Fab 5 Friday

So, I am putting off cleaning my house by.....

trying out this Fab 5 Friday thing!

1. Tuesday, I went and bought a storm door to go on the front door of our house. Andrew spent 4 hours (3 with my dad helping) putting it in. I LOVE having my front door open and letting the light in!!!! x

2. Childrens Books of any size, shape or kind. I have an obsession with Scholastic Book Order forms and have to restrain myself or I would be a SUPER poor teacher with way too many books.

3. Retractable dog leashes: For those of you that don't know. We have 2 beagle mix dogs. They used to be allowed to go out back to potty without leashes, but after chasing them one too many times, they have to go out on a leash. So, I stand on the patio and they go to the yard to do their business. Well, Monday, one of them broke (while the neighbor girl had Dopey). I didn't realize how much I liked them, until one of them was gone.


4. my sewing machine: Andrew told me to get a hobby...(due to me being bored so often), So I did. I have made burpies, dresses, onsies and I hope to try a little outfit this summer.

5. A kitchen disinfectant that smells good:)

I guess I am off to clean now...

Spring in the Hughes' yard

The first sign of Spring in the Hughes' house is the open windows. Luckily, neither Andrew or I suffer from allergies, so we have our windows open ALL spring. I get super excited when the electric bill comes and it's smaller. Addie also LOVES the windows are open because she gets to be super nosey and stare out the window.
We got these hostas from my mom. They are growing so quickly and look amazing!
We bought this tree in the fall, they planted it in the winter, and we finally get to see how it looks in our yard. I'm excited to watch it continue to bloom.
I planted tulips last year by the mailbox and about 1/2 of them came back this year. So beautiful!

Isabella Joy Elizabeth Jochim

Welcome Bella Joy!!!! You are so stinkin' cute and as I sit at home tonight I am missin' you. You are my first niece and we share a birthday. You have the most wonderful parents ever and are so very lucky to have so many people that love and are praying for you. I am counting down the days until I get to love on you again (3 days BTW). I LOVE YOU BELLA JOY!
The first picture of Bella yawning is when she was just about 15/20 minutes old. As we were about to leave, I was able to get a bow in her hair for just a couple minutes. She is BEAUTIFUL!
The family...How cute are they?
The birthday girls!!! I could not have asked for a better day!

Coming Soon...My very first niece!

I got a phone call Wednesday afternoon from Emily, my sister in law. She said that she had good news and bad news. Of course I wanted the bad news first, then the good news.

Bad News: She has to have a c-section because Bella Joy is breech and she already weighs over 8 lbs.

Good News: It is scheduled for Monday morning which is MY BIRTHDAY!!!

I have been teasing her since I found out her due date was March 24, but I never imagined it would actually happen. I am so excited!

So please join me in praying for everything to go smoothly. Words can not explain how excited I am for my little brother and Emily!!

Why I love this Week!

I got this idea from someone else, but I thought I would try it this week:)

• Things are switched up a little bit at work. I am working at my M/Tu schools on W/Th and my W/Th school on M/Tu. It will keep things exciting I'm sure.
• Biggest Loser comes back on tomorrow and the Bachelor tonight (I don't know why I watch this show, but I do)
• At the end of the week, we will be heading to Indy to see Andrew's grandparents. His grandfather broke his hips a few weeks ago, so we are going to help out for a couple days.
• I don't have a ton planned in the evenings, so I will be able to do some sewing!!!
• My sweet unborn neice is one week closer to being born!!

I could come up with many more, but I won't bore you:)

Learning the Blog World

There are a few things that I want to learn about the Blog World.
So, if you are reading this blog (although I'm not sure how many people actually do) please help.

1.) Posting pictures to me is a nighmare. I can't ever get them to line up properly and I can never type before I post pics. I have to put the pics up THEN type in my text around the pictures and hope it works out.

2.) I did a MckLinky (I think) the other day. I linked and was supposed to write a blog post, and I just saw where I linked but didn't write about what I was supposed write about...is that okay?

3.) I just don't think I'm all that interesting. Just a girl, working, living life, Loving God, trying a new hobby....Do you think about what to write about or does it just come to you?

Trying to be crafty

So, as you can see, I am terrible at arranging pictures on this blog! I have been working on these burp cloths since I saw some at a craft show at on etsy.com. I started working on them at my mom's house on her sewing machine. I soon realized that I enjoyed making them and wanted to be able to to work on them at home. SO, I bought a sewing machine. I am working on it. I took them out to my Aunt Janet's house after I sewed the ribbon on for her to embroider them. I also helped in the process:)

My next projects will hopefully be a pillowcase dress and a "taggie" blanket. We'll see though. Andrew is going out of town in a couple of weeks for work and we have a day off school soon.