Last First Day of School for Me!

Well, I'd like to say this was a bittersweet moment for me today, but.....I'm ecstatic!!! Today was my last first day of college!! I start student teaching Monday and we have workshops on campus today and tomorrow. In true Block form, my best friend Kara and I, counted out the weeks and realized we are actually done in 15 weeks!! I need to type how happy this makes me in case I need to look back around week 8 or 9 and remember how enthused I was in the beginning! We've had a long, tough road and it's finally paying off! I'm so blessed to be placed with a wonderful teacher, who has been teaching for 46 years!! How awesome is that?? There were days I wondered if I would ever reach this point. I started off going to college part time and at times, it was very difficult to push through, working so many hours on top of school, with 2 kids. Then 1 day , my wonderful husband told me to quit and go to school full time. I'm so happy that I can start my career, thanks to him, and contribute :) This is just a wonderful day! And to top it off, Golden Girls is back on T.V. tonight! The kids had to come hang with me during the workshop today, and we had lunch. Tomorrow is a short day and I plan to bring my camera to snap some shots on campus. It's always so beautiful in the Spring, but it's also pretty now :)

Riley didn't want to pose any today! :) AND Mrs. Kara brought them 2 new Diary of a Wimpy Kid books! How awesome!

Happy New Year!

HaPpY nEw YeAr!!!

I love New Year's Day! It fills like I should say a fresh start and all that, but I just being inspired by our watch night service at church to ring it in! And maybe that does tie into a fresh start after all LOL. The youth choir opened up the service and I truly believe they set the tone for the whole night! We sang "How Excellent" and "Go Get It". I LOVE being onstage with those youngsters, my 2 included! They are amazing!! AND December has 5 Sundays which means my handsome hubby sings! Happy New Years friends! 

See?!? I told you he's so handsome!! He's the best man I know. He could write the book on how to be a Dad and husband. I thank God every day for sending him to me to lead and provide for our family!

Go hard, or go home!! After we left church, at about 12:30, we grabbed Taco Bell on the way home. Chris and I laughed about pre kid days, when we would go out for New Years and stay out till all hours. Now ringing in the new year consists of church and Taco Bell, and we wouldn't have it ANY other way!! Cheers to 2013! My graduation year!

Firefighter Legos and swinging!

An extension to our Christmas vacation has included a couple days at the park. One day was freezing and the other day, the weather was really nice. Today Sebastian had a doc apt, EARLY! (8am)! They wanted to know why in the world I made an apt that early on vacation?!? Well, with all the sickness going around I took whatever apt they had to get him in an out. He's not sick, just needed his neck checked out. Well, we were in and out pretty quickly and snagged a breakfast at McDonald's :) They love when we can go in and eat. They think it's just the greatest thing ever. Pleased so easily! When then went to Walgreens to pick up Sebastian's meds and they had all toys half off! (Like they needed ANYTHING after Christmas!) But, we couldn't pass up a 500 piece Lego city, firefighter city style. Sebastian watched a part of the movie Fireproof the other day and insists he wants to be a firefighter. Anyway, the set was marked down to $9.99! They are like 50 bucks at Walmart! Needless to say, he was very happy! He's napping now, and we haven't quite finished it yet. My Riley Boo picked up the coolest tornado kit! You can turn it on and it makes a tornado in a jar, with sound effects! She is thrilled and, I gotta say, I am too! My little scientist :) Here's some shots I caught. 

The best part was Dad was off New Year's Eve and Day. We love when he's off. We had a picnic in the park and they all got on the swings. After a few shots, I put the camera up and hopped on too.