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.

Big Sur Weekend

big sur is amazing. we spent our day yesterday exploring its amazing coast line. dang, the ocean is so beautiful here, but nothing like hawaii... in hawaii, the water beckons you to come and play. here, it says "respect me, or die"

this has got to be the ultimate playland... it's too bad this beach is restricted from public access. brett and i were almost drooling as we looked at it from above:

isn't this an awesome shot? brett's masterwork:

it is also SO COLD at the california coast!

looking through a new lense

we got a new camera! we decided since we are visiting so many beautiful places here in cali, we need to have a camera that will at least give them some justice for their natural beauty...
this is us at the rose garden, located just outside of downtown san jose:

Spring Breaaaaaaak!

tomorrow... back to school. spring break was great, especially since it started with a fun trip with the tolleys! they visited us and we road tripped to monterey... so beautiful. brett and i are now trying to find a way to live there.



the beach south of monterey:

digging around in the rocks:

i love this picture of mom:


it was such a nice break, but since brett didn't get any time off anyways, i guess it's only fair for me to be going back to work. ahhh... it pays to be a teacher.