Well the tornado did not get us last night but it sure sounded like it was going to! We ended up with a power outage and an extra little body in our bed. Shocking...

So I finished with my June Institute for teachers today. I finally feel like it's summer now (except for the crazy messed up weather!) I team taught the first day and attended a class today. So much information... so little brain cells left. The remaining ones went out the doors with the students I think.

I'm looking forward to my time as a "stay at home" mom. Something tells me my job just got harder...

Morgan and Madi are enjoying their time at Basketball and Volleyball camp this week. I love their stories about what they did. They actually enjoyed the volleyball portion more than the bball... didn't see that coming and was a bit surprised but glad that they are enjoying ANY sport at this stage.

DJ seems to be going through a growth spurt. Always hungry and yesterday afternoon he disappeared for a very long time. I got worried when I called around the house and outside but couldn't get a response. He was fast asleep in his bed. I didn't know it but BJ had sent him there for a timeout and he forgot about it (ever do that? oops) anyway, it didn't matter because he was exhausted and was snoring a soft little snore when we found him.

BJ is still working through this month. It's still nice to see him at lunch time though. We are celebrating 12 years at the end of this month. I've been very suspicious of him lately. He has been planning a getaway for us. He booked a 7 day Alaska Cruise and already had his parents set up to watch the kids. I know... I've got quite the man. BUT.... after careful consideration on my part and well...ok.... I just couldn't spend that much money for a trip and I had him cancel it. I know, what am I thinking?? I instantly felt stressed about the financial obligation and really, if we want to do this we can plan ahead right? We are WAY too spontaneous and this was right up our alley but $2,000 is $2,000 of our money. Wait a minute, it actually would be closer to $2500 when we paid it off so you see what I mean. On the other side of it, I didn't want to squash BJ and his wonderful romantic planning. I'm still torn! Oh well, we'll get away to somewhere nice. Any ideas on close (cheaper) getaways?

Here's a picture that has been inspiring me lately. I've been wanting to recreate things in our rec. room from this. So far only paint, slip covers for the sofas and chair rail has been done. I'm hoping to get pictures on the wall like the ones here. I love that look for some reason.