Wedding

This past weekend we enjoyed the wedding of a girl who was in the youth group when Dan was the youth leader. She has been dating her (now) husband for seven years, so it's about time they got married! The wedding was at the beautiful St. Catherine of Sweden parish in Gibsonia. They held their reception at the Succop Conservancy in Butler, PA. The weather was superb for an outdoor reception in the beautifully decorated pavilion.

The light at the end of the tunnel

Today I had some extra time before class, so I started cleaning out my classroom. Another teacher shared my room at the beginning of the year, and there were still some odds and ends around that I thought might be his. So I got those out of there. I filed some music from our concerts, music that we're done with for this year.
It's amazing the rejouvenation that comes along with the end of the school year. The warmth of the spring and approaching summer vacation just help everyone gear up for the end of the year.
Also, with the craziness of musical season, all my normal rountines get pushed aside, and we all go into survival mode. Now that the musical has been over for several weeks now, I feel like I'm starting to get back into some of my Flylady and other routines. It's nice when life calms down a little. =)

Isaiah update: Still obsessed with Daddy, loves drawing Veggie Tales characters.
Sam update: Can spell his name and has started spotting "S" everywhere we go.

My little boy

Lately I've noticed a big change in Isaiah. For the first time, he has started to strongly prefer Dan to me. He is obsessed with Daddy, wants to do everything he does, imitates him, can't wait til he gets home, runs to give him pictures when he gets home, pretends he's calling him on the phone, and on and on. I'm not going to lie. I don't like this new trend at all. I mean, I guess I knew it was bound to happen, but still. I thought he was my boy. =)

Mother's Day

This morning the boys and Dan surprised me with breakfast in bed. The boys looked so cute bringing in my food while wearing their matching monkey pajamas. Sam said, "Happy Mother's Day!" After church and lunch at my in-laws, the boys gave me a shirt, necklace, and lip gloss. So cute. Isaiah picked out the shirt at Kohl's. They also each gave me a card. Sam scribbled on his. Isaiah drew a thomas train inside his and wrote "To Mommy from Isaiah." He was so excited to give everything to me.

Dan's mom gave me a cookbook filled with cookie recipes. Yum! The boys were excited about that one. My mom planted some flowers the planter that hangs from my deck. I feel spoiled and loved. Many thanks to my amazing family.

Lately...

Today we went up to Greenville to see my grandma, aunt, and dad. They boys were fairly well-behaved, which made for a nice, relaxing day. I managed to sqeeze in some bead shopping with my aunt and a mini coffee date with Dan at Fresh Grounds. I actually didn't take any pictures today, but here are some I had from when the girls were here last week.
S heard K waking up from her nap and wanted to go give her a hug. He couldn't really hug her without getting in the pack n play. =) Then they kicked their feet and shared the blanket. Too cute.
Another picture of the four of them. They were all strapped in and couldn't run away or wiggle too much! This was on the way up to see my grandma in Greenville last Wednesday. Katherine and Matt met us up there, so in case you think I was in charge of keeping four kids under control in a nursing home, that was not the case. =)

As much of a group photo as we could manage... =)

The oldest kid took this one. And many many many others.

K loved sitting at the boys' desk and playing the Thomas laptop. She kept climbing up there by herself.