A Friendly Weekend

This weekend was like many of our weekends when we are at home. We spend a lot of time with friends when we are all free. I rarely take pictures but, I had my camera by my side for this particular weekend! Thursday night started off the course of events. Harrison and Lindsey Hicks stayed the night at our house while Emily(sister) babysat all three of these wild tots! Chad and I went to their house to hang out with Matt and Holly. It was a very fun night, we enjoyed it so much that we are having a replay on Friday!
Lindsey and Harry have a love/hate relationship. This is what happens any time they hit each other, they quickly make up! Friday night we tested our luck at the annual Tontitown Grape Festival. The weather was perfect and it was time Harry ventured out to a Redneck Disney World! As you can see, he was quite intimidated.
We enjoyed the night with the Matherlys' and the Halfords'! Having kids the same age makes us all on the same page! Tots first roller coaster. The next 2 pictures ore of Keaton, Elliot, and Emma Grace.

This was my favorite kid ride, the air balloons! Emma Grace rode with us! Poor Chad was too big for all the kid rides!

Of course, we could not miss out on the merry go round, Harry is all about these horses!
Harry's first roller coaster ride! Notice, Jake and his dad are sitting behind us!
Saturday night we were back with the Hicks and the Halfords! I made them pose for a picture because, I knew I was doing a "friendly blog" and did not want them to be left out.
Harry is crazy about Matt. As you can see he and Lindsey are making Matt throw them around, that is how Matt makes friends:)Keaton's dad is going to kill me for posting these but, they are too funny! Keaton was walking in my shoes like a pro! I am still laughing at this picture! Ryan made friends quickly by handing out popsicles! Harry was chasing him around the rest of the night trying to get more!It as an eventful weekend. Melissa Halford took our family pictures a few weeks ago and they are by far the best pictures we have ever had taken! I am can' t wait til her site is up and running!

Back to School :Year Six on the Other Side

It is a bittersweet week; I am getting ready for my passion for learning and at the same time, I am not getting to spend as much time as I would like with Harry. We have had a fabulous summer and it is not over, just a couple of more days and I will be back devoted to my classroom. I have been up there quite a bit but, not near as much as I would like. As most of you who know me know, I absolutely love my job! I especially love my job from August to April and then my emotional stability gets shaky! I love my coworkers, we are very close and work very well together, I have an amazing principal and lets just say my assistant principal and I are on a path to a good friendship. I could not ask for more in a job, now less, I could ask for! I would prefer to work a couple of days a week and chill with Harry the rest, but time will answer that request. Anyhow, I have no doubts that this is what God has planned for me, not that I agree 100% but, I know I am in my element when I am teaching. Oh and if you are sitting there thinking, she gets her summers off etc....talk to a teacher with a toddler and maybe your judgements will change. Just and idea:)

On another note: I changed a few things on my good ole' never fail, can't believe I went 25 years without it BLOG! I have to give it to blogger, I wouldn't remember half the stuff I put on here if I had not met up and created a loving relationship with this amazing resource. On the other hand, he gets annoying....enough said. When you live with someone for 2 years and have such a serious and devoted relationship like we do, there is bound to be a few rocky patches at some point. Blog and I are having some relationship problems. I am not as devoted and dedicated as I once was and it is keeping me out of the blog loop and my posts are not as good as I would like them to be. I thought that a quick make over would help me to get me to keep up with our events and my ideas. Let's see how it goes!
I took off my links list because, they are no good to me anymore I have a favorites link with them all on there and most of you went private. There are probably 10 that I haven't added and a couple I don't check as often anymore. If you are reading this, I am totally not talking about your blog! Your blog is my favorite:)
I end this with a question, a thought, request, and an idea:
Will I learn to balance my acts(passions) of mother and teacher gracefully this year?
So many amazing women have done it and are better for it, so it is possible for some.
Will you prayer I get it better than I did last year. I want to be a better teacher and mother along with being a better wife. Although, I must say Chad is the easiest out of the three!
Peace, Love, and Back to School