May Assignments

...WOW did this month FLY BY!!! Less and less time to do fun things like create scrapbook pages and take pictures...but I did manage to complete my May assignments for JessicaSprague.com right on time...with summer right around the corner my to-do list is growing and I'm really looking forward to crossing some things off of it! Here are my May LOs...this first one I pulled out some Fall Football photos of Ben...one of my favorite things to do is watch my kids play their sports! I doubt that will ever change...I am their Number One Fan!!!

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...for LO #2...Me and my kiddos...Mother's Day this year...I thought Ben would be taller than me by the end of 6th grade...not quite...ALMOST...but that's why I wear 2 inch heels nearly everyday! ...and I have hope that someday...Mason will grow...or maybe Camryn will stop growing...would you ever guess that those two are only 17 months apart!

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...and this one is a tie for my FAVORITE for the month! Camryn and I drove to SPOKANE...ran 3.5 miles and drove back in 6 and a half hours...we were home by noon and in time for Ben's baseball game. I almost fell asleep there...and coming back...but we made it...not to mention running with kidney stones...who would of known surgery was just days away!!!

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...this one is a favorite too...months ago we won a contest...with this photo...and because of this iPhone photo and all of my amazing friends...and even people I didn't even know...my family got to have {PROFESSIONAL} photos taken by the most amazing photographer I have ever seen...and now met...I will share as soon as we get them!

...so before we headed out of town to take our photos we decided to take one last iPhone family photo...we tried and tried to get all our faces in the screen...but still we just really couldn't make them all fit...but no worries...because once we arrived on site...I know that she captured some amazing photos of my family...I am so anxious to see them...

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...hope everyone had an amazing Memorial Day weekend...I will share photos soon...but I really must STOP procrastinating and get going on my report cards...be back soon!

...I really dislike the hospital...

...but like it or not I have had to visit the ER twice now in the last 2 weeks and even had surgery...no longer can I say I haven't ever had a surgery... ...the worst was the amount of pain I was in...the  feeling of IV drugs being administered and having no control over my body...the best was having the pain GONE in a matter of seconds! ...I didn't like having to quickly throw together sub plans, especially since I was on like...5 different IV drugs and I really hope the sub could understand what I typed up for her...but at least the surgery was on Friday and I will be back to school on Monday... This morning I woke and I felt great...but it didn't take long before I didn't feel GREAT anymore...thank goodness for hydrocodone!!! I caved in and took it around noon...and started feeling much better :)

...bruising is very typically when I receive an IV...the other arm is bruised from the day before...in the meantime I will just sit back and wait for pathology to come back with results for the cause...and hope recovery is quick so I can get back to running...and just my everyday {stuff}.

3 weeks down...

...6 weeks to go...yes I know that's a count down...everyone is counting down till the last day of school at my house...school is going well for me...I come home tired every night...but really that's no different than before I was teaching everyday...I do miss not being able to get up and run every morning...now I need to fit it in late in the evening...which makes me that much more EXHAUSTED...I miss not being able to scrapbook and make cards...and sew...and I miss not being able to be there for MY own kids when they need me...but this weekend I was able to get a couple of digital LOs done...and since I didn't have a lot of extra time...with Camryn's TWO soccer games...and both of the boys' baseball games...Jessica Sprague's digital templates were the way to go!!! It felt really good to make some pages...

...yes...that is Hope Solo...Camryn and I got to meet her a few weeks back...She was really nice to Camryn and chatted with her about playing soccer...Camryn loved getting the chance to meet her and I was really proud of Camryn for not being shy and opening up and talking to her! Thanks for taking a peek ;)

...the now...

...six years ago I gave up my teaching contract...it was a very sad day...I knew that one day I would return to the classroom...but for several years as each new school started I would be sad that I wasn't starting too...well today as our kiddos are returning to their classrooms from Spring Break...it will also be my first day back to teaching FULL TIME...I am excited!!! For the last few months I have been spending time with these first graders...they are so sweet...I look forward to finishing the school year with them.

...still snapping away...

...in January I challenged myself to take a picture a day...and so far I've been able to keep up...I'm documenting those pictures by making a calendar LO each month...here's the month of March...


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...the BEST and WORST for this month:

Let's start with the BEST: the kids' sports are back in full swing...I love watching them play!
...and the WORST...Mason having to get 5 stitches!!!

...drug out the paper...

...and stickers and look what I made...placed them both on vases of flowers and gave them away...I love giving away flowers to people...it makes me {happy} and it makes them {happy} too!

...for this one I printed some digital papers from JessicaSprague.com


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...for this one I pulled out my favorite Bunny Stamp from UNITY Stamp Co. and {GET WELL SOON} by SRM...and I used PP by MME.

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Who needs BONEFISH...well...

...except now I will need to master making my own martini's...

...but I did just learn to make my own BANG BANG SHRIMP...it's not EXACTLY but pretty darn close!


Here's the recipe I used: {Bang Bang Shrimp Recipe}

...the only thing you will need to do differently...is double the Breading Mixture...Enjoy!!!

The weekends just go by TOO FAST!!!

We started the weekend with new haircuts for the boys...I have one who if it gets longer than a half inch starts complaining and another who we tell him it's TIME to get a haircut!


...then we headed out to Camryn's soccer game where she got a HAT TRICK!!! ...and for those of you that don't know what that is...that's 3 goals in one game...she had an excellent game and played hard! ...and then we were off to Ben's Season Opener...believe it or not I have NO pictures...the wind was blowing and I didn't even take my camera with me...his team won too...it was a great weekend of games for the both of them...Mason begins this week...and that just means EVERY day is filled with something! BUSY BUSY BUSY

...I'm still keeping up with my {Picture of the Day} and here is my February Calendar...I figure simple is good with this...I am trying to add my pictures almost daily but for sure weekly. I write down what my picture is so I don't forget and I mostly take my picture with my iPhone.



...and I'm finally getting around to sharing a little bit about what we did last weekend...RUN for RIBBONS...it was COLD...really COLD!!! ...but we wouldn't have missed it for anything...we got up early and was apart of the local Run for Ribbons were all funds raised STAYED LOCAL to support the Tri-Cities Cancer Center Foundation...which is where my dad received his IV Treatments for his Glioblastoma...he started receiving them in February of 2011 and received them until November. Our Team was much smaller this year...we were missing someone...my dad passed away in December...but we went out there anyway...we put a smile on our faces...honored him and his life...his courage and his fight with Brain Cancer!


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St Patrick's Day is just around the corner...

...I made up several of these treats to give out on Saturday :) I did something similar last year too using SRMs TUBEs...

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You still have a couple of days left to make these little treats yourself...what are you waiting for? :) Your kiddos will love them!!!

Here's what I did last year...

The other day...

...I heard this song for the first time...I just sat there and cried...I have to say that right now I am truly thankful for music...to be able to have something as simple as music in my life to be able to listen to songs...and their lyrics...sometimes they are able to say what I can't...this song is absolutely beautiful...