A Week of Happy Happenings :)

"A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten and the future worth living for."

We folks, here she is...sweet little Elise Anne made her way into the world at 1:40 in the morning on October 16, 2009.
She was 20 inches long and a little over 7 pounds. She is a cutie! Ryan and I went to the hospital to visit her Friday night... She is absolutely adorable. She has Liz's nose and Eric's dimpled chin :) We are very happy for our friends and have absolutely no doubt that this is going to be one SPOILED little girl! Congrats again Eric and Liz!!!! We love you guys! xo This week was super busy again...we had our ESL Family Math night on Thursday, and I taught my 2 adult classes on Monday and Wednesday night. As you can see from the pics, we had an awesome turn-out again... Here are Alissa and I presenting our PowerPoint and modeling the math games for the families. We taught the families 3 math games. A money exchange game, an addition/multiplication game, and a game involving multiples.Our Family Nights are my favorite events! I LOVE to see the children excited about all the things they have learned at school. It makes it even sweeter when the families get involved and a connection between home and school is made. Even though I leave feeling exhausted (usually heading out to work by 6:30am and not getting home until after 9pm), I always feel good on these evenings, because I know I am making a difference... With work comes reward and we will be rewarded with Fall Break (no school) on Thursday and Friday of this week!!!! Wooo Hoooo- a mini vacation! But, before the fun can begin, we still had more to accomplish this weekend. I had to meet up with my friend Edyza to plan for the upcoming adult classes and Ryan had to turn in quarterly grades. To gain our strength, we had to make a pit stop at Steak N' Shake... Then we drove to Edyza's school to lesson plan. Edyza teaches ESL in the same district as me, but at a different site. She is also teaching Adult Ed like me... During this time of the year, it would be a TRAVESTY for me to pass these gorgeous photo opportunities by... Once we arrived, Ryan got busy submitting grades for his 5 periods of Physics courses... And Edyza and I got everything done for the next 2 weeks, so we can enjoy our Fall Break and not have to stress about work!!!! On the drive home, we were blessed with this lovely sunset to enjoy...

Mom and Garrett are flying out here late Tuesday night to spend Fall Break with us! We can't wait!!!! We LOVE having visitors! It will be my brother's first time to Indy...we are excited to show him around and spend some quality time with the two of them.

Until next time...xo