Boy Have I Been Slacking !!!!!!!!

It's been quite some time since I last made a post to my Blog............sad to say. On a good note, I had an awesome summer. It was full of adventures. It was such a blessing to have had the entire summer off from work. My family and I made the most of it. We enjoyed a family trip to Tennessee for 8 days. We rented an awesome cabin there in the mountains of Pigeon Forge. Logan, Mom and I went on a helicopter tour that was a lot of fun. It was great to see Logan wanting to overcome his fear of flying. Then................we went to King's Dominion and Logan braved the Skyflyer (sort of like sky diving). He also went to Florida for ten days WITHOUT ME. Needless to say, it was a summer that my little man truly faced new adventures.

Having had two and a half months off from work really spoiled me. I have been back to work now for two weeks. Things are going very well. I have four new students and two returning students at the start of a new school year. They seem to be a sweet little group of children. My work is almost always FUN. Now, I will admit, I have had times where I needed to step outside just for a moment.......hasn't every teacher had a few of those moments? I adore those precious little children.

Be sure to look for some pics soon of my family summer vacation.

How about some ladder ball and corn hole?

What an enjoyable day.......ladder ball and grilled food with family and friends. You gotta love Spring!

Family, food and fun!

There's nothing like making smores and enjoying the campfire with friends....

The latest addition to our family

Camping and fishing are always fun!

LET'S GO CAMPING !!!

We are so ready to do some camping now. We have bought a nice camper (30 feet long) and are ready to enjoy the great outdoors. My family is looking forward to fishing, hiking, tubing, swimming and of course, grilling. There's nothing like the taste of food cooked on a grill. It tastes even better when we can sit by a cozy campfire.

Our journey started when I mentioned the fact that I wanted to purchase a pop-up camper, just something inexpensive. A place where we wouldn't have to sleep on the ground. That "tent" camping is hard on us old people. And besides, I must have A/C . Eddy and Logan said to me that I would not be happy with a pop-up. They were right, I don't know what I was thinking. Anyways, we searched Craig's List daily for a nice, gently used camper. Eddy faithfully bought the Bulletin Board newspaper to me every Thursday, to search for the perfect camper. After weeks of searching and 500 miles of traveling to view campers, north and south of here, we found the perfect one!

I thank The Lord that He allowed us to be able to make this purchase and ask that He grant us many fun family camping adventures.