My Sweet Valentine

My hubby did the sweetest thing for me this year for Valentine's Day. We first enjoyed a great night away in San Diego on Sunday night to Monday (we had it off from school!). Monday was a beautiful day down there, and we so enjoyed a wonderful and relaxing day away from the craziness.

So then we get to school on Tuesday and he had a great surprise! During my lunch Brandon has his creative writing class. So when I got back to my classroom, I found this!




All his creative writing students helped him and signed my board!


Brandon always finds a new way to fill me and show me his love. This one was so special because he said he wanted our students to see the love we have for one another and how he is willing to show that. I just love the thought and effort and time he put into it!
Me and my wonderful Valentine! Thank you love! You made my weekend!!

Thankful List

I have been very blessed and challenged by the Passionate Homemaking blog. The creator and main author is an amazing woman with a heart after the Lord. She has a beautiful desire to serve the Lord and her husband and her children and is encouraging other women, like me, to do the same. I am excited to try new things from her blog, and this is one of them- an ongoing "What I'm Thankful for List."

I am really excited and thankful ;) for this because I have been having a hard time with the many "hats" I am currently wearing. But instead of being thankful to the Lord for blessing me (and Brandon) with these great opportunities, I have been negative. This has been a big attitude change for me and I really broke down one night and knew it had to change. Of course the first thing was making sure I was getting into God's Word daily- and this has so renewed my spirit.

Then I read this blog post and thought it'd be a great idea! I've been writing at least one or two things down every day and I can already see the change in my attitude and thoughts! I am now trying to think of what I can praise and thank God for throughout my day, and it's been great! My prayer is that God would continue to use this to focus my mind on Him more throughout the day.

Here are some of the things I've been thankful for the last couple of weeks:

1. The Passionate Homemaking Blog that encouraged me to make this list!
2. An extra day without students at school so I could work in my classroom and grade.
3. How the Lord broke me and revealed my sin.
4. Brandon, who is so encouraging in tough times, and how he always seeks to draw us closer to our Father.
5. A quiet night at home with Brandon.
6. Our wonderful friends at church who always encourage and uplift us (and make us laugh- a lot!)
7. Supportive parents at RCS.
8. My crock pot!!

You should give it a try!!

"You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;

you are my God; I will extol you.

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;

for His steadfast love endures forever!"

Psalm 118:28-29