Day #4 of My Challenge...Happy Birthday Little Brother!

Since today is my little brother's 17th birthday, I'm dedicating my blog to him. Even though he now wants to be known as "Bubba" I still love him :) Anyway, I'm so proud of him. To say he's had a rough couple of years would be an understatement! Thankfully he is now doing so much better. He currently attends French Camp Academy and is doing really well. He is working out with the football team and if he can pull a B in his summer school class he will be a proud member of French Camp's football team. He should be pretty good based on his size. I only come up to his chest...he is huge! He is now about an inch taller than my dad also.

I'm looking forward to taking road trips to see him play. Yes, I'm assuming he will pull a B in his summer school class. He only has one class so I'm really expecting an A...no pressure "Bubba"!

Anyway, as I close for tonight I just want to say...Happy Birthday little brother! I love you and am so proud of you!

Day #3 of My Challenge...It's the Simple Things

Since I'm on summer vacation Mason and I are able to take it easy. It is so nice waking up in the morning and just take it easy instead of rush, rush, rush like we do during the school year! I love not having to be anywhere at any certain time. This is a big stress relief for me since I tend to be constantly running late! Anyway, we were able to go to lunch with my mom which was very nice. Lunch dates are one of my favorite things to do in the summer since all school year long I'm eating lunch with my students in the school cafeteria. It's a simple thing that makes me happy...then I started wondering. What are some other simple things that make me happy?

*spending time with the ones I love
*homegrown tomato sandwiches
*the smell of the grill when its fired up (charcoal)
*the smell of fresh cut grass
*listening to Mason laugh

I'm sure I could think of some more but instead I want to hear about the simple things that make you happy. Please share them because another simple thing that makes me happy is when people leave me comments! ;)

Happy Thursday everyone! Until next time...

Heather

Day #2 of My Challenge...I'm Getting the Travel Bug!

Hello Again! I'm back for Day 2 of my challenge. I figured it up this morning and I have 41 days left of my summer vacation so that means 41 days of blogging!! I can do it!!

Today I have the travel bug. I guess all these beach pictures I've been seeing are to blame. We usually don't take a summer trip. Our big trip is in December when we go to Gatlinburg every year. However, we are taking Mason to the beach this summer. It will be his first trip to the beach and he seems excited! With that being said...we have GOT to work on our tan or I know 2 people that will come back looking like little red crabs!!

I've also been thinking of my top 5 places I've ever traveled. I LOVE to travel although I don't have much opportunity to. My goal in life is to visit all 50 states. I better get a move on!!

Here are the top 5 places I've traveled to:

1. Gatlinburg, TN (my favorite so far)
2. New York City
3. Estes Park, CO
4. Minneapolis, MN
5. Memphis, TN (before Mason came along John and I used to love to take a weekend trip to Memphis. We really enjoyed Mud Island)

So this leaves me wondering...what are your top 5 places you've traveled to?

Happy Wednesday! Until next time...

Heather

My Challenge to Myself...

Ok, so once again I have slacked in my Blogging...I know, shock right? So here is my commitment. I will post every day of my summer vacation-starting today! One of my problems in the past was that I was getting NO input. I hope that changes so that I can stay motivated. With that said...leave me a little comment so I know you came by.

One more thing...I want to re-name my blog. I want it to be something interesting and different. Any suggestions?

Until then...

Heather