Trying to Post Pictures....

Is there any easy way to post a bunch of pictures at once?????

Hawaii Bound....

 We are off to the airport to begin the hours and hours of flight time to Hawaii. I woke up so giddy this morning. I've been bouncing around the house like Tiger!! Jonathon has been calmly preparing. We are so different. ;) I'm ashamed to admit that my suitcase weighs the same as the one I packed this summer for six weeks in Africa. I know I won't wear half of what I brought but a girl just never knows what she might need! Jonathon on the other hand just told me, "I packed BOTH pairs of shorts." What?!?!? Again, we are so different. ;) I love you, babe! Thanks for taking me to Hawaii!!!

Captain, My Captain...

Jonathon pinned on Captain this weekend at his drill weekend. They let his family come in for the fine minute ceremony to snap pictures then it was back to business for the unit. Here are some pictures....

       

I'm so proud of him!

Maddie's Day with KK

Maddie and I had a date for her birthday a couple weeks ago. We started out going to see Alvin and the Chipmunks. It was really cute. I've had "All the single ladies...." in my head ever since. It was fun to see Maddie laugh at the funny parts.

Our next stop was Target. I gave her ten dollars to spend. She never got past the $1 bin and bought two items each for her family members. She has the sweetest heart. I love how she just wants everyone to be happy. :)

I let her choose where she wanted to eat and she chose Bob Evans. I thought that was an odd request from a kiddo but she said she had never been there before....fair enough. She enjoyed it and so did I. I love spending time with her!!!

Big Week for Family Birthdays..

1. Happy BIRTHday to my new baby cousin, Caleb. My cousin, Kelli, had her baby yesterday. She and Scott are going to wonderful parents. Kelli has always been a huge role model for me. She's an amazing educator and now she's going to be an even more amazing mom. I promise to make a trip soon to meet him. His pictures are so cute!!

2. Speaking of amazing moms......Happy Birthday to Kristen! We celebrated on Sunday with a meal to Longhorn Steakhouse. Yummy. I  love having Kristen so close to celebrate special events with. I love her family so much!

Say it ain't so....

Do I really have to work 5 days this week?!?!?

Great Start to 2010

I'm happy to say that my outlook on life has kind of changed for 2010 and so far (7 days into it-LOL) I'm keeping to it and I've been a happy girl. I decided that I stress out too much on things that matter....but not as much as they should. Here are some things I've decided are going to change this year:

-Spend less time at work. I love my job but it has become my life. I even caught myself through the fall talking about it at times when I should have just been relaxing or talking about anything but work. I'm still going to strive to be a good teacher but I had forgotten that my priorities should be God-Family-Then Work. It had become the other way around for a while.
-Take time each week to keep in touch with people I miss. I always said I wasn't going to be 50 and think, "whatever happened to _______," especially when (whomever is in the the blank) was very close to me. I've been so busy that I have been feeling distance with some people I used to be very close to. I know that when you get married priorities change....but I can still do a better job.
-Quit stressing out when I don't get everyone done in the next day, hour, or minute.
-Spend more time with my extended family. I don't want to lose family members and think, "I should have......"

So far I've done an excellent job at the first three and just letting some things go has really made me happier!  I need to have more time to make good on the last one....Hey, it's only been seven days. So, here's to continuing a less-stressed, more quality time 2010!