Finally!

I'm blogging finally!  Things are just so busy lately.  The first pictures are from the first day of school.  The next ones are of our youth football team, the Delphi Saints vs the Logansport Browns.  I love watching the little 3rd and 4th graders play!  They are so cute!  After that, we have pictures from tonight.  Zac and Peyton playing catch before the high school game.  Our boys got to play at half time.  Delphi got their behinds handed to them.  They lost 42-0 to West Lafayette.  I do have to brag however.  Lewis Cass beat West Lafayette last weekend 14-6.  The Kings are 3-0!  I can't wait to take the kids to a "real" football game soon!

Have a great holiday weekend!  Enjoys the pics!

~Sam

This and That

It was a great week back at school.  I was afraid I wouldn't be my happy self, but I was.  I can't take it out on the kids.  They are too great!  It's amazing how much I LOVE working with kids.  It's so rewarding!

Zac's first football game was today.  We lost to Caston 20-18.  It was so much fun watching little Zac run out there!

I meal planned for the next month.  I am so proud of myself!  I need to lose more weight, so its important that I plan ahead.  We have football practice two evenings a week and a game a third evening.  I plan on making a lot of crock pot meals again like I did last school year.  And we'll have a lot of taco salads.  I love my low carb cookbook!

Back to school tomorrow.

Take Care Everyone!

~Sam

Getting Ready for Bed

Tomorrow is our first day back to school.  I can't wait!  I love hearing about all my kiddo's summer break.

Take Care!

~Sam

I LOVE this weather!

It's only 72°F right now.  It was beautiful like this yesterday as well.  Tomorrow we are back to 80°F.  So far 84°F is the high this week.  I can handle that!

Here are a couple of pictures taken during one of Zac's football practice.  They were taken with my phone, so the quality isn't great.

Zac's the shorty on the right end.

Here he's catching a kick-off.  Good catch Zac! 

I'll try to write more later. Take Care!

~Sam

One Year

Ago today, Shawn and I started dieting.  He has lost 58.8 pounds.  I have lost 37.8 pounds for a total of 96.6 pounds!  Our goal was 100 pounds.  We almost made it!

~Sam

Teaching Position

There are 4 of us interventionists at the elementary school who are licensed teachers.  The former principal hired us with the intention of moving us into positions as they became available.  All 4 of us interviewed Wednesday.  All 4 of us were passed over.

Sugar Free Ice Cream

Just isn't the same... But, it has less carbs. I had a job interview earlier!!!!! I am so excited!!!!!! I was SOOOOOO NERVOUS beforehand!!!!!!! I've been nervous on job interviews, but not like this. A teaching position really matters to me. I will know Friday evening one way or the other. I've been nervous about this interview since sign-up at school and I became aware of an opening. That was August 2nd. I guess that's only 6 days, but it felt like 6 weeks. LOL! Once I got to the school, I calmed down a lot. I know the school well since I've worked there the past 2 years. Please keep your fingers crossed for me!!!

This is Lucy lounging in the pool with us today...

Clouds, but no rain or storm.  It all went north of us. 

A lonely foxtail in the field. 

The poor bug eaten soybeans! 

Can you see the tiny white aphid? 

How about this one? 

Or these two? 

Another aphid...

A hungry japanese beetle enjoying his supper.

Rust or dying??? 

Eggs/larva of some sort.

There's not much left of this poor leaf. 

Gladiola 

Mum 

Have a great night everyone!

~Sam

Olympics

We have been watching a lot of it.  Right now Roger Federer is losing to Andy Murray at tennis.

I worked on creating some lesson plans yesterday and now my house shows it.  LOL!  I need to get some laundry done and I need to "pick-up".  I have a bunch of books in 3 crates in my living room floor.  I've had most of them from when I taught preschool.  The kids have outgrown them, so I sorted them out be themes, letters, etc.  I am also brushing up on my portfolio.  I need to spend a little more time on that.  I have 2 of them and I also have started a RISE binder.  I am not happy with it though.  It needs more work.

It rained yesterday and we got about .3.  It rained again yesterday evening and about 5:30 this morning.  We got .9 from that.  At least we finally got a little more rain!!!!!

I made the kids to book reports yesterday.  I then made them fix anything that needed fixed.  They actually seemed to enjoy it.  I think they are ready to go back to school.  I know I am!  I can't wait for the school, year to start!

About it here!  Take Care!

~Sam

Diet and Exercise

We haven't stopped dieting, but we stopped exercising because it has been so hot.  The past 2 mornings we got up and walked around the block.  I think its 3.6 miles.  Shawn and I both weigh less now than we did when we met.  Combined, we have lost 93.6 pounds since we started on August 11, 2011.  We were hoping to make it to 100 pounds, but it has just been to hot to work at it.  I just had to brag!  I am so proud of us!

Take Care!

~Sam

Today

Was my due date if I hadn't miscarried.

~Sam