soul coffee: School's...Out for Summer!!!

Was anyone singing a little Alice Cooper along with me?!? Thanks to my brother's traditional tape playing (yes, I said tape) of the song in high school, I will forever mark the end of each school year with a little Alice Cooper tune. Thanks, Jeremy! =)

Well, I survived my sixth year of teaching. I cannot believe its been six years already! I had a pretty good class this year though. They were probably the lowest group of kiddos I've had to work with, but they were well-behaved, which goes a long way. I spent many hours tutoring some of the kids, but in the end they all passed the dreaded TAKS test and are headed to 4th grade! I'm so proud! Here's a pic of me with the kids at our annual field day. This year we had a kickball tournament (my team made it to the playoffs) and we were Maxwell's Meerkats...our class' favorite animal from our field trip to the zoo.

Now that summer is here, I have lots to finish on the house. We got enough painted to get furniture moved in, but I'm ready to be done with it all! Cooter and I have been working in the yard a lot...trying desperately to see if we inherited our mothers' green thumbs. Both of our parents yards are immaculate. We made a new flower bed in the backyard a couple weeks ago, which was way more work than either of us imagined. Luckily the neighbors next door saw our blood, sweat and tears (okay maybe not tears, but the other two were definitely present) and invited us over for hamburgers and a swim. We desperately want a pool of our own, but economic times have not made that possible right now, so we swim with the neighbors and their little girl Kaylee. Here's Cooter digging up the grass in the making of the flower bed. Notice Grayce came out to help as well (she's under the tree).

That's about all that's new right now. Cooter surprised me with a trip to Gruene Mansion for our anniversary on Sunday. Its a bed and breakfast on the Guadalupe in Gruene, Texas. I'm so excited to go! I'll post some pics from our trip when we get back. Here's a few more pics of our so-called life these days...

Cooter and I at a wedding Memorial Day Weekend
Its funny how the silly pics end up being the best ones taken...