Spring Break 2010: Busy Rest

This past week was spring break for our school. With Christopher working, I opted to stay in town and enjoy vacation locally. It's been wonderful to make my own schedule, get things done and simple take a break from my school schedule. A few highlights from the week....

- Great weather! I didn't need to travel; it's been gorgeous!

- Music. I have managed to blare music in the house or my car as much as possible!

- The gym. Yup, I joined a women's gym and I love it. It's a place that is selfishly for me. No cleaning, to-do list or wifey priorities except myself. It's been awesome to prioritize me, which normally I never do.

- Reading. I love sitting on the porch, hearing the birds and reading.

- Watching AFV with CD. We're addicted. Evenings watching America's Funniest Home Videos with my sweetie is hilarious. We totally have winning footage that I need to submit!

- Time with friends. I love having the ability to visit with people and be encouraged. It's been great!

- Spring clean. Switching the clothes over and visiting Salvo was very productive.

- Yardwork. I can't help it. I naturally like hands on projects like my rental yard. Sticks got picked up and bricks got moved. The grill even got some lovin'.

- Doggies. They love being home all day with me. They are very chill when they are hanging out with mom all day. Bravo!

-Tutoring. One of my students wanted to get ahead over break and I was glad to help. That's one research paper down. Check!

-Zambia. I finally got my act together and sent a care package to Beth & Jeremy in Zambia! Can't wait for them to get it!

-Sangria. Chris and I enjoyed some sangria while cuddling up together for AFV. The only thing missing was stoagies. Why didn't we do that?

-Worship. Today is Easter and our church did a phenominal job of ministering and celebrating Christ's victory over the cross. This morning's service was alive and awesome! He is risen!

Happy Easter & Happy Break.

Happy 5th Birthday Tex

Today is Tex's 5th birthday! I cannot believe that it has been five years since we made the trek up to West Virginia to go get this guy --- wow! He's a wonderful dog and we can't imagine life without him! It's safe to say that we will always have a Boykin Spaniel around our house.

This was the day that we got Tex. We narrowed our choice down to two puppies, and then Chris threw his hat down on the grass and this happened. We knew he wanted to come home with us!

All grown up and still retrieving!

Steph's Baby Shower

I helped host a dear friend's baby shower this past Sunday. It was really fun! We are all very excited to meet Stephanie's little boy!

Hostesses & Mom-to-Be

Custom cupcakes with chocolate filling. They were a huge hit.

I think I've discovered my fallback if teaching doesn't work out --- diaper cakes. I made this one for the shower. So cute!!!!

I feel like Julie Walas

This post is dedicated to my wonderful friend Julie Walas who travels the country with class! Last weekend I traveled to Boston for a teaching conference at Harvard's Graduate School of Education. It was a wonderful trip all around. The weather was perfect and the conference was outstanding! I am so proud to be a teacher!

This street performer is named "Jack the Whipper." Every time I walked around Harvard Square, Jack was putting on a show with his impressive whip skills. He was truly a wonderful performer. Online it says that he is a student at Emerson. Watch out Ryan Seacrest! This guy is talented!

I love that all of the sidewalks are brick!

Harvard Yard

Henson Family Birthday Celebration

*Thank you Aunt Deanna for posting the pictures.

This weekend we headed up to Roanoke, Virginia to celebrate two special birthdays. Uncle Terry turned 60 and Grandmother turned 80. Lots of aunt, uncles, cousins and second cousins came home to celebrate together!

Uncle Terry got all kinds of Virginia Tech apparel. He looked great!

Here was our family photo shot.

Television and my Life

This is a quick public announcement to say that I am a television-holic and I need help.

As of late, the message at church has been focused on the idea of rest and what we invest our lives in each day. Sadly, as I took a look at my own daily doings, TV is all over the place. Embarrassing yes, but fixable.

The cool thing about realizing that I watch too much television is that by limiting my "TV time," I suddenly have more time to do other things. I'm not as busy as I had thought. This all to say, I hope you don't watch as much TV as I used to each day and regardless, I hope that most of your hours are spent is a way that makes life richer.

More white stuff in Winston

It's snowing again!

Definitely a delay tomorrow; we'll see about the snow day. All I can say is, spring where are you?