Back to School

Well, it is officially the end of summer.   It's unbelievable to me how quickly the time has passed us by!  For starters, Blake is now 9 weeks old!  It just seems like yesterday that he made his first appearance.  He's growing like crazy and doing new things every day.

Kyle is doing great, too.  He is learning new things, and as far as his mama is concerned, he's one of the smartest two-year-olds on the planet!  He can now count to 13, and he can also tell you all his letters upper and lower-case!  I'm hoping to tackles the United States map with him next.   Too many kids these days don't know geography and I don't want my son to be one of them.

Greg has been through a ton this summer, but he's doing great as well.  I think he's ready to get back to work and return to some sort of normalcy.  We are SO excited that he's not coaching this year. Our wonderful adminstrators were able to work that out for him, and it's such a blessing.  Not only will this help him while he's going through chemo, but it also allows him more time to just be a daddy, and I know he's excited about that.

As for me, I'm about to start my 8th year of teaching.  Wow.  In so many ways I still feel like a kid.  But, looking around this week at inservice and all of the fresh faces, I realize I've got some experience and time under my belt!  I still get excited every year about meeting new kids and starting over.  Junior high kids really can be great, and they are a big part of what makes my life meaningful.

So Monday we start a new year.  A year of new possibilities, of new goals, and new relationships.