Girls' Junior National Volleyball Championships

Link To GJNC site http://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/events/indoor/girls/2014-girls-jnc

Fall 2009

It was a busy fall with biology on the plate this year but I am enjoying my freshmen. McKenna is playing basketball with a Midway team and playing volleyball again on the Waco Jrs 13's team. Kaegan is on a musicale group at her school. Since Sunny left us last Christmas, we really missed having a lab so we adopted a yellow lab named Bella. We think she is about 1 1/2 and we are the 3rd owners. After having her for a month we realized why we were the third owners. But an electric fence took care of that and she has really learned fast how to stay in the house at night and has recently decided to take over our bed. I am so in love with her and we are working to make her even more lovable. We had a great Christmas and I'm sure we are in for busy Spring. Stephen is trying to plan a summer vacation to the Dominican Republic that I am greatly looking forward to.

Wow! What a busy start to school for ME! I am now teaching Biology to 92 freshmen. I feel like a new teacher since I haven't been in a real classroom in about 8 years. Here are some pics from out last Hoorah and back-to-school shopping in Grapevine. I loved that mall. It definitely won't be our last trip there.

We just got back from a 3 week hiatus from Lorena. We left for Florida, via Alabama, on June 28. Our vacation started at DisneyWorld on July 2. We visited Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Animal Kingdom. Then we drove to Port Canaveral to board the Disney cruise ship Wonder. We went to Nassau, Bahamas and Castaway Cay. We absolutely loved the islands. At Nassau, the girls and I did the Dolphin Encounter at Blue Lagoon Island, then Stephen and I put the girls back on the boat and experienced a small part of Nassau by going to the Straw Market, Conch Fritters (a cafe specializing in Conch), and Senor Frogs. The next day, we snorkeled, biked, and ate our way through Castaway Cay (Disneys Private Island). It was totally awesome to introduce Stephen and the girls to the underwater world. (I think my favorite). Then we spent the next day at sea. When we returned to Florida soil, we went to seveal surf shops at Cocoa Beach. Then we went back for one more day to finish Magic Kingdom and do Hollywood Studios and Downtown Disney. Stephen, McKenna and I left Kaegan in Alabama while we returned for more chaos. We got home on Monday and then Tuesday I was off to Houston for bonding time with the math department at CAMT in Houston to return to fins out that I would be teaching Biology this year. After driving in Friday, I had about 15 minutes to unload and load again and we headed to Rockport to help Diedra get set up in her new apartment. After sending stephen on a plane back to Alabama to move his parents back to Texas, Mckenna and I came home to start Centex Volleyball league. And now its time to get ready for spiritleading and my new class.

I love having a pool! The kids get so much enjoyment from playing during the time we are home for summer. 5 more day until we take off for our trip! We are so excited! We got our eating schedule set and have reservations for le cellier steakhouse in Canada (Epcot), The Coral Reef Restaurant, Wolfgang Puck's, and a character breakfast at the Beach Resort.

Yeah for summer!!!

We are soooo glad summer is finally here! We had a busy end of school. Kaegan's softball team placed second in Lorena and we got to go to city tournament. We went 1-2 but had a very young team and played well. Kaegan really surprised us with her pitching this season. Maybe we found her sports niche.

Kenna finished up softball for a while with a third place finish (out of 41 teams) at the PFX tour in McKinney. It was a very emotional weekend because she has decided to let go of softball for a while and it was hard saying goodbye to the team.

We are gearing up for our upcoming trip to Florida and the Bahamas. We will be at DisneyWorld for about 4 days, and then we will get on the Disney Cruise Ship to go to Nassau and Castaway Cay. We will also be stopping by Alabama for a few days to visit MeeMaw and Pawpaw and visiting Cape Canaveral and NASA. I cant wait to post pictures of our trip. Then the day we get back, Mom packs to go to Houston for a Math conference and then we will head to San Marcos and Rockport to move Diedra to her new job.