Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Thoughts I'm (trying) to give over to Jesus...

*swim lessons
*school supplies
*school starting
*getting through all the red tape of trying to get Gracie's medicine to the school
*lack of parking at the school
*meeting her teacher on Friday
*Madelyn's birthday and making sure she isn't overlooked as we get Gracie off to school
*writing
*tiredness
*worrying about what's wrong with Madelyn's stomach
*Jim's job and wondering if we will move

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Realizations
*I am addicted to my pretty purple laptop and teacher blogs
*Lord-willing, I DO want to go back to teaching when Aubrey is older. I am interested in teaching 2nd, 4th, or 6th grade reading. In the meantime, I will spend my free time reading books for professional development and developing the curriculum and organization that would be perfect for my classroom.
*I want to continue writing children's books and finish the middle-grade book I started
*I am going to try to find an agent
*This blog and my Jesus Calling book are keeping me sane right now

Favorite Moments
*the girls finally entertaining themselves by doing puzzles without fighting
*watching Aubrey crawl all over the house
*listening to Aubrey hum as she crawls
*reading Jane Austen
*watching Home Improvement with Jim
*baking lemon sugar cookies...yum!
*reading The Duchess Bakes a Cake. I think it's my new favorite children's book.
*taking pictures of the girls helping Jim clean some truck parts
*reading about art and poetry books and math journals

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Favorite Vacation Moments

*being thankful for our time with family in IL
*looking at land and dreaming about one day living in IL again
*loved being close enough to Bethany's house to watch Bunheads with her
*seeing Rachel and her family at Cracker Barrel on her birthday
*driving by our old house. It will always hold a special place in my heart.
*seeing cornfields and full green trees. The river even looked pretty to me.
*celebrating our ninth anniversary by going to Old Chicago (with Aubrey)
*spending a lot of time in the children's section of Barnes and Noble
*Madelyn saying, "It's too windy to fly the friz." (frisbees)
*eating at China Village
*giving my mom the story I wrote about her rocking chair, hoping to publish it one day
*so thankful to be home (even if home is AZ right now)