Christmas Cookies for Santa

Silly poses while waiting for the cookies to bakeThey decorated the cookies ALL by themselves!!! ;)

Happy Birthday, Jesus

The other day Rhett and Micah wanted to have a birthday party for Jesus. Not the greatest picture, but the idea behind it was good. So today, as you are opening gifts with friends and family, take some time to remember the true meaning of Christmas!

Girls' Night Out

(Rachel, I probably should have done a retake, too!!) ;)

Monday night some friends and I went out to eat at the Cheesecake Factory!!! I LOVE that place! The food is amazing (I ordered the Stuffed Chicken Tortilla) and although I'm not a big fan of cheesecake, I do like theirs. (I get the Fresh Banana Cream Cheesecake.) It was so nice to get out and have some fun with the girls. Actually, my whole day was "Girls' Night" starting with a shopping adventure at Edinburgh Outlet Mall with Cindy & Tabby. My social life gets put on hold so much during the school year, so it's nice to have some time off of work to hang out with friends and catch up on what's new in everyone's lives. I would like to make an effort to go out with the girls more often. We had a couple of ladies cancel on us (sickness & out of town guests), but we still had fun! We've already started thinking about where to go next. So if anyone has any suggestions or would like to join us, we'd love to hear from you!!!

Waiting for the Wee One's Christmas party to start
Santa made a visit to the party.

For the gift exchange, Micah received a My Little Pony & book

The kids at church performed their stick puppets at church last week. Rhett had white gloves for one performance and sticks for the other performance. I was very impressed with his confidence and skill! He's really coming out of his shell! We are so proud of him!

So apparently I didn't take any pictures in the month of November (crazy, huh???). These pictures were taken at Micah's Wee Ones Christmas program.

Rhett's job was to hand out programs as people entered the Sanctuary.

While Rhett was handing out programs, the girls went on stage to pose for some pictures.

October Pictures

Eating is exhausting, I'm telling ya!
Rhett & his friends Ethan and Lizzie at the Fall Party in Mrs. Webb's class.

Greater Clark held it's First Annual Class Pumpkin Decorating Contest this year. My class had been studying owls and chose to decorate our pumpkin to look like Owl from the book Owl At Home. I'm not creative and almost panicked and called Maria to come decorate our pumpkin for us. My room parent saved the day by finding some examples on the internet!! (Thanks, Liz)

We went with a sport theme for Halloween costumes this year.

Future UK Star!!!

I ordered Micah a cheer uniform from Kratz's Sporting Goods (don't ask how much it cost)! Blair is wearing her UK cheer uniform.

I'm back!

Since it's been FOREVER since I've blogged on a regular basis, here's a quick summary of the past few months. I haven't taken as many pictures as I usually do ... I've just been so busy lately. This school year has really been harder as far as finding extra time to get things done. The school coorporation extended the amount of time that the kids are in our classrooms, which means my planning time was drastically taken away (almost 50 minutes a day!!!!!) That means that I am having to stay after school longer each day. By the time I go and get the kids from my mom's and get home, it's usually after 5:00. From 5:00 to 9:00, I cook (or Tony brings home take-out), clean up the kitchen, household chores, laundry, homework, play time with the kids, baths, reading, devotions, and bed-time. If you know me, I'm completely exhausted and ready for bed by 9:00 or 9:30 on most nights. So ... that's why I haven't been able to blog as much as I would like. It's either blogging about my kids, or using that time to play with them, and well, I'm sure you know which one gets top priority!!! BTW, Tony is a TREMENDOUS help, but he's even busier than I am with his deacon responsibilities, practicing his guitar/songs, and teaching at Ivy Tech.



With all of that being said, I do apologize to all the faithful blog readers out there who check in each day (only to be disappointed to find the same old blog). Maybe over Christmas vacation I will get back in the swing of things!!!