I'm back!

I can't believe how long it's been since I've written!!! It's shameful, truly. Can I blame my husband who wanted to put the computer upstairs? That's a lot of extra effort to get on the computer, don't you think?
Well, our boxes are unpacked, school's almost out, our vacation has come and gone,
company has come and gone, illnesses have come and gone. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel that has been moving / the month of May in general.

I will be back with pictures of our latest adventures, but here's a quick recap.
The move is done and this place is starting to feel like home. Every once in a while, I still accidentally drive to our old neighborhood when heading home, but not lately. :) I still don't have anything on the walls, which is not like me at all. I am intimidated by the soaring ceilings and it's making me much less of a risk-taker than I normally am with decorating. I do have all of my fabric for curtains...bolts of it waiting for me to fire up the sewing machine. Whew. I'm tired just thinking about that! There are lots of projects looming in my future - I'll have to pace myself so I don't get too burned out!
Anyone want to come paint cabinets with me? Tempting, I know...
If you know me very well, you know that I will have a really hard time posting photos of the house until it's at least partially decorated. Sorry! :) Soon, though...
I have been subbing a couple of days a week- which is winding down now. It's fun to get back in the teaching world every now and then. Makes me wonder what my future career path will look like... I'd love one of thoes non-classroom jobs - ESL or GT or librarian? How does one land a gig like that? Being a classroom teacher with three kids at home seems impossible sometimes. And stressful, too.
Hug your kid's teacher - they work incredibly long hours, and it's not an easy job.

Next... We just returned home from Hawaii! We went to Ohahu and the Big Island and had the BEST time! I didn't want to come home. The kids were in Heaven. I've got great pictures that I'll post when I get a little time. We took them out of school all last week (such rebels, aren't we?). Don't scold me - their make-up work is ALL DONE! With Scott working for an airline and the stand-by nature of our travel, we can't travel easily when everyone else travels. Hence the May vacation. It was well worth it! Halle Grace LOVED the beach, Grant and Scott stumbled upon a big reef shark with snorkeling, and Scott, Garrett, and I snorkeled with sea turtles. We also built sand castles, picked macadamia nuts, saw the erupting volcano (from a distance - and I mean DISTANCE), ate Hawaiian shave ice, went to a Luau, hiked to a waterfall, boogie boarded, and spent time with good friends in Honolulu. A great time was had by all. LOVE that place.

The next several days are full of Halle Grace's ballet production - Cinderella (rehearsal every night this week - ughh!), Grant's football playoffs, end-of-year parties, and Kindergarten graduation. So.... I most likely will not be back upstairs to get on the computer until next Wednesday (the last day of school).
See you then (if there is anyone left even checking this... :)