Exposure

~ The act of  revealing or unmasking in a public manner~

Two rooms I'm loving right now are about to be revealed!!

Living room.

Classroom.

Loving school and students!! Looks like safari-jungle/middle school right?!?! Day 2 here we come! :-) 

Have a great night!

Sunburn Earth

The summer came and went and tonight my mind sits wondering of what tomorrow will bring. Tomorrow marks the beginning of a fresh start for me only teaching 6th grade! I wonder how many things will happen tomorrow after a stressful two days??

How is it possible that this is my fourth year teaching? 

In the blink of an eye... summer is extinct..... the "real world" continues....

I'm going to post a lot of summer pictures, so this post may be boring but we had a lot of good times I want to remember.

We began the summer with a family trip to Galena, Illinois!! It was wonderful! I hope we go back next June 2012!

We also had the opportunity to work more on completing our living room. I don't believe  a room is ever completely finished, but getting there! 

Also my very talented mother-in-law painted some leaves on three canvas' above the couch! I love it!

Moving on to July!

I did little projects from blogs I read on different ways to display pictures!

Purchased a new vehicle in July, to save money! WAHOO!! I think I was more excited than Nolan, but he LOVES the car, don't let him fool you! :-) 

We spent the 4th of July at some good family friends cabin and went wake boarding, knee boarding, tubing, took the boat out, and ate good food! This was also the time I stayed back the last day to write a final paper for my first class this summer and got an "A" so I think we need to go more often!! :-) 

Me knee boarding for the first time! I loved it!

Beautiful sunsets!

Fireworks on the river 4th of July! 

Nolan wake boarding! He is very talented!! :-) 

We also took a little date night to Winterset!

Then, July ended and grad classes were done for the summer and August started!

My MIL and I took a trip to a craft show!! We had a blast, but were ready to be home!

I would go back to Lake Superior in a heart beat!! It is beyond words beautiful! Which doesn't even do it justice! 

I even went swimming!! :-) I won't tell that someone left the car door open during this time... :-) me :-) 

My MIL's sweet booth!!

As soon as I got back, Nolan and I headed to family camp! I am disappointed to say that my camera is screwed up and would not let me upload my camp family pictures from the big swing, which makes me very sad. I am very frustrated that my camera does this sometimes, but that's life right!

Anywhoo...... the students come tomorrow, ready or not! Pray all goes well!! :-)

Blessings!! :-)