Busy Month

This summer has gone by WAY to fast! It has been one of the more interesting summers by far! I have been frantically working in my new classroom and it is finally coming together! Wyatt has been back to work and is feeling MUCH better. He gets a little sore by the end of the day, but I guess that just comes with the territory of having a broken collar bone. The most exciting part of our summer has been my two little fish! Haden and Brody both took swimming lessons in June. Haden took private lessons so that he would be more comfortable with going under the water. Kadi started out with a little boy that she could not talk into going under the water to five days later, having a boy that she could not keep from under the water! WOW! I of course have no pictures. I cannot swim and take pictures all at one time. Plus, it is hard to take pictures of a little boy that will not stay on top of the water! We have been spending a lot of time at the Shawnee County North Swimming Pool. The boys LOVE it, as do their mother! We also discovered the "big blue slide." I think I could spend an entire day taking the boys and Olivia up the stairs and sliding into the big splash! I try to not let them go under, but each time I fail, and each time they come up coughing and laughing and begging to go again!
Last week we completed a week of bible school! I was the director for the second year in a row and seem to be getting the hang of organizing it. The boys had a good time and were EXHAUSTED by the afternoon so we all got in LOTS of naps!!!
This week I will be finishing up my second class towards my masters in education with a focus in reading. From the looks of things so far, I should be getting an A which means a 4.0! I am SUPER excited about it, as I have been working pretty hard!


Haden and Brody waiting to watch the fireworks with cousins Olivia, Joey and Sydney!


AHHHH!!! Smoke Bombs!!!!!


Wyatt grilling with one arm!!! Pretty impressive!


Chocolate Pudding Milkshakes mustaches! YUM!



A little time in the small, backyard pool! The slide in this pool is of NO comparison to SCN Pool!!





PANDAMANIA at VBS!!! God is Wild About Us!!!

French Dip

I have been needing to update my blog. I keep thinking that I will update with the photos that I took of Wyatt and his injuries, but I think I just may wait on that! Instead I thought I would share my new recipe.

For dinner tonight, I made french dip sandwiches. I am not a big french dipper, but I must say that this was pretty darn good!!! I had stolen it off of a friend's notes on Facebook and then altered it a tad bit. Wyatt really seemed to like it! You will have to try it also and let me know what you think!!!

1 roast of your choice (I used chuck roast)
1 package of Lipton Dry Onion Soup Mix
2 Beef Boulion Cubes
1 can of beer
2 cups water (I sort of dumped, but use your judgement)

mix together and cook on low in the crockpot for the day. When done, slice and put back into juice. Serve on Hoagie buns. Be sure to dip into the Au Ju or use BBQ sauce. Either way works well! The biggest hint is that the longer it cooks on low the more tender it becomes. Once I sliced it, I let it set a little in the juice and that worked well!

ENJOY!

BRO

What is this contraption?? Could it be??? Is this....... a BRO???



In honor of my broken husband I bring to you, the definition of the BRO. He is a Seinfeld fan and I thought that this episode fit into nicely with this contraption.



This is called a Figure of 8. It is currently holding his Clavical back together seeing that it is broken in...not 1, not 2 or even 3 places, but FOUR!

Stay tuned and I will share the entire story with you as well as my pictures that I took. (yes, I took pictures.) Kind of becoming humorous now that the scary part is over.

My 7 Facts

I have a sneaking suspicion that this is Jenny's way to get me to update! :) My friend, Jenny, has tagged me in her blog about giving 7 facts about myself. She was tagged from another friend for the same thing! So not to be a party pooper, I am going to share my 7 facts!

1. I HATE social situations!! It makes me a nervous wreck. I am always worried that I will same the wrong thing or that others will think that I am weird. I typically will not talk to someone first because I am not sure how to start a conversation, so instead I will end up sitting by myself, looking like a dork because I am not sure what to do. I know Wyatt gets frustrated with me since he is Mr. Social.

2. I love to bake, but do not like to bake cookies. I don't mind mix the dough but after that I get bored. I usually end up with a bowl of cookie dough in the fridge!

3. My hobby is trying to figure out what my hobby is. I have dabbled in a little photography, scrapbooking, guitar playing, crochet, knitting, sewing, quilting and the list keeps going. I am not sure which one I like, because I want to be perfect at it right off the bat.

4. I am PETRIFIED of storms. I try very hard to put on my brave face because I don't want Wyatt to think I am a wimp, but I really am! I won't watch the weather for fear it will mention a tornado. I had a great grandmother that would head to the basement immediately with the first sound of thunder. I might mention that as I am typing this, it is thundering. What to do, what to do!!! :)

5. I am SCARED to DEATH of snakes!!!!! I might mention that I am scared of anything that might even resemble a snake! I get nervous working outside because I might see one. I am afraid to fish, because on the movie Funny Farm, Chevy Chase caught a big black one on his line. Wyatt gets a kick out of taking me through a field because he thinks it is funny when I stomp my feet to scare them away! A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!

6. I have a secret love for 80's teenage movies!! I favor the ones with Molly Ringwald, but will watch any of them!

7. I do not and cannot text using the abbreviations. I would much rather type out the entire word. I also have a very hard time reading the abbreviations. Good thing I have internet on my phone so that I can look up the meanings!!

These are a few facts about me! Apparently I get to pick someone else to give their facts. Who to choose!!!!

Drum roll please!!


ASHLEY!!

I am still here!

I am still around! My priorities had been adjusted just a tad so that I could get through my last few weeks of school. It has been a bitter sweet ending to the school year. I will be leaving my comfort zone at Central Elementary as a Special Education teacher and heading a few blocks west to teach first grade at Colorado Elementary. I am sad to think that I will not be working with those that became my friends, but I am super excited to make new friends. In the meantime, I have been frantically boxing up my stuff. I was silly to think that I did not really have that much! WOW was I SHOCKED by how much I have accumulated!!! Think goodness for Randel and Sandy volunteering (not really, I am just a good sweet talked!) into moving my stuff for me. Something tells me that I am going to owe them BIG!!! Do you think they will take an IOU?

This is where I started in August.





This is now what my room looks like. At little bland don't you think?

Swagger Wagon Wannabe

Wyatt and I took the plunge last weekend and bought a minivan. I have officially entered the soccer mom world! While proudly showing off my new wheels to a friend, she told me it made her think of the Swagger Wagon. I had to find the video that she was telling me about and thought that I would share it with you! We bought a Honda and the video is a Sienna which makes us the wannabes!!!
Now, I know some of my friends get a kick out of the fact that I surrendered to the minivan, I want to point out that I LOVE my new car!! I am pretty sure it is the best vehicle I have ever had! Enjoy the video and I am going to go and stare at my new car/van!!!

Kitchen Work

It has been very busy the last few weeks. We have had soccer and school and my technology class that I have been taking. I did manage to squeeze in a little kitchen cleaning. I have not kept up the clean once a week thing, but hopefully I will start again soon!

I have a couple of cabinets that seem to collect EVERYTHING! I decided that I needed to get them organized and cleaned out.

Before





I CANNOT believe all of this came out of ONE cabinet!! I have some serious packrat issues!!!


After