Starting to Pack Things Up

It is getting closer, today I started packing some of the things in my room up.  It feels so good to be so close to summer with my babies!!

Summer Dreamin

Summer will be great with the addition of this to the backyard thanks to Pop Bensema.  I can already see many hours being spent here.  Can't wait!

Things I Love This Week

Thank you Katy for the great idea of a post!  I always have such a hard time blogging and I know I could write about anything, but sometimes in the busyness, it is hard to pick one thing.

Things I love this week:
1. Being 31 days to summer freedom!  Don't get me wrong, I love my job and my students, but I'm super excited for summer vacation.  Also, in just a few weeks we will be getting a playset for our backyard.  We are super excited!  Pictures to come soon!

2. Walks with my good friend Katy.  We have been walking a couple times a week.  We have 4 kiddos between the two of us and it is so much fun to hear them yelling and giggling with each other through the strollers and for us to have girl time to talk our daily struggles and joys out.  I truely appreciate your friendship Katy!

3. Dt. Mt. Dew..there won't be a good day without it!

4.  Pinterest...yes..hello my name is Sara and I'm an addict.  Just ask my husband, who by the way told me he is going to blow the server up for as much as I am on it.  Haha.  I must admit though a big chunk of my time is for finding ideas to use in my classroom and once in a while I will find something for the house, which really makes him happy when I come up with crazy ideas, which then includes some kind of shopping marathon. Oh well, I have become the queen of deals, so at least it isn't breaking the bank! :)

Well, I love lots more things, but duty calls to go get my students soon and end our school day.  Everyone enjoy your Tuesday!

Weekend Fun

This past weekend we headed out of the city to the country in order to shoot some bluebonnet pictures.  Just northwest of us the bluebonnets bloom like crazy this time of year.  Jerimiah's parents, us, Max and April headed out Saturday morning to see what we could find.  We first made a stop at Chapell Hill Sausage to pick some venison sausage up and then kept venturing to find the flowers.  We had gone when Cohen was about to be one but did not get a chance to go last year.  We found the same spot we went to before and it was great.  Being there earlier in the day proved to be good as it was not busy at all. The kids did okay and we got enough good pictures to be satisfied with the trip.  We then kept going a little bit further to Brehnam and ate at a fantastic Mexican restaurant.  We then parted ways and we all headed home.  Saturday evening we then headed over to our friends the Bannerman's for a fish fry with our small group friends.  A great time was had by all and the kids enjoyed running around and playing in their backyard.  The weekends go so fast but that just means we are getting that much closer to SUMMER VACATION!!

Painting

Wow..another entry already..don't get too used to this people.  It may or may not happen again so quick.  We had a great weekend, with NOTHING scheduled.  It was a nice change of pace.  We slept in, did some grocery shopping then pretty much just hung out and played.  The kids are being so cute right now trying to "play" with each other.  It usually consists of Carlie trying to take something from Cohen, and then they run and chase each other.  It is quite funny how she already knows just what buttons to push for her brother.  I'm sure it won't be so cute after awhile, but for now, we usually sit back and kind of see what goes down between them.  For the most part though, they really do get along good which is great.  At the store we bought Cohen some fingerpaints because he kept asking to paint.  He is pretty funny and just kind of rubs his hand all over the paper, but hey, he is only 2. 

Here is the great artist at work.  Wednesday after school I am leaving with two of my teammates for a kindergarten teacher conference in Dallas.  I am very excited to go, not so excited to leave my babies.  Oh well, it will be a good experience and will go fast because the two days are packed.  I also found out tonight that my dad is going to be in Dallas till Thursday morning and will hopefully get to meet up with him on Wednesday night.  I'll leave you with a picture of our sweet pea. She is turning into a little monkey just like her brother.

New Year

So...I know I have said it before...but I really hope to do better.  It's a new year, so maybe I can be better about updating this thing a little bit more.  I love reading blogs, I just have a hard time updating my own.  Anyway, the Kindrick's have been busy and getting along in our everyday lives.

Christmas was spent in Iowa.  We had a great time.  But, no snow.  But Cohen and Nana still managed to have fun on the plasma car she bought for them.  We had 40 degree weather which is so weird for Iowa at that time.  Everything went well until the night before we were leaving.  Carlie starting throwing up about supper time.  She continued through the evening and Cohen began around midnight.  If you would have told me I had to get on the airplane at that time I would have said you were crazy.  They luckily made it back without any trouble on the plane and Cohen had one last dry heave in the car on the way home from the airport, and they were done.  Then midnight that night Jerimiah got the bug.  When we left, Brenda also got it and then my dad.  Here in Houston Gigi and Kim and her family all had it too.  Knock on some wood, but I think we are all done with the nasty bug.

School has been going well since the break and we are all back in the routine.  Jerimiah is not taking classes this semester, which makes it nice having him home everynight.

I'll update more later, but I need to start thinking about going to bed.

I'm Thankful For...

Since everyone is posting on Facebook (and I think I must of missed the memo) I'll just take time and write my list of things I'm thankful for here. It is hard to believe that it is almost Thanksgiving. I'm very excited because my Grandpa and Grandma Bensema and cousin Ben will be spending it with us here in Houston. My cousin Ben Gerwig is a freshmen at LaTourneau in Longview, TX. I got to see him also during his Fall Break because he came to Katy with a friend and his roommate. We met over at the mall and spent some time chatting about college life thus far for him. My grandparents want to see his college, so will drive down the beginning of next week, pick him up and then spend Thanksgiving with us and then drive him back and head back to Iowa. I'm very excited because this means Grandma's famous mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving and then AGAIN for Christmas.
So here is my list of things I am thankful for...

• My Husband. I'm so thankful for him and the effort he puts into everything he does. He is a husband, daddy, uncle, teacher, student, son, friend and so on... He gives 100% to everything he does and it amazes me what he can get done in a week between going to work, school and anything else going on.


• My children. They are my everything. They are 2 wonderful, crazy little sweeties and have such sweet spirits. They both are so easy going and have been that way since they were born. I'm so thankful for them each and every day.


• My other family members: Dad, Brenda, Amy, Cathy, Cliff, Aaron, April and Max.


• Our wonderful babysitter Miss Kim and her family B, Logan and Kaci.


• My co-workers.


• My students.


• My accountability group and friends: Katy, Laura, Leah, Courtney, Ryleigh, Ashly and Beth. You girls don't know how much it means to me to have you in my life. You are all amazing ladies and I thank God for putting you in my life. Also, to go along with that our small group in general.

I'm so thankful for so much more but those are just the few things that real stick out in my mind. God has blessed me so much. I have to stop myself so often when I'm in one of those moods of thinking I need something or that I don't have enough of whatever and remind myself how luck I am for the things that God has given to me. He is also something I am so thankful for. God is and will be there for me no matter what and watches over and provides just the right amount of whatever it is for us. I am so thankful for that.