Happy Summer to You!

I love my job! I know I have mentioned this before, but I really love my job! There are definitely some challenging days but I have no doubt that I am doing exactly what God has intended for me to do. Of course I feel blessed to work with the kids I work with everyday. It’s not just the kids who make my job great. I could not choose better people to work with.
We love getting together to celebrate outside of school and what a better time for teacher to celebrate, than the beginning of summer?!?! We gathered at Kristie’s house to eat, hang out, laugh, tell stories AND….tie dye!!! Yep! We tie dyed t-shirts. Actually I tie dyed a pillow case because I forgot to buy a t-shirt.

I had no idea how easy tie dying was. There’s even a DVD that comes with the kit.

Kristie and Jessie are our lead teachers. I love being able to say, “I have no clue. Ask Krisite and Jessie!” Really, they are great…super organized…and good at making the tough decisions. They gave each of us cute little cross necklaces as an end of the year gift. Very thoughtful!

We got to choose our favorite cross necklaces.

We were each supposed to bring an appetizer to share. My “go to appetizer” is Buffalo Chicken Dip. I love all things buffalo style with ranch dressing!

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
½ cup blue cheese salad dressing or ranch salad dressing
½ cup buffalo sauce
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
2 cans (9.75 ounces) chicken

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Stir the cream cheese in 9 inch deep dish pie plate with fork or whisk until smooth. Stir in dressing, pepper sauce, and cheese. Stir in chicken. Bake for 20 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Stir before serving.
I don’t have any pictures of the finished product, but trust me, it looks delish!

Tonight I had a little Buffalo Chicken Dip drama though. I rode with Erica and as we were driving and talking I noticed something on my leg. The chicken dip was pouring out of the pie dish. Being the resourceful girls that we are EP and I quickly started screaming, “What do we do? What do we do?” We ended up stopping at a gas station for paper towels and went to work getting Buffalo Chicken Dip off the seat, my leg, shorts, shirt, purse and the side of the dish.

All smiles after the Buffalo Chicken Dip Incident...