Summer Vacation Part 2

So I have about 2 1/2 weeks left before I am headed back to Cayman. Just an update about what has been happening in my world. Mark and Emily have been a joy to spend the summer with. I hope they have had as much fun as I have. They both have been enrolled in the summer reading program at the library. We finished reading their 20 books and got some free tickets and some free food. Yesterday we went to the zoo. They seemed to have a great time. Even though I think I got wore out before they did. I was ready to take a nap when we got home and they were ready to play some more. Go figure! My age is starting to catch up with me. Ha Ha! The Louisville Zoo has a new Glacier Water Park and so the kids were able to get wet and have a ball. They even had a couple water slides. I was even able to enjoy the water park as well. Hopefully will be able to go back again some time.

Summer Vacation Part 1

Well most of this summer has been spent with my neice and nephew, Mark and Emily. We have been having a great time. It always amazes me how time goes by so fast. Mark just celebrated his 8th birthday this month and Emily is a little princess. They are two great kids and I am happy to spend all my time with them. Our summer has been spent going on walks, the park, bubbles, coloring, the library, free movies, the slip-in-slide, and them playing by themselves. I even take them shopping with me sometimes. Mark isn't too fond of it but Emily is a normal girl who loves shopping. It has been an interesting summer so far. I hope the rest will be just as fun filled.

Truck Update

After $2700,my truck all fixed and back to normal. Thankfully I have good insurance and they paid for almost all of it. The man who did the body work is an artist. You can hardly even tell anything was wrong. It is just great to have my truck back!

Fight with a Car Wash

This is what happens when you get in a fight with a car wash!

The story of the missing door. Well my brother-in-law has been using my truck to haul things and the truck has gotten kind of dirty the last few days. He decided to take it for a wash and when he came back it had no door. Seems the machine at the car wash stopped and he decided to see what was the problem. Thought maybe he rolled off the stopping place. Well while he was checking the problem it started working again and didn't stop until the door of the truck was bent the opposite way. He had to take the entire door off just to get it out of the car wash. Will have to replace the door but just very thankful it wasn't much worse.

End of the School Year

I am a horribly bad person. I have yet to post anything worth talking about. Just trying to get the end of the school year rapped up. We have about one and a half weeks left. I am in need of some rest. I am ready to be away from the island and spend a little time with my family. I have succeeded in passing all of my class this year. They have done well and are ready to move to the next grade level. I guess I never expected them all to pass. This year has been a struggle to say the least. So it is a huge accomplishment to say they are all moving forward. I have my reservations about some but I know God has a plan for their lives and I know He will be with them in the future. I know I have learned some valuable lessons for the future as well. I have yet to say anything about nest year but I was waiting for the right time. Come next fall I will finally get to be in the position I have waited for so long. I am going to be the new music director in the fall. I know that it is a huge responsibility but I am confident that God will enable me to do the best I can. I am sooo excited for this new stage in my life. So you pray that God will give me the strength and courage to do his will in my life. That means no more classroom teaching. YEAH!!!

Mother's Day Surprise

I finally get to go home for two days. It is going to be a very short trip but well worth the effort. I had this bright idea to go home for Mother's Day and surprise my mom. I haven't been able to be with her for her special day for the last two years. It can be rather difficult for me to fly home for such short trips. I need the time away and I am sure my mother is going to be completely surprised. I can't wait! So if any of you know my mother please don't tell her!

Train up a Child

Why become a parent if you know that you can't raise a child with character? Let me start off by saying that I am not a parent but have for the last three years been a teacher at Wesleyan Christian Academy in the Cayman Islands.Not that being a teacher gives me the right to say much about having children but hear me out. As a teacher looking on at the students that come into my classroom everyday, I would have to say that most of them are allowed to do whatever they please at home. I have never been able to figure out why a parent would allow their sweet little 5 or 6 year old to make the rules for their home. So why have a child if you know you could never say "No"? Children are not perfect and were not born little angels. It is not the teachers responsibility to train your child up in the way he should go. I believe that was a mandate given by God to parents. Are many parents just ignorant or are they just too caught up in their own lives to realize that a little person is growing up in their home unsupervised? What could be more important than making sure your child isn't the one sitting on the bench everyday at school because he hit another student? It is not the teachers job to make sure your child passes their class every year. Take a little responsibility. Spend some time with them at night and make sure they have their homework done and are ready when it comes time to take the important test to move on the next year. For those of you who read my blog share some ideas of ways I can get my parents more involved. Maybe even some nice ways of telling them they are slacking in the most important job they are ever going to have.