Building Thinking Classrooms Conference

Back in the spring when we were in Edmond for Easter, I was scrolling Facebook and came across and article on one of my education pages and it talked about a "Thinking Classroom". I went down the rabbit hole, as the saying goes and before you know it, I had gotten my administration to approve for me to go to the first ever Building Thinking Classrooms conference and I had been approved for a grant that would allow me the funds to get the things I needed to implement this strategy into my classroom. I was super excited. 

The conference was in Franklin, Indiana at a beautiful school in the middle of nowhere. I learned so much while I was there and can't wait to get back to my classroom and start implementing some of the things I learned and to share my excitement with my collogues. Super thankful for the opportunity to attend this conference and for the grant fund! 

Met the author and the master mind behind Building Thinking Classrooms, Pete Liljedhal, and he signed my book! 

Got DS on the map! Look at all of the places people traveled from for this conference.  Just amazing! 

 

Cheetah Softball

It's softball season and Leah is so excited to be playing with her Cheetah teammates again this year. Being at the ballpark is always a fun time. Leah's age group is doing kid's pitch this year and it has been an interesting year trying to get a consistent pitcher on the mound at this age. After the fourth ball, the coach is allowed to come in and pitch three pitches...and only three. Most of the time, the girls just wait it out and get pitched to by their coach lol. We love watching Leah do her thing. Andy is helping out this year as well with the team. 

CHEETAHS!!!

Proud of our girl! 

Big sisters having to sit and watch now. lol

Sweet Camille. 

Love having Grandma out at the ballpark. 

Grammy and Papa were here for a game too!

 

LSU Baseball National Champions!

Another Natty in the books for LSU! This time it's the baseball Tigers!! What a time to be a Tiger fan!!

 

Four Years!!

Our guy is FOUR YEARS SOBER and we are SO SO thankful for him and God's grace and mercy shown to all of us during this journey. Grammy and Papa came in town to celebrate with us as well. Every. Single. Day. I am thankful for the sober Andy in our life. I give thanks every night and pray for an endless number of days of sobriety. We love you Andy!!

 

MADD Camp

Leah attended M.A.D.D. camp again this year and had a great time. It was time much better spent than being at home bored or sitting at summer school with me. Her and Camille got in the same group so it made it that much more fun. This camp has grown so much over the years. It is so great to see. 

 

We Love VBS!!

VBS is seriously one of the highlights of summer. It's a crazy four days, but it is so worth it. This is Sarah's first year to miss a VBS since she was four...she is in San Diego living her best life. We missed her, but had an amazing time. 

excited for another great year of VBS! 

Leah getting all the mommy and daddy attention she can handle. 

Kyleigh and Maddison were great helpers for our third grade class. 

Andy worked in with the recreation group each night. We loved when we ended up in his rotation.

Kyleigh was a helper in our group this year.

We love that Leah's friend Rosalie still comes to VBS with us. 

My Leeza! 

Northside Elementary crew!

Love having Andy with us at VBS. 

So thankful for this time with my girl! 

Big ole Sonic drinks to get us through the last night of VBS!