The Patch Confessional

There comes a time in one's life when they must come to grip with life altering news.  Mine came from my dear sister-in-law.  It is a confession best said aloud and to face head on.  Okay, here goes...

I.  have.  gray.  hairs.  Lots of them.

I find that I have been in denial for awhile.  I have seen them, but they were like little streaks "highlighting" my fading red hair.  Then, Kayla pointed out the patch of gray hairs.  I am no longer dealing with a few hairs, but clumps.
Check it out:
(look straight above the camera and there it is.  It's worse in person.)

What is a girl to do?  I always thought I would go all natural, but now I'm starting to think about how I might dye my hair.  I heard red heads went gray faster, but this might be too fast. 

Updates will continue to come as more hair is discovered or I choose to go blonde.

Track Star!

Ella is in the fifth grade and decided to join track this spring.  I coach my school's track team and love it!  So I was very excited that she was going to run for her school.  Elementary track is fun and the kids get to experiment with the different running and field events.  By the regional meet, they can only specialize in one event.  Ella originally wanted to be on a relay team, but when that fell through, her coach assigned her to the triple jump.

I asked Ella if she knew how to do the triple jump and when she showed me, she did 3 leaping jumps.  Umm, that's not the triple jump.  After some one-on-one coaching, Ella was jumping close to 16 feet!  If you place in the top four at the regional meet, you move on to district.  Ella jumped 15' 2" and made it to district!  Her team was competing the same day as mine was, so I was able to cheer her on at district.

Ella's best jump was 15' 11".  She didn't make the top four places and move on, but she was all grins afterward.  When I asked her if she had fun, her reply was, "Oh yeah!"

Spring Break Review

One of the best parts of teaching are the breaks I get throughout the year.  If I ever change professions, it will be difficult to adjust to working year round and without "entitled" breaks.  I spent my week laying around (unfortunately I got sick at the start of the week), meeting up with friends, Sawyer and Harper time, Hunger Games x2 and painting.

Check it out!

 Such a great movie!!

 Sawyer and his rocks

  Such big eyes!

 Clean house and bedding!

 Movies, tea and a book.  The perfect medicine for a sickie.

 Before

and After.  I just love the green!

 A new haircut!

I wanted bangs, but that required way more work than I am ever willing to do on my hair!

I discovered the store Real Deals

Hello cute spring decor!

While I pouted about so many of my friends leaving town, I really did enjoy the time I got to spend doing projects around my house and spending time with friends that I rarely see.