Alphabet Fun Day in K-5

Today we had Alphabet fun day in my class.  Each child picked a letter of the alphabet and dressed up with something that started with that letter.  It was SOOOOO Adorable.  We played games, watched movies, made words with scrabble cheese its, ate alphabet soup and so much more.  The kids had a great time and so did I! I also joined in the fun and dressed up as Dorothy.  I have LOVED the "Wizard of Oz" since I was a little girl and had always wanted to dress up as Dorothy....well today I took advantage of that :) Here are some pics from today!

Had to share this....He was crackin me up...I accidetally kept calling him Cpt. Hook all day!

My little Mini Me

Return to Gastonia to visit our friends!

#4 Return to see our friends brand new baby Emma....as well as alllll our other wonderful friends!

We headed back to Gastonia to see our friends David and Sarah Pleasants brand new beautiful baby girl Emma Rose.  We were so excited when we found out they were having a baby that I said I WOULD return to visit her once she was born.  It was a great visit and a great weekend to be there.  We went back to CCA to visit all the students during homecoming weekend.  We miss them sooooo much and had a great time seeing all of them.  Not only did we get to see all of the students, but we got to meet all of our best friends at our favorite restaraunt...LA FUENTE!!!! ( We have yet to find anywhere that can top it!) It was so much fun seeing everyone and made us miss the fun times, but was a great weekend.  We love and miss all of you so much and cannot wait until our next trip!

Me holding little Emma

Samantha holding Emma

Me and my buddie Cameron Haggard (My wonderful friend Hannah's Baby)

School has Begun!

#3 Courtney Starts a new career...in K-5.... Let the learning begin!

At first I was so nervous about the fact of teaching k-5...many people perceive 5 yr olds as babies who you have to clean up, tie shoes, wipe noses and pretty much wait on hand and foot...so naturally I was somewhat concerned. Some of these things are true for the first few weeks of school and still occasionally, but honestly the day goes by so quickly you don't even realize what your are doing! It has to be done, so you just do it!  My kids are so energetic and funny.  There is not a day I go home without a story about something someone said or did that day....I have thirteen kids in my class and they each have such different personalities....it has been challenging and fun all at the same time.  Here are a few photos of my classroom and kids...Enjoy!

...Brent's 25th Birthday...

#2...Not much time to celebrate...but a cool cake!

Brent turned 25 in August. We wanted to have a big bash, but with the new jobs and school starting....and Irene ruining our plans we weren't able to make it happen.  The church threw a surprise party and a lady in the church made an AWESOME cake for him! He was so excited about the cake and so was I!  Hopefully next year I can compete somewhat with this cake....NOT! :)

Prepare to catch up.....Here Goes

1. IRENE COMES TO TOWN
Brent and I were so prepared to stay in New Bern during Hurricane Irene.  We figured it would turn and we would get just a little rain.....as the day went by we decided it was probably not the best idea for us to brave the elements so we headed home to Raleigh.  When we came back home we knew we would have no power, but we never expected to see the damage we did.  Praise the Lord he protected our home and material belongings. 

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This is the unit next to ours....as you can see the tree ruined that unit and landed on our deck. 

No severe damage to anything of ours.  We were very grateful for the safety of our property!