qualified received a bag full of treats, pencils, bookmarks, certificates for free food, a Truman book, and a book of their choice. The students who read more than 4 received an additional prize of a poster of their choice. Finally, the students who read all of them received a $10 gift certificate to Books-A-Million. 

 

I loved being able to party with these kiddos and recognize them for achieving this. On top of all of that the students get to vote for their favorite and I turn those votes into the state. I love having this program be a part of the library because it is something that focuses on the students and their interests. I am super excited to share this experience with all your upcoming JH students next year! 

Happy Reading!

List of Activities from Sunday!

1. Church

2. LAUNDRY

3. Grocery Shopping for this week & Spring Break! 

4. Put groceries away!

5. LAUNDRY!

6. Eat lunch and snuggle with my little man!

7. Dishes

8. LAUNDRY!

9. Straighten up the house

10. Play catch with my little man

11. LAUNDRY!

12. Played Legos with my little man!

13. Make Dinner

14. LAUNDRY!

15. Clean up from Dinner

16. Jumped on the trampoline with the family

17. Get little man ready for bed

18. PUT LAUNDRY AWAY! 

19. Blog

Happy Sunday Evening!

Challenge Yourself!

Have you ever really challenged yourself? Have you ever really focused your mind on something that you would like to do? 

I have had many moments like this before in my life, but for the first time I really set my mind to do something. In November of 2014, I decided that I was going to run a 10k (6.2 miles) within the next year. I have ran a handful of 5k's, but never really enjoyed the whole running craze. Dealing with different things in my life, I decided that challenging myself to do something I had never done before would be a great place to focus my thoughts and energy. I looked up different workouts online until I found the perfect one. When I say the perfect one I mean the training that was for BEGINNERS!!! Remember a couple of sentences before I stated that I didn't really enjoy this whole running thing. Running a mile was BRUTAL! At the beginning of my training I could not see myself running for more than 20 minutes on the treadmill!

Five months later, I ran 5 miles, at one time, for the first time this week! To be exact, by the end of today I ran a total of 15 miles this week! This is huge for the girl who thought running on a treadmill for more than 20 minutes was too long. Today I was outside running for an HOUR!!!! A challenge that I set for myself five months ago doesn't seem that out of reach now! I still haven't picked the 10k race I am going to run, and trust me I am not running to win 1st place. I am running to challenge myself, and show myself that I really can do anything I set my mind to. So I am going to ask you this again.....

Have you ever really challenged yourself? Have you ever really focused your mind on something that you would like to do? 

Focus your mind on something and challenge yourself! You will never know what you can accomplish until you do! 

Top 10 Things You Should Know About JH Dances

10. It is a great excuse to get a new outfit. (This goes for girls AND boys!)

9. You do not have to have rhythm to participate.

8. Teachers secretly enjoy chaperoning because they get to see a different side of their students.

7. Selfies are a MUST, even in the dark!

6. Always have money for Mt. Dew

5. Try not to break yourself when break dancing!

4. It is a lot like recess but with really loud music!

3. Don't challenge teachers to a dance off because they might accept and make you look bad! 

2. Having "Just Dance" playing gets more students to dancing instead of hugging the walls.

1. When the teachers kick you outside it is so they can have their chance to bust a move without any kiddos taking videos and putting them on YouTube!