Goodbyes

Well it is officially the first day of summer vacation and all though I am extremely excited about that....these past two days have been extremely sad.

Yesterday I was my last day at FHS and it was so much harder than what I thought it was going to be. I have enjoyed being there so much this year dispite the daily drives and everyone has been so great and it is for this reason that I cried almost the entire day. And the kids...well lets just say they are the best around. One of classes threw me a going away party and almost all of them gave me hugs and told me they would miss me. Then, my freshmen basketball girls threw me a party also. And while I loved all my kids, I grew closest to these girls. They had such wonderful attitudes, worked so hard and I am so proud of them! So naturally I cried during the party and was so sad to have to tell them goodbye. But that was not the end of my tears.

I had my exit interview with my principal, Mr. Morren, and the waterworks came then too. I cannot say enough about Mr. Morren. He is probably one of the best people I have ever met. He has taught me so much about how to teach and care for students, I know I will be a better teacher just for having been at FHS. I also had to say goodbye to some other very special people which made it even harder. Almost everyone I met at FHS and FISD were extremely supportive and did everything they could to make me feel welcome. Therefore, this district and school will always remain special in my heart!

Nonetheless, I am still relieved that summer is here and I am exstatic that I will be able to stay home with Kya the whole time!!! For the most part, I think we will just be getting moved and the house set up but I am still excited all the same. It has been a horribly long year due to all the driving and I am ready for some time with my family. Not to mention that I am ready to begin getting ready to start at Coronado...GO MUSTANGS!!!

HAPPY SUMMER everyone!!!

Here are some pictures from yesterday:

Me and my freshmen girls

One of the signs they made me

Me, Lana, and B (two of my driving buddies) before graduation last night

New House/ End of School/ Beginning of Summer

Hi All! I know it has been a while but it is getting close to the end of the year so things are crazy!!

Needless to say there has been a lot going on with our family these past few weeks. Just recently Will and I decided it was time for us to buy our first home and due to the fact that we have been driving around every Sunday for the past year trying to find one.....we found one we liked within about 1 week. Quick huh?!?! So right now we are in the process of buying. We have the inspection today and hopefully everything works out so that we can close NEXT WEEK!!!

As for Kya, she is growing steadily and I pretty sure she is going to be hitting her annual summer growth spurt early this year because I have already bought her summer outfits that are already too small. This Friday will be her last day at Kids Are Cool. I am having mixed feelings about this as of right now because on the one hand Kya gets to stay home with Mommy all summer (this is the good part) and on the other hand, she is leaving a wonderful daycare :( I cannot say enough about Kids Are Cool. We were so lucky to have found this daycare. They have such an amazing staff that actually loves the kids and the Mr. Bill (the owner) is probably one of the best around. He and the other administrators do soooooo much for the kids and their families!! Seriously....they are the best daycare in Lubbock by far!! Therefore, although we know we will be taking our second child there also....it is going to be somewhat of a sad day Friday :(

Other than that...our family is basically in the very busy process of finishing up the school year, changing jobs, and hopefully changing houses soon! Sooooo....we are Busy!