Twin Day...Teacher Life :)

Daylan and I both teach MS students and Jen and Amy teach Elementary so we all told our students to see if they could find our twins. They were all really excited when they figured it out. They were quite impressed by our ability to dress the same! Oh the life of being a teacher!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Less than four weeks...but who is counting :)

Just a glimpse at part of my ministry...

The girls from the basketball team came over to our house on Friday night for their end of season PARTY!!! It was pretty crazy. I have seriously never seen 5 pizzas disappear so fast. It was like there were 10 boys and not 10 girls. But then as the night went on and we watched Pride and Prejudice, and talked about boys...it was definitely girls! GOOD TIMES!!!

Soccer started today and we had 18 girls. A few forgot so we should have even more tomorrow. I am really excited and see a lot of potential with the girls. They are excited about the season and ready to work hard. Just pray that I will be patient with them! :)

This is Steven's way of throwing a party!!!
I think he was a bit overwhelmed by the house full of girls.

These two girls are sisters...such a great family!!!

Daylan with the crazy 7th grade girls!

TOO CUTE...LOVE THESE GIRLS!!!!

SO PROUD....

I am so proud of our teams!!! On Thursday I received and email from the International School League . Not only does the league give awards and trophies for the most winning teams but also for sportsmanship and character. Our teams (ALL OF THEM) were awarded the sportsmanship and character awards. Now it is important to mention that these awards are chosen by the other teams (15). I have been so proud of our teams all years to work really hard. They did not win very many games and yet they really kept their heads up and worked well together. It was so great to see that not only did I notice this but the teams we played against also did. I was talking to another AD and he was saying how it was interesting that all of the sportsmanship and character awards are almost always given to Christian schools. All I could think is, it should be that way! It is about so much more than winning!
Can anyone help?!?
Our bus broke down and we need to go and pick up our trophies at the award ceremony!!!

You can see the broken down bus in the background...HELP!!! Thankfully we only had to walk about 15 minutes and then another bus picked us up.

Here I am standing with the captains for the teams,
representing boys' soccer, girls' basketball and co-ed tennis.
I am holding the trophy for Over-all!!!
YEA YEA YEA

I could barely hold them all :)

All set up waiting to be put into our trophy case!!!!

WNS BAZAAR

This weekend was the WNS bazaar. The best way to describe it is a big yard sale for lots of missionary families. There are some small business that also rent a booth to promote their stuff..but really it is just a big junk swap! I am sure you know what I mean. We were having a hard time getting people to come, especially families, so Amy (the other PE teacher) and I organized a family kickball game.

This is the area that was mostly dedicated to selling food. As part of my responsibilities at the school I am also the 8th grade class adviser. For the bazaar the 8th grade class was in charge of selling all drinks. It was crazy trying to keep track of everything but the kids were a big help. I was glad that they were excited to do it, because it was a big job. Our booth is on the other side of the big tree, you can't see it very well. But you can see how beautiful our school is right now!

Here are some of the kids at the beginning of the game. We ended up having about twice this many on each team...MADNESS!!! But oh so fun!!

Once the game got going Amy and I decided that we deserved to sit and supervise.

Some of the teachers...waiting for their turn to kick. The kids were pretty eager to go first!
That's me standing off to the side (first base coach yea that's right Dad)
Rough place to go to work everyday huh?!?

Season 1 winds down...

The boys had their last home game yesterday. They ended up losing but it was a really close game and fun to watch!

After a week of antibiotics I think my body is finally starting to respond. I am still tired but I feel like I am getting stronger. My appetite seems to be coming back slowly, which should bring more energy with it. I continue to rest when I can and go to bed early. :) Thanks again for all the prayers!!!