Workout

So I have been known to play a lot of indoor soccer. Before I started coaching, I would play at least 2-3 days a week. Once coaching began, I never had time to play soccer and in turn, took a 2 month sabbatical from the game. Well now that the school year is over and coaching is done, I have gotten back into it. One of the first games I played...I felt TERRIBLE. I just didnt feel healthy and my body hurt. Sure I know that I should have kept up with some sort of workout (besides just coaching) but I never thought I would feel THAT uncomfortable playing soccer again. YIKES! Thursday night outdoor has started again so hopefully I can get back into it...but for now, I am trying to lay off the soda and any extra unnecessary calories. We will see how this goes...

A week in VEGAS!

Well, almost a full week in Vegas. Bruce and I woke up bright and early Sunday morning (day before Memorial Day) to head out to KCI to catch our flight to Vegas. This trip has been in the works since the beginning of February. Bruce and I like to make a yearly trip to Vegas and since I was teaching, I knew it would have to wait until the end of the school year. What a perfect time and place to blow off some steam from the end of the school year! Woot! We took advantage of not only 3 shows Vegas had to offer, but we also signed up for a bus tour to the Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon. Bruce wasn't as excited about this trip and I was, but I am so lucky he agreed to go. Here is a picture of our first stop; the Hoover Dam. We only had about 30 minutes with this stop, but it was nice to see!

 Next we headed to the Grand Canyon. Here we had about 4 hours to walk around and discover different parts of the canyon. 4 hours actually seemed to be a little too much time. Bruce and I were back to the main depot station about an hour prior to departure. Oh well. It was still a great sight to see.

We spent most of the trip seeing shows and exploring the different Sports/Books rooms in other hotels. The last full day we were there, we spent some time on the casino floor. I really got into the self-service Roulette station. I always get so nervous with the fast paced activity at the live roulette tables, so this type of Roulette was much more to my liking.

Now we are back in KC, and I am working hard on my grad classes for the summer. I start my part time job (ARCHIVERS!!!!!!) on Monday so my summer is off to a good start!

MB

End of the first chapter

I can't believe I made it through my first year of teaching! It started off on such a great foot and ended a little rocky, but I learned a lot and wouldn't change a thing. I was so lucky to have a great 7th grade homeroom class. They certainly were challenging from time to time but it was a fun year. Below is a picture of me with most of the kids on the last day. Two were missing but everyone else is there!

A little artwork

Today I had a special delivery from one of the second graders. The whole second grade class made "The Best Teacher" posters and two of the second graders picked ME as the best! Below is a picture of the drawing one of the students did! Definitely a keeper!

Traveling!

Bruce and I have done a lot of traveling lately and it is not stopping any time soon! We began the month of May spending time in Washington DC to celebrate the marriage of a childhood friend of Bruce's. Matt and Amanda were engaged back in early 2010 so this wedding has been years in the making! Bruce was honored to be included in the wedding party as a groomsman. Bruces entire family was also invited out to the wedding so it was a great time for a mini Summers reunion! Below are a few pictures from that weekend. We enjoyed spending time with Matt and Amanda as well as time with Bruce's family taking in the sites!

 The Washington Monument is quite a sight to see. What a wonderful piece of our Nation's history.

 Bruce and I taking a party pic in front of the White House. No Obama sighting.

 Here comes the bride! Beautiful ceremony at the National Press Building.

And they are married! Matthew and Amanda Woerman.


What a great weekend! It was very short but so much fun!

This last weekend, Bruce and I hopped in the car with my parents and headed North to Grand Island, Nebraska. The purpose was to visit my dad's Aunt Ann. I have such great memories of visiting Aunt Ann throughout my entire childhood. She has lived in the same house on the same lake since I can remember. It was important for me to introduce Bruce to Aunt Ann because she has always been an important part in my life. Since I never had the chance to meet either one of my dad's parents, she was the last remaining member of that generation. She was almost like a "grandma" to me. Below is a picture we took right before we left.

 There is one more week left of school and then Bruce and I are headed to Vegas for a whole week!!! Woot!! I cant wait!

MB

The race

Yesterday was race day in KC! Ever since I met Bruce, he has always expressed his love for the "sport." Of course, I don't see how riding around in a car for hours upon end is considered a sport, but after the "ride along" a few years ago...I have respect for those guys, and gal. We have managed to make it to the last 3 races and we don't plan on stopping anytime soon! We have started discussing attending races outside of KS. Hopefully we can start getting some other races under out belts!

This first picture is of Bruce and I all bundled up and in our seats. It sure was chilly, but I got a super cool new hat!

This picture is of the start of the race! It sure gets loud when they get going!

What a week!!

Well as I have said before, this has been a great school year but there have been some tough days. This was the first 5 day week we have had in quite a while. Going into this week, I had a feeling it would be a long week. Lucky for me, it went by pretty quick!

We had an all school field trip out to Nativity grade school on Thursday and then Friday afternoon, the middle school kids had a special presentation about Abstinence...so once Wednesday was done, I knew it was a downhill ride for the rest of the week.

I started off the week very anxious because I was scheduled to sign a contract for a new teaching position!!!! I heard from the new principal on Monday and we set up a signing on Tuesday. I was so excited to finally sign on the dotted line. It was hard to tell my fellow OLU teachers that I was leaving, but they all completely understood the reasoning for my move. I will be teaching middle school science at Sacred Heart in Shawnee next school year. NO math and NO religion classes...NO gift baskets for fundraisers, NO making up art lessons (when I am the LEAST artistic person I know), etc etc. It will be nice to focus on the subject matter that I wanted to focus on from the beginning. I have not told the students that I will be leaving but I plan on doing that Monday morning when they are all together in the cafeteria before school. Once I tell them, they may have lots of questions, but I will address those when they come to my room for class later in the day.

Next week is another 4 day week. It is hard to believe we are almost to the month of May! Yikes! Where did this school year go?!