Flashback Friday: Hanging Rock Photo Shoot

Last October, my friend Beth met us at Hanging Rock for a family photo shoot. I didn't realize that I never posted these pics on my blog. Until now....

(love these expressions...)

Scenes From Second Grade

I've been teaching 2nd grade since the first day of school. My life sure has been busy!

I'm on the homeward stretch of this maternity leave position, as the "real" teacher returns on November 15th.

I've come to love these children and will look forward to keeping up with their progress for the entire year.

But I must say that I am counting down the days until I have part of my sanity back.

I have a deeper appreciation for classroom teachers and can empathize with working moms. This job has stretched me......and in His faithfulness, God has granted me endurance. I will finish the race!

One accomplishment personally, is that I have learned how to use the smartboard. Of course, the students taught me much about how to operate it.

Gone are the days of overhead projectors. I've mastered the document camera too, but don't have a picture. That proof may come later.

We had local firefighters visit us earlier this month.

This one was taken from the outside of the mobile fire safety house while the student was inside......cool reflection.

Hope his pants didn't catch fire in there!

A future firefighter?

The last two pictures were taken at our school pep rally......as we were supporting Lexington High School's homecoming. I'll spare you from the video footage I took...don't want you to come away with a headache from reading my blog.

I've got an interview Thursday for a potential maternity leave position in Kindergarten at another school. I'll keep you posted as to whether I'm offered and/or accept the challenge.

10-10-10

In honor of today, here are 10 recent pics:

The first few were from last Sunday's rainy soccer game.

a spider on our deck

These are from a soccer tournament this weekend:

I ran into a friend from my CBS (Community Bible Study) days, Kendall. Her son played against Drake today. They tied.

waitin' at IHOP

Corinna practicing her smile for soccer pictures this afternoon.

Latte turned 2 this past week. Happy Belated Birthday!

"Under Contract"

This is my childhood home. I lived in the neighborhood called Rolling Park. I have great memories of growing up in this house in Lexington. But, the time came to put the house on the market. My dad has been living in the nursing home for 4 years now and will never be able to live independently again. Both of my brothers were able to live here at 426 Rolling Park Drive temporarily. With Jonathan and Melissa now in Virginia and Jake and Kelly settled into their new home in Lexington, we knew we needed to put the house on the market. Let me just say that God is faithful and his timing is perfect. The house was on the market for less than 2 weeks before an acceptable offer was made. It's now under contract and the home will have new owners likely by the end of this month.