10 on Thursday

1. Did you feel the cold air? Didn't you know that hell froze over? I joined Facebook this week. What am I thinking???
2. 30 parent teacher conferences in one day. 7:45 am-5:15pm...I was on fire. I am not sure those parents know what hit them!
3. Explain to me how you cannot be bothered to attend your child's parent teacher conference. Explain to me how you let your child go into a classroom everyday for more than 6 hours and you have never once even attempted to meet their teacher. Explain that.
4. We have a very busy couple of weeks ahead...somehow our social calendar just exploded!
5. The kid's school annual fundraising Gala is this Saturday, just bought a dress today. Talk about waiting until the last minute.
6. I would love some ice cream right now...which is why I never buy it and have it in the house.
7. Is it 9pm yet? I want to watch Grey's and actually stay awake through the whole thing.
8. I am having the hardest time with lunches lately. Can I tell you how much I hate coming up with different things for the kids to eat? I hate it! I feel like I pack the same things all the time.
9. We are hosting "Fish Friday" tomorrow..amazing how many different types of fish we have had in the past few weeks. It is actually a little fun trying to come up with something different for all of us to eat.
10. I am so thankful that tomorrow is Friday! This has been a long week and I am done with it.

Happy "early" Birthday, Jeff!

I love surprises...I like getting them, but more than that I love making surprises happen. Jeff's birthday isn't for a couple of weeks but in my mind that gave me the perfect opportunity to surprise him with a little weekend away.

The Black's, Romano's, and Jeff and I headed out to Newport Beach Friday night to begin our celebration. Dinner at Roy's in Newport, then a fun night back at our hotel. Saturday morning after sleeping in (yes, past 7am!!!) we headed down to the bay for an amazing breakfast, walk on the beach, and then shopping at Fashion Island. Saturday night we headed out for dinner and a night on the town. In my mind, it was the perfect weekend. And thankfully Jeff completely agreed.

Thank you so much to Tad and Tif, Whit and Joe...without all of you this weekend wouldn't have been possible. We love you all!

Lots of love,

The Grady's

Visit with the Hargreaves

This past weekend we had a great visit with Andrew, Connie, Hayden, and Austin. It was really great to see them and be able to hang out. We had a casual visit with some BBQ, games, and a trip to the street fair. Hayden got a taste of having 4 other kids around to share toys and play games. Austin was completely spoiled by all of us, not hard to do since he is so darn cute!

Our turn to visit AZ next, looking forward to seeing them again very soon.

Lots of love,

The Grady's

In case you were wondering...

I have not totally dropped off the face of the planet. But I am buried at work and exhausted when I do get home. It is the lovely time of the school year when I have many things left to grade, report card grades to calculate, parent conferences to schedule, oh and actually still teach.
When I come up for air again I will definitely be back on track.
Lots of love,
The Grady's

Thoughts on Thursday

1. I have been really bad about blogging lately, I guess I was just burned out a bit. Maybe nothing felt exciting enough to share. Working hard to be around more often again.

2. Our light went out in our refrigerator about two weeks ago. It wasn't the bulb but some circuit board. Anyway, you never know how much you really need that light until the darn thing is gone. Jeff fixed it last night and it is heaven!

3. My little girl is growing up too fast. We caught her cleaning up her room and then her brother's before school the other day. She said it was nice to come home to a clean room. My goodness!

4. Where has the time gone...is it really March already???

5. I have been really watching what I eat lately, portions, content, etc. I am down to a weight I haven't seen since I got married...wow. Only problem, half my closet of clothes don't fit.

6. I wish I could put away my teacher frustrations when I get home. My poor kids are getting the short end of my patience lately. Makes me sad.

7. What happened to this little guy?

When did he get all grown up too? He will be 4 soon!!!

8. I have become a texting addict...Jeff had to switch my cell plan to include unlimited texting.

9. How is it that I did a big grocery shopping last Saturday and we are already low on so many things?!?

10. It is Lenten season for Catholics. I went to mass last Wednesday, Ash Wednesday and listened to the priest talk about all the things that people give up. I decided this year instead of giving something up, I would do something instead. I have promised to find more patience in my classroom with my students each day. I have also vowed to do a Random Act of Kindness each day. Both of which have been very fulfilling so far.