My Life in Pictures

Well - I've been hit with a head cold, am tired, and the long post I was working on froze up on me and is now gone, so I'm going to post some blurbs on my last couple of weeks with some pictures.

Life has been a little overwhelming lately, but it is normal with this time of year. I'm counting down 4 more weeks. Otherwise life is good (and would be swell if the headcold would LEAVE)

So, without further adieu: My week!!!

• The following pics record my fun time last week at work. Every year a few of us bonded co-workers get together to jam. We're just a bunch of adults who think they can play or sing (haha! Actually, I think we're pretty darn good), and pick some classics and popular tunes to perform for the kids during lunch periods. We've become known as the "Teacher Jam" and we do everything from country to hard rock/heavy metal. We love getting together cause none of us ever have time to really play or sing for fun - so this is a blast for us, and the kids can enjoy laughing at us and sing/dance along. Below are pics of me playing my electric violin on some country fiddle tunes, Dave Matthews, etc and singing and the whole group having a blast in front of our students! You'll notice some of them are dressed interestingly....it was also Literary Day and they picked a character or author of a book to dress up as. It was really a lot of fun!

• My next exciting venture was the daily upkeep of my little vegetable garden. As you can tell from the pictures, it is growing. This weekend I did more weeding, and planted a new tomato plant, as well as cilantro, thyme, and parley herb seeds. My garden is my anti-depressant. I spend almost every evening doing something for it. I never knew how addicting it could be!! Rach is helping me too, and even helped me pick out 2 garden knomes (sp?) for the garden. LOL I have knomes??! I'm one of those crazy garden people? LOL. We named the two little men as "Santa" and "Clause" because she calls them both Santa Clause lol! Watch out Travelocity!!! They are the tiny white specks in the pictures lol. Rachael and I also planted herbs in tiny pots for the kitchen...they were for those "grow your own garden kits." She enjoyed it. I also discovered that roses grow in our front yard. How lovely!!!

• On Sunday, I wanted to really practice my cooking skills, and I went and downloaded Nino's Beef Vegetable Soup from her blog. It is SOOOOOOOO GOOD!!! Now, I had to make a few changes. Matt can not have corn, nd I also discovered the can of tomatoes I had was not diced but crushed, but I used them anyway and it made a GREAT broth. It was delicious! It was so easy, quick, and just fun. Thanks Nino!!! Matt really liked it, and also made a potato for himself and I used chives from my garden for his potato! I was so excited to use something I grew! As you can tell from the pic, Matt had a lot of chives lol.

• Ok, this got longer than I planned, or need to stay awake for :) So I'll leave you on a happy high of my weekend. We visited a little fair that was visiting the local mall parking lot. They had lots of little rides we could take Rachael on for the first time. Here is a candid  - I love it. It perfectly captures the "up" feelings I've been experiencing lately amid the chaos and stress at work I've been having some days. I've also had some lessons taught to me lately to never take life for granted and to pray for each other and our families.  Life is so full, whether  you are sharing music, gardening, cooking, or riding a bumble bee. So, no matter what ups and downs you've been facing, may a simple moment bring you peace and a smile and my family is always praying for you. Much, much LOVE to you!

Comments

[Becca]

Sorry BTW for the weird formating. I'm not sure what happened. This has happened before with me - so I must be messing up somehow.:) Oh well! It's all good!

[Holly]

I loved this. I miss you and wish we'd have more time in June. Any chance the fam will come down here at all during the summer?

I love you. And the girls want more Rachael pictures!

[Kelly]

LOVED THIS POST BECCA!

HOW FUN, AWESOME, AND WONDERFUL, are you?!?!?!!!!!

You always make me smile and make me happy, truly!!!!!!

I loved ALL the pics, especially the last one of you and Rachie, that sums up lifes blessings so well!

I love you Becca and I am SO HAPPY for you that your school year is almost done so you can enjoy some even more time with Rachie, I know how much it means to you.

Love you and thanks for everything! :)

Kelly

[Ninotchka]

I love that picture and the sentiment SO SO much, Becca. I love that you made our soup and enjoyed it so much. And using chives from your garden? HOW COOL IS THAT!

Continued happiness to you and yours. :)

[Sandi P.]

Loved this post and all the pics, Becca! And I'm envious of your garden. We wanted to plant on this year, but time got away from us.

Hopefully the last few weeks of school will fly by so that you can then count on enjoying some family time this summer.

I need to try that soup recipe...mmmm!

[Stephanie]

Becca, looks like you are truly enjoying life right now. Hope the end of the school year goes fast for you and it will be summer before you know it.