First Day of School!

We had such an awesome summer, it was hard to see it end today. Even though the weather is still very much summer (upper 90s into 100s), yikes! I can't believe that a new school year began! Hayleigh is in preschool and Lindsey is in 1st grade. They both were very excited and no tears from either of them (except from me)!

Lindsey can ride a bike!!

Yesterday Lindsey decided to hop on a 2-wheeler bike at a friends house. Before I could grab her back and hold onto her, she just took off! I couldn't believe my eyes! She drove all around my friends driveway and was doing just great! She kept saying, "When I get home I am going to have Daddy take off my training wheels". When we got home, she waited outside for Darryl to get home from work (1/2 hour) and made him take them off immediately when he drove in the driveway. She took off down the street and was so proud to show Daddy! (I think Darryl was a bit sad that he didn't have to teach her) The first thing she said to me this morning was, "Can I ride my bike after swimming lessons this morning?" Too cute! {my baby is so grown up...sniff sniff}
Here is a quick video I was able to catch before my camera battery died.

august summer blues

We have had a wonderful summer! The weather could not have been more perfect!! We have spent the summer with family and friends doing all sorts of things, mostly involving swimming and being in the sun. I always tend to get the summer blues that hit around the second week in August. I love my job, but get sad when I think about summer coming to a close. Today will be the first day that I enter my classroom to get things ready for a new batch of 3rd graders starting two weeks from tomorrow. I have been teaching for 15 years now, and I know what I have to do to get my classroom organized (and it won't take me too long), but it just means that my summer is about to end (sniff sniff).

Wordless Wednesday...

Las VEGAS part 2

I have started this blog more than once, and I am determined to finish it (since we have been home from Vegas for almost 2 weeks now).

We forced ourselves to stay awake on Tuesday afternoon and evening, so the jet-lag wouldn't bother us on Wednesday (we were awake for about 22 hours, ugh!). Wednesday we spent wandering the Vegas Strip~in and out of beautiful hotels, eating, shopping, people-watching, having lunch at the Harley Davidson Cafe, and swimming all afternoon in the Pleasure Pool (so it was called). We bought tickets (2 for 1, thanks to my brother who gave us a coupon) to see Penn & Teller's magic show at the Rio that night. We had a blast! It was such a neat show, and they even came to greet the audience on the way out. We were able to snatch a few photos of them. Nice guys!







On Thursday (July 22), it was our 10th Anniversary! We spent the day doing more site-seeing in the daytime, swimming in the pool in the afternoon, and then we headed out to Nove Italiano for dinner at the top of the Palms Hotel. It was so beautiful up on the 52nd floor overlooking Vegas! We had a great time and the food was delicious! We even had a complimentary appetizer and delicious dessert all because it was our anniversary!