Photo shoot with family

My good friend Shannon did a photo shoot of my sister Shari's family and I. It was a blast! Shannon is really great at capturing perfect moments, and waiting for perfect pictures. I adore family...I need pictures with all of them! I can't believe how cute these kids are....thanks, Shannon--you are amazing with the camera :)

Law & Order Marathon!!!!

Well, the pneumonia is almost over...at least, I feel better. Thanks for the get well wishes! Now if I could just get rid of this dang cough! So, yesterday at the end of a full day of being back to work after 4 days straight of subs, I thought I would just rest and watch t.v. the whole rest of the night. And so...out came the mattress...in front of the t.v. I have become seriously addicted to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. I absolutely love Mariska Hargita from the show---she is an amazing actress!! Ever since I got my DVR, I have been in heaven!! I can record all of my favorite shows and skip all the commercials!!!! Anyways, to make a long marathon short...I watched 6 episodes of Law & Order, and 4 of King of Queens. Man! That was awesome! I think I'm going to head into the living room again for another night of it :)

Who knew?

Pneumonia? Who knew. That's what I was thinking when the doctor wanted to do an xray of my chest yesterday. I've never had pneumonia...and I hate it...badly. So, today I got a sub...and of course, spent 2 1/2 hours planning it last night at midnight. Gotta love this job-you can never just "call in" sick...you've got to have gone through the whole day emotionally, mentally, and almost physically until you are able to call in. At times like these, I wish I worked somewhere else!! But then I just feel so glad that I have an almost perfect class of only 26 this year-and I remember why I've chosen to teach. Such sweethearts. So-I'm going to rest, watch t.v., and blog surf today! :)

Kids have taken over my time and my health!!!

I feel like I completely have forsaken blogging...but honestly I haven't. The first few weeks of teaching school always seem to take over, and not just my time, but my health! I forget how my voice hasn't talked that long, and that loud for a whole summer...and how I haven't been around sick little kids for that long as well. So, with my time monopolized by room and lesson preparations, my 'immunity' to sickness ended a week ago when 26 little kids walked into the room. So, I've forsaken blogging because of...bronchitis. And for a week! When will this end? Luckily over the long weekend I was able to hang out at Swiss Days with my family, and laughed-and laughed-and laughed..which helped curb the sadness from being sick. So....after a bunch of ramblings...I'm still alive...and wanting to blog again :)