Days of Memorial...

Well to start off David finished the "American Dream" however when I was getting ready to get a picture of it...it started raining I'll have to get him to share his pictures of it with me. We had friends come over Monday for Game Day! Talk about some friendly competition. While we played Dj and Indica had another play date. Here they are watching everyone outside...questioning why do they get to be outside when its raining and not me!

Today I had Day 1 of training downtown. Man its rough to sit all day long when all you can think of is "Am I not on summer break".

After I picked Dj up from grandmas we went shopping and came home with this fun PUZZLE!! He has some puzzles but this is his first age approriate puzzle. I'll leave you with these pics of him working it out. I am up way too late for Day 2 of training tomorrow!!

Living the American Dream

Friday marked the beginning of summer vacation for me....it was a super calm day at work all I had to do was check in, pick up my laptop and say bye to my co-workers and the secretary. Since it was such a short day I took Dj with me to work and we got to see Braxton my co-workers son as well. The boys are 5 months apart and man there is a huge difference height wise. Dj is a whole head taller than him. After that I came home made breakfast for us, put Dj down for a nap and waited for David to get off work!! We had an Avenger's Date!! After the date Dj had a date to get his hair cut! He loved the little car that he could drive but HATED the clippers they used to clean up the cut!

We had dinner with our friend Phillip and came home to RELAX!

Saturday we had some friends over for a BBQ! It was an adult time BBQ and play date for Dj and his new friend Indica. Shaft made it in to Abilene alittle after Rachel, William and Indica got here. There are always stories from our BBQ's but I'll let you ask David or myself about those.

Sunday David started work on the "American Dream" as he calls it after some recovery time! He and Shaft have been hard at work on the new picket fence that will block Zoe from getting up on the porch and jumping on the door. They are currently getting and working on the finishing touches to the gate so that the project will be COMPLETE!!

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Well I just got Dj down for a nap time to finish up some laundry and get ready for our GAME DAY/PLAY DATE in a couple hours.

I'll have more to post about our "American Dream" and YAY!! Only a month and some change and Dj turns 2!!

I have a secret....

NO for those that read....I AM NOT PREGNANT!! ha ha! It's really no secret but its nice to think of it that way! But.....

SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!!

Well tomorrow is my last day of official work! YAAAAAYYYY! Today we went to celebrate the last school day with children by grabbing some SNO-CONES on our way home from grandma's. It was so nice to get off work early relax, get the car washed and head for sno-cones! Let me just say....I HATE taking the car to get washed. I did not like the experience and David simply laughed at me but whatever.
After work I met David and his mom at Lowe's they were getting some organizational ideas for our summer projects.

Summer Bucket List:

• Organize and Re-arrange our bedroom closet
• Finish organizing and cleaning the laundry room/office (this is sooner than later as Shaft might be here this weekend)
• Plan Dj's birthday party
• Survive Dj's birthday party--July 7th (you better not miss it) I've already told some people and put it on calendars....yes I am that over achieving mother that has had this planned since last year!
• Spend as much time as possible enjoying the summer break
• Make an exercise plan and stick to it :)
• Prepare Dj for Mother's Day Out!! <----I can't believe our big boy will be going to school next year! (Proud Mommy moment)
• Take a family vacation with Norma (We may or may not get to go with them but it would be nice if we could!)

I am sure that I'll have more to add....oh and did I mention somewhere in all of this I will be taking my GRE exam and filing my application with Texas Tech Graduate School for the Fall.

Well tomorrow should be an easy breezy day!! Check in at work make sure nothing is wrong with my paperwork that I turned in earlier today and then DATE DAY with the hubby once he gets off work!!

Well crazy doesn't end....

I think I really should have titled this blog post....DEADLINES! Between work and home...I am starting to feel the pressure of deadlines. Graduation for my kids is next week....EOY fiesta next week too....on and then Maddie's First Communion and Confirmation!! YAY!! Our friend is graduating from Tech so we'll be making a trip for that....oh and did I forget its the end of the school year which means all folders and paperwork has to be completed ASAP!
On top of all that I am teaching a new friend some Spanish so that she can better communicate with my Spanish/Bilingual students when she has them on the bus. Which I <3 because it makes me feel like my kids at school are just as loved by others as they are by me!
David has been working on homework....he always has DEADLINES! I am starting to feel him on the constant pressure!
Sorry for the rant....I tend to have small anxiety attacks when my plate is overflowing...but this is a happy overflowing...it wouldn't be the end of the year with out a bit of CHAOS!
I can't believe my kids are so close to being KINDERGARTENERS!! I have been truly blessed this year with a LOVING class! We truly became a family and I will actually be sad to see them go!
So pray that I make it through....end of the year testing, diplomas, yearbook making, classroom decorating, graduation, fiestas, report cards, perm folders and ohhh yes classroom cleaning all in the next week or so!

ohh and did I forget to mention its TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK!! Try to think of your fondest memory or your favorite teacher?!

Busy Busy!

Lately I've been carpooling and baseball mom! But I am very much looking forward to next week...

Oh how fun!

This photo explains the past 2 days for me :/ it's getting better and I'll be back at work tomorrow!

Pony Rides

We spent some time with some new friends...and Dj got to ride a MINI PONY!! Both plastic and real :) Could he make that look any more fun!