Great Experiences!

This week was full of great experiences. I was lucky enough to walk every day with two wonderful ladies and enjoy good conversation at the same time.
After spending a week cleaning my mom's house, my sister and I were obsessed with purging our houses as well. I spent two entire days scouring the house and getting things ready to send to the goodwill. My sister, however, had a different idea. She decided to have a yard sale on Saturday! So, we spent Friday tagging items and getting set up. My husband then surprised me by asking me to come and drive a car at work. Well, this is what I ended up having in my name by the end of the day!



On Saturday, rather than helping my sister with the yard sale, I dropped Casey off to help and Kelly and I headed to the temple.
We had a peaceful, spiritual day and some nice bonding time. We then went to the book store and as if I hadn't been given enough this week, we bought this!



I must say that I know how truly blessed I am!

Cleaning, Cleaning, Cleaning

Unfortunately I dont have any pictures. Oh how I wish I had had a camera with me this week. Wednesday was our last day of school, and my sister and I drove to my mother's house in Kennewick. We started cleaning that night and actually made it through the shed and her garage. On Thursday, we started at 7:30 in the morning and worked straight thru til 11:30 at night! We made it through almost every room, but still had the craft room to clean. On Friday, we awoke early and went to a few yard sales. We spent from around 11 in the afternoon until a minor break down on my part. I had spent four hours in the craft room and you couldn't tell I had done anything! I went in the livingroom and did a little stomp dance to get my frustrations out and then spent until 11 finishing. We spent Saturday doing a bit of shopping and then returned to do some last minute organizing. My sis's boys went with us and they were awesome! Today, we let the boys sleep in and visited with my mom and her husband Dan.
Dan had been in the hospital with a leg infection that will not heal. (He's had this for 11 years!) They let him go home, but he is still in a lot of pain. We enjoyed the morning relaxing in an organized home! (By the way, thank you Dale for teaching for me today!)
We are going back on the 8th and 9th to have a yard sale of our own! My mom has more than 1,000 movies she is selling (I think its more like 2,000)!
By the way,I still haven't been told if I will be changing grades or not! :(

Another Busy Week!!

This week has definately been a busy one! I started off by taking pictures of my classroom before I literally stripped the walls and moved everthing out of the way. Our school is replacing its heating and air as well as all the lights. Should be interesting. For those of you who know that I have been patiently waiting to find out if I will be able to change grades, I haven't heard anything yet! I am guessing I haven't really learned how to be patient yet because Heavenly Father keeps sending me trials.



After years of dreaming and a full summer of packing rocks, clearing ground and lots of sweating, my waterfall is up and running! I love it and hope I can finish the rest of the hillside. I'm not sure how many years that will take me.



Casey finished his track season with a bang! He made it to state and became my hero (see past post) and this week he is having a track party. So, I spent most of my weekend creating a scrapbook for each coach. I am hoping that all of the team shows up so they can sign their page and write a comment to their coaches. We had two great coaches and I am so grateful for the support they gave my son.

Hopefully, next week will be a bit quieter, but I doubt it will be. I am going to visit my mom on Wednesday night and Cindi and I are going to help her get organized. I will let you know how it goes. :) Have a great week!

Another Busy Week!

Well today's post is going to be a little bit boring, but I have not had any time to take pictures. So, I am just going to fill you in on whats been happening in the Sorensen household.

Casey started spring football this week and we were lucky (???) enough to attend the first football meeting of the year. They filled us in on what they are changing in relation to concussions and how they would be training our boys differently this year. Yikes! Here we go! On Saturday, he took his SAT's in the morning then headed straight to the Red Cross to take his written exam for lifeguarding. From there, he went to the Wenatchee High Pool to take his swim test! Happily he is now a certified lifeguard. Go Case!

This week, I had training in Wenatchee and my nephew's last baseball game to attend. Needless to say, I missed three days of wakling with Shannon and Celeste. I cannot believe the difference walking makes for me. My self-esteem went in the tank by Saturday morning! I had a busy weekend as well. My very first preschool student and my neice Danielle graduated from High School on Friday. Both of them invited me to their graduation parties on Saturday, so I was quite the "partier". I then came home to try and get some cleaning done and prepare for my lesson today.

I still havent received any news on classroom placement for next year, and I am really praying to have the opportunity to change grades. I will let you know (soon I hope). I will try and take some more pictures for next week.