Stop and Smell the Roses

As our roses begin to bloom during the hustle and bustle of this time of the year, I am taking time to stop and smell the roses. While I enjoy the beauty of the roses and of this season, I am so thankful for the wonderful creation that God has blessed us with and for the way the beauty calms me and slows me down. The past few weeks have been busy ones for us. We continued to be blessed with many activities at church and with our friends and family. Joey continues to stay busy with his work and is getting to the time of the year of wrapping things up for this year and getting to work on next year. I have also been busy with some new projects. 2 weeks ago I started an online course to prepare for the ESL Supplemental TExES test. After finishing the course in early June, I will take the test June 27th. I will then be certified to teach ELL (English Language Learners) kids in my classroom instead of them being in a pull out program. It has been an interesting course that will well prepare me for the test, but is some what time consuming. I am hoping it will not only prepare me to pass the test, but also will get me back into the studying/school mode as I plan in the future to work on my Master's. I also recently began serving on the board of directors for Kindercare, our preschool at church. It is a time of revamping and improving for the program, so I am helping out with curriculum and planning. We have also been enjoying the time outdoors working in the yard together and enjoying fresh air. Even though I am not a rose gardener and probably do not give the roses the attention or care they need to be this beautiful, I am amazed that they still are so pretty and full of blooms!

I hope that whatever you have going on in your busy life, that you too will "Stop and Smell the Roses".