The driver took our picture while we were sitting looking at the alligator.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Boggy Creek Air Boat Rides
While in Florida we took an air boat ride. It was so much fun. We went over 60 mph. We only saw one alligator and a ton of birds. There was a few times when we thought we were going to hit the birds on the water because we were going so fast and they would just sit there until we got right upon them.
The driver took our picture while we were sitting looking at the alligator.
The driver took our picture while we were sitting looking at the alligator.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Dinner at Arabian Nights in Florida
Our first stop on the way to Kentucky for Christmas vacation was in Orlando, FL. We had so much fun and didn't want to leave.
Here are a few pictures from our dinner at Arabian Nights.
Les said I looked like I was standing at "attention". I think I was trying to hide my camera case in one hand and I don't know why I was so stiff:)
This is such a good picture of Les and Nathan
I love horses, so I have lots of pictures, but most are dark like this one:(
The Christmas part of the show was so pretty
Here are a few pictures from our dinner at Arabian Nights.
Les said I looked like I was standing at "attention". I think I was trying to hide my camera case in one hand and I don't know why I was so stiff:)
This is such a good picture of Les and Nathan
I love horses, so I have lots of pictures, but most are dark like this one:(
The Christmas part of the show was so pretty
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Waiting on Les...
Here's me and Nathan waiting on Les to come in the gym...Lucas went to school that day cause he had a test and didn't want to miss it;)
Here's some of the group that came in when Les did...I had no idea where he was.
Here's some of the group that came in when Les did...I had no idea where he was.
Les's gator
Here's Les's little gator that he drove around in while in Iraq...I think it was broke more than not:)
More cup signs...
Sara, Wendy and I
This is Sara and I after finishing our cup sign for B. Co
This fence line is directly in front of the arms room where the guys turned in their weapons when they arrived home.
This is Sara and I after finishing our cup sign for B. Co
This fence line is directly in front of the arms room where the guys turned in their weapons when they arrived home.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Thank a Veteran!!
Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock , did something not to be forgotten.
On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.
Looking around, confused, they asked, "Ms. Cothren, where're our desks?"
She replied, "You can't have a desk until you tell me what you have done to earn the right to sit at a desk."
They thought, "Well, maybe it's our grades."
"No," she said.
"Maybe it's our behavior?"
She told them, "No, it's not even your behavior".
And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom. By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms. Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room. The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said,
"Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now Iam going to tell you."
At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it. Twenty-seven (27) U.S.Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into thatclassroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned.
Martha said, "You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it."
This is a true story....If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you read it in English, Thank a soldier.
On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.
Looking around, confused, they asked, "Ms. Cothren, where're our desks?"
She replied, "You can't have a desk until you tell me what you have done to earn the right to sit at a desk."
They thought, "Well, maybe it's our grades."
"No," she said.
"Maybe it's our behavior?"
She told them, "No, it's not even your behavior".
And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom. By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms. Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room. The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said,
"Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now Iam going to tell you."
At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it. Twenty-seven (27) U.S.Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into thatclassroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned.
Martha said, "You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it."
This is a true story....If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you read it in English, Thank a soldier.
Tea Time!!
"Put on a happy face" was the theme of our table. This was the 3rd annual fall tea that our unit has hosted and the first time Sara and I had hosted a table.
This is the table Sara and I hosted..We had happy face everything from water bottles, to goody bags, balloons, and we even made t-shirts for all our gals to wear.
We placed 3rd, but would have gotten 2nd if all of our guests had shown up:(
"The Witches Gathering" got first place
This is the table Sara and I hosted..We had happy face everything from water bottles, to goody bags, balloons, and we even made t-shirts for all our gals to wear.
We placed 3rd, but would have gotten 2nd if all of our guests had shown up:(
"The Witches Gathering" got first place
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