This is always the worst part of the storm for me....waiting. Knowing it's coming, with nothing you can do about it. At least when it gets here, you know what you're dealing with. Right now, I don't know if Tuesday will be a nightmare or a bright, sunny, day ( Read more... )

It's been almost an entire year since I've updated ( Read more... )

Student teaching + being a mother of THREE is just keeping me too busy to even look at LJ. But I do miss you guys and can't wait till this semester is over so I can get back to my friends and my posting! In the mean time, we had a busy weekend and I wanted to put up some quick pics ( Read more... )

So. We're moving ( Read more... )

I got an email today from our new daughter, Paween-On.

You can certainly tell that English isn't her first language, but I think she'll manage just fine. Jason and I can both help her with her school work and I know she's going to pick up so quickly once she gets here.

hi! my host family ( Read more... )

Well, after weeks of waiting, we now know that we are certainly getting Paween-On as our exchange daughter! She had to do two phone interviews with the high school but this morning they finally agreed to let her attend school! We are so excited and I can't wait for her to get here. She is mostly likely going to get here next Saturday, but we will ( Read more... )

So, I've been pretty MIA from LJ for the past 2 months or so. Summer is just hard on me. Summer camp was killer this year. It was GREAT, but it sapped the life out of me ( Read more... )

Jason left for Thailand this morning.

He'll be gone for 2 weeks and 3 days.

I may die.

I am calling this my Throw Up Post because I have about 1/2 a dozen really long, detailed posts that I want to/need to make, but don't have the time or energy. So, I'm just throwing everything up right here, right now, in a (very) condensed version.

1) My Mother's Day was....nice. I loved everything from my kids and husband. Madeline made me a ( Read more... )

My mother-in-law sent me the best Mother's Day gifts! (I know, I should have waited to open them, but I'm not good with waiting when presents are involved ( Read more... )