Busy, busy, busy bee!

Whew! The new school year has begun and I can honestly say that I have never worked so hard or such long hours in my life!!! The past 3 days I have been at work from 7-5:45 plus brought work home. I will appreciate the weekend more than ever!

My class--I have 23 kindergarteners and they are kindergarteners to the tee! Seriously, they never stop talking and love, love, love to show how they love to NOT sit in their chairs. Each day is a little better but we have a LONG way to go. With no exaggeration I sit maybe 30 minutes throughout the entire day--my legs actually throb when I get home so I don't feel obligated to work out, haha! Ok, this sounds a lot like I'm venting so I'll move on.

The school--I love this place. It's like a private school that's public. It's a very close knit community that prides itself on hardwork and an academic excellence--our elementary just got awarded a Blue Ribbon award which is only awarded to about 400 schools nationwide! I also must say that I love my co-teacher. She's been so helpful and she's always on the same page as me.

With all of that said, there have been ups and downs but I feel that my choice to move districts was the right choice and I have absolutely no regrets. I'm just taking it day by day!

Summer Fun!

Over the summer the Cowen family went on a couple of trips, the most recent being Port Aransas (a beachy town in Texas). In June we went to Lake LBJ to test out the new boat! I just got pictures from that trip so I've put them on this post. Enjoy!


Lake LBJ trip:



Matt and I

Cheers

Sister in laws

Matty

Hold on Bruce!

Ahoy Skipper!

Checking out what we caught!

Feeding the fish in hopes to catch one

Catching a big fish!

Emily skiing

Me!

Port Aransas:

Watching out for sharks

Kelby doing what she does best, being silly!

Playing washers....does anyone know what that is besides Texans?

Becky and Kevyn playing in the sand!

Lovin the water

Johnny and Mandi's Wedding

Our dear friendy, Johnny, got married this past weekend to wonderful Mandi. They are two of the sweetest people I know and I'm so happy for them! Sorry for the non quality pictures...my camera is getting old.

Mandi enjoying herself


Caught up with the Rehm boys


Sweet


Departure

Johnny and Mandi's Wedding continued

Johnny, Mandi, and Mandi's sister


Matt and I


Some of the softball guys


The groom and the best man

SHOW US YOUR LIFE- Wedding Party and Ceremony

I was going for somewhat of a vintage them for our wedding. As I said before in my last post, our reception was located at an old Southern plantation style house. We had vendella roses (which have an ivory hue) as our centerpieces and bridesmaids bouquets and I had calla lillies (just because I LOVE THEM) for my bouquet. I loved how they all turned out!





We got married in the church I grew up going to in Shiner, Texas. It is one of the oldest churches in Texas (over 100 years). It has also been featured in Texas Monthly....definitely something to see!

This was taken at our reception site at Belle Oaks...it's a goofy one. We each had 5 attendants...4 being our sisters and brothers. We were so blessed for our best friends to be part of our special day!

At the church...