Crazy thing called life

I know it has been a while since I have had a chance to sit down and write.... Life has been crazy in our house. We have finished Basketball  and  competition season so things in the dance department have slowed down some. But we are now on our way to starting Volleyball Season for KE and still in the midst of Tennis with AM so life is still super busy. I am getting married in 9 days and am totally excited I never really thought I would remarry after the other one was such a miserable fail and so I figured it just want in the cards for me. I guess we will see how this one goes. I am truly scared to death about it to be honest I am so afraid I am going to mess it up. Also our Landlord has decided to sell the house that we live in so I am back to hunting for a rental house that we like and is close to the kids school but I did find a guy who is willing to help us find a house to buy hopefully next year when we get a tax return. I am so glad that the kids are home for good and that they have to spend as little time with their dad as possible. The kids are extremely happy about this. So on the weight lose front I started Weight Watchers and I am in love completely I have lost 8 pounds in 2 weeks and that makes me very happy but since I broke my foot a few weeks ago being stupid and kicking the General Lee on accident  and poof the foot broke... It completely sucks and so I go back next week to see if I can take this dang boot off and go back to running..... Then I will completely be super happy.  In the kids lives KN has decided to try out for officer of the Dixie Belles and is very happy about doing the student choreography Contest next weekend she also got the news the other day she is ranked 19th out of 600 in her class.... Mommy and Papa are very proud of her and her very smart brain. AM is loving tennis even if we did have a match the other morning in 28 degree weather... was to cold to even breath..... He is looking forward to playing next year in High school..... KE well she has been having a rough few weeks and we are doing a lot to work on that.... Counseling starts back next week and Volleyball starts in a few weeks... I am praying this will be what she needs so that she can move on and learn to cope with the grief of losing her sister and the divorce and all that stuff......  As far as me well I am enjoying work even with all the crazy stuff and staying busy helps pass the time ........ Until Next Time.... prayers for a safe and happy week for every one and an amazing spring break to all the teachers

Back to life, Back to reality

Well I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a wonderful New Year......... I got the best Christmas present.... Our custody battle is done and my kids are home where they belong .... We had a wonderful Christmas ...even though the kids had to go to their dads house on the 28th...That unfortunately didn't go so well.... after 3 heart broken kids and a police report and the purchase of new cell phones the kids are home again at least for a day before they have to go back....... Papa and I picked a wedding date.... we are very excited to start this new chapter in our lives together as a family.....New years eve and New Years day were very unproductive.... I managed to not really do anything..... But I will have a Christmas photo dump here in a few to be able to share the fun we had........Our schedule was very busy for the most part until the kids left We got to go to dinner with the family, decorate sugar cookies with the cousins, go to Christmas eve service, open Christmas presents and have 3 trips to the ER in a span of about 4 days....... who every said Christmas was a break....  Anyways..... after all that fun we have now started back to school... and luckily my kids are in pretty good moods so far....... Hope you guys have an amazing week and I will post some more late...... BYE

Finals Week

As I sit here in my classroom and help all these amazing kids get ready for finals this week my heart is sad and heavy. I have prayed and cried for the families in CT that lost loved ones on Friday. I know first hand the lose of a child can be so overwhelming and completely deplete your soul to the core. I did not lose my child in a tragedy such as this but I do know the feeling of waking up one morning and by the middle of the day your world shattered and you have to go home without your child.I prayed today that we as teachers, parents, and all adults have the ability to let these children who have seen these horrific events are aloud to talk about how  they are feeling and that we have the correct answers that do not make the fear worse. The 23 little souls that went to be with the Lord on Friday are looking down on us.... They are now happy, safe and have no memories of what happened to them. Only we are left to grieve them. We had a very uneventful weekend in our house and the TV was not on very much. My children has school Christmas parties they went to and spent some much needed down time with their friends. It was James birthday on Friday and we went to dinner on a date.. and Saturday we went to my dads house and spent the day with him.I know that on Tuesday the custody papers will be filed and all the other crap will be over. I know that I could care less if I get anything else for CHRISTmas other then my children HOME with me all the time........This week is going to be crazy hectic but Friday my best friend will be here and all will be right in my world.......I pray you all have a Merry CHRISTmas and the Your Santa brings you everything you have been wishing for.......

May peace be with all of us as educators and parents and may we all do everything in our power to keep our kids safe......AMen

Happy Thanksgiving Recap

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Our family had a wonderful time with the family I had the whole week off and was able to get a bunch of stuff done.. which makes me very happy and I love being able to be productive. The kids were with their dad this year for Thanksgiving and they went to Oklahoma for a few days and had a great time with their Aunt and Uncle and cousins out there. I was super happy to have them home on Friday so we put up our CHRISTmas Tree and went to the parade of lights in downtown for the 15 year in a row..... We love it and its our family tradition to go and see all the lighted floats and our friends dancing in the parade. We also got to watch AG dance in the pre parade performance.  We spent the rest of the weekend hanging around the house and had a second Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday with the kids so they were able to have some of their favorite things... like mac and cheese and cornbread dressing.... which are also 2 of my favorites... I spent Thursday with my family hanging out at my house and eating lots of yummy food that my mom made... She is the best.... I got some awesome family news that I cant share yet but I will be able to soon.... We are very excited about it...... We also got some bad news in that my ex is refusing to sign the papers that he had said he would sign and so now they wont be getting filed this week and so now I am just praying we will get this crap done before Jan..... That would be nice..... I do not do Black Friday shopping and so I only have a few CHRISTmas things bought so far and so I really need to get my rear in gear and get it done.... I already know what I am getting the kids but have no clue on the HTB and what to get him.... Papa is very hard to buy for and I know he wants things like weights and a bike but I am not sure if I want to do that or not.....I guess I will just have to see what he wants.....  Well I hope you all have a great week and I will be back soon ..... Our first basketball game is tomorrow for KN to dance at...Guess I will have to learn to like basketball.....

Craziness

Well we have made it through another week praise the Lord. I have been running around like chicken with my head cut off the last few days at work. Getting ARD stuff ready for a couple of kids and still trying to help the ones who come in my class. feels like I am going 15 different ways and not accomplishing a dang thing. We had a super nonproductive weekend...... I am extremely grateful for....... Friday night was of course FOOTBALL we got our butts kicked by our life long rivals who haven't won a game in like 4 years and they beat us really badly....guess the underdog has to get a win every once in a while.......but no more of them beating us I hope........ Saturday was pretty boring hung out at my aunts house in the man cave for a little bit with my dad who I don't get to see very often and went to Wally World to make one of KN CHRISTmas presents...... she is totally going to love......Sunday the whole house didn't even make it out of our jammies........God bless wonderful days like that.... It was super cold so we made some stew and hung out on the couch. Monday was staff development... our presenter was amazing he talked on differential learning and not putting your students into a mold of what they are or aren't....... Very enlightening...... Tuesday my oldest KN turned 15 ....OMG I can not believe that she is 15 I am very blessed that she is  an AMAZING child and very smart and acts nothing like a typical teenager...... We made her favorite dinner ham, mac and cheese, carrots, mashed potatoes, deviled eggs...... She is carb queen since she dances 100+ hours a week and is still skinny as a bean pole....... All 3 kids had a homework free night last night so it was nice to be able to spend the time as a family. We have a court date set for the 24th of Oct. I am praying this will be the last one and that everything will workout in our favor the kids will be home all the time with me again where they belong and where they want to be. All will be well and like it should..........This weekend is super busy Friday of course is football woohoo fun, Sat we are doing an Alzheimer's walk that the whole fam is doing....... And my little cousin has a birthday party we are going to ........ Sunday is my birthday so I am sure we wont do much ......... I hope all of you have a safe and wonderful week and weekend