July family portraits

My family met today at Mercer Arboretum to have family portraits taken by photographer, Shara Tietz. We started at 8:30AM and were out there for about three hours. The scenery was great - lots and lots of photo opps, but let me just say it was HOTTTTTT!!! Afterwards we had lunch in Old Town Spring at Wunsche (I think that's what it is called???) and it was not only delicious but felt great to sit inside and cool off! Shara took some great pics and I'm looking forward to seeing her work! Here are a few that I took on my camera...mostly goofy ones!

Last Monday school day of the year!

Today was my last Monday of this school year. Instead of working on the million things I have to get done this week, I'm putting up a few pictures on my blog. That makes sense, right? We have one more day of regular schedule, followed by three days of finals, Graduation Friday night and then Staff Development Saturday - yes Saturday - and then it's summer time!!! Woo hoo!!!

Emily sent me these pictures the other day and they just crack me up. He's so goofy! Wyatt is in to everything he can possibly get in to! And Emily said he's climbing on all sorts of things. He's so funny. This kid seriously cracks me up...and if you know anything about my laugh you know it's not quiet. When I get to laughing, he just stares and looks at me like - what the heck is wrong with you crazy lady?



I have been the world's worst picture-taker lately. This is the one and only picture I have of James and me...this was Saturday evening at Minute Maid Park just before the start of the Astros game...I think James may have been mid-chew - oops! But I was glad he at least sat still for a picture and didn't object!

Summer's a-comin'

Here's what the Honda read as I left school today:


98 degrees already? Yikes! Summer is definitely just around the corner.

Baby shower for baby Rivers

On Sunday May 2nd some friends of mine and I hosted a baby shower for our friend Erin W. Erin and her husband are expecting their first baby at the end of May. Erin has chosen green and brown as the colors for the nursery as well as the stroller, high chair, swing, etc. so we used the same color theme for the shower. Check out this banner that Erin S. made for the shower! I kind of want one for my house!

Here's the food spread...or what was left of it. The punch was delicious, and as you can see it was gone. We did a sugar and spice theme - for the spice we had different types of salsa (and chips). And for the sugar Tiffany had cupcake balls and cupcakes made as well as...

...a candy bar! B put together this fabulous candy bar that had all sorts of green and brown candy! Yummmm chocolate :)

Here's a picture of some of the fabulous women I teach with at Consol!

Wyatt's scruchy face

This is one of my favorite faces Wyatt makes! When he's in the sun he scrunches up his little nose. It's so cute!

Startin' early

I would say like father like son, but Wyatt's father doesn't drink MU!

Meet the Oler boys

As I mentioned in my previous post, my friend Lindsay had her twin boys April 21st. I cannot wait to see them in person! Hopefully I'll make a trip over to San Antonio to see them soon. Here are a couple of pics Lindsay emailed out. I've seen some cute babies in my day...but seriously, have you EVER seen twin boys as cute as these? They have the most adorable noses and incredible hair. They are going to be such cute (and tall) little dudes!

Cy on the left, Presley on the right...the only way I know that is because of their cute onesies (made by their crafty aunt!). I have no idea which one is which in the bottom picture...