Back to School

My most exciting news of the past few weeks is that Brandon is back!! My last week of class coincided with the World Series tournament, so my sweet Dad made the drive to and from Kansas with me twice in one week. The first time we were there I had to write two papers in between games, then we drove back to Abilene after the night game. We got here at 5:00 a.m. and I took my final at 10:00. Then I went to work for 2 days of meetings, and we went back to Wichita arriving just in time for the 11:00 p.m. game. Overall, the Twins finished 1st in the Jayhawk league and tied for 4th place in the tournament. Brandon had a great experience and the biggest compliment was that at the farewell party, several players tried to convince me to let him go back to coach them again next year.

Now we're back in Abilene enjoying spending time with friends and family and getting ready to start school again. I went back to work last week and the students start Monday. This year I'm going to have the privilege of working with my dad. For years my sister and I helped him decorate his classroom at the beginning of school, then the past few years he helped me, and now we're teaching at the same school for the first time. He's teaching junior and senior English at Abilene High, and I have freshmen again. With construction going on at school, we're all displaced right now--I'm in a portable on the lawn and he's in the library--but we should eventually be on the same hall.

The first two pictures are of the NBC World Series.




And this is Summer and Pierson's baby shower. He should be here in about a month!!