This will be us in 6 weeks- YIPPEE!!!!!!

I CAUGHT A FISH!

This one's for Sheree

What do you do with four pounds of peaches and an entire day of no plans??? Thank you Sheree for the Rustic Peach suggestion (I also made a peach chutney that was pretty delicious :) I only wish you were here to enjoy it with us!! Come visit me in Chicago!!! But we were able to share dessert with Eric, Emily, Eleanor, and Katie. It was fun hearing all about their trip and I'm so glad to have them back. Living so close to people you get used to running into them!

P.S. I am praying very much that Kelley will get this job in Chicago so they can move back to the city. How fun to have them close again!!!!

ALL THE DAYS

This is my husband...













So I've had to stay busy doing this and that. I've been potting herbs, baking, cooking, trying to keep something in the cake plate, seeing friends and sweet little Molly. I told Kat, Rachel, Sara, and Stacie I'd get the banana bread recipe to them. This is my favorite one these days.


P.S. this is my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. Jarrett said they were the best he's ever had :) Did I mention how much I love allrecipes.com??

Study Breaks

I've been studying a whole lot lately. So much so that Catherine's even taken over the blog responsibilities.

But, I've definitely taken quite a few study breaks as well. I think that's what it's all about - balancing my time well. Or, that's what I tell myself anyway.

This past weekend, we hung out all day on Saturday with our good friends Nate and Kelley out in Glenn Ellyn. We rode bikes, ate dinner, played games. It was fun - I miss them living right down the street from us. Sunday was Father's Day, and Cath's parents came over for dinner and a movie (Indiana Jones - eh).

Wednesday, we went to our first summer concert. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss played a sold out show at Ravinia. They put out a great album last year, and the show was really amazing. Ravinia itself is a blast. We had lawn tickets, so we picnicked early and sat back in the grass to enjoy the music all night.

Then, last night, we went to the Metro (it was my first time there) - a huge music venue in Wrigleyville - to see my friend Crawfie's band play.

Oppositionally Defiant

This happened at school just the other week. Up on the second floor we have our primary special ed room. One of the students is (among other things) diagnosed as having oppositional defiant disorder. Before you totally deny the existence of this and argue it should simply be called "not able to follow directions" listen to this:

Omar was in line with his class at the beginning of the day and was smiling from ear to ear. Our reading specialist said, "Good morning, Omar!" and he went on to tell her how excited he was that today was the day he was line leader. She said she was happy for him and wished him a good day and left for her room. Later in the day she saw the class again but Omar was in the back of the line with his arm crossed and obviously very upset. The reading specialist asked Omar's teacher what happened to Omar. "I thought he was supposed to be the line leader today." "Well," his teacher responded, "he was the line leader but got angry at the other kids for following him and hollered at the class so much I had to put him at the end of the line."
True story.

Costa Rica Here We Come!!

Jarrett is spending his time studying... all his time studying these days.  So it is up to me to blog.  I am done with school and very relieved to see the end of the school year finally here.  I packed up my room not knowing if I'll return, or even teach again.  We'll just have to wait and see.  But while my husband is going to class, outlining, and reviewing flashcards, I did some research and booked us a celebratory trip for when it's all done!  

This is one of the cloud forests we'll go to as well as going to a volcano, beach, and San Jose :)