Commercial

Hi all!  Last winter, my family did a photoshoot and commercial filming for a local amusement park.  The final product just came out and below is a link for the commercial.  The blond girls in the video are my kids.  Below is my entire family....with Santa at the park.  This photo is on the main webpage right now.
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It was a lot of fun doing the filming shoot with the whole family.

On an academic note- we will be working on our Thanksgiving packets this week that I created.  Please click the page below to check them out.  The packet is free!

Have a great week!

Dance Fan

Ok, this post is unrelated to teaching....feel free to ignore if you wish, just had to share my fun day!

I started dancing when I was 3.  I took a ballet and tap class.  My favorite part was the parasols we got to spin.  :)  My teacher's name was Mrs. Comb...yes, I still remember her name.  I immediately knew that dance was my thing.  If you know anything about dance....just like any other hobby/activity/sport it is costly and time consuming (costumes, classes, driving, etc).  Well, I didn't get to always dance.  I could do it sometimes.  Then by high school, I had done various styles and had many years of enjoying it.  I was on the drill team/dance team for 2 of my 4 years in high school (I wasn't allowed to do all 4- my mom and dad worked many hours).  I danced some in college and almost double majored (early childhood and dance) but it would've added a couple years to my undergrad....and I was not wishing to do that.
As an adult I was in and out of dance classes as I had time between working and life.  I have always loved dance.  I am not great at it, just love it.  Anyway, I am a big fan of all dance shows....and if you are too, the picture below will freak you out as much as it did me!!!

I had the opportunity to do Louis Van Amstel's dance/exercise class called LaBlast in ABQ.  He was awesome!  I had the best time and almost died...but I think I smiled the whole time.  He was super nice and let us all take pics with him.  It was a master class...but I haven't danced in a few years...hence the almost dying part.  I didn't care.  I heard he was coming and I signed up because I had to do it!  I mean how many times would I get that opportunity, right?!?!

Well all I have to say is, put yourself out there.  It is worth it.  

May Currently 2015

June is awesome!!!!  I am so happy to be hanging with my kids.  I sure love those beautiful little people!  They just had some new headshots done by a fabulous photographer named Antonya Molleur.  Love it!  

Well, currently is here.  Click {HERE} if you wish to join in the fun.  

Summer Lovin:  I am so excited the kids are back in swim lessons.  I am really lovin' the sunshine.  It's rained a lot lately and I am ecstatic that the sun is out again.  Ahhh, relaxation.  I love not having a strict schedule.

Happy June!

5 for the Summer!

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SCHOOL IS DONE!  I get to be with my daughters and husband without looming deadlines, paperwork, computer work, etc, etc.  I am soooo tired.  We had planned on going camping this long weekend, but I asked my hubby if he minded that we just stay home and sleep....all weekend.  He is so awesome- he totally understood.  We are lucky to have a hot tub in our backyard, so that's where I will be stationed for several hours this weekend.  I'll have to figure out a cute drink to have while I am in it.  I don't drink alcohol, but like sweet drinks...Pinterest here I come.  We worked really hard on our backyard last summer and created this....

Unfortunately, right now you can't tell how hard we worked because it is completely overgrown with weeds EVERYWHERE!!  It's been raining soooo much this month.  We are in the high desert outside the ABQ area in NM and this has been a very weird weather month.  It's not even very warm yet!


Last summer, I hosted a 4 week summer organization challenge on my blog.  It was super helpful for me.  I will be doing it again this summer, but not positive of the start date.  It will count as my spring cleaning this year, since I never had time for it.

These 2 crazy girls and my hubby and I plan on doing lots of camping and driving around in the forest on 4 wheelers!  I can't wait to get started.

 

Also, I think the girls will be in some filming this summer.  We have already gotten a few calls that we couldn't do since the girls were still in school.  I am hoping to be able to watch them do their thing!  They are so good at acting and love it so much.  

I have plans to go through ALL of my school stuff and get rid of a ton of things.  I also want to go through and label my entire library of personal books.  I have soooo many books, so that might take awhile.  Sigh.  I have taught several different grade levels and I have kept boxes, tubs, and more boxes on everything.  It's time to purge.  

I would really like to go on some runs with my kids.  I NEED the exercise.  I basically haven't exercised all school year.  It was a super busy year with no sleep, no family time, and no calm down time.  So, I need to get my body, brain, and I suppose soul back on track.  Yoga, running/walking, stretching, and turning of all screens is going to be necessary. 

I hope your summer vacation starts soon too.

Linking Up Randomness

This is my first time linking up with Fabulous in First- and I'm a day late.  If you want to try it out, click the pic above to go to the very cool linky hosted by Michelle.

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My daughter just finished acting camp this past Friday and she had a fun time.  The class made a movie during the week and we got to go to the viewing party this evening.  She was most excited about the red carpet treatment and her award- most knowledgeable!

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My younger daughter had an acting gig as well.  She was a girl scout in a fantasy football spot.  It was funny.  I didn't take a pic there, but here she is during the fitting.

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I'm trying to get ready for the Cherry Garcia 5K...it's in a couple weeks and I haven't done very much to train!!!  Eeks.  I need to start REALLY running, yesterday.

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I've begun working on a project that I intend to post on TpT by the end of the summer.  I am trying to make a special package of things that are able to be used by a variety of grade levels.  More to come on that at a later time!

Happy Monday,