Love!

Kaylee and I spent some of the afternoon at the park being silly together. She is at such a fun age :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Grandaddy :)

Grandaddy Memories

• Sitting on his lap listening to him read Paula and me the Sunday Comics
• Playing Ole Maid-Grandaddy letting the others trick me into picking the Ole Maid- oh the tears I shed!
• Riding on his back in the indoor pool @ Navarre. Me and Paula at the same time. Geez. How did he do it?? 
• Teaching me how to dive at the indoor pool @ Navarre
• Memo sneaking Paula and me his coffee sugar cubes in their hotel bathroom @ Navarre
• Roasting hot dogs on the beach @ Navarre
• Sitting with Grandaddy and Memo while they worked puzzles @ Navarre
• Bonfires each year for his b-day
• Christmas morning- him looking and talking to me about all my Santa gifts
• The shelves he built for my room at home- one now hangs in our kitchen
• The bible verse frame he gave me on my 19th birthday with the sweet memories he had of the two of us written on the back- hanging in my hallway
• Watching soooo many of my softball games throughout my career. Loved that!
• Lunch @ their house during my college years and on breaks once I started teaching
• Calling their house and he immediately found Memo (no matter what she was doing) b/c he knew I wanted to talk to her
• Red Lobster, Dixie Cafe, and Cracker Barrel dates
• The horns he gave to Eric and always asked about where he hung them :)
• The sweet & innocent few times I brought Kaylee over to visit him.
• The smile on his face when I visited him at Fox Bridge.

My grandaddy was a sweet sweet man. Hope him and Memo have reunited in heaven :) 

Fall Break is the BEST!

I just had the best fall break of my short 5 year career. This was the first year that I was really feeling the need for the break. As many of you teachers know, education has been changing and what teachers are required to do seems to become more and more each year. I LOVE my job, but the stress can be overbearing sometimes. 

We started the week off with a trip to our amazing local zoo. Kaylee was a little nervous at first, but she sure opened up and wanted to explore as the day went on.

Checking out the animals

Didn't want to hold Dada's hand, growing so fast!

Later on in the week we headed to ATL to visit my brother and do some Atlanta things. We rode the local transportation train-The Marta, went to the Varsity, the Children's Museum, Centennial Olympic Park, the Georgia Aquarium (Which is awesome BTW), IKEA, and spent a day at Stone Mountain. 

Very fast service. Cool, huge drive in!

Painting her masterpiece at the Children's Museum

With my brother outside the aquarium

Exploring the mountain-aka Giant rock of Granite

Stone Mountain

Pumpkins!

The week was just what I needed to get back in the groove of things at work. I had a wonderful day with my class today and look forward to the rest of the week!

October!

October Currently Time!

I am beyond excited about this week long break that I have. Some rain came through last night, and it now actually feels like fall, just in time for Fall Break. Eric is off Monday for Columbus Day (love bank holidays) so we are going to take Kaylee to the zoo then have a bday dinner for my daddy. Tuesday, Kaylee and I are going to story time at the library. We went to a puppet story time yesterday and she flipped with happiness especially since all the puppets were animals! Wednesday, Kaylee may have a play date plus we have to get my car ready for the trip b/c Thursday we leave for ATL. Fun week in store!

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Saturday- I Love You!

I have been slightly boggled down in work lately that I am so exhausted. I slept till 9:15 this morning and Kaylee slept till 9:17. Love that girl! Here is a catch up of our life lately.

Last night, Kaylee and I snuggled on the couch for a while watching Honey Boo Boo, well she was while I dozed in and out. I know your thinking, what? You let your 15 month old watch Honey Boo Boo, but OMG she loves the little girl! She has no concept of what those crazy people are saying, she just likes to see Alana, and I have to say that Alana looked very cute in that blue swimwear during the finale Wednesday night. 

I made a delicious dessert for a lady and her husband at work. 3rd grade teachers made a meal for them since they have new twin girls.

Graham Crackers, Marshmallow Puff, Brownie Mix, White Chocolate Chips, and Oreos

Kaylee liked the outcome!

We finally made it to the doctor for Kaylee's 15 month check-up even though she is 15 1/2 months now. She checked in at 20lbs and 14oz and 30 3/4 inches long. She did not gain as much on her growth chart as she had been, but she did still show grow. She is just slightly below the 50% percentile. My kid doesn't eat so I wasn't surprised of this. She has become a very picky eater over the past 6 weeks or so. Doc said just continue to put a variety of foods in front of her and eventually she will eat, so that is what we are doing. Kaylee knows that the doctor's office brings scary things now so she started to freak once a nurse came into our little room. Hey, if I had to get 4 shots, I would freak too! 

Checking herself out in the mirror at the doc :)

Kaylee now has her first ever t-shirt, and what better shirt than a Lawhon's Lions shirt?? My mentor and friend lost her battle with Pancreatic Cancer recently. Last year at work, we had these t-shirts made to wear to a Pancreatic 5K and to wear at work throughout the semester. Well, they put a second order in b/c we are going to wear them to her life celebration that is next weekend. I had to order Kaylee one b/c Kaylee was her grandneighbor baby and she was Kaylee's grandneighbor lady. We loved her so much, one of the sweetest I have ever met. 

Well, I'm off to run, yes I am still doing it! Heading to another craft festival in a bit. Happy Weekend!

First Official 5K Completed!

Afterwards, so proud!

As most of you know from my posts, I have been training for a 5K with the C25KFree App on my phone. The program is an 8 week program that gradually gets you to where you need to be to run a 5K without stopping. As the weeks progressed in the program, I didn't think I would be able to complete the task at hand. One week it would jump from running 2 minutes at a time to running 5 then to running 9 etc until the last week you reach a 30 minute run no stopping. I was so proud of myself for sticking with the program for 8 weeks being that this is the most busy time of the year for teachers. I think the running 3 times a week (totally doable btw) was a good stress reliever plus I love setting goals for myself. Throughout most of the program, I was running 11.30 minutes a mile. Yes I know, that is slow. I didn't care about pace at all since my goal was to do what the program said not do it at a rapid rate plus I did the majority of my training pushing my sweet Kaylee in the jogging stroller which makes for a much more difficult run, so running without her made the race much easier! 

My sister was my running partner, she stayed about 30 seconds ahead of me most of the race, great motivator to keep pushing!

My pace at the race yesterday averaged 10.34 minutes a mile and I finished in 32.50 minutes just ten seconds faster than my 33.00 goal I set for myself. Go me! I am excited to continue running this fall with a few more races in store. Next one is the Pumpkin Run in October!

InstaFriday

My iPhone is my go to camera these days. It has been since the beginning of the summer. It is so easy to snap a picture and post ;) So I have decided to link up for InstaFriday. Here is our past week in pictures:

Ziplining at the park :)

         The cute initial we got at the craft fair!

Kaylee taking a break at the craft fair with her 80s hairstyle

Supporting my mentor and friend with Pancreatic Cancer

Discovering the wrapping paper closet and having to hold as many rolls as possible at the same time.
I am beyond happy it is the weekend. I run my first ever 5K Sunday. I hope I can make it without stopping, C25K better have prepared me! Wish me luck :)