Today was Auburn’s Vet School Open House. It’s a free event for families to come see what goes on at the vet school, also used a recruiting tool for potential veterinary majors. We always enjoy it and learn a lot too! Here’s a few pics: Pony…oh how cute! Petting the bird Bomb dog demonstration I believe this is a Newfoundland watching the bomb dog demonstration. The last one we went to was in 2009, see pics of it here.
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Friday we made a trip over to Lake Martin, so the boys in our den could get another requirement for the World Conservation Award, they’ve been working on. Our den leader, Mr. W., has a friend, Mr. M, who has a house on the lake. One of the things he enjoys doing to help the fish is dropping seasoned Christmas trees in the lake, which gives the little fish a safe haven from the bigger fish. So the boys got to help with this process, which is described below… Step 1: We did this step back right after Christmas. We…
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It was time for the boys to get haircuts and Alex has been asking for a flat top for awhile. After having the ordeal, we had with had with Drew’s hair letting him get a flat top at age three…BIG mistake! He was a “poof head” for at least a year after that. Soooo, that has made reluctant to let Alex do it. Since he’s 8 and summer is knocking our door, we decided he could get one. So without further ado…
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…love sticky stuff on walls and ceilings…
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Last Sunday I took the day off and enjoyed the day with the family. We rose early to attend the 8 a.m. church service and then, got over to Montgomery for brunch. We really enjoyed eating at the Egg and I before galavanting over to Oak Park. We walked around the park for a bit. I took some pictures (no surprise there) and we found W.A. Gayle Planetarium. Since we still had some time before the planetarium show started we drove over to the River Walk, where I took more pictures as we walked down the river walk. We returned…
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Back in 2009, Drew received his Arrow of Light and crossed over to Boy Scouts. This year for the ceremony, Drew got to be one of the Boy Scouts dressed up in regalia. He had a lot of fun being on the other side of the ceremony this year. Here’s some pictures from the evening. Here’s Drew You can see all the pictures from the evening here.
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Drew had an all day soccer clinic in Atlanta this past Saturday. We decided to make the most out of it and go up as a family. It was on the campus of Oglethorp University, which is a beautiful campus. In between games we got to see a free baseball game there as well.
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One of the greatest parts of my job is working with college students. They bring such joy and a different take on life. Their worlds are so different from mine and really most adults. I wonder sometimes if I was that naive…and I’m sure the answer is yes. 🙂 In my department, we employ students of all ethnicities, which is really cool. Many of the students come to the U.S. just to go to college. I can’t even imagine how hard that must be. My international students are great though. They are so eager to learn about American culture and…
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I’m not sure I can even put my thoughts down in words, but I’m going to try. Yesterday afternoon Drew asked me to get on Facebook since I was at work and he was at home because he had something to talk to to me about. So I did and he proceeded to tell me in chat that one of his youth leaders at church had done something very bad. This youth leader, who I’ll call *Tom worked at a youth camp in another state last summer. Since then he’s come back here as this is his hometown, where he…
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Oops! Almost forgot to finish up on this and get it posted. This month I was happy about: booking a cruise for the 4 of us in September!! Squeeeel! This month I was sad about: the passing of one of our cub scout leaders and the huge turn out at his funeral. The wonderful memories from February’s trip to the McWane center will have a bit of a dark lining in my memory because that was the last time I saw him. He had to leave just after getting there because he was not feeling well. I guess in many…
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This month I was happy about: spending Easter with my family. This month I was sad about: this and not doing my weekly photo posts; not for the lack of taking pics, just unmotivated and unable to match prompts. Something I accomplished this month is: eating healthier and exercising. Something new I did was: visit Oglethorp University, while Drew attended a soccer clinic. Books I read were: From May to December (awesome book! one of my all time favs) Coney Detroit (makes ya hungry!) Beautiful Ambition (suffered through it) Uglies (got to p. 20 something and decided this book was…
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Last Thursday I ventured over to Callaway Gardens to Alex’s field trip. It was a fun day. Here are a few highlights… The buses arriving Bird Show The Garden Alex’s class Butterfly House /
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I can’t believe it’s taken me a week to tell you what I’m SO EXCITED about! It’s been 4 years since our last cruise and we have finally booked a cruise and this time we’re taking the kids. Here’s the details… Who? The Fab Four (Rob’s and My 7th cruise. Drew’s 3rd cruise. Alex’s 1st cruise.) What? A 7 day Cruise to the Western Caribbean When? September 2012 Where? Leaving out of Port Canaveral, Florida going to: Cozumel, Belize, Isla Roatan, Costa Maya Why? Well, isn’t that obvious? To have fun, relax, enjoy a big family vacation, site-see How? On…
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18. Flowers I can never remember the name of these flowers. 21. Exercise 22. Field Trip with Alex We went to Callaway for Alex’s field trip. I’ll have a post about it later with lots more pics. 23. Colorful Peppers I was so excited that peppers were on sale this week at Kroger. 24.Carrots Yes, I know. Some very exciting pics this week. haha
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Whimsy Create Dust Seed or Sprout Swing or Drop
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13.Parmesan Crusted Pork Chops with Spaghetti & Homemade Sauce Since my schedule last week was day hours, I actually got to cook dinner! 14.Chocolate Chunk Brownies with Peanut Butter Cookie Chocolate Chunk Brownies with Peanut Butter Cookies 14.Lazy Daisy in the Sun 16.Spring is springing! 17. Running Playing at the neighbors.
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I recently told myself that I needed to take a week vacation from Facebook (FB). I did it for a couple reasons: 1. It was on my 100 in 1,001 list. 2. I wanted to see how my life would be different without it. My thoughts all along were that there would be no way I could do it. So now I can mark this off my list. Yay! But even more importantly, I realized that I can live without FB. In fact, I can live without it quite nicely. I found that my thoughts throughout the day many times…
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Vintage This is a necklace that was my great aunts. It’s quite vintage as you can see some of the little stones are gone. I still love it though. Word or Quote Family Nature’s Own People Friends and neighbors enjoying the 80 degree weather. Photographer’s Choice I actually cropped this to have the dark space on the side. Sometimes it’s good to change it up, and not have your subject in the middle.
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Better late than never… 4. Sign of Spring 6. MPA Music Performance Assessment: Drew’s first competitive band performance. 7. Happy Birthday, Alex! Collage of his day. 8. Meet Gary Gary is the snail that Alex found on the way to school the day before. He brought it home in this Sponge Bob cup. 9. Blue & Gold Banquet Friday night was B&G banquet for our Cub Scout Pack. It was Star Wars themed. 10. Post Birthday Celebration On Saturday we were in B’ham for soccer game and we promised Alex that we would go to a n arcade/mini golf/bumper car…
