Taking a few minutes to breathe!

Anna decided that she was going to have a birthday party for Auntie Shannon. She picked out everything! :)

Anna and Daddy riding the trike at his work picnic
Enjoying some of summer's best!

Anna playing ping-pong with the most kind Wolff boys.
Anna and Davis trying to enjoy their boat ride all bundled up!
Anna's favorite part - driving the boat!
Anna saw the big boys using the rope swing and just had to try it!

Ok, so I am just getting home for the night but I had a smidge of energy left to update my blog. We had our Open House at school tonight (alway super fun to go back to school after you have been there all day.) I had 8 out of 22 parents come visit. I sure would have like to see more. Thankfully the weather has been much cooler this week. I don't think I have had to turn on my fans once. YEAH!!! Everyone who works with me is thankful as well, because I am not a happy camper when it is hot. I HATE TO BE HOT!!! I guess I should have chosen a school with air conditioning. :)

We went to Dave's work picnic last weekend and Anna was able to enjoy a few fun activities while she was there. She especially enjoyed riding the big trikes with Daddy! :) We also went to "Aunt" Beth's house for a little fun on the boat. Of course Anna couldn't wait to get her hands on the wheel. She loves "driving" the boat. It was fun to hang out with friends and catch up. I sure wish we could get together more often. The only sad part was our good friends Karen & Brock weren't there. They recently moved away from us to Canton, OH. We all missed their smiling faces!

Well, I am going to sign off for today! I will try to keep my blog a little more up to date. Now that I am settling into a schedule, I should be able to get my act together. :)

Delicious Meal

My friend Kim recently gave us some dress-up clothes that her girls used to wear (her oldest daughter Laura now babysits for us.) Anna just couldn't wait to put them on while fixing "dinner."
As you can see Anna is quite the cook. She loves playing in her kitchen with all of her dinner guests.
Anna is trying to teach Patty, her doll to pray. It was the most precious thing to watch!

I was in my classroom for a few hours yesterday trying to get myself organized. The problem is that I keep finding more things that need to be reorganized so my room still looks like a big mess! Hopefully I will make a little more headway this afternoon. Luckily the weather has been nice and cool, so that makes working in the classroom so much more enjoyable. I am hoping the weather stays this nice next week when school starts, usually that is when the 90's real their ugly head! :)

Enjoying Indiana's best!

Well, as you can see we couldn't resist yet another "carnibal." We have tried to get Anna to say amusement park, but she likes "carnibal" better. We traveled to Dave's parents house in Jasper, IN last Thursday. Holiday World is 30 minutes from there, so we decided to check it out. Dave went there many times as a child, but hadn't been back in a while. Anna once again throughly enjoyed herself.

Look at me Papa, I am driving my own boat!

We found blue ice cream and just had to try it! Anna loves the color blue, so she was beside herself with excitement!

Anna is really into trains, so Dave found a place in French Lick, IN that had a 2 hour train ride. This was Anna's first ride on a real train, so she thought it was really cool.
Anna and Daddy looking for treasures at the beach.
Look what I found!

Anna has her own personal lake!

We went to the Indianapolis zoo on Tuesday but I forgot the camera in the car. :( It rained most of the time we were there so we were looking a little wet anyway. Beautiful zoo, we had a good time despite the rain. This was Anna's first trip to the zoo, so she loved seeing all of the animals.

I have been back working in my classroom since our return home. I worked part of Wednesday and all day yesterday and still have quite a bit to do. I spent a lot of time moving Kindergarten materials to the new teachers classroom. I am glad to be teaching first grade again, but all of this moving business is overwhelming. Oh well, it's the price you pay to be back where you belong.

No big plans this weekend, so hopefully we will be able to enjoy being home for a few days! :) I am sure I will be able to take a few cute pictures anyway! :)