Tamara Shannon

We made it to our 3 month mark, hurray! We celebrated by doing what everyone does here in San Antonio- we ate! We went to J. Alexander's at the Quarry and it was fabulous. The most exciting part though was that I discovered a new way to style my hair for the event. :) jk, Brent's the best part. We have truly grown so much as a couple. It's hard for me to imagine my life without him...weird. Though I can imagine life without all the extra laundry and dishes! Ok, ok, that's enough gushy-mushy stuff. There hasn't really been a lot going on lately...at least not with me. I have a million 'projects' I want to start on, but have yet to. I'm still in the brainstorming phase...trying to decide where to begin. That tends to be a fault of mine. I have SOO much I want to do that I can't decide what to do first. Then I overwhelm myself and then nothing gets done. I think I'm really close to making a decision....I can feel the progress on the ho

Refresher: Brent and I are the new CTR-7 teachers. The past 2 times we've taught, I think I handled the ADD and inability to remain seated fairly well. I found that I do have limits. Though I'm not sure why, this Sunday was especially challenging for me. Fortunately, Brent had his mood under control. I was going to throw down. I threatened to get the parents at least 3 times and if it weren't for Brent no one would've gotten fruit snacks. My patience was nonexistent. I felt bad afterwards because Brent told me how he could tell I was about to have a melt down. I'm sure he was just glad that he wasn't the one I was after. As always, Brent managed to lighten my mood with this little story: (Preface--Lesson was on Forgiving Others) Brent: "So lets say you are out walking on a hill and this bully comes and knocks you down. You fall down the hill and hit your knee and your head is gushing blood (motion hand to illustrate blood spurting from head)

ThE sHaNnOns Tubin Time! Superstar in the making...? It's not everyday your 5 nieces and nephews come visit, but it sure is fun when they do! I was so looking forward to their visit...I took off work and everything (I know that implies an ulterior motive, but I was most happy to see the fam). Here are some ' tid bits' I learned: Tara: so not 7. I can totally see her dishing out some advise well beyond her years. I may be calling her soon to get the 411 on Taylor Swift, how to work on my tan and for advice on the complexities of life. Eric: I always deemed him the calm patient one. He certainly has some great leadership potential; he's so good with his little bro. I was surprised, though, to see how brave and adventurous he was! Totally up to fly off the tube and ride hands free. Rebel. Ian: The bravest 4 year old I know. He will battle sharks and aliens all with his laser power! He is also very sweet and affectionate ; I am feel bot