Spring Break 2014

Happy spring (almost)!!

You all know how I feel about skirts and flip-flops...so, you can imagine how I feel about switching out my wardrobe in the near future.  ☺

I feel so spoiled to even be writing a post with this title, much less be able to say I had a break from work for almost an entire week.  Praise the Lord for working around the school schedule and setting my own hours (and being able to answer emails remotely).

Anyway, I thought I'd share a few highlights from my week with you all!

The break kicked off with my favorite guy and I visiting my aunt, uncle, and cousins.  We all prepared and enjoyed a delicious supper together, followed by a couple rousing games of Sequence.

Salad with homemade ginger dressing, spring rolls, and Pad Thai! Not pictured: Mango Pudding
So delicious!

These were on the dresser in the room I stayed.
Gotta love fresh flowers...and super thoughtful family members. ☺

This little guy greeted me on Monday morning. ♥

That same favorite guy and I made supper for my parents Monday afternoon/evening.  The menu included "Fried" Pickles, Cheese and Bacon Potato Rounds, Pan-Seared Steak, fruit salad, and Monster Cookie Dough Cupcakes.  What a perfect way to spend time together. ☺

Tuesday was spent in with my BFF in her first grade classroom.  I got to help the kiddos with a special math project that day: Two Dimensional Shape Creatures!

Her awesome example.

I actually got to be a part of this project with her class last year, too, and made a sign to hang in the hallway with their finished creatures.  Conveniently, I was back this year in time to amend the sign to include her new last name.  ☺

Before...

...after!

Not pictured:
shopping/browsing trip
Chick-Fil-A
painted toenails

Wednesday morning was spent on the road to Wichita to see my favorite brother.  We met for lunch at Spear's Restaurant and Pie Shop and enjoyed some good-down-home-cookin'...and pie, of course.  ☺

This is what greeted me at my quarters for the day/evening.
Q lives with some thoughtful and talented guys. ☺

An evening of pizza-making and cake-decorating was preceded by a (very welcome) quiet afternoon on the couch with ample time to catch up on emails (work and otherwise), Facebook, and Pinterest.

Homemade supreme pizza...yum!!

Q was asked to make a friend's wedding cake in a few months.  This was his practice cake.
It tasted as great as it looks!

After meeting Q at work and getting a tour of his office and the plant (so cool!), I stopped in to see some family in Lindsborg before completing my loop back to Lincoln.

I'm so very thankful to have had the time to see and spend quality time with so many important people in my life...and the week isn't over!  Looking forward to a productive day at work before heading to a good friend's house-warming/St. Patrick's Day party!

In other news, my students filled out teachers evaluations a few weeks ago.  There were many kind words, lots of positive feedback, and some funny comments.  Thought I'd share one of them:

You are a great teacher and you're teaching me so well that my mom can't play whatever I can now.

Enjoy the weekend, dear readers!

-Kensy

P.S. Happy Pi Day!

Favorites of the day:

warm sunshine

having time to unpack and settle back in

audio books

wake-up calls ☺

Spring Break!

What a lovely week - weather and otherwise!  

I was on spring break at the studio this week, so took a couple days off everything else to go home.  I was able to see my brother briefly, spend some quality time with my parents (including a few games of Pickleball!), have lunch with a good friend, and spend a day with my best friend in her first grade classroom!

They reached the next level on their "awesome behavior" thermometer, so I got in on a puppet-making party!  It was sooo great to meet them all and see what Miss Ford gets to do every day.  ☺

To top off the week, I spend this evening having a picnic with former/current roommates at Holmes Lake.  It felt so wonderful to spend some time outside...and with the girls!  (Ice cream followed, of course!)

Another thing:

You may remember me mentioning a photo shoot a few weeks ago...?  Well, the results are in!  On a chilly evening (as in probably upper 30s), I put on my favorite prom dress and laid barefoot on an old player piano while playing my trumpet...outside.  The reason: Harris Academy of the Arts is going to be putting together some new marketing materials, so we're all getting new head shots and some additional "artsy" photos.  Pretty exciting!

Now, I'm ready for the weekend ahead - hope you all are, too!

Enjoy,

Kensy

Favorites of the day:

flip-flop weather...enough said

Announcements, announcements, announcements!

Once again, if you're like me, you just sang the title of this post in your head.  I only ever knew the "announcements" part of that camp song, and I'm not even sure where I first heard it.  There's way more to it, though - check out this video.  Kinda strange, actually, but I'm still ok with the chorus.


Anyway, I'm here to reveal the reason I've been practicing French horn lately.  I know you've all been waiting on pins and needles to know...  : )  So...without further ado:
I'm going on tour with my alma mater's band!  Wohoo for college trips and hanging out with great friends again AND for playing in a large ensemble.  I miss it more than I realize, sometimes, and am so thankful to have been asked to come along on this trip!


I'll be partaking in a somewhat unusual event when I get back next week.  I'll tell you more about it afterward.  : )


In other news, my adult trumpet student came to his lesson tonight excited to tell me that he'd not only practiced what I asked him to, but he also learned "What A Wonderful World" on his own and wanted to play it for me!  I'm so proud of him!  


Ok - that's all I've got.  If anyone else wants to share their spring break plans, feel free to do so in a comment!


TTFN,
Kensy

Favorites of the day:

unexpected compliments

fresh-out-of-the-oven chocolate chip cookies

spring weather