High Five for Friday

Hello all! It has been one heck of a week! This girl is exhausted, but that doesn't mean I don't have a TON of high-fives to give out! (For the sake of time I'll do my traditional 5!)

1. High-Five Number 1 goes to my dear, old dad! 

He stepped in to "teacher world" this week! For my after school science program I'm involved in we had to write a unit that included a community member, so we did our unit on oil and natural gas. Welcome community member, Odie -- well tender extraordinaire! We had a great time and the kids loved asking him all kinds of questions... although we had to sort out at one point that he was not a coal miner, but a well tender. (That's West Virginia for ya!)

2. Cute Long-Distance Easter Gifts! 

My friend, and fellow long-distance relationship-per, Kristen text me this week with the CUTEST idea for her long-distance boyfriend for Easter! Actually mail plastic Easter Eggs filled with goodies for your sweetheart! She said she mailed 3 and it only cost her $5.85! I filled mine with candies and dollar bills! And apparently it was a success! The boyfriend just text me saying that he got it and it was "sweet and cute"! YES!

3. Assessment Day! 

So, I'm not sure if other Universities do this, but Marshall has a day every Spring called "Assessment Day" where students get the day off of classes and are "encouraged" to take surveys all day about the campus, organizations, etc. Well yeah right, like I'm going to drive all the way down there to take surveys, but I WILL give them a High-Five because I needed that little break in the middle of my week! It gave me a chance to relax and catch up on school work! 

4. BABIES! 

Yeah, yeah, I know that I gave a high-five to my girl Macie Mae last week, but I have to give a huge babies, in general high-five because Auntie Casey is going nuts! So many babies are being born around me I can't even deal! Under my bed is a small gold mine of baby clothes/blankets/toys, etc. My dear friend Whitney had her bundle of joy last week, sweet Bronx! Our next addition is little baby Hudson, who I've already bought enough clothes to last him his entire first year of life! You can follow his precious Momma, Lindsay, here as she talks about her journey through pregnancy and new stay at home mom career! I'm also very excited to announce that on April 24th I'll finally know what one of my best friends, Haylee, is having! I've already made boy and girl purchases! (I seriously can't stop). 

As you can see I've got baby fever bad... just not for me. 

5. Easter

Of course I must include Easter in my high-five for this week because Jesus is the reason for all these blessings and bundles of joy I can write about. I'm so honored and humbled to be called a child of God. I fail Christ every day and to think of what he went through to make sure I would be forgiven is just overwhelming. I don't deserve His mercy, but I'm so thankful I have it. We serve such an amazing God. Have a wonderful weekend with your friends and family! 

God Bless!