For those of you who keep up with us, this may be "old news" already. But we are VERY excited that over the course of three months, from early Oct. to mid Jan., we are going to be blessed with the arrival of TWO granddaughters! Kate's baby is due Oct. 8th... a sister to join Asher and Gabe! And Gretchen and Leon learned this week that their first child will be a daughter as well!
Her name will be Sydney Grace, and she will arrive sometime around January 19th. To see her first picture... hit the link to Jameson's Journeys on the left side bar of this blog. We are, of course, SO thrilled at all this wonderful news. Grandchildren are one of the best things in our lives! (their parents are pretty cool too.)
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
School Daze - year 26
Today marked the beginning of classes for my 26th year of teaching. When I look at that number, I think about when I was just starting to teach and we would celebrate anniversaries of that nature for the older teachers who always seemed VASTLY older than I feel today! Funny how time changes your perspective.
My students today all seemed rather excited to be back in school. That is no small thing when one considers that I teach seniors all day and by Christmas they will all be wanting to move on to college as fast as they can! I overheard one of them yell to another in the hall... "I've got AP Lit and it's SO COOL!" - I hope she feels that way in another month or two.
We are still in the throes of a heatwave here in St. Louis. Today the temps hit 105! Breaking a 34 yr. old record for hot days. It's rather scary to consider how much longer this heat may continue. We are all praying the cooler weather comes soon.
The photo was taken of Ed and I this past July. Hope our "school photos" come out half as well! To all of you who have to go back to the books this month... God bless!
My students today all seemed rather excited to be back in school. That is no small thing when one considers that I teach seniors all day and by Christmas they will all be wanting to move on to college as fast as they can! I overheard one of them yell to another in the hall... "I've got AP Lit and it's SO COOL!" - I hope she feels that way in another month or two.
We are still in the throes of a heatwave here in St. Louis. Today the temps hit 105! Breaking a 34 yr. old record for hot days. It's rather scary to consider how much longer this heat may continue. We are all praying the cooler weather comes soon.
The photo was taken of Ed and I this past July. Hope our "school photos" come out half as well! To all of you who have to go back to the books this month... God bless!
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Miss Them Already!
My grandsons have been on their way back home for about 5 hrs. now and I am missing them already! We had such fun for the past 9 days. It was wonderful being able to spend full days with them, getting to know their routines, likes and dislikes, and planning little surprises for them along the way. Both of them are so fun-loving! We can't get over how quickly the week flew by!
A few more "pool shots" and such taken after mom and dad arrived back from Florida.
A few more "pool shots" and such taken after mom and dad arrived back from Florida.
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