Sunday School Lesson

I am teaching 6-8th grade Sunday school at my church. We taught lessons the past few weeks on "Thankfulness." I have been trying this week to maintain an attitude of thankfulness as I have gone through this very ordinary week. Here are some of the things I can think of right now.

1. Oregon Chai in a box, which I rediscovered at my local market on Monday and have been enjoying all week.
2. Construction paper snowmen, which my students very cleverly constructed today for our December bulletin board (with a hidden context clue flap to make it educational!)
3. My husband who always forgives me when I am witchy-B.
4. A student letter: "Dear Mrs. Garay, You have work vere hard helping us for the ISAT have been so helpful to us and we apesheate a lot you have to give your self a break. Do you hope averyone pass 4 grade and do you want avereone to get As on the ISAT? (note to self: help Tiana with run-on sentences).
5. Rachael Ray....my faithful friend! :)
6. Dollar Tree decorations on our Christmas tree, which cheers my weary heart every time I enter the house.
7. Sex.
8. Dangly earrings for under $3 to brighten my wardrobe.
9. NPR on my drive home from work.
10. Garlic, olive oil, fresh produce and a big wooden cutting board. I love to cook!!!
11. Full episodes of TV shows on the Internet. I watched CSI: Miami after school in my classrom while I made my language arts centers for next week (note: I stayed 3 hours after school on a FRIDAY--be wowed, please!) :)
12. My wonderful long-distance friends who will post on this blog (if they know whats good for them!!!).

Wedding Photos

I have FINALLY put some wedding photos onto this blog. Enjoy! :) There are hundreds upon hundreds more and I may try to get them onto a sight where they can be purchased (most likely by my parents!) and seen in their entirety (is that spelled right?). Keep scrolling down, there are more at the bottom and for some reason they are really BIG.