say no to drugs

like write lesson plans...

goodies

my mom is in town this weekend... we had the chance to drop by some local thrift shops and spend our saturday morning at other peoples homes looking through their cast-offs .... we found a few treasures!

we were looking pretty rough today so no pictures of us... just this cutie at the table like a big girl

hello

have a good week!

Texas state fair

oh, what an experience! the whole thing.. .the food, the FRIED food, the people (i could write a whole post just to honor the people watching that occurred), the family and the Texas Star...

Sara had her first Fletcher's corny dog...

feeding the goats in the petting zoo...

more food...

and ending the night with a parade.... she was fearless... that girl would have walked right out to the floats if we would have let her.

how was your fall fair experience?

growing

Sara can reach the table.
so now bags of snacks have to be carefully placed in the middle of the table. she is growing up. it's funny how it sneaks up on you... one day you can put a bag of snacks on the edge of the table
and the next day you can't...

it's the same in adulthood ... growing up sneaks up on you...

but there's something encouraging when you sense yourself grow up....
you allowed God to change that thing in you that needed His healing or you really learned how to trust Him in grown up, painful situations...

growing up is a never ending, beautiful process.

hope you had a good weekend!

the girls

i have been so lucky to spend some quality time with my girls.... my sewing girls... i absolutely love these pen cushions. they are so fun to have around. my sister in law gave me the bottom one this past christmas.... she found it here... and she picked up the top one in mexico... i just love working with these cuties!

we have had a couple of teacher work days lately, which has meant some time to sew (it's working...right?). i have had this bedding order just itching to be worked on. so the girls and i started and finished it last weekend.... what do you think? cute, huh?

can't wait to meet the little guy himself!

community

com.mu.ni.ty- a unified body of individuals

we have been learning about community. what they look like, what they are made up of and how we relate to them. it was interesting to watch second graders work in mini communities as they built models to represent their community....
take a peek at what these creative minds came up with....

it's neat to watch my students interact together as they discover new ideas
and reinforce old ones

i have been reminded of how blessed i am to be unified with such amazing people. we would not be were we are today without the people who were willing to pour into our lives.

hope you had a good saturday!

Hello October....

hello long sleeves...


hello learning how to color...


hello Oreos...

...it's nice to meet you!

* just trying out a new header...
LOVED this picture and thought it was appropriate for the time