Our Honeymoon

Greg and I are finally married! I don't have the wedding photos yet, but I have a few from our honeymoon at Lake Tahoe. It was amazing! Absolutely beautiful.

Hope you are all having a great summer! I'll be seeing you back at Kennerly very soon!

Fun in the backyard.

I hung a little tin bucket
with birdseed in it from the
holder. The little sparrows
and finches just love it!

This is a holder for Humming Bird food, that attaches to the window with suction cups.

This is my favorite photo to the left. I have so much fun watching them, I might have to bring it to school with me and put it on our classroom  window!

My trip to Maryland

The living room. Anna and Risa.

Anna's combination dining room and office.

Anna's tiny kitchen.

Risa, the cat, loves to snuggle!

My daughter picked me up at the Baltimore airport and we had a wonderful three days together. We went shopping and picked out some lamps and things for her apartment and hung some pictures on the walls. I met her newly rescued cat, one year old Risa. Risa loves to sleep under the dresser in the bedroom and watch thunderstorms with her nose pressed up against the window! 

Summer Fun

I will try to post a few things during the summer so the students can see what a teacher does with free time. (I'm hoping for a little anyway) If you are comfortable doing so, you may let your child post comments to my posts and tell me what they are up to as well. 



This is me taking my first English riding lesson from my daughter Elyse. I loved the English saddle!

 The horse's name is Twister.

This one is a video!

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Wow! I have the most incredible job. Being able to have a front row seat in the life of a first grader is simply amazing. They have all blossomed so much this year, and I can bear witness to it all! I want to thank all of my parents for supporting your child through this very critical year of learning. Also, thank you for the gift card! What a truly wonderful idea. I see shopping on my honeymoon in my future!

 Here are a few photos from our last day together. I will remember you always!!

 Mr. Franzel leading the balloon release for Jake.

Kids Who Care

The students in our class donated so many cans we were able to go on a parade up to the red tubs in the front hallway. Way to go Smileys!

Spirit Festival

The Spirit Festival is this Saturday, the 19th. There is a parade beginning at Sperring at 9:00a.m. If you and your child wish to participate in the parade, just park at Kennerly and catch the shuttle bus over to Sperring a few minutes before 9:00a.m. We walk all the way to the high school and then congregate in front of the grandstand. There is a ribbon cutting ceremony and then the festival is officially open. I am planning to walk in the parade, so see you on Saturday!