Relaxing on the beach!!!

Greg and I spent many conversations trying to think of where we wanted to spend our summer vacations. Having two children as young as ours, limits our choices. We then had to consider a place that Alyssa would enjoy since she is 12. We made reservations in February at a condo in Fort Walton. I was the only one who had been to Florida before, so it was new for the rest of the family. I had never been to Fort Walton, so I was excited to say the least. What more could a girl ask for than relaxing on a beautiful beach? Well as anyone who has turned on the TV in the last hour knows that there was this thing called an oil spill that happened in the Gulf. If you haven't heard about it...Where have you been? Anyway, days before we were going to leave, we heard it was about 72 hours out from hitting Ft. Walton. We decided to take our chances and go anyway. I am glad we did, because we had an entire week of no oil. Everyday we would hear, it's hitting tomorrow, but it never did.

It is absolutely beautiful there and it is a shame it will be messed up by the oil. Here are some pictures from our vacation.

Absence

I know it has been a long time since I last blogged, but what does one expect? I've been a little busy with a very active 2 year old who thinks he is grown, a 1 year old who refuses to walk, 4 dogs, Greg, and Alyssa. Actually, Alyssa is the easiest of all of them.

Anyway, I spent the month of May packing up my room at Harlem. I'm transferring to Lamar Elementary. Honestly, it wasn't a school I had ever considered working at, not that it's bad, just never thought about it until one day I received an email. The counselor I worked with at Alamo is also transferring to Lamar and asked if I would consider transferring there. It was no big secret I wanted to transfer. I loved the people I worked with this past year, it was just a very difficult year for me and I badly needed a change. So, I will once again be teaching 4th grade this year. I am very EXCITED about going to Lamar. I think we are going to have a great team. No offense to my previous teams.

You know, I was extremely upset when I had to leave Alamo in September. It of course was not by choice, but I God knew His plans for me while I was questioning why I was the one who had to go. I never would have left Alamo on my own, so God made me. I strongly believe that Lamar is where He wants me to be.

Easter Bunny 2010

Caden loved the Easter Bunny. He kept a huge smile the entire time. He made loud happy noises and tried to pull his glasses off.

Future American Idol

A while back I was watching some kind of ice skating show on TV and Caleb began to sign and dance. I grabbed my phone to video him. He really got into it for a while.

The Best Gift of 2009!

The best gift I received in 2009, was my precious Caden. Caleb and Caden are such a joy. I am blessed to be their mama.

Christmas Pictures

During Thanksgiving, my brother-in-law Jerry took some pictures of all the grandkids. We started a little late because my two were sleeping and we wanted to see Greg off to work. Anyway, they all did great considering the mosquitoes were awful. In several pictures, Caden had one on his little face. They turned out great considering mine are still babies and don't really care or understand to stay still and look at the camera.

Santa!

We spent a crowed hour at Toys r Us tonight. We decided to go and check out the toys with the boys. Note to self: Caleb liked everything. We bought both of them some things, because they probably won't remember they have seen it before. After that, we went to the mall to take a picture with Santa. I put on their plaid shirts as we waiting in line because I didn't want Caden to spit up on his. Well, of course he did.. a lot. His shirt was soaked by the time we got up there. Greg took Caleb up front to let him see Santa. He waved at him, so we figured things would go well. At first, he didn't want to sit on his lap. I bribed him with a mint thinking they were about to take the picture. WRONG! They were having issues printing other pictures, so we had to wait. Finally they were ready. Caden was sleepy and Caleb has a mint in his mouth, but hey...at least they weren't screaming.