It's official

Goodbye Mallard Drive :-( I will miss not living in Minnesota soooo much!

One more week...

Can you believe it...... Ahhhh it's beautiful!!

I've been procrastinating all week putting together cars instead of writing reports. Kind of like the way I am blogging right now instead of working on my application to grad school. Interesting.

Blogging Game!

So one of my fellow bloggers Taylor tagged me and passed along this cute blog game.... so here is how it goes!!

Instructions: "With as much creativity as you can muster, show your heart in:

*a picture *a poem *a song

*a phrase or quote *an item of clothing

*a place *and (just for fun) a disney princess

A Picture:

No words needed!

A Poem:

A saying from a book in reference to roulette.--- because I don't really do poems

"I now know that I'm not fully in control of what will happen to me, nor will I ever be. But that's okay. Because I also know that I'm not just watching the white ball, I am the white ball."

A Song:

By far, for sure, no doubt in my mind....

"Wildflowers" By Tom Petty

A Quote:

"What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?"

An item of clothing:

Although it's not really clothing and my mom hates them, I just love them! I wear them all the time in every color. They always remind me of the sun, college and AZ where I have learned and grown up a lot!

A Place:

For sure Greece!!! I am pretty sure I could move there today and look at those gorgeous white houses and blue sea for the rest of my life!

A Disney Princess:

I spent hours and hours watching this movie and pretending to clean the dishes just like Cinderella... to bad that didn't help out later in life.

Lee, Jenny & Kristin you are definitely suppose to do this on your own blogs, consider yourselves tagged!

Ready, set, go.....

As I take in this crazy week and try to get everything done, I have to remember to continue to get ready for the next step and of course to reflect on the past year. So in case you didn't already know the last day of school is tomorrow. I am finally getting sad about leaving the kiddos, leaving my amazing co-teachers and of course looking forward to what lies ahead for next year. My brain this week is spinning with dreams of the new playground, reports, testing, intervention and building of new toys but when I am not at work I am getting excited for what the next month will bring.

I am flying home to Minnesota this weekend to pack up the house I have lived in my entire life (minus 11 months). As like most people of course I will be sad but I can honestly say that because work is soooo busy I haven't thought about it much. I can only imagine what it will be like packing up everything and waving good-bye to Mallard Drive on Sunday. While this weekend will be very sad, I am super excited to see everyone again. My weekend is jam packed with dinners, birthday parties, drinks and baby showers. I can't wait to get on that plane on Friday with a good book and fly north to everything that is soooo familiar.

So I am thankful for....

*Amazing kiddos and families

*Donations for an amazing playground at SARRC

*The best co-workers/friends a girl could ask for

*Great friends to keep my mind off all the changes

*A helpful and supportive family

*Long-lasting and never ending friendships in MN

...and of course there are many more but just a few off the top of my head.

Made in the Shade

So not last weekend but the one before that...... Rach and I tried something new.

We hopped into the car and cruised North for a fun event. We ended up in Flagstaff at Made in the Shade, which is a beer festival. It was fun to get out of the city, met new people and of course to catch up with Rach!! You should definitely think about going next year....

Traveling back in time

It is official, I was definitely suppose to live in the 80's for longer than 4 years. On Friday Bluemedia did signage for the 80's party at Wrigley Mansion. So of course Andra, Pat, Brent and I got decked out in 80's gear and headed to rock out at the mansion.

With the economy so bad there were definitely less people at the event but I would have to say that the outfits were WAY better this year. We had a blast dancing and singing, I can't wait till next year.

It's beginning to look like a playground :-)

Ahhhhhh we just can't wait any longer, the suspense is killing us...... everyday it is beginning to look more and more like a playground. Rumor on the block is that the playground will be done just in time for the end of the year party, ahhhhh!!!! This week the construction workers were busy with....

-the water fountain

-the ball hoop

-the safety turf

-the road (has safety covering and stripes)

-the sun shade

-the play structure

It all looks amazing and hopefully the pictures are good enough to see all their hard work. Yea!!