Friday Faves

So I haven't really blogged much lately.  Just been super busy and just decided to focus what time I did have on making things work the best and spending time with my family.  As you can see from my post, family is always on my mind.

1 - Ok so there are some LOTS of people on the Pokemon Go App.  But let me tell you this newest fad has made my boy want to exercise more.  So in the morning he has been jumping out of bed to get going on our walk.  He knows it is only possible to take our big boy of a dog, Achilles, out in the morning or the evening, since he needs it to be as cool as possible!  So every morning he gets up and hits poke stops, and finds some Pokemon and is able to get some mileage in for hatching his eggs.  I don't particularly care for the game, I'm not a video game type person who cares, but what I do care about is that we are getting outside together! Don't mind the hair, I rolled out of bed myself!

2 - Well - I have just recently gotten into the Young Living Essential Oils.  They have been amazing in the past month I have been using them!   Here is my favorite roller ball my mom made me, it is like an anti-depressant inside a little bottle that smells GREAT!!  Also I have been using a little here and there on Mason, he has a typical boy smelling room, I diffuse some of the purification and all the smell is gone!  Hallelujah!  Achilles, the aforementioned mutt, he has had a horrible time with a super dry nose, and well, a little bit of coconut oil and lavender is seeming to do the trick!  Also, I cannot do any allergy shots for a bit, so I have been diffusing this little gem to help me out!  

3 - The past couple months have been a little stenuous on the family, home and finances.  We have done so many changes in the dynamics of our little family unit.  I have started selling with many amazing companies such as LuLaRoe, KEEP-Collective and I am even able to sell Young Living, even though I am not pushing it.  On top of teaching and all of my other responsibilities, Mr. Bedford has also switched gears and is now selling Real Estate for the Real Estate Group.  I am so proud of him for doing something that he is passionate about.  He has already done amazing things and I am so proud of him.  I am also thankful for my family and friends who have seen what I've always seen in him and let him list their house!  You can check out his webpage here: Homes by Bobby Brooks
Check out this listing as well:

Listing for Clover Hill

4 - So Mason has been able to participate in Horse Camp this past week.  We have an amazing lady at church, Mrs. Debbie and she opens her heart and her stables every year to allow our youth/children in the church partake in learning about horses, riding and having an amazing time!!   Mason had such a great time riding this past week, and to be honest the hard work wore him out, I cannot remember the last time he wanted to have quiet time, and better yet, he did it on his own!! 

Mason riding Fancy this year!

5 - Well, the summer slump has kind of hit with my motivation, where you would think it would be the opposite, but this week, I had such an eye opening Lunch Boutique to kick my booty in gear.  I am so blessed by my shopping group and friends/family.  I had a Thursday power lunch where ladies could come and shop and try on LuLaRoe.  We had a great afternoon, and even got to meet two LuLa Newbies, who had never purchased any LuLaRoe before. I had an amazing sale and a renewed vigor for my business.  I have already mapped out the rest of my month and August with LuLaOpportunities.  Here are some of my most recent LuLa Highlights. 

Lularoe lunch boutique tomorrow at my house! This Cassie and so much more available! Cannot wait to see everybody! #lularoe #lunchboutique #lularoecassie #lularoeleggings #popup #lularoefun #comeandgetyours #lularoerachele

A photo posted by LuLaRoe Rachele (@lularoe.rachele) on Jul 20, 2016 at 7:49pm PDT

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Five for Friday {Linky Party.. August 22}

So I am back to link up with Doodle Bugs Teaching.  I've been super busy this past week with a last minute vacation and getting my classroom ready to go and just trying to get my house in order before I go back for my first full week. 

So here is my room after one day in the classroom.  I have a lot of work ahead of me, but I feel like I made a dent on the surface.  

 I was able to have a small getaway when some friends asked us to come visit them down in the Outer Banks.   It was such a nice getaway, and Mason loved every moment of it. 

 

So I started on some Math Interactive Notes for Notebooking this year.  I finished Ordinal Numbers and love them!  So cute, and I really want to stick with an interactive approach this year.  Something that you can really understand and stick with.  Here are the ordinal numbers notes. 

I am a little upset - since I was having a wonderful time in NC, I missed my monthly party with my Literary Junkies friends.  However, I did link up with them and had a good time.  I am super excited about the book we are reading for our next monthly link-up.  

 

Here is my link - up here.  Here is my post this past week with the Literary Junkies. (here)

Thanks for stopping by.  Hopefully I can catch up on some blogging this weekend.  Here's to wishful thinking!  Have a good one!  Happy Friday!

Five for Friday {Linky Party.. July 25th}

Five for Friday is a weekly teacher linky party where you post five random things from today or this past week and on your blog. Then, you come back and link your blog post up at the bottom of this post in the linky tool.Grab the button above and link back to this post on your blog.

This week I was able to attend a Whole Brain Teaching Conference with Coach B!  What an amazing experience!  Which spurred me to complete an Average Google Spreadsheet for when I start off with this program this coming school year.

Here is my link to this post:   http://brooksonbedford.blogspot.com/2014/07/whole-brain-conference.html

 So - since I was on this high of Whole Brain this and teaching this - I decided to start on my students' data notebooks.  This took a little bit of time, but I think it is about how I want it, so I put it on TeachersPayTeachers.  I am hoping to get the majority of the things that I have made throughout the year up there.  It is not as well made as blogs that I frequently visit, but I figured you can't get anywhere if you don't first try.  So try I will, and here is my first item on TeachersPayTeachers that actually has a Title Page!  

So as I am just gearing up with my School Preparations I had a little set back and then almost with in the same time, I felt it as a blessing, that I am going to move classrooms again.  I had a break last year, but I moved the year before.  I am moving to the classroom next door to where I am at, but instead of the one window I currently have, I will now have TWO.  I am so STOKED about having more natural light.  I have missed that these past two years.  I have also figured out what my classroom theme is as well.  WESTERN.  Here are some of the things I am planning on doing!  

Aren't these so cute!  I cannot wait to get going with this and make this happen!

So, as I said I have to move rooms, and I've done a little to get things going this past week, but I also started with my lists :(  YIKES I seem to be a Queen of Lists around this time of year.  This is only a small amount.  

I am just happy my district is putting on a District Pinterest Party this coming month.  Maybe I can get all of my centers and stuff ready to go, so that will be one last thing that I have to worry about when I have to move classrooms.

My new guilty pleasure!  I do love summer television (most of the times) especially when I get something like this.  I love these types of shows.  Something both my husband and myself can really get into together!

How was your week?