No Need for Words

Sorry that I cannot get more than one picture on a line, but these are worth one million words!

P.S. Happy 3rd birthday Little Chicken! I hope you like the Cinderella dress and tiara :) I am so happy that my parents are having an AMAZING time at the Inn at Little Washington.

Here, There, and Everywhere

Alex and Riley (his future wife) at their K graduation

Me and a few of my past 8th graders at the WWII memorial

Bean looking suave

Today was a day for travel. I started with getting into an argument with a guy who decided to park his flatbed in the middle of our parking lot so that he cold unload a 12 ton asphalt paver. He was belligerent from the get go and was screaming about how a church really should be more "christian". He did not buy the argument that my parents and kids might need the parking spaces and it might be a little unsafe for them is he was there. The first day of school his equipment failed at the top of the hill right by our school. He took out two cars, three light polls, and a couple of trees. Needless to say, his foreman found out about it and came and apologized later. We are getting parts of our parking lot repaved for free now!

I had to go to our District Office in Irvine for a curriculum task force meeting. It was a lot of work and fun, too. I love working on ways to help teachers and students learn. Being with like minded individuals is really inspirational. There was a freak rainstorm there. I wish that it would travel up to us. We have hot, muggy conditions with a smog bank that keeps getting worse as the days go on. They are switching air quality regulations at the Port soon so I hope to see an improvement in the air soon. All in all, it is still one of the most beautiful places that I have ever lived.

This evening I got to go out to dinner with a representative from the Lutheran Special Education Ministries. It was a great night of telling our faith stories and what led us to be called to teach. We have been working with them to get a Special ed person at the school for over two years. J. H. broke the news to me that he has found a great person and will give us double the time that we pay for for free as we have been very patient with them. God's grace knows no bounds!

Speaking of God's grace...my Mom turns 60 today! My Dad turned 59 last week. I am so blessed with the best parents I could ever want. They are generous to a fault, love their families passionately and completely, and sacrifice much for others. I am so very proud of you two and thank God every day that you are back safe and sound in the States.

That's all for today. For Aunt B I will put up a few more pictures: (I still cannot figure out how to put the pictures at the bottom of the page rather than the top!)

Too busy for words!

There were some request for more pictures so here we go!

Sorry that I have not been posting regularly, but I warned you! Alex did very well at his soccer game this week. They lost 12 -1 last weekend, but this weekend they won 7-1! They had two intense 1.5 hour practices this week and it really paid of. There are only three people on the team who have ever played soccer before. All three of Alex's coaches are very excited by his progress and really rely on him. We have to work on his endurance, but I am so proud of him! He never gives up and really does not complain at all.

Christopher is doing so well at school! He refuses to write Chris, and he tries very hard to write CHRISTOPHER on each of his papers. He really loves science and Bible. I think that we might have a veterinarian on our hands! He loves every animal he finds. One of his favorite things is to build "rolly polly villages". Bean has inherited the wright girl competitiveness in a big way! He hates to loose and many time would rather stop a game in the middle than end up a looser. The amazing thing is that he can foresee five to six moves ahead to see that he won't win. He has his Grandma Lynn's luck though, and often wins. He is growing like a weed; I will have to go buy some new clothes very soon.

Both boys miss their girl cousins very much and are ECSTATIC that there will be more boys than girls soon. Both boys are lobbying for a baby sister, but I do not think that it is in the cards. Bean gave us quite a scare and I am not getting any younger.

Work is going very well even though it continues to be a challenge every day. I love being able to be so close to God in everything that I do! His presence and Spirit is everywhere at our school. I feel His mantle on me, and know that is God is for me, who can be against me?

Another Monday

My two kids are performing their nightly ritual: dancing and singing to Steve Miller in front of the mirror. They are two fraternity brothers looking for a TG! Their dad brought home blueprints the other day that fascinated the boys( A. and Bean "enhanced" them and they are now posted on A's wall). Tonight he gave them a piece of large poster paper (in essence a giant post it note) and the boys mapped out their neighborhood and taped it to their mirrored closet. They now have to perform their impromptu concert on their beds so that they can see themselves.

The man I love is tormenting me with Monday Night football. This is the only time he has ever rooted for a team that included Brett Farve on the roster and loves rubbing it in. I am temporarily boycotting the number 4. It's a good thing I don't teach math on a regular basis anymore! Regardless of the little things that get us all down. the evening is beautiful. The sun is setting behind a beautiful fog bank and the ocean is an etherial blue. I am so blessed by God that the worst problem I have is figuring out how I can watch The Sarah Conor Chronicles, a two hour Heroes event, and The Big Bang Theory/How I Met Your Mother which are all on at the same time.

I got to meet with all of the staff today to do some goal setting. Out of the entire staff, there was only one person who had a bad attitude. That is a blessing. My sons love playing with each other and both came right home and did their homework. That is a blessing. No matter how I mess up, nothing can take away the grace God has given me by having his son, Jesus, die for my sins. That is a phenominal blessing! I am going to curl up with my dog and watch some TV. Wait a minute...the boys have "Jungle Love" on; TV can wait, I gotta dance!

Peer Pressure

Yes, I ,too, have succumbed to the pressure to become a blogger. While I am confident that I will not be as avid a poster as my family members, I hope that my meager offerings will help you keep in touch with the frenetic pace of my life. I am so blessed to have such a great family and wish that we all could be closer geographically. I am watching the Emmy telecast right now, remembering when some of the old shows there are referencing were the only ties that I had to a country that was my home, but a place very foreign to me. I thank all of my "stateside" family members for helping me assimilate back into being an "American". No one can tell the difference any more (it helps that I am no longer wearing harem pants while attending a beach college.) You might want to check out http://www.christrpv.com/ to catch the Mayer Memo, a column I write for our church school newsletter found under the school news tab. So sit back and get ready to hear about the exploits of A and Bean; N, my husband the captain of industry; Misha, my crazy bichon, and Salome the Wondercat.