What We've Been Up To

Haley was a trooper last night -- we were at my classroom till 7:30 last night. But I'm done getting ready for the first day -- we won...

Today began with a 4 hour staff meeting. Blah. Unfortunately, most of what was covered really needed to be discussed, so I can't even co...

So today was my first official day back at school. Of course, most of the teachers came back last week to start putting things back together...

Haley went to a slumber party last night. How did I spend my exciting night of freedom? Err, well... I went to work and fiddled around with ...

We're really happy with Haley's soccer team this year. Not only is her friend, Julie, on the team, but the coach, John Murphy, is aw...

So I've already spent a lot of time getting my classroom ready. This year I'm going to have a *lot* of students -- my largest class ...

Today, Ann Redd came over and we got to use up some more henna :) I warned her that my drawing skills were limited to stick figures. I would...

Robert & Leia hosted the Allyshian Pas d'Armes this year. It was pretty fun. We got there after dark Friday night, but set up our te...

Grandma Ruby and Mom came up to visit us. We went to dinner at the Chart Room. They have excellent clam chowder and fish, a good view of the...

We drove home via Reedsport, even though it's slower, so that we could stop by the Wild Game Park in Bandon, OR. It was a complete surpr...

Our triumphant return to the USA had us driving down to Grandma & Grandpa's house. The original plan was to hang out in Seattle on t...

Aka "Haley puked on the Seabus" We set out in high spirits, but on the bus, Haley announced she had a headache. It wasn't quit...

We made it to our hostel last night just fine, though I'd rather not deal with rush hour in Vancouver again any time soon! There are thr...