{Wonderful Weekend}

Saturday I took my Praxis for media specialist (fingers crossed!). In the midst of the test I was thinking, "this is kinda hard" but I think I just had really bad anxiety when I first started. I've always been that way. I never thought I would use the entire time but I worked until the very end, checked over a few answers and before I could even put my pencil down the proctor said "times up!" That was the fastest two hours of my life. Hopefully it is the last time I have to take that test!

Afterwards, I needed to let my brain rest so I met Todd at a local Thai restaurant to unwind. It was delicious. 

Then we headed to Bass Lake in Blowing Rock for some R&R. Our goal was to not leave until we had settled on a dog name. Yes, we have changed it multiple times already. The good news is we left with a confident name but we still aren't ready to share. We are those crazy people who keep saying the dog names in a real sentence pretending she is in the room. Yea, see, CRAZY!

Sunday we (plus our entire fam and previous congregation members) surprised dad for a pastor appreciation day! He totally deserved a day like this, to honor his hard work. I wish I would have recorded his face as tons of us walked in right after the church service started. Because of our own church duties, we never get to be at his church on Sunday so that was a real treat to him. Mom did a great job of keeping it all a secret. Instead of him preaching, the service was full of people speaking about my dad and songs of worship about serving the Lord. My sister, Ronna, represented our family so well with a great speech. I wish I would have recorded that too! So proud of her for doing that. As soon as we all walked in someone pinned a rose on dad and moved his seat so he could view the pulpit.   Not sure my dad has ever been recognized in such a huge way and actually sat back and let others do the talking on a Sunday.

This is a real genuine humbled smile folks.

I love my dad. Fun fact: growing up through elementary school I called him Bubba and we would have "Bubba Days" where he would check me out of school (I was "sick" of course) and go play putt-putt or I would help him make his visits to the elderly.

Here is our family, plus Annlyn. Not sure why the husbands didn't squeeze in (oops). They must have been holding our purses and 283420 baby bags that my sister (love you!) carries everywhere.

What a great weekend! If you have ever been ministered by dad, feel free to write on his Facebook wall a comment of appreciation. All ministers need a day (week, why not!) where they feel the love!

Have a great week friends!

-Sara

{Week in Review}

Here a few instagrams of my week! As a librarian, you get the fun job of hosting a Book Fair. The theme is a Luau and I think we (me + parents) decorated it really well! 

I (and Mrs. Bishop, thanks!) made the pom-poms to hang from the ceiling (just like the ones I did for my sister's baby shower). The students LOVE them. 

I had my LAST ever grad class (a presentation) via our internet classroom on Tuesday night.

And....I PASSED! Praise the Lord! Grad school is officially over. Can't believe it! 

Todd surprised me with this book on Thursday. We have lots of reading to do to get ready for our baby doodle! Aren't they just precious?!

TGIF-bout to relax on the couch with hubby and watch a movie. My kind of night. I take my Praxis for Media Specialist tomorrow and I'm a little nervous. Prayers would be appreciated!!!

Have a GREAT weekend!

-S