it's here it's here!

i mean, i know its not an acceptance letter to hogwarts or anything, but................ i got my letter that says i PASSED my COMPS!  i'm so stinking excited i could do a little dance.

i can't even write anymore because i'm so excited, and its time to celebrate, i'm thinking i want a mcdonald's happy meal to celebrate. yes, i know...i'm easy to please :)

the breeze for me

so.....i'm not a runner, by any stretch of the imgination.....BUT i WILL get there!  so therefore, the couch to 5k app has been added to my phone.  i have successfully completed two days!  it is going to take me a while.....but i will check something off my bucket list!  i am going to have a 13.1 sticker on the back of my car for running a half marathon....yeah, i know....its a big goal, but i want to do it for my daddy!


so i've been trying to train, and i've gotten to experience some wonderful time with Jesus.  just when i feel like a can't take another step its like i feel a cool breeze that was there just for me.  blake and i have created a battle of the bible verses...yep, he's extremely good.  i promise i think he reads it one time and its in his head for good...not me, it takes me a time or two, but we have had sweet time together trying to learn these verses together.  so i am continuing to try to wall paper my heart with scripture...

so the big MC, thats my baby sister molly carol, stayed with us this week, and let me just say....it made my heart SMILE!  she's probably the goofiest and quirkiest person you could ever meet.  i told blake that i didn't know if i could ever had teenage daughters after having molly carol and her friend the whole week.....but i think i could get used to it :)

i've been working in my new classroom the past few days, as well as working on my last stinking class.  blah....please just give me a C so i can get my certificate for my master's....good grades are not part of my goals anymore...just want to FINISH.

have a fantastic friday!

to the moon and back-
casey

sister sister

so...my sister is pretty much amazing :) and i get to spend the WHOLE week with her.  ok, so not really the whole week....i have to share her with her cheerleading team.  but she has a precious little friend staying with us too!  poor blake....he greatly outnumbered this week, but i think he'll survive.  he started by baking cookies, what he does best!


this picture is a great discription of our relationship....hahaha...i do love her oh so much.  i am five years older, but this girl has faith that can pack a punch.  she has an unfailing love for God that is nothing short of inspiring.  everyone should have a molly carol, if you don't, i might just share mine :)

have a fabulous monday!

to the moon and back-
casey

what what!?!

the COMPS are now a thing of the past....please just imagine me doing a cheer, because i'm that excited.

so now i can move onto much greater things!  speaking of greater things...teaching.  i know without a doubt that God called me to be a teacher.  my last year teaching third grade was an adventure to say the least.  difficult is an understatement....but i will always cherish it as a learning experience.  God has blessed me with an AMAZING opportunity to teach at my dream school, hayes cooper center.



i'm absolutely over the moon excited.  i completed my student teaching here, and will stay in third grade.  i can't not describe the blessings i have felt in the past few days.  ephesians 3:30 says, "he can do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine, according to His power at work within us."  He can do more than we ASK or IMAGINE....and good gracious He did.  it is absolutely amazing to look at my life and see where God's plan is unfolding. 

i hope you each have a glorious tuesday :)

to the moon and back-

casey

praise you in this storm

so...... me and jesus have been connecting.  i have prayed for discipline to become more driven to memorize His scripture.  i worked a chrysalis walk earlier this year where i was blessed to listen to someone speak on faith.  they spoke of wall papering our hearts with scripture.  and thats exactly what i've been trying to do. 

ephesians 3:20 says, "he can do immeasureably more than all we can ask or imagine according to His power that it is at work within us."  this has been my guide the past few days.  He can do so much more than we could ever imagine.  i try so hard to put our god in a box sometimes, and there is not a box big enough to put Him in. 

sometimes life seems exactly like a storm.  business, work, family, church, and every other possible thing in life seems to be pulling you in a thousand different directions.  but God provides us the calm in the storm.  i am learning to praise him not only in the calm, but throughout the storm. 

tomorrow is the COMPS!  whew..........two years and its finally here.

tonight is the first night of VBS!

i am so stinking excited!!  arts and crafts here i come!

blah blah blah

comps.......comps....comps.....ugh....its the only thing that is daunting on my birght future.  july 11th needs to hurry and pass.  i CAN do this.  i WILL do this.


anyways...on to much happier things...CRAFTS.  love them.  they are my outlet.  i am no professional artisit by any means.  ask me to paint a tree, and i am pretty positive that it would look much like a cartoon.  kid's stuff is my thing.  check out these lovely canvas paintings for my sweet neighbor.....





the bird came about because of my sweet mama.  she's been in to birds lately.  she has specifically ordered a stool with a bird to go in her new classroom.

so instead of escaping from the reality of the comps through this or crafting, i'm going to be responsibile....i'm going to study!


have a marvelous day!

to the moon and back-
casey

home of the brave

its fourth of july weekend!  patriotisim at its finest... and my sweet daddy is over in one of the -ghan countires defending our freedom.  say a prayer for my hero please.

we are officially home from god's glorious beach.  i'm happy in a way, but i certainly miss the smell of the salt and the feel of the ocean breeze.  i've almost got my laundry under control...the husband has been helping out, because otherwise....

it would look like this in our room.  learning to laundry in a timely manner has been one of my goals in becoming a wife. 

back in the day....you know like a year ago....my roommates and myself did not do laundry until we had no clean underwear.  we also didn't do dishes in a timely manner that is expected by blake :) 

so one day, after an adventure with my sweet lauren.....

my roommate for a year, my daughter for life.  we come in to find blake emptied the entire kitchen and cleaned the entire place!  he set up a pickle jar with a sign that said, "25 cents for dirty dishes in the sink."  i think lauren and i laughed  at his attempt to get us to clean for three days.   he hasn't changed after seven months of marriage.  bless his sweet heart.  at least i'm trying.

p.s.  everyone should come in contact with my lauren.  she truly is much like a daughter to me, granted out 2 year age difference. 

i hope that everyone has a safe and free fourth of july weekend!

to the moon and back-

casey

his grace is an ocean

He is jealous for me
Loves like a hurricane
I am a tree
Bending beneath
The weight of his wind and mercy
When all of a sudden
I am unaware of these
Afflictions eclipsed by glory
And I realize how beautiful you are
And how great your afflictions for me

Oh how he loves us so
Oh how he loves us
How he loves us so

Yea He loves us
Oh how

We are his portion
And he is our prize
Drawn to redemption by the grace in his eyes
If grace is an ocean we're all sinking
So heaven meats earth like a sloppy wet kiss
And my heart burns violently inside of my chest
I don't have time to maintain these regrets
When I think about the way
He loves us



this song has been my vice all week.  he's grace is an ocean, and we're all sinking.  i want to sink as fast i can into our Father's grace.  how beautiful is that?  i have read crazy love and heaven is for real   in the past two days.  these books are amazing.  i am so glad that God whispered to me to read them in that specific order as well.  as i'm laying on the beach listening to waves crash and the ocean spray come across my face, i can't help but praise God for his stunning creations. 

a rentless God full of an uncomprehensive love and a beautiful portrayal of heaven was the perfect supplement to basking in the sun and soaking in the fresh salt water that was created just for me. 

whether you are in the presence of God's great oceans, or you're in the presence of God's great cities, take it all in and praise Him for it. 

to the moon and back-

casey

it is finishing!

so graduate school.  big deal right?  not really.  ugh...... that's my word for it.  BUT the END IS NEAR!!  last night at approximately 2:15 am i submitted my disposition portfolio.

HUGE DEAL.........well to me anyways.  and probably to the husband as well.  he's pretty excited to not hear me complain about it anymore.

only two more classes and its over :)

besides that amazing deal, the beach is calling my name and i shall arrive tomorrow!!  i can not wait to smell banana boat sunscreen and feel the sun scorching me, its a lovely thing really.  i can't wait to indulge in some fresh seafood, outlet shopping, and maybe a pairasailing trip or something else adventurous. 

on another extremely happy note... my dad comes home in approximately a month!  the afghans have had him too long.  please say a prayer for him and his unit and thier safe transistion. 



have a glorifying thursday!

to the moon and back-
casey

the excitement of a kitchen table

SO...i kinda love anything that has a story.  so needless to say when my sweet mama asked me if i wanted her kitchen table, i was THRILLED.  and thanks to the much needed rain yesterday, me and the husband got to go to the mother's!

this kitchen table has been the setting for a kazillion conversations.  laughter and tears have been shed over this table.  i am just stikin' excited about it. 

also on the trip home, we got to see the the lovely mccall!  but just so you know, blake was was more excited to see the libster. 

on another exciting note....the beach countdown is only 62 hours! i can not wait to lay out and indulge in some beach reading.  a book is always better on the beach.

i have much to do in a few hours, the comps are coming after me on july 11.  so i've got much to study, but i refuse to do that on the beach!

have a fantastic happy wednesday!

to the moon and back-

casey

first and foremost...

so i'm slightly excited to start this adventure.  one of my best friends http://www.leemeandthegirls.blogspot.com/ is pretty much my inspiration for all craftiness, family adventures, and just loving life.  she has an amazing viewpoint on life, and i hope that i can display the same. 

my back patio is my safe haven.  my husband has slaved away to create my little world complete with my craft room that leads to the back patio.  i love to create anything that can make me smile.  i am a teacher, so a lot of my desires lean towards the child like manner. 

this is my attempt in broadening my horizons and exploring the adventures that a blog can hold.  hold on tight, my mind is like that of an ipod on shuffle...it tends to jump from adventure to adventure....

to the moon and back-

casey