Sweet Brantley!

Brantley Elizabeth Green

We had so much fun meeting Brantley! Somehow, Jill always ends up holding the baby in the pictures!?! See my December 31st post!

Oliver has grown so much! He is such a cutie! It's always good to see 'the girls'!

Can't Wait to Meet Joseph!

Little Joseph's baby shower was so nice! I was so glad to see Leah, and really enjoyed seeing everyone I haven't seen in a while, and meeting my "blog friends" (people you feel you are already friends with because you read their blog all the time)!

Leah looks great! (So does that apple dip!)
I had to post this picture of Libby! She was doing such a good job of loading the car! These are just a few of Joseph's gifts!
I'm so happy for you, Leah!

And Then The Floods Came

Today was John Allen's first "official" day of school! He had his first lectures today and is already back up at the school studying! When he came home today, he said, "Whoa!" I had to take his picture as he was leaving the house this morning!

This morning when I got to work at 7:00, the custodian met me at the door and said, "Nobody called you?" I said, "Noooooo." He then told me that the building had flooded last night during all of the rain that we had and that there would be no school!

There is a lot of construction taking place on our school campus and a drainage area became blocked and the entire downstairs became covered with inches of water!

Just when I thought that I had finally gotten my classroom "clean enough" to have class in, and after hours of hauling and sweating and scooting and moving and lifting and. . . (if you're a teacher you get it!) I was disappointed to see my room in a mess! However, I am so thankful for the teachers that were at the school last night when the water started pouring in for picking up as much as they could off of the floors. The only things that were ruined were my teacher computer, possibly my refrigerator, some posters, power strips, and a few other inexpensive items. It could have been so much worse!

The building smells nice now (kindof like the mud from the bottom of the lake) and we will have school tomorrow. I found a roach the size of a small dog on my bookshelf! I'm sure all of his friends are having a party in my room as I type! I think they love dampness! Ugh!

I know these pictures don't look too bad, but I had already put many things back in their place!

Back to School!

After a seeminly short but busy summer, it is finally time for everyone to go back to school! I started school last week and John Allen officially starts tomorrow. After one last trip to the beach the weekend before I had to start school, we accepted the inevitable and got in gear. I worked hard to get my classroom ready (with John Allen's help) and the student's first day was Thursday. I am teaching 6th grade gifted (PEAK) this year and I can't get over how sweet and intelligent my students are! This is something I haven't had experience with yet :). The vet school had the coating ceremony Thursday afternoon, a team building/rope course Friday, and a cookout Saturday. The cookout was a the pavillion in our "neighborhood" and all we had to do was walk across the street. Very convenient! I am very proud of John Allen and he's excited to get started.

We had a great time in Destin with Wes and Jamie Crawley and two of their friends from Jackson.
Note: Before sunburn. See below. On the way home, we stopped to tour the USS Alabama. If you've never seen it and are interested in that type of history, you should go! It is so interesting. My only suggestion would be to wait until milder weather! A big hunk of steel gets really hot in 99 degree weather! There isn't any air conditioning in that thing!

John Allen got into the action!

Please notice that the color of my face is matching the color of the floor. I was a little irresponsible with the sunscreen.

This is the top of my classroom door and pics of the inside. Not much to see.

After the coating ceremony. Congratulations, future Dr. Ferguson. I'm so proud of you!

John Allen is testing out his chair at his desk in the lab. He'll be spending a lot of time there!

The cookout was really nice, and all of his classmates are great! I enjoyed meeting them. We have met so many nice people since we moved here! What a blessing! God has really taken care of us at every turn of this "adventure". I am so thankful we put it in His hands!