lovely weekend.

how did you spend your weekend? mine involved a few of the following.


teacher crafts likes these:
clipboards... every teacher needs one or two or twelve.

thank you cards made with help from the cricut.

it went from teacher crafts to teacher work....

working on anecdotes on the kids. conferences are [one] month from tomorrow. yikes!

...and ended with a lovely sunday afternoon.

and sunday afternoon was spent with bf. we went to not one, but two local coffee shops in town and had lunch and dessert [pictured above, a bowl of 3 different kinds of ice cream split between the two of us.]

i did some cleaning today in order to prep for my move and found a bunch of old middle and high school stuff. i found a letter my sister sent to me while i was at 5th grade camp. my favorite line was "tonight i am going to my friends birthday party. it is going to be so fun and the bomb, that means cool." haha.

here is hoping you have a wonderful monday and great start to your week.

thankful thursday.

what i am thankful for this thursday evening...

not one, but TWO snowdays this week :) i think my co-teacher put it best when she said we should keep this note on the parent board all week in hopes of another snow day. [i don't know if that will happen, but it's wishful thinking :) ]

a fun week with the kids. wednesday we made these beauties.... aka bird feeders. stale cheerios on pipe cleaners that we will hang from the trees next week.

february 23. one year ago today, bf and i went on our first date. :) :)

sweet baby james. born this morning at 6:32 am. i can't wait to meet him.

what are you thankful for this week?

new to this [whole blogging] thing.

hello, all.

my name is rachel (that's me <-)
i am new to this whole blogging thing but wanted to give it a try. i am a teacher in michigan and love what i do. although it can be very trying and tiring at times, it is worth it. i love crafting but sometimes have a hard time finding time to do so. i work 7 days a week so sometimes my free time is few and far between. my latest love is my cricut that i got for Christmas this past year. it is amazing and am building my collection of cartridges. i am involved in an [awesome] church and love the people there. i am from the great state of illinois, where all my extended family lives. my family is my rock and without them, i do not know where i would be.




this is my sister, lindsey. she is 2 years older but always there for me whenever i need her.


these are a few of my friends. l-r. liz [best friend since 5th grade.] carolyn. [friends since chemsitry class in college.] molly [friend since college and happens to be the best co-teacher out there.]




that is the bf. been together almost a year.




bare with me while i figure out this whole blogging thing. :)