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........................................

OUR NEW HOME................

these are some pictures of our new house. i always seem to forget to put them in in reverse order. so if you know how to do that I would love you to tell me. if you want to start at the bottom and go up they will be in order. anyway, this is the place we call home now.

we feel blessed.


This is Rebekah's room.

This is Hannah's room.
This is the upstairs loft.
This is in the living room. Our new flat screen. We just had it mounted.
This is our living room. We spend alot of time in here.
Another picture of the living room. If you look close enough you will see traces of our other home. Some are in the decorations. Some are in just things that were given to us by friends.
This is part of the dinette. I love these valances. They are original to the house.
This is the kitchen. I love this room. I love dark wood furniture. It feels so homey.
This is the office. It sits to the right as you come in the entrance to the house.
This is the formal dining room. I got to get new furniture. I was so excited.
This is my new china cabinet. Isn't it gorgeous? My grandmother's china is in it.
The front entry way.
Beautiful plants I am trying to keep alive. This is in front of our house.
This is the front of our house. I drove up and was in love.
More beautiful plants. You can't tell but there are begonias in the front. They are so pretty.
I love the front of my house. I feel so blessed. What a great God we serve. Nothing is impossible for God.

a sprinkle of life.....................

* wow summer is going by so fast. so much has happened since i last posted. i went to my first workshop up here. not bad, pretty good, pretty much the same as any workshop any where else. the people were friendly one lady even helped me learn a new program that is essential to teaching up here. it is a program that you have to use for your lesson plans and your scope and sequence. for those of you that do not know what a scope and sequence is, it is a plan for what to teach, and in what order to teach it. the nice thing, is, that it also gives you activities to use for these lessons. that pretty good, in my book. i let you know at the end of the year if it is actually a good thing.

* i went home for a baby shower. it was very nice with a great turn out. it was good to see my family and friends again. i have only been away for 3 weeks, but it was still good to see people that I dearly love. it was also so nice to go back to MY church, with MY church family. it was so good to have an alter time. i loved that the praise and worship was more than just three or four songs. it has been such a long time since i have been a new person, in a new church. i think we, that attend church forget what it is like to be new. it is definitley a different experience. when you go to church the next time, remember that. it is hard to go into places where relationships are already formed. it is hard to go into a place where people are standing in their own little groups laughing and talking and all they offer is a quick smile and a hello.

* i guess God is trying to teach me a new lesson. i will try to learn it quickly. i guess i like the familiar, who doesn't? i know God will lead us to a new place. i am ready.

* next week i have workshops monday-thursday. then i will be going to school to work in my class and with my team members. i am kind of ready for school to start. i know that is odd, but i am.

* we brought a friend up here with us to spend a week with us. we took the kids to six flags and a water park. we had such a great time. this young lady us such a delight to be around. it has been such a blessing to have her here. she is going to help me post some pictures of our house.

* i don't really anything else. ttfn