Every few months I go through the pictures on my phone and realize that I haven't posted some of these pictures and the corresponding funny stories that go with them. So here is my update:
One day in the winter we were working on the house and I saw these brand new gloves and huge container of chalk in the house. I asked Matt what they were and he told me that one of the neighbors had stopped by with the chalk and gloves. He said one day his wife got a phone call from a neighbor who thought that their dog had killed something or was dying. They could see the dog, all covered in red, rolling around in the garage. Well this woman runs out to her garage to find her dog completely covered in red. She is freaking out until she realized that the dog was not covered in blood, but red chalk from our house! They went out into the backyard and found an assortment of garbage, gloves, and other items their dogs had stolen from our house and taken home! The guy was super embarassed, but Matt and I were laughing way hard! We told him that he didn't need to replace the chalk or gloves, but if he found a shower drain in his yard to send it our way. We had one sneak off one day and it has never been found!
I took this picture on our ski field trip. You may notice that there are no kids in sight! It was seriously amazing. We got all the kids into their equipment, then sent them to their mandatory class for an hour and a half and had the whole mountain to ourselves! I had a great day skiing with the other teachers and getting to know them. I also forgot how much I love skiing!
So I am obsessed with buying books, so I send out a monthly book order from Scholastic with all my kids at school. Scholastic doesn't accept cash, but when kids bring in cash, I just pay for their books with my debit card and keep the cash. Well, I couldn't help but laugh when one of my way cute boys brought in a FULL EIGHT DOLLARS in change. And not just quarters! He had counted it out exactly, and I was more than happy to pay for his books and try to spend all this change!
A month or so ago I posted about how stressed out I was. I mentioned that even my purse was ripping at the seams. Well, here is the proof! I was purse shopping with Matt and had to take a picture of my disgusting purse. Matt had been harassing me for weeks about my gross purse and I finally broke down and bought a new one.
One of the advantages of living in Richmond is Pepperidge Farm! I don't go there often, but when I do I usually come out with $20 or more in cookies and goldfish. My dad and Laurie were up here one weekend when they had Milanos in the bulk bags and were so excited, so now whenever I see Milanos I have to send the picture to my dad!
Harrison. Isn't he so cute! I can't even remember why I took this picture (maybe to show him his cool hair?) but it is one of his genuine smiles and I love it.
My Papa. Oh I love him so much. In February he was in a rehab facility after having shoulder surgery (when you only have one arm to begin with and then you need shoulder surgery on your other arm, you definitely need help getting back "on your feet"). Matt and I were able to stop by and visit for a few minutes. I wish I had more time to see him. He had not been feeling very good, and everything was super hard for him, and when I asked to take a picture, he said, "I've been waiting for a good reason to sit up. Anything for my Morning Glory." I love him! When I was younger, I gave him a hard time for nicknaming me after a weed. Now he is always reminding me that Morning Glory is a flower too.
