Brett's Big 26th

Birthday Time!
for Brett's b-day, we went to monterey. it was a beautiful, warm! weekend there, and we had a hotel right on the warf. niiiiice...
that night, we had a bunch of our friends from byuh over (who are all in the accounting profession as well --- oh, gotta love san jo.) and they celebrated with us.
some of them are moving away now. bye april & jay-hawk! we will miss them...

brett gets excited every time we see seals. there are tons in monterey - and they're cute and little.

i think this was brett's favorite part - we saw sea otters! this one is feasting on a crab.

the awesome monterey bay aquarium.

brett agreed to trade birthdays with me this year, so he is turning 29, and i am going to turn 26 in nov. hey, a girl can dream, right?

Last day o' school!

It's party time! Last friday was our official last day of school. These are a bunch of my students, playing during lunch. This is their favorite hobby - soccer! They're pretty dang good too!

Above is one of the students that I met with regularly after school. I was determined to make sure she passed, and she did! I love this girl.
These are some of my wonderful students. I'm going to miss them. It took so long to be at a point where we could trust each other and learn together, and now they're moving on! I'm sad to start all over again next year with a new bunch of 9th graders...

2 YEARS

Monday was our 2 Year Anniversary.
This was my gift to Brett - one of my students did it for us.


Ever since Brett lived in Brooklyn, he has really loved the art of graffiti.
This piece is a canvas, 2ft by 3 ft.
It looks great in our house. One big bonus of teaching city kids.