Emily and Charlie: WARNING: this is long
So, this is the story of my new children (aka kitties). So, 2 weeks ago Jake was on duty and saw on our local (THINK super cheesy news station) a bit about adopting cats. They have this portion everyday where they bring on pets to adopt. Typically Jake and I would not...

My quick visit to Austin, TX and home
I know... I know.... I'm like the worst blogger ever, but really I have been tragically busy. Even right now, I absolutely should not be on here. I have like 10 things on my to do list today. Including a 20 page project about my case study child, that really should...

Crabby Birthday
Let me just preface this by saying I am exhausted. In the classroom I am now teaching for the whole day, we have parent teacher conferences this week. I have 3 of the most monstrous final projects due that you can imagine (Dec 1). And we are off for a whole week for...
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Cameraless
So, I really wanted to post a blog about what I did on Halloween. Unfortunately, I made the HUGE mistake of leaving my camera charger in Chicago at the hotel where we stayed. And of course the camera I own has only option for how to charge. You have to take the...

Wedding at the Drake Hotel in Chicago
Ok, so as promised here are a few photos from the ever crazy wedding of our amazing friends Justin and Meghan. I will give you just a few photos that I think best sum up everything that happened. A picture before it all started with friends. Looking so fancy! The...
RISE and SHINE, I wake up at 5:30am now
I know, I know I haven't really updated, but what can I say??? I get up at 5:30 in the morning now and this is something that has NEVER happened in my life. I mean yes, I have gotten up at 5:30 am for the occasional plane flight, Christmas morning as a child and.........