Easter Weekend 2012

Aaron and I had a wonderful Easter weekend - our first as a married couple!  I am lucky enough to have a 4-day weekend, and we packed it full!  Friday, we got up early and went to tailgate for Opening Day of the Rangers.  It was a blast and I was literally giddy with excitement that baseball season is back!  We were exhausted, but that night we also had tickets to the Mavs game, so we rallied and headed to the game.  It was fun until they lost in overtime, but I did get to see/stare at Khloe the whole time, so I was fine.  Saturday, we went to the Keller's annual Crawfish boil.  This year was the 80th anniversary party and it did not disappoint.  We ate well on Saturday!  Sunday morning, we went to church and to eat lunch with my side of our family, and then got to go to the Ranger game last night.  It was such a fun weekend!  I am absolutely exhausted today, but so thankful to have time to clean, get organized for this week, and go see my friend Gretchen's new baby Ryan this afternoon.  We also found out this week that Aaron's sister is having a little girl in August!  Now we get a nephew AND a niece this summer!  Life is good!

 Aaron and I at the 80th annual Crawfish boil.

 Mal and I at Crawfish - sporting our Stella and Dot!

 Maggie sleeping with her ALCS championship trophy replica - as usual! We got them at the game.

My sweet family watching the Rangers beat the White Sox and take the first series of the season!

Proud

This morning, Aaron ran his first half marathon and I couldn't be more proud of him! He had an awesome time for his first one - 2:27 - narrowly beating my time last year of 2:42. Obviously we weren't that close! He did great and I am so proud of him for accomplishing his goal. If you know my husband, you know discipline is one of his many wonderful qualities - I need to pick up on that a little more. He's an inspiration to me! Congrats Aaron!

This is him at mile 9 - smiling away and doing great!

updates!

Quick life update on what's been going on with me lately...

1. Praying for Corbin. One of my former students, Corbin, had a brain tumor removed on Tuesday, which was also his 12th birthday. He has had the tumor since he was 6 years old, and has always handled the side effects on his body with such grace and maturity. He is one of the most special and delightful kids I have ever taught and I will never forget him. When he was in my class, he was learning Braille on top of keeping up with all of his other work. He is such a smart kid and I am so proud of him. If you want to keep up with his story and know how to specifically pray for his recovery, please check out his blog.

Corbin in 3rd grade.

2. I am going to be an aunt to a NEPHEW in June! My brother and his wife Jessica had their big gender reveal party last week, and when they sliced into the cake, there was a stripe of blue frosting. Jess just had an instinct about that and had really felt all along it was a boy. I am SO excited about this and am happy that I can finally start buying presents!

We can't wait to be aunts!

3. Stella and Dot! This is really what I am most excited about...I hosted my first trunk shows this weekend and ended up with great sales! I am loving working for this great company so far - especially with the almost $500 of free jewelry that I just earned. If you are at all interested in getting some really cute, free jewelry, please let me know! Anyone who books a show in March, I am offering a deal where you will receive a FREE pair of the soiree studs...I LOVE these - they go with everything and you can have your choice of hematite or gold studs. S&D has found that more people attend trunk shows when they are booked 7-10 days out, so don't feel like it's too late to plan something for March. I do all the work - all you do is invite your friends and have some snacks out. Let me know if you want to talk about it some more.

Your choice - FREE as a gift from me if you book in March!

Hope everyone has had a great week! Please remember to keep Corbin in your prayers if you get a moment!

Elementary Valentine

You might be married to an elementary school teacher if....

she goes to school on Valentine's Day dressed like this!



And I didn't even win the contest! Ha!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I have to admit - this holiday can be more exhausting than fun when you work in an elementary school. But, we're still celebrating with a casual night in. Cue the heart-shaped pizza from Picasso's, grape and goat cheese salad (my fave), and cheesy bread. And candy from my sweet students for dessert (choice of Laffy Taffy, Pixi Stix, Reese's, and chocolates - sorry, A, I already ate the KitKat bar).

I got all Pinterest-y, with my help from my dear friend Marlowe, and made the "52 Reasons I love you" deck of cards for Aaron this year. It was amazing how easy it was to think of 52 things. I am so in love with my husband.

And when he got home from work, this is the loot I got - all my favorites - Laughing Cow cheese, chocolate chip cookies, Cupcake Red Velvet wine ("the most Becky wine ever" according to him), and a great Valentine's movie - Moneyball on Blue-ray.

In my classroom, we played a cute Valentine's Minute to Win It game. It is played with candy and SO cute and fun. We also danced to the Cupid Shuffle. Without a room mom, it can be trying to plan the party and execute it without any help, all the while trying to be friendly and not grouchy with the mess and noise. Whew! Here is the link to the Minute to Win It game...it was awesome!
http://stacyjulian.com/blog/?p=6710

Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day!