Crooked Lake Ranch

Grandpa got a new camera lens, so Ben and I went out to Crooked Lake Ranch today to pose for him. We had a great time watching the cows and cheesing for the camera. I just love all of the pictures Grandpa took. What a great early Mother's Day gift for me!

April Recap

April, you just flew right by! Jeremy's 7th season of baseball ended, we had FCAT, I got a gym membership, we registered Ben for his second year of preschool.....we have been so BUSY! Here are tons of random photos to catch everyone up!


I've been doing weights at the gym with my friend, Elya, after school on Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays. I get up super early before work on Tuesdays/Thursdays to get my running in. I'm training for an upcoming race, so I've been doing a little speedwork.......

Ben being a silly goose at Outback.....

One of Ben's favorite treats is a blue icee from Harvey's. Obviously, Daddy drinks more of it than he does....

I LOVE date nights! Jeremy and I had dinner at Lakeside Village and saw the movie 42 one evening. It was lovely....

We began our unit on Greek Mythology and these sweet young ladies helped me hang my family tree of the gods & the titans...

Ben was watching Thomas & Friends one afternoon and I just had to get a picture of him sitting like this!

Fatboy's BBQ on a Friday night!

My students using the mobile labs to research Olympian Gods & Goddesses...wish I had a set of laptops to use in class everyday!

Ben does this weird thing with his shoulder blade that freaks me out! I call it his little chicken wing!

Ben decided to wake up at 6 am on a Sunday morning. Needless to say, he needed a little nap on the way to the bowling alley!

Ben and me after lunch at Chili's!

We can't go to Lowe's without driving the mowers!

Someone posted this on Facebook and I thought it was a good reference! We're working on these!

Ben is signed up for his first race so we've been practicing at the track. I hope he grows up to love running as much as his mama & daddy!

New kicks! He fell in loves with these since they have green laces!

My updated certificate came in the mail with Social Science 6-12 added. YAY!!!!

This silly goose is ready for class picture day!

Grandma's Birthday Weekend

We had fun celebrating Grandma's birthday this weekend. Her actual birthday was on Friday, so we wrapped up her presents Thursday night and gave them to her Friday morning when we dropped Ben off before school. Jeremy, Ben and I shopped for her presents while we were in Orlando for Spring Break. We were so excited to give them to her. Jeremy had a baseball game Friday night, so we had lunch at Frostbite Saturday afternoon before they left for Punta Gorda to visit Sam and Darlene. Since we didn't get to see them much on Saturday, we also met them in Lakeland for lunch at Olive Garden on Sunday. We did a little shopping at Lakeside Village after lunch, then took Ben to Common Ground Park. It was a great weekend.

Happy birthday, Grandma! We love you!

He loves this bunny mask that Grandma & Grandpa got him. Silly goose!

Olive Garden lunch date. Yum!

wearing mama's headband when I got back from the gym the other day. He kept trying to pop me  with it. Stinker!

Ben loves seeing Miss Taylar at Publix!

silly faces!