Sadly, my summer seems like it is gone before it even started because of all the summer trainings I will be attending. 147 hours of professional development, to be exact. During June, I am attending the Abydos Writing Institute, which is so far amazing. I will be off during July and then back to trainings beginning July 31 which will last until the first day of school in August. Ouch.
In the meantime, we are having a blast. For two days, I slept as much as possible, only taking breaks to read (read!!!), drink coffee, and play outside. We went to the zoo, played in the splash park, tried a new restaurant and finally made our house a home (yes, seriously, we lacked furniture and still had boxes that needed to be unpacked from our move). We have cooked delicious meals, watched movies, and gone swimming. The boys are very happy sleeping in and playing at home without the morning shuffle out the door. While I will have trainings most of the summer, I do have some goals which have already been started and accomplished!
Summer Goals
1. Buy a couch (DONE---and I got it for FREE)
4. Read at least 1 book per week (off to a good start, I have read 2 so far)
5. Start early morning running again
6. Go to Discovery Green's Flea by Night
7. Date night at Red Lion Pub and a movie
8. Take a trip to Austin and eat at Love Balls
9. Go camping! Either at Inks Lake State Park or some other Hill Country park.
10. Go to Corpus Christi and drive on the beach
11. Sleep as much as possible
12. Organize and level my classroom books
13. Make workstations for next year
14. Plan the 1st nine weeks of school (probably won't happen....but I want to try!)
15. Go to the Museum District and see the Menil Collection, Weather Museum, and MFAH.
16. Grow tomatoes (planted and growing!!!)
17. Go back to 100% paleo diet (we really slacked this year)
18. Write more. Blog more. (obviously, getting started on that one)
19. Enroll the kids in swim lessons
20. Drive to the Louisiana border (just to say I have been!)
21. Buy a second car (it has been rough only have one car to make our daily commute!)
Here are some photos of our summer break so far! I can't believe how big the boys are getting!
Riding the Herman Park Train
Early morning run!
Cafe Pita--they have a playground at the restaurant!
Playing Battleship outside
Slip n' Slide!
Our dining room
Living room (these chairs are in the den now because we got a couch!)
Our bedroom
Our bedroom (the picture is one I had made for Dale last Christmas that has a picture of us at Cannon Beach, OR and says, "The greatest joy in life is finding someone who knows all your flaws, mistakes, and weaknesses, and still thinks your amazing."
The den
The den, our piano (story about that coming soon)
Kannon at his graduation
At Petrol Station (a favorite restaurant)
Tomato Plants
On our way to the Astros Game
Astros Game
Mother's day
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