life happenings

Well last week was just a whirlwind of busy.  We had cheer camp for school and the girls did so good. We also had other cheer practice along with our Girl Scout end of the year party and car wash fundraiser for All-Star. This week thankfully is a little less busy, so I'm hoping to get some things done around the house and get back on track with my First 5 and reading my bible.  Next week starts VBS for the local church. Also how is Bre turning 6 on Thursday? I dont believe it and still am in denial!!! 

So cheer camp started on Monday last week and was for 3 hours all week, then Friday, they put on a performance for what they learned during the week. It was a long day for the girls but I think all in they had a great time. They got to meet their coaches for the football season, learn their half-time dance and a cheer and sideline. We have 9 girls on our squad and they're all so excited for the season to start.

Our end of the year girl scout party was Wednesday & it was a lot of fun. We went to a local indoor pool and the girls did not want to get out. We had a little mishap with the pizza delivery but we gave the girls cupcakes and they were happy. Despite being up super late and swimming for over an hour, they did so awesome at practice the next day!

Saturday we did a car wash with our All-Star team and it was such a beautiful day and they did really good for not too much traffic. I had to teach Saturday evening at church, I was beat from being out in the sun all day, I only had 3 kids so it was super easy. Sunday I went to early service and had class.

This week, Bre has her yearly check-up (which already resulted in tears thinking she has to get shots even though she doesn't). She also decided she doesn't want to do American Girl store and she wants to have a party, so we will also be doing that this month! I can't believe it's almost July so you know what that means? NKOTB concert!!!! I am so excited, but I am sure if you know me all too well, you already knew that.

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I haven't been keeping up too much with my 100 Days of pressing pause either and I really need to get back into that!!! I know busyness shouldn't be an excuse, but I haven't been getting up early like I used to during school. So that is a goal that I need to work on again!!  Ok, I have rambled enough I will update when I get a chance again.

last day

Happy June!!! (I'm apologizing for lack of pictures in this post) Well it's OFFICIALLY the last day of school! This year flew by so quick as did this week. We had a great holiday weekend and the weather was so so nice(despite the little bit of rain Sunday). Sunday after church and my classes (I started my classes to become a member of the church a few weeks ago) we headed to my parents for the day and Breanna made some new friends with the new little girls that just moved in across the street, so she didn't want to leave. Monday we were walking in our local Memorial Day parade with Girl Scouts. They had so much fun and it's very short (6 blocks) so it was perfect for them. Then we went to a picnic at Bre's cheer coaches house. I am so glad because she needs to get to know the girls that she will be spending lots of time with!

Yesterday, as I was looking through my planner my summer is basically going to be filled with cheer. Between Focus and school, we have practices at least 4 days a week. Today is also my last small group. I am so sad and am going to miss these weekly meetings with these awesome ladies, hopefully we will get together this summer with our kiddos. We are having a brunch type group today with yummy food. With how fast this year went and it's already summer break, I am sure before we know it, we will be back to meeting in no time.

I am hoping to be able to come and post throughout the summer but I cant guarantee (though I am sure my little posts wont be missed if I dont haha)

welcome to the big top

Friday, we went to the Shriner's Circus with girl scouts. OMG So much fun!!! Breanna has never been  to the circus before and honestly neither have I. So, I have to admit, I was a bit excited myself. We picked the girls up from school and headed down to Pittsburgh early so we could bypass traffic and  grab dinner. It was so freezing cold (unlike when we went to the last event down there) so we froze our butts off walking to dinner but we had a nice relaxing dinner and headed into the arena and the girls got their programs and headed off to find the clowns and get some autographs! They look on their faces was priceless and amazing when they would see them all.

I was surprised how much Breanna was loving it because she said in the car on the way down she didn't like clowns .Why I dont know because she never been around them before then she told me she doesn't like killer clowns so of course I asked how she knows about those and she said without missing a beat, from Fuller House lol

The girls tried to ride the elephant beforehand but the line got cut off so we had to wait and sure enough right at intermission, we were the 3rd group to go. And they were so blown away!!! (If you follow me on insta I have a picture up on there!). We didnt get out of there til almost 10:30 (needless to say we had a lot of sleepy girls on our hands!) I think all in all, everyone had a blast (even the parents!!!!)

Life lately...

I haven't done one of these posts in awhile, (heck I haven't even been on here lately) so I dont even remember the last time I updated on everything we've been up to. So let's see...our life mostly consists of Girl Scouts, Cheer and church. We finished up with our cookie season last weekend and I have to say the girls did AWESOME for the first year. They doubled the goal we set for them and are still selling!!! 


Bre is now signed up for cheer for her school and we will be doing pre-team for All-Star cheer this coming year (she mentioned she is not 100% ready to do the full out stuff.) They will still get to do a routine and go to competitions but they will just do an exhibition and it will only be a 1:30 routine So they will still get the feel of what the real competitions will be. I am so excited for all the fun stuff we have coming up. We have a TON of fun events with Girl Scouts we are doing and now that it's starting to get nicer out it makes it even more exciting.


I think I have mentioned numerous times before about how awesome our church is and I wanted to start getting more involved. Well I have stepped out of my comfort zone A LOT lately when it comes to my faith and the church. First, a few months ago I started teaching pre-school classes in our kidzone on Saturdays. Which I have to say I absolutely adore those little ones and I am so glad that I took that leap of faith and did it! I also recently FINALLY joined a small group, (which is also like a bible study & I will attend my first group this week and I can't wait!) I have had numerous opportunities but none seemed to fit with my schedule, they were either too late in the evening or on a day that I would need someone to watch Bre but I feel like this was just meant to be. I also signed up for one of the classes to become a member of the church. I cant even begin to explain how I feel that my life has transformed and is still transforming since starting to regularly attend church.

A month or so into teaching I received an email from the Children's Ministry Director to meet and talk about an upcoming project. We are currently doing a series (1/2 way through) based on the book 'Drawing the Circle' (it's a 40 day prayer challenge. And teaches you how to pray boldly). Well our normal curriculum doesn't sync in with what the church is doing we get off of another website and we each choose our own stuff we do with the kids, she asked me to come up with the curriculum based off of a disc we received, so everyone will be doing the same thing for the entire series. I cant even begin to explain how much that meant to me that she was entrusting me (just a few months into teaching) to come up with the ENTIRE curriculum for the 4 weeks of the series. Then she tells me that she met with one of the other campuses and they liked what I came up with that they used it for their kidzone as well! 

This past weekend, I signed Bre and myself up for an upcoming community project in May that the church does and I am so excited about because not only are we getting out in the community to do good, I received yet another email from the Children's Ministry Director asking if I wanted to head up one of the family projects for this. I truly feel like God is working in ways I never knew. And all these opportunities with the church are just opening up and I cant even begin to explain how blown away I am and how blessed I truly feel. 

This year truly has been amazing so far, I have made some amazing new friends through school, I have grown in my faith and am still growing and cant wait to see what else God has in store for me.

 

Cookie time!!!!!

I know EVERYONE loves Girl Scout cookies, and if you say you dont, you are totally lying! Today is OFFICIALLY the first day of cookie sales. If you are interested in purchasing let me know. I have a sweet little Daisy that has a big goal to reach. We do have an online site if you are from out of town and wish to purchase. Please comment with your email and I will get in touch with you to give you a link to buy online.

This years cookies are as follows: ($4/box except S'mores and Toffee-tastic are both $5/box) 

 Even if you aren't local to us, you can STILL ORDER and support Breanna and her troop!!!