Before the BLAH's of Winter Come!

Carley planted these Zinnias at the beginning of summer, and they are looking so beautiful just as winter is knocking on our door. So we had to capture their beauty to get us through the long winter ahead!


This one is for Uncle Aaron and Uncle Brent!

Is this allowed?

We have some awesome friends, Kristen happens to be from a place way down south, that I am fairly familiar with! She is a complete LSU fan! Tom just so happens to be from the same place Tim is from, here! So, Tom called me Friday and wanted me to come over to see what was in his front yard. Here it is!



Kristen claims this is absolute vulgarity! The OSU flag doesn't have any right to be next to the LSU flag! The LSU flag must hang higher! What do you think?

Happy Birthday to an Amazing Person!!!!

Happy Birthday mom! You taught me how to become the person I am today. Thanks for always encouraging me to reach for my dreams and not to settle for second best. I look back on the memories that all 7 of us made, and I am amazed at what a great family you and dad raised! Thanks for everything, I love you so much!





And happy belated to my absolute favorite dentist in the whole wide world! Love you!!!

Another Assignment?

My children and husband can always find me in front of this machine writing another assignment. This is my new hang-out!!! Today I have heard: "You're doing another paper?", "Are we going to eat tonight?", "When are you going to help me with Science?", "Mom, I need to use the computer for my homework too!", "We need to leave right now for my soccer game, get off the computer."

Well, my paper is still not completed! But just to let you know, I made the soccer game, dinner was great, the kitchen is partially cleaned, I did share the computer and helped with spelling words and science worksheets. So back to the books!

By the way...I need a thesis idea, and could you please send it to me by Thursday??????

My Magical Place

24 Little bodies enter room 209 each and every morning to spend the day with me. We have shed many tears in this room, we have laughed, danced, done yoga, the Cha-Cha-Side, geometry, prefixes, genre, spelling bees, science experiments, stories, poetry, and that is just in the first month! Magic really does happen in this room. Today we explored the process of photosynthesis with real leaves and microscopes. We found spiders, little worms, and a number of other critters on our leaves, and if anyone had come in room 209 today, it would have looked like utter chaos. Out of that chaos, came exploration. I LOVE teaching!!!! Even when the days are rough, and I feel like I just can't hear my name called one more time, it just takes that little ray of magic, when the light clicks on and I hear "I get it!" or "that was amazing!" to make all the exhaustion melt away. I truly am living my dream!

The 2nd Generation

...bring it on!!! Her coach just loves to watch me squim everytime he puts her in as the goalie for their team that wears pink jerseys, but are known as the "Emeralds". She does a fabulous job.

The Many of "Firsts"

Taylor's first day in the 8th grade at Champion Middle School.



Dallin's first day in the 5th grade, and his first day ever at Champion Middle School. As you can imagine, there was much anticipation going on in this little brain.



Carley's first day of 3rd grade. She is the only one left with me at the elementary school. Mrs. Slater will capture her devotion in the weeks to come!