Snippets of Life

I am finally finished with my Dyslexia training class that I've been in since school let out for summer. In the beginning of it, I (and everyone else in the training) was thinking "what have I gotten myself in to???". It seemed like SO much work and so much to learn. But now that it's all done and I'm officially "certified" to teach kids with dyslexia, I've found a whole new passion that I never knew I had and a strong desire to be an advocate for kids with dyslexia, because I know at my school, as in many other schools, they're all but overlooked and many times pass through our doors without being diagnosed and given the help they're entitled to. So, now that it's all said and done, I am so thankful for the opportunity to go to this class--it opened up a whole new world I knew nothing about. And, because dyslexia is hereditary, all of this information could very well come in handy with my own kids one day and I'm so grateful for that also--it's a large part of what made me sign up for the class in the first place.
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In other exciting news (in my world, but I'm sure in no one else's), I think we've finally won the war against the ants that have been attacking our house for the past week or so. They were in everything, especially in the kitchen and in our bathroom and came out of no where as soon as the weather got so stinkin' hot. We cleared out and cleaned out everything in our kitchen cabinets and counters and sprayed the heck out of the house last weekend and they haven't come back since. Well, except for the one I saw crawling in the dishwasher (gross) but I quickly smashed it and pretended I hadn't seen the lone survivor. I even left a few dishes in the sink last night to try and tempt a few to come out of their hiding space if they were still in our kitchen, but when I woke this morning, there were none! Woohoo! I may be cursing myself by saying this, but I think can declare victory.
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Now, in other exciting news, (can you tell I'm on summer vacation and really doing a whole lot of nothing this week) when I got home from hanging out with one of my sweet friends and her baby yesterday afternoon, I saw these sitting on the island in the (ant free) kitchen for me from my sweet husband. I don't know what kind of flower they are, but they are beautiful!

I seriously have the best husband in the world. Things are kinda sucky at work for him right now and there's a lot of mess he's having to deal with there, and I'm at home loafing around and running errands and having lunch with friends and with my mom and he's the one that's so amazing to think of me on his way home and out of the blue bring me these. I am such a lucky girl. Thank you babe, for being you and for being better to me than I deserve.
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Some of you may have noticed (and I mentioned it once before on here a while ago) that Landon and I are running our marathon in October to raise money for World Vision, an awesome organization that brings life and hope to people around the world. We sponsor 2 kids and Landon knows so many people in Uganda from his trips there during high school and college and those are the people we are running this marathon for, the people we are raising money for, and all those in similar situations. More on that to come in a later post, but our fundraising has officially begun and if anyone would like to read a little more about World Vision or what we are doing, just click on the button on the right of the page.
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God is alive and moving in our lives right now and we are just taking it day by day, not really sure what the future holds or where it will lead us. But we are excited to see what God is doing as He continues to slowly reveal His plan for our lives to us, opening our eyes to new possibilities and passions and realities and things we hadn't before noticed. God is so good.