Taylar's Birthday

Emily and Taylar

Emily enjoyed seeing her former classmates when they

got together to celebrate Taylar's 6th birthday.

Water Fun!

Summer Vacation 2009 ~ Rockport, Texas

What a fun time we had just relaxing to a slower pace of life.

While in Rockport we saw a rookery and dolphins feeding behind shrimp boats. The neat thing was the bay was only 2-12 feet for miles out. Emily being silly at the restaurant our first night on vacation.

Second story of the restaurant.

Ethan being Ethan.

More Summer Vacation Rockport, Texas

Sitting on the dock outside the condo we were staying in.

More Summer Vacation Rockport, Texas

My Daddy, My Hero...

Emily cut her foot on a shell and "needed" Daddy to carry her.

Grammy, Shannon and Aunt April

More Summer Vacation in Rockport, Texas

We saw lots of crabs while enjoying the water.

Ethan and Shannon went on a crab hunt. No Crab Bake here.

They released him back into the ocean. Way to go boys!

Emily and Ethan found a hermit crab.

After the ordeal from the one they found and brought home last year

from Biloxi, nothing was allowed out of the ocean this year!

Emily and Ethan on the hunt.

Transition and New Challenges

As this school year came to an end I had bittersweet feelings. As my Pre K students graduated I was so proud of them and their accomplishments but it also reminded me it would be my last Pre K graduation for a while. God finally got it through my stubborn head that it was time for me to rest. I officially gave my notice in late April in the aftermath of a wicked nearly week-long spell of a migraine that required a trip to the doctor for medicine. This following a month long episode with a sinus infection requiring bigger drugs for longer durations than it had in the past. Knowing me that was a big deal. It was all stress related. I get the occassional headache NOT migraines ever and being sick. Seriously! When your husband tells you he doesn't know what to do bc he hasn't seen you this way in 13 years of marriage, you know something's up. I finally listened and God has allowed me the privledge of staying home to care for my children and the house we live in. All of us need some TLC after the ride we've endured the last few years. God will continue to lead me through a purging process of things I don't need (on all fronts: spiritually, physically,emotionally...). It has been a long time in coming. God tells us His yoke is easy and His burden is light. I am so looking forward to that.

Awards and Last Day of School 2008/2009

The 4th grade classes had relay races. Here is Ethan's class/team doing a relay with summer items. Each person had to carry all this stuff (sunglasses, sand bucket, beach ball, etc...) run around a cone and get back and trade it all off to the next person in line. Of course whichever class went through their people first won. This relay was interrupted by the 5th grade "Last Walk" ceremony just before the dismissal bell rang . Time sure flew as they were having fun!

The Kindergarten classes had a Luau theme. Here she is doing a mango spoon race. Go Girl!

Emily received two awards at K-2nd Awards Day on June 2nd:

Perfect Attendance (first one) and Good Citizen (again!)
Ethan received his awards the next day: A/B Honor Roll (again!) and Perfect Attendance (first)

Daddy surprised Ethan by attending the ceremony which was a special treat for E. after such a rough year

We are proud of both of you!