Excited

This is how I feel about this weekend....

Why, you ask?

My parents and brother and Kate are coming in town tonight.
Today is Friday.
I'm getting my hair done after school.
Probably shopping tomorrow with mom and Kate.

I think thats a pretty good list.  Obviously, the main reason is that my family will be here.  I am always happy when they are around.  They are pretty cool people :)

Dog Blog

If you know me well, you know I love my dog Griffin.  I am aware that I treat him more like a child than a pet, but what can I say?  He's so stinkin' cute!!
Saturday was his 3rd birthday.  I can't believe that in June, I will have had him for 3 whole years.  He is such a sweet boy and Aaron and I couldn't help but spoil him just a little bit.  Last weekend we got him a few new toys at PetCo. so we just bought him some new treats for his big day.  Anyways, enough of my chatter - here are some pics of my baby and his best friend Rookie sharing their treats :)

His favorite toy - The Kong

 Always so protective of his toys

 We're sitting!  Give us a treat!

 I can do tricks!

 My birthday boy :)

 Rookie was very curious of the camera

 Playing on his own personal jungle gym....the couch :)

Happy 3rd birthday Griffin!

Double Date

Aaron and I went on a double date with Becca and Garet to see The Hunger Games!  It was so good!  I thought they did a great job of staying true to the book and only changed some minor things.  Nothing that really affected anything big, so that made me happy :)  I especially loved how they portrayed all the people from the Capitol.  They looked awesome!  Just like I imagined. 
Aaron was skeptical of going to see a movie "about the future" but I really think he enjoyed it.  Of course, he hadn't read the books (shocking, I know) but I did my best to fill him in before hand so he would know what was going on. 
Now we just have to wait until the next one!  But on a sidenote, they showed a sneak clip of the last Twilight movie!  It hardly showed anything but I am very excited about that one too!!

Spring Break

Sadly, sping break is ending :(  I have really enjoyed my week off.  While it may not have been as exciting as some of the spring breaks I had during my college years, it was a great break.  I especially loved getting to spend time with Aaron and Julie and Morgan.
The biggest highlight would have to be that Aaron took and PASSED the National Registry to be a Paramedic!  He studied soooo hard for weeks, and his hard work paid off :)  He took the test on Tuesday and was pretty nervous the rest of that night and didn't sleep much.  Early Wednesday morning, he found out he passed.  It was a great day!
I also got to do my favorite thing - SHOP!  It's even better when you get to use gift cards left from Christmas :)  I have started buying little things for when I go to Mexico for my brothers wedding this summer.  So excited about that!
We also ate out quite a bit.  It was so nice to eat at some of our favorite restaurants.  The best was probably Rainbow Cafe in Downtown Carrollton.  If you haven't been before, go!  It is SO good.
To wrap up spring break, I am going to spend today finishing report cards and lesson planning for the next few weeks.  Wooohooo!  The good news is, there are only 9 more weeks and then it's summertime!  In honor of that, I went and got a pedicure yesterday and had my toes painted a rediculously bright color :) 
Also, I am so excited that The Hunger Games movie opens next weekend!  I can't wait to go and see it!!  Maybe I will even be able to convince Aaron to come with me...we'll see :)

An Unexpected Kindness

Have you ever recieved a compliment that was totally unexpected?
The other day I was on my Facebook and noticed a section in my messages that I had never seen before.  An "Other" section that had seven messages in it.  I clicked on it and was surprised to see that I had some messages I had never seen before.  I guess when I get a message from someone I'm not "friends" with, it automatically goes into this file....kinda like a spam filter.  Maybe?  Anyways, one of them caught my attention so I clicked on it to read it. 
Basically, I was completely stunned.  It was a message from someone back home who had watched me play soccer growing up.  They told me that I was their daughters all time favorite soccer player and that she really looked up to me and that I had inspired her college admission essay.  I was shocked to read these things and to think that I had some kind of influence on someone and never even known it.  It was honestly one of the nicest letters I have ever recieved.  
It really made me think about how much of an influence you can have on someone.  I know my life has been influenced by so many people.  And now, I know I'm going to take the time to let them know :)