The First Day of School

Kendall ready for 4th grade!
Kristin and Kendall on the first day of school
Blake and Kendall and that's the dog peeking out through the curtains

Blake ready to go to the bus stop
Kristin and Blake ready for school (I cheated and stood on the step...really he is as tall as I am)

Well, we all survived the first day of school.

Blake started 8th grade. He has a full load of classes this year. Two classes are high school credit classes...Spanish I and Algebra I. He is also in athletics. Tonight, I was informed that he has decided to run cross country and play football. These sports run in the same season here. This means going to one meet and one game per week. These are spread throughout the district as well. Lots and lots of driving! He at least enjoys all of his classes so far. Of course, homework has not begun yet...

Kendall started 4th grade today. She has 3 teachers again this year. One of them is Blake's favorite teacher from when he was in elementary. Kendall was just excited to see her friends and how the boys had all grown out their hair. I'm sure she will have a good year. She likes school and does whatever they tell her. She also started after school care at our church. She is with all of her good friends so that helps. She looked really tired tonight! I know she will pass out on Friday when we get home.

I had a good day today also. Since I am in a different role this year as an at-risk teacher, I don't have a homeroom or full class. I spent the day calling parents of the kids who were unsure of how they were getting home. It was entertaining to say the least. I get to do it all over again tomorrow. Hopefully, by Wednesday, I will be able to start working on my schedule so I can start pulling kids in 3rd thru 5th grade. The new school is beautiful and they finished so much over the last week. We did have lots of district people and the news crews show up. It was a little chaotic. Hopefully, they won't all be there tomorrow.

I'm trying to make an effort to post more. I was lazy this summer...

Trip to Disney World--June 2008

The whole family at Magic Kingdom
Trinity and Kendall in the Tea Cups
Celebrating Father's Day with PaPa
Kendall, Blake and Ted on Father's Day
Blake as "Hannah Montana"
Kendall posing with Mickey Mouse
Walking through Animal Kingdom
Kendall and Trinity dressed up for dinner
At The Grand Floridian for dinner

Final Band Concert

This is video of one of the songs Blake's band played last night. It is called Superheroes R Us. They did a great job. The results of their contests were announced. For their UIL contest, they were the only band out of 30 regional bands to score straight 1's. They also won a trophy at last Friday's contest and I think they placed in something else as well. As of right now, we are not doing band next year. I can't say I am terribly sad about it.

April Camping

Kendall waking up

Blake visiting the statue of Sam Houston in Huntsville

Blake and Louis waiting for the rain to stop
Blake and Louis getting ready to go fishing at McKinney Falls
Playing around

Here are a few shots from our camping trips this April. Last weekend, we went to Huntsville State Park. This weekend, we were at McKinney Falls State Park in Austin. We have one more trip next weekend and then a few weeks off. Unfortunately, my camera died this weekend so I did not get as many pictures as I wanted to.

Entertainment from Blake's Band

Blake's band is preparing for their UIL contest in about a week. This is one of the songs they will play. This will be Blake's last year of band. He will be taking a class for high school cedit instead next year.

March 2008

It's been a busy few months. Here are some highlights for now... Kendall's new look...she got 5 inches of hair cut off and just got her new braces.

Kendall built a snowman in the parking lot of our hotel in Kansas in February. He melted pretty quickly though.
Kendall at Field Day in March.
Blake using his Tech Ed skills to build things at home.