Saturday...in the park...ok, well, not the park exactly...

This morning Hannah played a fantastic game of soccer and she helped tremendously to bring the team to victory!! She had some good saves while she played goalie and had some good goal attempts when she was playing up front.

On the way home she commented that she definitely doesn't like sitting out...and I thought how funny it is that our two girls are so different from each other!

September--School time!!

One week down and we've started our second one...everyone is happy! Hannah's first night of lots of homework was tonight, so that wasn't exactly the best thing ever, but overall she's pretty satisfied with her teachers and being in fifth grade. She will be going to Fifth Grade Camp soon and that is a very big deal for Western kids.

Stan's seventh graders are "very energetic and entertaining" according to him. He's adjusting well to the switch from high school and is especially glad that he has his own classroom again. His animals seem to be happy in their new home and he's almost done finding spots for all of his 27+ years' worth of paperwork.

Suzanne's new crop of first graders are great! It's pretty cool to be able to see how much of a difference it has made for kids to have had all-day-every-day kindergarten. Wow! What a difference! I still love it when kids tell me that they want to stay at school with me instead of go home! It's nice to feel like I'm fun to somebody!

Labor Day

Last night we had a great time at a picnic where we were able to hang out with lots of other families. Hannah played and played, Stan talked guy talk and I hung out with the girls. Then Colby and Alaina brought Breslin and Dharia and we got to have them for a while so Colby and Al could go out on a date!

After the picnic we brought the kids home and Breslin showed us his movie that has about 15 sight words...he knows them all! And he's not even three yet. What a kid! Uncle Stan is still one of his favorite people in the world. Little Dharia is such a crack-up. Her walk is hilarious and she often looks like a drunk as she attempts to steady herself. When Al and Colby came to get them we just hung out for a while. What a blessing to have such a great relationship with them. They're pretty wonderful.

So today is our last day to prepare for our new crop of kiddos! Stan will be in his first year of teaching middle school science...7th grade...and I'm still in first grade, hoping I never get out!

This is Hannah's last year in elementary school and we are hoping and praying for a very successful year with Mrs. Alderman and Mrs. Rice as her teachers.

It's almost time for school!

Getting ready for school! Stan's very excited to be moving to the middle school and teaching seventh grade science. He's been teaching high school biology and anatomy/physiology forever, so this will be a bit of a change for him, but I'm thinking he's going to love it!

Hannah has been practicing soccer twice a week and is constantly practicing her handstands. She's entering her last year of elementary school, so we have only eight more years until graduation! Wow! It's hard to believe!

I'm pretty excited about my first graders!! I have absolutely fallen in love with teaching first grade and can't wait for the first day of school. I'll have 23 students this year and about half of them are siblings of former students! Is that fun or what???