on the way home from work the other week i couldn't help but notice spring's arrival. bloomington is beautiful this time of year, and i love the abundance of daffodils and hyacinths around. jordan and i went to dinner downtown to take in it all and he even let me take all of these photos. maybe it's a little much, but i couldn't help myself.

i have so many photos to show you, but i don't want to get up from the couch and edit them right now. it's been an exhausting couple of weeks. during my spring break, we moved into the new elementary school that was getting renovated. i would still be swimming in boxes if it wasn't for my friends and family coming to help me. since then we've had an open house, i've been planning new lessons, putting up new displays... and it's all finally coming together. so, hopefully you will see more updates on here soon! i'll have even more time soon, because we're also moving to indy next weekend!! i cannot wait for this long commute to end, it's starting to get really old. and driving in these crazy thunderstorms all week... yikes!

even through this crazy time, i have been enjoying spring, in and out of the classroom. even right now i'm enjoying a thunderstorm (safely inside my home) and i am looking forward to a whole bunch of things... a garden, our birthdays, a possible trip, and summer. looking forward is what is going to get me through next week. for now, happy friday eve! 

welcome to my first installment of #tbt (or throw back thursday) i have yet to participate, but what a better place than my blog? i have all of these photos that haven't seen the internet. this year jordan and i have been wanting to go on some sort of trip, but the timing has been so difficult. we were thinking back on all the trips we went on last year. there were so many, from this one to chicago and we even went all the way to bermuda (i can't wait to share that one). i am a little bummed that we won't be as free this year (well, i will be... sorry, jordan) but, i can relive the trips we took last year on here. so, this will be fun. so, look forward to some blasts from the past on here on thursdays!

this one immediately come to mind when i begin thinking about how cold it is outside. we went on this trip in the middle of march and it was eighty degrees the entire time! it was maybe the best thing that has ever happened to us. people thought we were crazy when we planned this a couple months before hand. it doesn't seem like the best spring break destination, but we even got to go to the beach... in march... in chicago. awesome. so, come on spring, it's april already!

we went to the lincoln park zoo one day, which i definitely suggest to go if you're in chicago, it's free! so why not? that's what we thought. it was a lot of fun, plus you can see the best view of the city.

these flowers are sticking around. spring break for me is so soon, all that stands in my way is grading, a project and packing (did i tell you we're moving schools?) and a few more days of course. this week is going to be tough, but spring's arrival is helping me through it. (as well as the cookie cake i bought on sale this week)

oh, & come back tomorrow for a new playlist, i have one just for spring's arrival! 

we celebrated our little niece's first birthday this past weekend. i captured some photos of our gift before we left. it looked so much like spring, i couldn't help but share it. i love wrapping gifts so much that jordan often makes fun of how much care i put into them. i just use what i have on hand, luckily i had some of this beautiful teal tissue paper. definitely prettier than the typical brown bag paper i usually use.