Diary of a Teacher #1

Teaching five year olds takes a lot of energy but there's a whole new meaning to that idea when you literally have to chase kids around the school.  Between that and doing our exercise alphabet song I could be in great shape by next May :)

Keeper Recipe of the Week

This week was the week I finally jumped back into cooking.  For a while now cooking has felt like such a drag and I'm realizing maybe it's because I wasn't really excited about anything I was making.  Anyway, this past week I spiced up our menu a little bit and have loved cooking again.  Good food really makes the heart happy I guess :)

Anyway, this past week I made this new recipe and loved it... twice!  I only planned it for one day, but we loved the breadsticks I made so much we made them again when we had our friends over for dinner yesterday.  As many of you already know, I am a huge fan of Mel's Kitchen Cafe because honestly... what's not to love?  Everything she makes is amazing.  Well, this recipe was no different.  The breadsticks really were pretty divine if I do say so myself.

<3 Becca

PS- The first time I made them I used some white flour & some wheat flour and they were great.  The second time I used just white flour and they were great too so whatever floats your boat I guess.

http://www.melskitchencafe.com/2009/10/divine-breadsticks-2.html

Unfortunately that is not a picture of my breadsticks... those puppies belong to Mel but mine looked pretty good too :)

July Currently

Faith

I LOVE this.  It's my favorite thing right now.

Sometimes you just need a pick me up . . . even when you're not sad.  This did it for me today.  Balloons make me happy.  And I love clouds.  Most of all, I love knowing that no matter what happens, we can put all of our faith in the Lord because He will never let us down.  

My Dreams May Be Coming True

So at the end of the school year Matt and I made a deal that I could save up half of what I earned this summer (other than our regular salary income) towards a DSLR camera.  I have been wanting one for quite some time now and the time has come my friends.  The countdown is on!  This summer I was lucky enough to get hired onto a kindergarten team that got a sweet collaboration grant so between that and some math core training days I went to... I'm actually going to get my dream camera!  Sadly I don't actually get paid for all of this until August or September, but I am sooo excited! Here, you can share the excitement with me.  Feast your eyes on this beauty...

and my other major wish list item... A JoTotes camera bag.  I love them.  Too bad they're like a hundred bucks though.  This item might have to stay on my wish list forever haha.

Anyway, if you can't tell yet, I'm super excited about this!   Hopefully nothing goes wrong with my master plan so that I can eventually get these beauties.  I'm sure I'll post about it again if I do, but for now... it's fun to research and be excited.  

Story of My Life

I swear this is totally me.  

Cabin Fever Take 1

So in May Matt and I got to go on a fun little weekend getaway to Matt's family cabin in Wyoming with our friends Kortney and Clayton.  We went up to open up the cabin for the summer, but really all we had to do was be at the cabin so the plumber could come and do everything :).  It was an awesome trip though.  We played tons of shuffleboard and games, attempted fishing for a good ten minutes, went to the splash pad, made cute wreaths (well, Kort and I did), made a lot of delicious food, and ate my favorite treat.. Dirty Sally's Ice Cream :).  I'm so glad Nana made an exception and let us bring friends up to the cabin because we loved sharing such a special place with our friends.  What a great trip!  I can't wait to go next week!

A little... or a lot of shuffleboard 

 Golf cart party for about ten seconds before it died haha

Fishing!! Also for about ten minutes :)

Kort was little cold.

Serious dominoes.

Dirty Sally's!  Next step... t-shirts with her face on it!

Final product of our craftiness.

WE LOVE THE CABIN!