busy, busy

I am finally back again! I took a bit of a hiatus due to limited free time, but summer vacation is almost here (1 teacher workday to go) and I'll be free for many days to come! I am so excited. It still hasn't sunk in yet, but it is so very close. Yesterday was my first workday of 3 and my mom and sister came to help me in my classroom. Thank goodness they did! I have so much stuff and they helped me organize everything before we started storing it all up. I also worked for over 2 hours on cumulative folders and only got about half done. I finished those today and my mom also came and surprised me to help me finish up in my room! I am basically done, I just have a few minor things to finish tomorrow and some signatures to get on my sign out sheet. Summer is so close!

I have been so busy the past few weeks that I haven't updated.

Here's what has been going on:

We've grilled out on our new grill!

We've found (and destroyed) weeds that are almost our height.

We went to the beautiful mountains for Memorial Day....

...with our BFFs, Vanessa and Dave....

...and played LOTS of card games.

Laura came and brought Chili's bro Pheonix (aka Batman) and they snuggled.

We ran the 2nd race in our series, the Office Party 5k. We like to dress up for each and every race.

Joshua ran it in 22:30 and got a medal for his age group. Show off.

My 3 favorite parts: finishing the run, free wings, free beer.

We bought a redneck pool.

Our patio area is coming together nicely.

My nephew came to visit.

My little girl is almost 4 months old!

That's been my life for the past few weeks. I have lots of things to accomplish this summer. I feel like I might get lonely, but I also have lots I can do (first on the list - deep cleaning each room in the house!). Plus, I'll have the pups to keep me company. I want to work more with Chili on her leash walking, so that will be something I will now have more time to do. This weekend we are going to Josh's parent's mountain house and the next weekend is another 5k. I have lots of running to do in between now and then! As usual, here is a cute picture of Chili. I promise I won't wait so long to post more! :)