So excited for the first day of school!

I'm so excited for the first day of school it's crazy! I keep thinking about what grades (hopefully only 1 - fingers crossed!) and what the schedule will look like for this fall. I'm excited for finding out the students in my class, and the teachers that will be new, and the role I will play as a mentor teacher. I'm excited to be training and technology reps, pre-assess my students, plan our lessons. It's really hard to believe that it all begins in two weeks!

I will miss spending the day with my wonderful puppy, she has enjoyed me being home all day with her. It's almost like she knows I'm going back soon and she is extra attached to me and follows me around with this look like "really why would you ever leave me!" Crazy pup.

It's been fun this summer working on projects around the house, but it will be nice to get back on a schedule. I am always more productive when I'm busy. Somehow, when there is way too much to do, I find the time and make sure it gets done. Instead of like now, I have all the time in the world over the summer, so I'm not really motivated to get things done. Maybe next summer I'll have something to keep me on a stricter schedule ;)

Aunt Jaclyn's Visit

Aunt Jaclyn was so excited, that she called into work and came up to visit on Friday. It is wonderful to have her support. She can be crazy and wild, but I love her so much because you can always see her passion and love in all she does. She took me to Babies R Us, and it was rather overwhelming, who knew babies needed so much stuff! It's really crazy! She walked me through the store and gave her opinion on just about everything and anything under the sun. It's great to have her experience. I walked around the store, still shocked that we were really expecting! Jaclyn and I had a blast shopping together. She bought us our wonderful diaper bag, tons of cute outfits (especially all the owl and I love my aunt ones).  Before long, it was time for her to head home. It was a wonderful trip and a great afternoon spent with Aunt Jaclyn. 

It's a baby!

After moving to DeWitt, Kent and I decided it was time to try and expand our family. I couldn't be happier and was excited and nervous to start our family. We were blessed on our first month of trying, but the pregnancy test at 3 and 5 weeks still said negative. It wasn't until August 4 that I found out we were pregnant. I couldn't contain my emotions. I had to double check the test just to make sure. It was the best feeling in the world knowing that I was pregnant! I tried to call Kent right away, but he was in a meeting and couldn't answer the phone. I decided it was best not to tell him on the phone, so I ran to Meijer and grabbed baby back ribs, baby corn, baby carrots, and a Baby Ruth bar for dessert. When Kent finally got home that evening, dinner was ready and I could hardly contain my excitement. He had rode his bike to work, and had to shower first. I thought I was going to explode from waiting so long to tell him. Finally, we sat down to dinner and all I could do was smile! Kent dug right in and looked up at me and I said "You are so oblivious!" He looked down at his plate again, back up at my huge smile and said "Really!" All I could do was smile and nod because we were both so happy. We gave each other a hug and celebrated the wonderful news together! After we had some time to let the good news sink in, we called everyone in our families! We announced the news by saying hello to their new title like Grandma and Grandpa! I couldn't wait to tell my parents that they'd be grandparents. It was wonderful telling everyone. Aunt Jaclyn didn't believe me, and thought we were kidding. Uncle Joe was so excited for us too! Uncle Chad and Aunt Patty are so happy that Luka will have a cousin his age! It's just such a wonderful time and we are so happy. Our little squirt will make a wonderful addition to our family. 

More things to do than time to do it...

Now that it is August, the quickly approaching deadline of going back to school is looming over my head. The summer always goes by too quickly! It always seems that my summer to do list isn't that long at the beginning of the summer, then almost through the summer, it seems to double (maybe triple) in size. So much to do, so little time.

I love the summer, there are always a billion fun things to do and I love it. Kent and I just got back from our first camping trip. It was a blast. We camped for two nights by Heuron National Park on the AuSable River. The first night was great in our tent, we have a 2.5 person tent, just big enough for the two of us and the dog. It was great until Petoskey (our 80 pound Golden) decided that it would be great if she slept on top of me. Plus Kent forgot his pillow - which I set out for him to pack with some of his clothes and he still forgot it - so we shared a pillow. All of this led to a not so restful night's sleep. On Saturday we got inner tubes and enjoyed being on the river for several hours. We ate really well too, from tacos, omelets, pancakes, and of course pudgy pies! We ate like kings. The second night was much better and Petoskey was exhausted from swimming laps around our tubes for 3+ hours so she crashed at the bottom of the tent. Plus Kent used an extra blanket as a pillow. It was tons of fun. Sunday morning we even caught some of the canoes from the race that went from Grayling to Oscoda. Tons of fun!

This week, I am working hard on getting ready for school. I am also working on painting the chairs. With only three weeks left until I go back to school, I would like to finish these tasks:

1. Chairs - paint and reupholster the 5 chairs

2. Master closet - must organize (sobs in the background!)

3. Organize for school - there is so much to do

Maybe some other tasks, but we'll see. I'm mostly focused on school we'll see what else gets done. Hopefully we'll have some more exciting weekend adventures coming up soon too!