A Singer, A Volleyball Player, and an Author............

i am so proud. my oldest is trying out for all city choir and is starting to play on a city volleyball team. i am so glad that the move has not dampened her quest for trying new things. she tries out for choir this saturday, and her new league starts this next week. the coach has already told us that we will practice this week on tuesday.

our first game is on the 27th of september. i am so excited for her. she is so excited and is adjusting so well. she already talks about the friends she is making. THAT IS SO COOL. i can't to see all of the wonderful things God has in store for her.

our school has its school dedication is happening. hannah is going to have a performance that day also. she is loving living here.

i also discovered i have a new budding author among our family. she has blonde hair and blue/green eyes. she loves to write and will sit and make up stories all day long. she also loves to read them to us. and of course we love to hear them. she wrote the cutest one the other day and read it to us. it was so sweet. this is a move from a seven year old's perspective:

I LOVE LIVING IN MCKINNEY
by REBEKAH POYNOR

It was hard moving to McKinney.
It was hard to leave my family behind.
but at least I have my two cousins I still have fun.
We swam together and we have barbeques at my cousins home.
and we play on the wii and well the grownups.
The End

makes a mommy proud. i just love that she is so excited about writing. sign of genius don't you think? well i do.


i do feel like my head is beginning to float a little above water. maybe its because it is thursday night. i will be sure to take pictures.

ttfn............................

A MUCH NEEDED VISIT AND A MUCH NEED MESSAGE....................

i just love the way God brings life into your old tired bones just when you think that you can't go on anymore.

what an awesome weekend it was. i truly felt rested when the weekend was over. the weekend got off to a great start when kelly and greg passed through here on their way back home. what a great time we had. it is so wonderful to see familiar faces in a new strange land. kelly and i went shopping most of the day saturday. it was so nice to hug and love on a dear sweet friend. i really enjoyed reconnecting again. her hugs and words and laughs were therapy for me.

greg and david just stayed home and watched college football all day. i know they both needed it. david goes so much, he enjoys just staying at home.

we ate great mexican food on friday night. there is nothing better than driving into your driveway only to find friends sitting on your bench outside your door.

on sunday morning they got ready to leave and we got ready for church.

the message on sunday was bracy's ( that is our new pastor) best so far. the message was to just come to Jesus and REST. how i needed to hear this. just REST. when i hear rest, think of just vegging out. bracy point out that it also means to surrender. wow. all you who are weary and heavy laden. i just played these words over in my head and heart over and over all sunday. JUST REST.

JUST REST.

JUST REST.

so Jesus, i surrender it all to You. i choose to rest in You. take all my new school worries and do what You will.

i just want to rest.

A BETTER PERSPECTIVE OF THE FIRST DAY..................

i promised my sister and my mom that i would post some pictures of our first day of school. here they are. we were all so excited and ready. don't we look just gorgeous!!!!!





This is Hannah in one of the outfits I let her choose from Justice. She was
so proud of it. Isn't it adorable. She is growing up so fast.







Hannah's new thing is to wear her hair up and all curly. If she lets it dry
naturally it is so curly. Every once in a while I get glimpses of what she
will look like as a teen.
Here is my big second grader. She was so proud of her "brief case". It
has Hannah Montana on the other side. I don't think that you can see
it from this angle. Where has the time gone.
All grown up and ready for anything, or so she thinks.


Mom and daughter

Mom and her oldest.

Don't we look like we are ready for a big day?
My classroom at Tadlock Elementary. I don't think
my previous 12 years of teaching quite prepared me for
what laid ahead this "special" day!!!!!




I AM SO GLAD THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS A TALE TO BEHOLD!!!!!

A Rough, Rough, DAY!!!!!!

nuff said.

New Clothes, New School Supplies, and just maybe a New Church...............

well it is wonderful to be in a new city to go school clothes shopping. what a town to be in. i love kolhs, justiss, and stein mart. we had such a great time going school clothes shopping with the girls. we went last friday. we first met two of my past teacher friends for lunch with their kids. we sat and visited for about an hour and a half. we went to mcdonalds so the kids could play while we visited.

the first place we went to get some school shopping was kolhs. i just loved that store. we were able to get alot for them their. the price averaged about $10 per piece. not too bad. some of the stuff we got will also work for church. they were so cute. it was so much fun. we had a blast.

the girls also wanted to go to a specialty shop like limited too, for a first school day outfit. so we discovered a new store called justiss. the stuff was so cute. i will be sure and take pictures on the first day of school. i know i spoil my kids when it comes to clothes, but i don't care!! i just love it.


saturday i ended watching my nephew. the girls really had fun and so did i. we went swimming and then i worked on school stuff.

on sunday we decided to go to a new church. so after i got lost, we finally got there and it was soooooooooooooo big. the members were signing in with a credit card thingie. but i kept an open mind and we went into the sanctuary. the first thing i noticed was that the walls of the sanctuary were orange and blue. they also had strobe light looking things going. like a pinwheel made out of light. wow. not what i was expecting. but the music was so good we stayed, for two songs.

i finally looked at the girls and said do ya'll want to go? they both said yes. so we left and decided to go to bracy wilsons church. we have visited there before, but decided to visit other places. but this sunday there was different. i cried like i was listening to pastor david. it was very annointed. no one will ever replace pastor david, but maybe, just maybe this is where we are supposed to be. hannah went to childrens church. she loved it. we are meeting in a school cafeteria. now this church is a baby church so they do not have services on sunday night, not many of them do. but we decided we would rather get into a church on the ground floor and deal with the growing pains, than go to a church that are herding their members in like cattle. i realize this church won't stay this size for long, but maybe we can get connected while we can learn most of the members names.


we had supper with dan and teresa last night. it was so good to see familiar faces. david got to eat with us last night. he and i went shopping for a little while today. this is when we discovered stein mart. what a wonderful place.

he leaves again tomorrow and won't be home until sunday. maybe it won't be like this forever. i am going to a ladies thing tomorrow for our church. they are having a bunko fellowship. it is one of their small groups. i am so excited. then wednesday, i start full time with more district workshops. i am ready for school to start to keep my days full. we are having a small team meeting, tuesday.

well the girls are also ready to start school too. oh bye the way, i am getting old. i went to an eye doctor today, and he increased my prescription by another point. and then he said you need to get some reading glasses at the dollar store. he said a +1 should eliminate that long arms disease you are fighting.

ttfn...............

polka dots, bouncy colors, and a brand new challenge.....

i have begun setting up my classroom. all my desks are in order, and i have started to hang my bulletin boards. i decided to buy some new boarders and new letters for my new classroom. it is so cute. i absolutely LOVE polka dots. they are so fun. so are so bubbly. they are so cute.

don't you just love something new. i am so excited and a little antsy about all the new challenges that are laid before me. i think this is going to be a great but very new and different year. but i know that God has equipped me for this new task he has lead me too.

i have met all of the teachers that are going to be in the hall with me. they are from all over the place. i have never really worked with people that are from all over the united states. we have all been so busy getting our rooms ready for meet the teacher night.


i have my first official day in the frisco isd next wednesday. it is new to the district breakfast. i think that is a nice gesture. the district also puts on a convocation ceremony for all of the new teachers. i have never been to one of those. i really don't even know what it is. more about that later.


it is amazing all of the resources that are available in a larger district. they have a computer program where we get all of our scope and sequence from. it also comes with lesson plans and activities that you can use for the specific objectives that have to be taught.

we are beginning to get settled in our house. it is beginning to feel like home. i do miss my family and friends. but i know we will make more soon. i just have to be patient. i am glad i have school to keep me busy. i am so glad to have my girls.

they are starting to settle in as well. they are very excited to start school. it is getting to that time of the summer when they are starting to bicker and fight and get bored at home. they have met all their teachers. they all seem so sweet.

tomorrow we are going to have lunch with some of my teacher friends that i used to teach with at little elm. i am so excited. i have not seen one of them in ten years. her name alicia. she didn't have any children when i last saw her. now she has two.

after we eat we are going to buy some new school clothes. the girls are so excited to get to buy clothes in a new town. what a place to go shopping.


david is in honduras this weekend, he left today. i sure do miss him when he is gone. david's company has had another person buy into their airplanes, so they are in the process of hiring another pilot. maybe that will help relieve the flights on the weekends. david has flown for the last 3 weekends in a row.


we are going to try out a new church this sunday. i hope this is the one. i have discovered that i do not like trying to find a new church. to me that is the hardest thing about moving. it is hard enough to find a new church with your spouse, much less by yourself. but i know God is with me. sometimes it is just nice to have God with some skin. you know what i mean?



well i guess i will go for now. have a great weekend.

DO YOU THINK SOMEONE IS TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING????????

now, i have had some funny things happen to me, like peeing uncontrollably in front of people in a christian womens conference, totally sticking my foot in my mouth only to have it taken out with forceps, but........................ i think this one takes the cake.

the other night i was talking to a friend on the phone, while i was on the throne. you know the throne. does anyone else do that? talk while on the throne. sometimes it is the only place i can get some peace.

anyway....... while visiting with my friend on the throne.................
i heard a sound. now i know i have put on quite a bit of weight this summer. but NEVER, I MEAN NEVER DID I THINK THIS WOULD HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






NUFF SAID........................................