High-Five for Friday!

Some fun things from this week...

1. I was able to have dinner with my Dad and PaPa! Most relaxed company ever!

2. I made it to the 4 mile mark!!! Haven't logged any walking miles since vacation. I feel like a "runner" again and that makes me smile! 

3. It was National Dog day for these find sissies! 

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4. My brother beat me in our first challenge and it totally makes me smile! Love the friendly competition and motivation. I am also okay with "losing" by 12 hours. Plus, it doesn't feel like a lose. Running 30 miles in 9 days is A-OK with me. 

5. Waited out the storm to complete my challenge. If would have been easier to stop, but I stood back and soaked up the moment. 

 

6. I made it to Friday and that's pretty awesome considering the way I felt after Monday and Tuesday. 

7. Extremely thankful for my friend Genna that came and helped me rearrange my classroom. I liked the way it was, but it just wasn't working 100%. I needed my feng shui back and I am not sure I could have made it the entire year. Of course we had dinner to hang out and catch up! 

8. Only 3 more sleeps until family, friends, tailgating, and football! Yippee!!! 

9. I began taking a Literacy class this week and I am really excited about the new strategies I am going to learn! 

Hope you had some smiles this week! 

xoxo-Kim

Yippee, it's F.R.I.D.A.Y!!!

Some awesome things from this week...

1. I am so thankful for the help my parents gave me with out the blink of an eye with my car troubles! I know my dad is not big on shout outs, but he definitely deserves it! 

2. Family dinner never disappoints! 

3. Thankful for my motivators!!! 

4. First 5 day week in the books! 

5. My class was outside for wellness today and my little Cam from my class last year was waiting in the car rider line to pick up his sister. She is in my class this year and is just as sweet! No joke, my heart dropped and we ran towards each other until we met with a big hug. Made my day more like made my month! 

6. Football is in T-Minus 10 days!!!! Make sure you stop by the tailgate!! 

I hope you had a great week! 

xoxo-Kim

BACK-TO-SCHOOL

I have an end of the school year post in my drafts, but I'm not quite finished with it. Weird that a new year has started, but I cannot let go of my kiddos from last year.There comes a time that we all must move on. I'll definitely share my post when I finish. This year has started off well and I already love 19 out of my 21 kiddos. I'm glad I have some time for the other 2 to grow on me. :)

Here are some awesome moments from the past week...

1. Had a second Friday of the month dinner with some amazing colleagues! 

2. Worked a Saturday shift at CPK. I think this is awesome because it will most likely be the last Saturday I ever work at CPK. :( 

3. TAILGATE PRACTICE!!!!! Huge success! Go Cards!!!! 

4. Our staff retreat was so fun! 

5. Back-To-School at the Lane! 

 6. No words can express how thankful I am for this chick! 

7. I love my new team.

8. I have increased my mileage to 2.7 this week. I'm thrilled with that! 

9. Room 106 is already on it's way to being AWESOME!!! 

10. I have heard that some of my kiddos from last year are adjusting well! This makes my heart smile!

I hope you have had some awesome moments too!!!

xoxo-Kim 

A Few Summer Moments

My computer was in the shop most of Summer, but here are a few fun moments I am thankful for. 

A family friend's wedding. Brittany was like a little sister to me while growing up. She made a beautiful bride!

Watching some USA Soccer at Shenanigans!

 I absolutely LOVED being able to have lunch with some of my McFerran family!!! We met at Wagner's Pharmacy and I just really liked this sign. 

 Thirsty Thursday at the Bats.

Celebrating the 4th at Hurricane Bay. 

5th of July party. 

Dinner with one of my most special friends! Love being able to spend some quality time with Mags!! 

Finally made it to the beach and had an absolute BLAST!!!! Such a fun week and a vacation that I will remember for many many years to come. 

I loved that I was able to spend about 4 days a week at CPK with this guy. He is AMAZING!!!!

Finally was able to ride some rides at KK!! Definitely took me back to some grade school days!

Just want to say this again....I'm going to be an AUNT TIMES 2!!!!!

I made time to read quite a few books too!!! I would definitely rec commend all of the ones I read. (These are the ones I can think of off of the top of my head,)

Wonder

Hoot

Divergent

Insurgent

Allegiant

The Giver

The Fault in Our Stars

Joey Pigza Loses Control

I hope you enjoyed some nice summer moments! 

xoxo-Kim

Under Repair

Summer is going great so far! I have not been able to post because my computer is in the shop. Hopefully I will have it back before the end of this week. Even posting this from my phone is  a  bit  of a challenge. Anywho.... Hope y'all are well!!!

Xoxo-Kim

Oh Happy Day!

Some fun things that I love from this past week....

1.My mom and I went to Kentucky Kingdom for the first time. Well, we just went to Hurricane Bay, but same thing. We had a great time! It was so weird how everything looked the same (yet a little different) from 15 years ago. I guess that's how long it's been since I've been there. Hopefully we will get some more use out of our passes. 

2. We had a lovely family dinner to celebrate Father's Day a week belated. That's okay though because all 7 of us were able to make it! Our taco bar was yummy. 

3. Made it to Waterfront Park Wednesday! 

But first...

Just being silly...

4.  This MADE my day!!! I am so proud of my student teacher and I know she will be awesome in the classroom!!! She really set the bar high for everyone that followed and will follow her. Thankful for her passion for students! 

5. This struck a chord this week...

And one to grow on...

6. I am loving all of this reading time I am getting in! 

I hope you had a great week! 

xoxo-Kim

Summer!

It's crazy to think that it's almost the end of June and my "Summer" just began. I cannot complain because I wanted some of those snow days. Yep, that's right, I sure did want some of them. My dad is right when he says, "That's not how it works." What I do not understand is why so many people complained about having to work a week after the kiddos. I know that teachers work countless hours after school and on the weekends, but did they actually think the district would pay you for days you were not actually at school?!?! Come on people! I accomplished a ton that week and got out of it what I put into it. I was thankful for my snow days in the moment (maybe regretted it a tad in the end), but also thankful for the time I was provided to get a jump start for next year rather than spending days throughout the summer on it. 

I cannot bring myself to write my "End of the Year" post because I am still in denial that my kiddos have graduated. Maybe one day soon...

Until then...

5 things from this week that I loved...

1. I may have spent two days in seminars this week, but it was the final days of my Teaching American History cohort, so I didn't mind. I am so thankful for all of the learning experiences, resources, and time with other educators that really love learning. This group has given me the confidence to teach history with a spark and passion that I really never knew I had about the subject. Our leader said it best, "It's not goodbye because I'll be seeing you all around!"

We had a few sessions on artifacts and primary sources. Here is my colonial teapot. 

2. I went to my principal's retirement party. Her theme was a super cute Hawaiian luau.

3. I had the time to read a few books. I read Hoot and now I am currently reading Joey Pigza Loses Control. I really like the message of both books! I will definitely incorporate them into reading this year. 

4. Back at CPK for the summer!!! Seeing this guy makes me smile!!!

5. I stopped by to visit Sydney's swimming party. Mrs. Stevens is definitely a saint for having all of those 3rd and 5th graders over for 24 hours! They were having an awesome time and I am sure they will remember it for a long time. I personally had a great time seeing all of their lovely faces and I even painted some nails!

And one to grow on...

6. I love my little workout group!!! We met 4 times this week! 

How was your week?!?!

xoxo-Kim