There is nothing like calling in for a sub the second week of school! Things are looking up. Miss Em visited the doctor and is feeling a little better, her fever is gone, but I feel like I am dragging and I feel SO.FAR.BEHIND this week! 
The girls and I are pooped. The first week is always really hard, but we made and are so thankful for the weekend. 
We did pretty good if I do say so my self! We found the perfect place to place to tree house which when you have as many trees as we do one our acreage that is a feat in itself. We then placed the large piece of wood we hauled from the storage house.
We hauled lots of wood of the storaged building to build the support beams and a hammer and saw and some nails! Oh and did I mention it was a 105 degrees and 3 o'clock in the afternoon...
We then measured all the legs and cut them with a SAW to be the support legs for our tree house. OK! I will stop here and say we did get the legs under the tree house but it was NOT. THAT. STURDY! We waited for daddy to return home and help make the tree house a bit more stable! He was able to make the tree house steady and ready to go and in a FLASH!
The girls painted the legs and have BIG plans for painting more of the tree house. Daddy also added a ladder on one of the trees and a bucket and a rope to bring up necessary items :) He also added some rails to add some character...
What more could a girl ask for? 
It is the perfect tree house! I wish we would have built it at the first of the summer! Now we can enjoy it all FALL and WINTER and for a lifetime!
I remember when I was in the 5th, 3rd, and 2nd grades like it was yesterday! Time is flying by...
Abbey is so blessed with LOTS of crazy, fun, little girls in her life! We were so happy that that so many of them took the time out of they crazy busy schedules to celebrate Abbey's birthday with us! 
Of course we can NEVER have a gathering without a SISTER picture :) 
Abbey, there are no words to describe how much you mean to me! You are turning into a very special young lady! I love you to pieces, sweet girl! 
Happy Birthday, Abbey Grace! 
I also bought this red dress because red is my favorite color! These dresses FEEL.SO.GOOD and they are so comfortable! 
Oh yes and my mother-in-law gave me this super cute coffee cup so now I am set! I can head out the door with my coffee or tea and be ready for a GREAT day! 
Come on First Graders! I am READY! 
1. I just havent slept good because my brain wont turn off.
1. I LOVE beginning a new school and it is JUST.PLAIN. EXCITING!
2. I really love getting that new list of kiddos and thinking of the new possibilities for a new school year.
3. I love seeing all my coworkers after a long summer break! Everyone is so excited and busy, busy, busy.
4. My girls have been at Grammy and PaPa's all week so I have gotten so much done.
5. Our school got an amazing make-over this summer and it is just a wonderful feeling to be in a clean building. My classroom looks clean and fresh and clutter free! It all makes me smile!
Now if I could just find the happy middle between pooped and excited! It will come :)
Happy New School Year!!!
Yep, you got it...111!
Lainey girl picked a zebra and hot pink backpack to match her lunchbox! It is adorable and shiny. 
Abbey Grace picked a saddle bag that is made from an ACU jersey. She got it when she went to Wildcat camp. It is SO HER!! 
I LOVE how my three girls are so different... and how it shows even in their backpacks. I think we are ready for school! 
3. Abbey and Emiley will be sporting these cute lunchboxes this year. Got them for $7 at Kirklands! I "heart" them and so do they. :) Abbey loved it because it was lime green. Emiley loved it because it was animal print! 
5. Lainey Beth got a new lunchbox, too but hers is hot pink and zebra! It fits her PERFECT! Her backpack matches it perfectly, too but would you think anything differently from her?!?! 
6. Speaking of Lainey Girl, I made her take a break from a little summer reading to take a picture for me. She will be in the third grade grade. How is it possible? 
7. Oh my, another bargain! Silver GAP flip flops for $8... Last year the teachers were able to wear flip flops because our school was EXEMPLARY! Well, we are EXEMPLARY again so I am hoping I will get to wear these adorable flops to school :) 
8. Miss EM! She is a Doll... and going into the second grade. I sure am going to miss her in first grade! It was sure fun teaching first grade with her in first grade last year, but she must move on and grow up. 
9. I have been cleaning house ALL.DAY.LONG! Not a fun way to spend my last day of summer vacation but it must be done and I will be so glad its clean. 
This last weekend I spent the ENTIRE weekend with my childhood girlfriends ALONE! We didnt get dressed (well, except for swimsuits) and wore little makeup! It was AWESOME! We visited the lakehouse that we LOVED and visited during high school and that we have visited a few times in between! (We are so thankful that Farrah's family still has the lake house!) 
We rode in the boat when we wanted to! Which included a night stroll :)
Farrah had to FREAK me out and drive with NO. HANDS!
We relaxed on the dock...
We drove the boat to the bridge that many of our friends jumped off of during high school... if our parents are reading this... please ignore!
I did NOT JUMP! I was often called the Chicken S**T! I was a chicken and I admit. But I did not walk around with bruises on my rear because of it.
We floated in the lake without a care in the world! I sacrificed and took the kid float :)
We acted like kids and rode the jet ski! We relaxed in the hot tub and I did not get a single shot of us in the hot tub :( 
And we LOVED every minute in being in this home away from home! Thanks for having us, Farrah!
Love you girls since second grade! Has it really been TWENTY-SEVEN years?
