Where did my summer break go???

Every teacher knows the best part of our job is SUMMER BREAK, ha!! This summer we only had about 8 weeks off, and the time has flown by.  Monday I will start pre-planning for my 8th year.  I am excited to be teaching a gifted class this year, and that we will be teaching 4 classes.  I am moving back to 7th grade, and I am hoping for a really good year.

The girl child will be in 5th grade this year (HELLO! When did she grow up so fast?!), and the boy child will start pre-k (Where is my baby???).  They are both excited, and I hope they continue to be excited throughout the school year.  I picked up their new bookbags today, and Landon was showing it off and saying he was ready for school.

Ryan will leave soon for try #3 at OCS.  This will be his final chance.  This time he is going to Maryland/Pennsylvania for training.  If he he makes it through (WHEN HE MAKES IT THROUGH), we are planning a major family trip since the next week will be our fall break from school.

Panama City Beach 2012

A few pictures from our very short overnight trip to Panama City Beach.  We have had a great summer so far, and Ryan came home a few weeks early.  This Army ride is most definitely a roller coaster ride!!

I miss him!

I knew it would be hard.  I knew I would miss him, but I didn't know I would miss him this much.  He has only been gone for a few days, and I already miss him so much it hurts.  I miss his voice, even when he is making me mad.  I miss him laying beside me at night, even when he was stealing all the covers or snoring.  I miss having someone to talk to, even when he looked at me like I was crazy.  I just miss him.

I really do not know how military spouses deal with the longer separations for deployments.  56 days is daunting enough for me!! I know we will have a longer period of separation when he goes to tech school, but at least then we will be able to communicate through phone and skype.  Now I wait another 2 weeks for a call from him, and write him a little note each day to be mailed to him once a week.

Hats off to the military spouses who deal with MUCH LONGER separations, you guys rock!!!

St. Augustine 2012

Here are some pictures from our vacation this year.  Lots of rain the first half of the week, finally got some sun the end of the week.

Tropical Storm Beryl

Tropical Storm Beryl has put a damper on our vacation. :-( Here are a few pics of the waves when the storm was coming in to St. Augustine Beach.

Alexas is 10!! WOW!!!

Some pictures from Alexas' 10th bday party weekend...

7 years down...23 to go

Today wrapped up my 7th year of teaching.  I have spent the last few days moving to my new classroom and wrapping up loose ends.  Next year our school will undergo some major scheduling changes and I will teach 7th grade math and 7th grade gifted math.  I am really excited about the chance to teach gifted, although I would have rather stayed in 8th grade to do it.  I am also planning to take the GACE this summer to get certified in high school math, so that maybe in the coming years I can move to the high school level.

Alexas completed 4th grade on Friday, and will begin 5th grade on July 30th.  Landon's last day of pre-school/daycare is Friday, and he will begin pre-k in July.  They are both growing up way too fast!! We leave for vacation on Saturday (yay!!), and then Ryan will leave for OCS in 2 weeks.  His graduation will be the first week of school next year, talk about timing.

Here is a picture of our family at my brother's wedding a few weeks ago.  Hope everyone has a Happy Memorial Day!