Photo Dump...Week of July 27th

Monday I went up to school to work....I didn't get a lot done, but I cleaned out cabinets, trashed stuff and planned out how I would decorate our classroom!!

Tuesday we met Joey for lunch at El Fenix.  It was so nice to get to see him during the day. :)

I spread out all my preschool goodies and organized them while listening to Christmas music...it was wonderful!!

Have you heard this song?  It is so beautiful....with everything that is going on with my dad, this song just touched my heart deeply.

The family car, we barely fit

Christmas time had come again

Bundled up to fight the freeze

Picking out the family tree

We'd decorate with clumsy hands

In hope that Santa comes again

And in the morning, wake to see

Gifts beneath the family tree

And I don't know where I'm going

But I do know who I'll be

These memories and names like leaves all hang on us

The family tree

We're older now, we all have changed

But we all laugh at the same old things

We'll spend the night with memories

Gathered 'round the family tree

And I don't know where I'm going

But I do know who I'll be

These memories and names like leaves all hang on us

We're so much more than blood, we're more than names

We're bound by bonds that only God sustains

But this time of year we all gather here

And I always know I'm home

There are voices now where silence was

The subtle signs of growing up

Where one is born, another leaves

Branches on the family tree

I've finally gotten around to some of my gallery walls!!! 

The lighting in these pics isn't so great, but here they are!!  I'm thrilled to get them going!!

Very difficult to get a pic because of the angle...our map gallery wall....I'm still "mapping" ideas out in my head!!  Did you catch that there?  Pretty clever huh?!! :)

Friday the boys and I had lunch at Chuys...and we sat OUTSIDE!!!  At the END of July!!  And it was so breezy/cool that Owen was shivering!  He had to sit on my lap and cover up in my sweater!  Ha!  That is MY kind of summer!!

I love this crazy bunch and they are CRAZY!!!  Next week I have THREE kids at different camps!!  Busy busy!!