Phinally Photos!

World Aquarium (WA)

St. Louis Zoo (STL)

Color Run (CR)

Me holding a turtle! (WA)

 Me feeding a turtle! (WA)

 Meghan holding a snake!  It might be 2 snakes...I don't remember! (WA)

 Me holding a snake!  At this point I was asking, "Where's its head?" (WA)

 Sea Lion Cove at the zoo -- the sea lion is swimming ABOVE us!  (STL)

 Meghan is almost as tall as a llama (STL) :(

 A butterfly landed on me. :)

 Meghan and her new bestie -- Slothie the sloth! (WA)

 Meghan wanted to brush a goat. (STL)

 Orange Leaf (as usual!) -- this was after the zoo...

 My buddy, Renee, and I BEFORE....(CR)

Can you sweat rainbows? (CR)

...and AFTER!!!

11-23-11

what a day!!  chinese for lunch with meghan & co.  then we headed to upcycle exchange and got some bargain craft supplies...last stop was the mall for 2 stops -- which turned into way more...one store frustrated me...the other went well...ended up up grading my phone!  woohoo!!

Today I am thankful for the first responders (police, fire fighters, EMTs, etc).

11-18-11

HAPPY FRIDAY! 

it was a fun day at work -- glad i had taken in gloves/scarf/hat/etc for when i am in PE with a student, though!  they plan to (and can) go out with the kids until it hits 20!!  eek!  it was pretty relaxing and the kids were well behaved today, so it made for a great friday!
mad science meeting went quickly, & traffic on the way home was the best it has been all year :)
dinner at noodles & co with meghan followed by cornerstone at church -- they learned to set the table properly :)

Today I am thankful for a car that is paid off!  I mailed the final check today, so by mid-December I should have the official deed from VW Credit!  woohoo!!

11-13-11

meghan had some interesting insight into her christmas wishes/wants this weekend....
a few items from her list:
1) colored/patterned duck tape (to make things from) -- especially pink zebra print
2) a styrofoam head
3) an earring stand/organizer
4) a label maker
5) a life size skeleton (like on all the tv shows & movies so she can dance with it)

oh to be 12 again!!!

Today I am thankful for Meghan.  Who else gets a girl like that and gets to "give them back" to their parents at the end of the day?  She is a blessing!!

11-11-11

what a fun day!  i was busy, as usual, but i thought it was fun to experience 11-11-11 (and i even made a wish at 11:11) :)  also loved seeing the flags out for veteran's day -- and i loved it even more when we were out at the mall & meghan saw a young lady in army fatigues -- she wanted me to walk over with her so she could wish the woman a happy veteran's day and thank her for her service!  what an awesome kid!!!!

Today I am thankful for the military and their families...and especially the sacrifices they have made for our country and freedoms.  THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

11-2-11

This adorable girl is now 12.  Not sure how this happened!  Just a moment ago she was a tiny sweet thing...not to say she is not still sweet & pretty tiny (ok, now she is lanky!)...so 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEGHAN!!!

Today I am thankful for a job that is fun and interesting.  Life is never dull at either of my jobs!!