Ten on Tuesday

1.  A few weeks ago a group of us walked in the "Look the Lake 5K."  Kristina and I continued our reign of "Winners of the Walkers," but somehow I managed to come in 1 second ahead of her, which earned me the bronze medal in our age category...that just shows you how few people actually participated. We vowed to run the next 5K, but I'm a little afraid she's going to trip me as we cross the finish line. ;) We continued our tradition of eating breakfast  at Burke Perk afterwards with our husbands, and I'm not going to lie, I think that might be my favorite part.

2.  Our little furball of joy turned ONE on March 18th.  It is not only crazy how fast time goes, but it's crazy to look back and see how little she used to be. :)

3.  Speaking of Molly, the first picture above was taken at the park the first weekend we got her.  There had been a lot of yard sales that weekend and that afternoon a man, who had set up a booth at the park, gave Molly a pillow that said, "The dog and its housekeeping staff live here."  It became one of her favorite toys to pay tug-of-war with.  Well, one night she decided it would look better like this...

4.  We went to D.C. over Easter weekend to visit Adrian, Jen, Chris, Demetria, Matt, and baby Charlie and had so much fun.  More pictures coming soon! 

5.  When we were in D.C. we caught a rerun of "The Voice" at Matt and Dems' house one night.  Gaines and I don't usually watch that show, but we got kind of addicted.  Have you seen this performance by one of the contestants Sarah Simmons? She's amazing!

6.  And speaking of amazing songs, Dems and Schniz pulled up this video shortly after of a song by Carrie Underwood and Vince Gill.  Talk about goosebumps. 

  

7.  My parents came down for a visit this past weekend and even though they just left yesterday, I miss them so much already!! We had just had the best time with them and Gaines' family, and I'll definitely post more pictures soon.  

8.  This is kind of random, but I am obsessed with Instagram.  Gaines jokes I have a problem, because I check it so often, but it's fun to see what people are up to without having to scroll through annoying status updates and Facebook ads.  You can follow me @kathrynstory.  :) 

9.  I got the idea of a "Word Wall Garden" from Pinterest this summer and set it up on the huge wall in my classroom.  Before we started a unit, I would add key vocabulary to pieces of colored index cards and tape them around the flower.  The ideas was that "the more we know, the more we grow" and the kids seemed to like watching the flowers "bloom" before a new unit.  It is crazy, but before March was even over our Word Wall Garden was complete, meaning we covered all of the 6th grade standards.  

 And not only have we covered all of the standards, but my kids have already taken their five CRCT tests.  The tests are usually administered after Spring Break, but this year they were moved up by about a month.  I didn't get as elaborate with my treat this year as I did last year, but they all said the test was easy, so hopefully that's a good sign! 

10.  Our Spring Break always coincides with Masters Week and even though I don't usually enjoy watching golf, there is something so exciting about this tournament.  Driving down Washington Road and seeing all of the signs, golf carts, and people always gets me in the spirit to watch... it's like a holiday around here.  While my mom and I were shopping in a store on Saturday, a lady working even greeted us with, "Happy Masters Week!" 

So, Happy Tuesday and Happy Masters Week! 

Go Bubba!

There was a lot of Masters-watching in our house this past weekend!

Usually I don't care about golf, but the Masters is near-and-dear to my heart, since I used to live a mile from the course and got to go to the practice round with my family two years ago.

Gaines and I were rooting for Bubba Watson yesterday and were so excited when he finally won after making that crazy, awesome shot from the woods.

Not only is a lefty (like me!), but he's a GEORGIA BULLDOG!

Way to go Bubba, and how 'bout them dawgs??! ;)