Our Last-Minute Trip

Kindergarten

This past Monday was Matthew's

first full week of Kindergarten. It
was a complete success!


This was Matthew's actual
first day of school.



Giving my big boy some love :)



First full day of school with
Ms. A's survival kit



Matthew and Ms. A...we LOVE her!

Full-Time Kindergartener :)

This precious little boy
will be a full-time
kindergartener starting
tomorrow morning!


Where has the time gone?

If You Get A Minute

Say a prayer. Matthew is starting
Kindergarten tomorrow, and I have
so many emotions running through
me right now. I am so proud of the
little boy that he has become. He is
so sweet and loving. He is hilarious
and quick-witted. He has a huge
vocabulary and is very creative. My
heart's desire is that he will love
school and love learning. I pray
that he will overcome challenges and
choose good friends. I pray that I
will be able to let go enough to let
him keep growing. If you get a minute,
lift Matthew (and me) up in prayer today!

5:00 am Post

I have not been up at 5:00 a.m. since Logann
was a baby. Why am I wide awake? Why
have I been wide awake since 3:30? Some
things never change I guess. As a child,
teenager, and college student, the beginning
of school was always an exciting time. Though
the reasons for excitement have changed
through the years, I am still excited today.
Now that I am a teacher though,
the excitement is mixed with tons of stress.
In spite of all the new laws, evaluations, and
demands I am faced with, I love my job so
much! I hold myself to a high standard, and
sometimes I think it might be impossible to
reach. I am so afraid of letting my principal,
but most importantly, my students, down.
I know that tomorrow will be the only time
this year that I will see some of my students'
parents. My mind races to figure out if there
is anything at all that I could possibly say, or
do, to make some these parents care about
their child's education and to get them involved.
I desperately want my students and their parents
to be excited about education. All I know to do
is to pray for these sweet children and their parents,
and to pray for myself. As I begin my 10th year
of teaching, I pray that I will continue to love these
children like they are my own, set high expectations
for them, and show them Jesus through my actions.
I pray that the Lord calms my stress and gives me
joy and a positive attitude. I guess I'll go to school now!

Chris Has Hurt His Back

Well, as if caring for Chris after his
appendix was removed did not steal
enough of my summer ;) he had to
go and hurt his back, too. How did he
hurt his back you might ask???

He loaded and unloaded these law books

all by himself. There were over 1,500
books total. We got them for a really
good deal, but they are slowly getting
more expensive...as we keep having to
go to the chiropractor!!!

What I've Been Doing This Summer

My last post was twenty days ago. In that

twenty days, I have gone to five days of inservice,

celebrated the Fourth of July two times,

spent the night in the emergency room and

hospital with Chris while he had his appendix

taken out, worked on my classroom, bought

Matthew's kindergarten school supplies, spent

some time couponing, swimming, laying out, and

cooking, spent a day shopping with my mom,

potty-training sweet little Lolo, and sleeping in

way too late! I am enjoying my summer and

am very sad that it seems to be coming to an

end. August 3rd will be here much too quickly!

Here are some pictures from the past 20 days.

FOURTH of JULY

Holding Sweet Baby Leah

Water Fight!

Cheese!

Eating with Friends

The Pull-Up Queen

Proud Lolo after going to the potty!

My Version of Extreme Couponing...

Over $30 worth of merchandise for $7.54 :)

Our Hospital Stay

Poor Buddy :(

Feeling Better

Trying to capture the memory!
Not looking too hot!!!


Spending Time with my Best Friend
Me and Rachel on our day out!