Cherry Chocolate Cheesecake and Cinnamon Swirl Coffee

Today was the last day of school!!!! Summer vacation is here!!!! Wooo Hooo!!!!

In honor/celebration of this special day I have taken off tommorrow (Friday)....now what???? I have to come up with something really cool/memorable to do with the 3 munchkin amigos on this special day of all days...(hopefully their last day of school in Minnesota)

Cody feels good about his finals PRAISE GOD!!!! HALLELUIAH!!! He has a 3.5 grade point average but Algebra is sinking him (literally) the boy gets 100s then Fs...up and down up and down...so getting through this year has been pretty tough...he's been in advanced math classes since 6th grade and has struggled through it but never like this....he is such a smart kid and has not brought home homework but a very few times the entire time he has been in school....and he is now an 11th grader! (as of today) Lucky boy! I always had a ton of homework to do...but I always had something better to do too....he tends to be a lot more serious than I am and takes the straightline approach to nearly everything. He will be taking his final driving course in a couple of weeks to get his drivers license YAY! He'll also be the primary babysitter for us this summer since Jaiden's caregiver is taking the summer off...not all bad because she lives right behind us in case of dire emergency...like a poopy diaper...we are going to start working on potty training though so hopefully there'll not bee too many diapers to contend with.

I've applied for lots and lots of federal jobs in San Antonio...nervously anticipating some callbacks and what will happen then...once the ball starts really rolling...and rolls us right along to our new home...housing situation is looking more icky every day...great anxiety about that...we knew we were taking a gamble to buy a house when we weren't planning on staying but that was last year when the market was nothing like it is today...Its getting scary out there.

Jare bear went on a fieldtrip to the indoor waterpark today with his class...we had gone there two weeks ago and the kiddos LOVED it...definitely gotta go again...maybe tommorrow? Jaiden loved "floating on the boat" that is what she calls the see saw in the kiddy pool area...not sure where she gets that from...maybe it looks something like a boat to her? I have some photos...actually lots of photos and I've been slacking so I have them still on my camera and not sharing them...so bad of me...I will work on that. Its been rainy today...this is why I am finally able to blog again. I've been out digging and planting and enjoying every blessed moment of warmth and sunshine I can squeeze out of a day...and the sun doesn't set until after 9pm so that makes for a wonderfully long afternoon to get outside and just enjoy the bounty of nature :) My plants are surviving and starting to grow now...with the rains we should see LOTS of growth in the next week. I've got a butterfly garden started and can't wait to see it come alive. Right away as I was planting I had my first visitor...a teeny tiny bumble bee! It made me think of the "BEE Movie" which we bought Jared for his birthday so I had to go watch it with him...VERY CUTE MOVIE...I enjoyed it and loved the graphics...although it was a bit "mature" in some parts I thought for children. But I've always been a Seinfeld fan and for him that is to be expected.

What's with the title of this post? I have given my blog some deep thought and since it is so titled the way it is...with the things I love...with things that nourish my soul and feed my spirit...I've decided to start titling my posts with the "flavor" of my mood. That goes along with what I am talking about and thus ties in with the title a bit better. Please share your thoughts and I hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by to visit!