BOO HOO

Well, the patriots lost this week...Shane was bummed, but the show must go on! It is 10:50pm...I am usually in bed by 10. However, I am missing school tomorrow and having to stay up to make sub plans. Why do I always mess around when I have things to do??

Fayetteville

I am a little behind on these, but we had so much fun I had to post them. Last weekend we went to Fayetteville to met Sam and Anne-Camille for what we hope is our annual trip to Fayetteville for the game. We LOVE getting to see and visit with them! We love them so much and wish we could be around them more!
We also got to see our friend from college and Shane's roommate, Tony. It was great getting to see him...and as always, turned into a very exciting time:)
GO HOGS...even though they lost:(

Shane with his Uncle Sam who he loves so dearly!!

Me with AC...I love her so much! We can talk about anything and always come away loving each other more. We can be silly or serious and it never disappoints!

Shane, Me, Tony...We miss him so much and loved getting to see him!

Momma L:)

Last weekend we were in Fayetteville (watching the HOGS lose) and we met my sweet friend Lindie, her husband Justin, and their little boy Jackson for breakfast. We had so much fun! I haven't seen her in so long. We talk a lot, but it's just not the same as getting to see each other! I college she was always the responsible one...earning her the name "Momma L". Love you!!

First Win

The patriots won their first game last week! They played really well and Shane was proud and excited! Then they won their game yesterday too! I win the best wife ever award for being the film girl!

Gross but Funny

Well, I take my kids to music this morning and as I round the corner, I hear a little boy whispering "Mrs. Crump"..."Mrs. Crump". This is a Kindergarten teacher's name, so I walk over and he is around the corner at the bathroom. I asked him if he needed some help (as he's poking his head out of the bathroom). He says yes so this is the conversation that follows:

Me: Do you need help?

Boy: Yes, I need Mrs. Crump

Me: Well, Mrs. Crump is busy teaching, let me help you.

Boy: Okay. I had to poop, a lot.
(At this time I am thinking...Oh boy, should have gotten Mrs. Crump)

Me: Okay, what do you need help with.

Boy: Well, I had to poop, and there was so much poop. So then, I had to use A LOT (motioning with his hands) of toilet paper. Now, there's so much paper, I can't flush or it will flood.

Another teacher walked up at this point...and as I was barely holding in my laughter:
Well, let's to have a look to see what we can do.

Me: That is a lot of paper, maybe next time you don't have to use this much.

Boy: There was A LOT of poop!

Me: Okay, just be careful. GO WASH YOUR HANDS!

It's just things like this that keep me going through the day:)

Very Excited

So...I am super excited about Darius Rucker's new CD. If you haven't heard his new song "Don't Think About It" you should! I used to LOVE Hootie and the Blowfish back in the day and now can't wait to buy this September 16! At first I wasn't too sure about it because I am tired of people who can't make it in any other music genre (jessica simpson) moving to country. But I even busted out the old Hootie and he sounds the same. He's not "twanging" it up which I appreciate!

Catching Up

I have been a horrible blogger this summer! I thought I would do a catching up. I just posted several and there are tons more but I feel my Sunday nap coming on:)
Shane and I have both survived our first week of school! He has started football and has several HUGE kids playing this year so he hopes it will be a good season. The first day of school he came home and said no one was kicked out or put in ISS so it was already an improvement from last year:) He is feeling much better this year because he knows what to expect and what's to come. We were both sad to see summer come to an end but happy to have some structure again.
We started the comute and so far it hasn't been too bad. We have been riding together most days so thank goodness for the HOV lane! Traffic is just crazy in the morning. A 20-25 min. drive can turn into an hour quickly!
I have a really great class this year! It was sad to see all my kids from last year and have them walk past me in the hall! I tried to get several to come back to first grade and had several convinced! I'm sure I will have some stories this year! The second day of school I picked them up from lunch (I actually ate with them and only left to go to the bathroom for two min.) one my little boys was covered in ketchup! He is little bitty and VERY active (havn't been successful in having him sit in his chair yet) but so cute. I said what happend bud? He said he was just trying to take home his ketchup to not waste it but the more he pushed it in his pocket, the more it came out! He had stuffed opened ketchup, not the little ones either, the plastic dipping kind in his pocket. It was EVERYWHERE! Pants, shirt, socks, hands...what can you do?

Pat in Paris

So last night we went to a little honky tonk in Paris, Texas to see Pat Green! Since we are all back in Texas again we thought that was what we needed! It was so much fun! He was hilarious and they always put on a great show!

Shane, Me, Taylor and Eli ready to rock:)



We ran into Nikki who used to babysit us when we were little! We LOVED her and thought she was just the coolest so it was so wonderful to see her again!

Talkin to Pat!!

My Room

When I finally got the courage to return to my classroom, this is what I saw. DEPRESSING! You work to hard to make it cute and then you have to take it down and cover it at the end of the year. Then the cleaning crew comes and destroys it even more. On top of that, I decided at the end of last year that I wanted to redo a lot of things...stupid. Taylor came to help me and we worked hard for DAYS with no air conditioning to boot! But we finally got it finished and it looks great and ready for kiddos! I'll post those soon but I wanted everyone to see just how much we accomplished:)

Great Surprise!!!

We went to Mountain Home at the beginning of August for Grace and Lyle's wedding (beautiful!). At the reception AC said we needed to come by their house before we left because they had a surprise for us!! Well Sam spilled the beans:) but it didn't make it any less sweet!

OUR VERY OWN POLLYANNA BOARD!!!!

We were supper pumped! When we got back to Texas we went immediately to get the playing pieces and started playing. Then I took it to my parents and we played and they love it too!Thank you sooo much Sam and Anne-Camille! WE LOVE IT!