Relief

It has finally cooled off a bit, and I love it! Maybe I can actually sleep under the covers tonight :-).

Squirt triuqS

This "totally righteous" little dude is already into music! We have been infiltrating him with all kinds of different music, and he kicks Shazia while he's dancing to it.

Wish her luck playing her recital with him boogying inside her :-).

"T" is for Therapy

The trail, Target, and talking have been my theraputic "t's."

Just when you think you've got it figured out.....you're thrown a curve ball.

Him + Her = Me

From him, I got my normal feet, my nose, my hair, my terrible eyesight, and the bright red color I turn after I've had a drink.

From her, I got my smile, my passion for teaching, my voice, my legs, and my sensitive spirit.

From them both, I got my love for music, adventure, and our spectacular mountains.


Xie xie you two, I'm pretty pleased with the outcome :-).

Congrats, Mom!

This evening, we celebrated Mom. After 30-some-odd years of teaching, the beginning of the school year isn't terribly exciting to her. Especially not this year. She was moving rooms to an area with no walls and no door, as has an outrageous number of students that she is responsible for. Fortunately, the Lord provided her some encouragement by providing her a co-teacher who is as sweet as can be (and, I might mention, is the same age as me), and brought to her school an old church friend. To top it off, her entire school was rewarded for their outstanding improvement in test scores--a lot of which had to do with the drastic increase in the scores of her ELL students.

What a sweet way to begin the year! Her co-teacher has no idea what a blessing it will be to be mentored by my mommy :-).

Squishy Noses

Have I mentioned that Holden and I look alike?? Yeah, even with parents who are complete opposites, and a six year age difference we somehow have very similar features. One of those features is our nose: they are little button noses that are very smooshy.

So, tonight at a celebratory dinner for my mom, we were smooshing our noses together. Weird, I know.