Ready for another week...

This weekend has been eventful! We have had extra events in our schedule this last week or so and then I had a little stomach bug yesterday on top of it all. Today was much better and I worked in overdrive to get the house clean and the laundry caught up. We've had dinner, walked our 45 minutes, finished lesson plans, and had our piece of freshly made chocolate cake (so much for that walk) so now we're beginning our favorite Sunday night show, Mad Men.

Today Ben's jazz band played at the Miss Ada Pageant (yes, I said, "pageant"). This is a great little money-maker for the group, but it's three and a half hours of Ben's life he will never get back! One thing you have to say for it, however, there is no lack of entertainment the entire time!

I just love this picture. Sometimes when I'm on my way to school in the mornings the sky is so pretty. I was leaving Starbucks and heading to the school when I thought I'd grab my camera and snap a few shots. An old college friend was telling me this past summer that some of the best pictures of landscapes were ones that had sunlight peeking through the clouds in the early morning or later in the evening when the light is the softest. I have tried to take pictures from time to time during those times using natural light and he's right...they always look great (this one included, aside from the buildings and cars and stuff...)