Currently Listening Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies for the Film Curious George (Jack Johnson) By Original Soundtrack, Jack Johnson see related happy birthday rhonda bill - one of the best neighbors i have ever had. don't let the sweet face fool you - this girl is C-Razy... we just had our school fair, which is one of the biggest things that the schools puts on. laura and i were strictly business... and all the teachers pulled together to work hard... these girls came to my booth 27 times - i would too if i could win sunglasses like that. i got to take a break from my booth for pie in the eye - i know, it sounds enticing but when it turns out to be shaving cream and not whipping cream the glamour of it is all over. just when i didn't think i could take anymore of the dunking booth i was giving a pep talk and realized that... it was all worth it because in the end it was for the kids... the curious george soundtrack has changed my teaching career. i put it on when ever i get a chance and there is something beautiful about the kids singing along to jack. lydia and melissa - just can't wait for you guys to come. hannah banna - what the heck! of course i want to go with you this summer. what are the details?

contrary to popular belief i have no fear of settling down. i honestly look forward to it all.
BUT

i also believe that there is a lot of life to be lived and i would like to do that. is there fear in any part of that...i didn't think. is there gypsy blood in that...maybe.

alright - with 24 season three under our belt we have a little more time to do things. as it would turn out 4 episodes a night takes up an amazing chunk of a persons life.

we had our last youth group in hope town. a couple is here now to be full time, which is just what the kids need but it's hard to let go of that.

life has just been a ton of school right now. i woke up the other morning and just got the feeling that i need to get on a plane and go somewhere soon. i have been in one place to long. gypsy blood is starting to pump.

we had our 100th day of school last week. you bet your bottom we had a party. we celebrated the number 100 all day long.

we had our school walk -a-thon.

no it was not a 10 mile walk as it would appear. these girls rocked ONE long mile.

our basketball team was on the road to recovery with one win under it's belt and in our last game we finally came together and got one more win. how did we celebrate...only the best way possible - dance dance and hamburgers.

we finally learned to crawfish - it's honestly a little scary because you have to spear each one and they can whip even after they are on the spear.

i can get you one of these oversized fishermen shirts if you would like. renee - what does this look remind of you - i just slept over at...

laura's secret to becoming an amazing crawfisher is that she becomes one with the animals

i recently found out the grouper fish all start out female and after they have one batch they turn male. i know - hard to believe. but i heard from a real fishermen...unless he was trying to make me look foolish - in that case it was a success.

Jack Bauer's favorite color is severe terror alert red. His second favorite color is violet, but just because it sounds like violent.

Jack Bauer got Hellen Keller to talk.

Jack Bauer was never addicted to heroin. Heroin was addicted to Jack Bauer.

Jack Bauer doesn't miss. If he didn't hit you it's because he was shooting at another terrorist twelve miles away.

Jack Bauer does not sleep. The only rest he needs is what he gets when he's knocked out or temporarily killed.

If you spell Jack Bauer while playing Scrabble you win. Forever.

What color is Jack Bauer’s blood? Trick question. Jack Bauer does not bleed.

Your attraction to jack bauer in no way effects your sexual orientation.

mom and dad have come and gone. i loved seeing them experience this place - i loved seeing them on vacation.

mom digged the kalik (her and emily can hang out) and dad's poison was the bahama mama.


my kids absolutely loved mom - she was in her element


the girls absolutely loved dad


we went to hope town as soon as we could get out of school


and got to catch a saturday sunrise


dad was our captain for the weekend - he drove us over to the lighthouse


where mom and him flirted a bit


mom jumped right into the bahamain life style and went hulling with the boys


dad stuck with the star fish


we caught a blowfish in the net - it was the first time i have ever seen one out here. oh and yes that is a normal thing for laura to wear on her head.


have i ever mentioned my attraction to weatherworn old sailor men - here is a bit of my appreciation...hmmmm


we took them conching


and mom and dad eat the pissle of the conch. when i first got here i asked what it was and was told "exactly what is sounds like."


they had sunset on the boat


spent a little more time with some of my kids - that is landon. he comes to class wearing cologne that would make any girl weak in the knees.


by the end they were amazing at "couple shots by a beach"


and they left the bahamas with hope of buying a boat so that they could come when ever they wanted.


laura and i now specialize in romantic getaways....

i have to tell the board if i am coming back or not by friday. i thought that i knew the answer but it has been impossible for me to say it outloud since i came back.

we were in hope town last weekend and the whole time i tried to imagine my life without the amazing beauty that is around me right now and i couldn't. i have come to realize that i am so easily distracted. i will intentionally fill my life with so much so that i wont have to sit alone and deal with different issues and thoughts going through my life.

i have been changed by sitting in the presences of god's beauty. i feel like with each new sunrise i see i understand a new element of him. his majesty is whispered in the sounds of the waves and his wonder can be seen in the different colors of blue in the sea.

i consider this home. that was my first thought when i walked in my apartment after christmas..."im home." i don't know if im ready to take that away from myself yet