May 11, 2010 through May 14, 2010

This week has been an interesting one to say the least. I have gone through the steps of a miscarriage and all of the doctor check-ups that go along with the occassion. Now this pregnancy was so early that to any other person they would have just thought that their period was really late. I just know that we pray that next time will not be like this time. I have learned that miscarriages do make up about 70% of all pregnancies in the world. The motto now is, "try and try again."

On to a happier note, today is May 15th and there is a celebration among the ASU baseball team today. The seniors are having a banquet after the double header today. It's going to be great and a nice celebration of all of their hard work. Josh loves this team and all of the work that he does with the team. I think that he is looking forward to many years of this profession and he hopes that the seniors feel as if he has helped them throughout their college baseball career. I am very proud! Go mountaineers!

Here is the News of the Day- May 6, 2010

Finally Springtime Weather

Here in Boone it has been a great adventure over these past winter months. I just can't believe that we have set a record in Boone for one of the snowiest winters especially in the months of December- February. I have heard that this area usually gets a lot of snow between the middle of February and the end of March. It is interesting how it all works out. Now that Spring has started to show it's face baseball season has also begun for Appalachian State. Josh has been getting busy with that. On top of record snowfalls in the area, Appalachian State beat a school record of the most consecutive wins at the beginning of a season. They are now 10-0 as of today. They are on the road for all of Spring Break. They are headed to Auburn to play tomorrow and then headed to Georgia the next day and staying there through the weekend for the weekend series of games. I sure hope that they come home winning all of the games. Lady and Maggie are still doing well and itching to get outside as more dogs are roaming the neighborhood and people are taking more walks. Work has been going well and my kids have been doing a great job using their listening ears and getting great art projects accomplished. I sure do love teaching preschool.

December 5, 2009

Today is a wonderful day in our Boone neighborhood. We are all decorated for Christmas, making Christmas lists for our parents, and we are hanging out with our dogs on a snowy Saturday. It's beautiful. I think that Boone cares more about these roads that we live on than Blowing Rock cared about us off of highway 221. It was intense last year but this year I think that we'll be golden getting in and out in the snow. Here are some pictures of our decorations and our snow covered ground. I'm so ready for Christmas 2009! :)

My Sweet Babies at Merry Land Academy 2009-2010 More At Four Classroom

My class this year consists of Catori, Chadee, Charlize, Ella, Parker, Rachel, Sabrina, Silas, and Wyatt. We have a lot of fun together getting these lovely Pre-K kids ready for Kindergarten. They are going to know all of their letters and the sounds that they make. They are going to know their numbers 1-20 and their shapes. They are going to know all that kindergarteners need to know to be successful. They really are such a smart group of kids that I couldn't have asked for more.

Appalachian Halloween

Halloween in Boone was very exciting this year because WE ACTUALLY HAD TRICK OR TREATERS. I was so happy that I could hardly stand it. Josh decided to be a gangster and I decided to be a leopard. It was a lot of fun because I already had leopard pants, a leopard scarf, leopard gloves, etc. and all that I had to buy was a shirt that was leopard that had a tail on the back, and leopard ears. That was the fun part and of course Wal Mart had exactly what I needed. Josh had a toy gun to go along with his gangster outfit and he would keep it down inside his pants. It was funny! The trick or treaters started coming around 5:00 and they just didn't stop until about 8:30. They pretty much ate all of our candy except for like 5 dum dums that seriously have been in the candy bowl for about 6 months now or maybe even longer so this was alright with us.

One of my students at Merry-Land Academy came by to show us her lovely outfit along with her Mom Jennifer and her Mom's boyfriend Chad. They are such a nice family and I am glad that they decided to make the drive out to us. I was glad to open our home up to them and wish that they would come over more often. :)

After the trick or treaters moved on and probably went to bed at home we had a party at our house. We had decorated up the inside as well as had our jack o lantern on the front porch and the door was decorated also. I had set out some goodies on the counter and several drinks as well. People brought their own drinks but we had soft drinks just in case for those that would be the drivers instead of the drinkers. It was nice! I took pictures of it and I'm going to share those with you. I wish that I had gotten more of everyone else at the party. I am working on getting some of those from others profiles to share with you.

Next year we are definitely going to top these costumes and make it tradition to always decorate for the occassion. :)

Appalachian Homecoming Game- October 10, 2009

Today was a great day. Appalachian won their homecoming game against North Carolina Central University. Kevin, Kyle, and Sarah came to Boone for the occassion and we took some pictures of our fun. Kevin, Kyle, and Sarah should move to Boone and stay with us often. :) Josh and I love it when they come to stay.