Weekend at the Lake With Uncle Josh

 We love our lake family/friends and the kids always get excited come Friday. They know this means it's time to head down and see their buddies. Piper's best friend is Khloe, and I just love how cute they are together :) 

Uncle Josh was back this weekend with his girlfriend Jess and her daughters. We loved taking them out on the boat with us and seeing the kids play together! Can't wait for more weekends like this :)

Girls Day With my Mini-Me

Piper and I had a girls day once school was out. She helped me move into my new classroom and unpack a little, we had ice-cream and then we went and had our nails done (her favorite). I sure love this stage of having a mini-me and how she looks up to me. I hope I stay her idol forever and that this feeling never ends :)

 

Friends: The One Where They Eat at Two Restaurants in One Night

Cale was back in June and stayed with Joe and I for a week or so. We LOVE when he is able to come home to visit. Usually we have to go a year or so without seeing him. But since he's now based in Florida and not Germany anymore, we are hoping we can see him a lot more now. We enjoyed a night out in Des Moines with Alex too. We had sushi at our favorite restaurant, Wasabi Tao, and then decided we wanted to take him to our favorite Cuban restaurant. So naturally, the guys ate again ;)

 

Memorial Weekend 2021

The weather was rather cold this year for Memorial Weekend, but its usually rainy so it wasn't a huge surprise. We made the most of it though! The kids played at the beach burying each other, Koby ran the beach and is learning "beach etiquette", and Joe and I were in Heaven being back in our happy place with our family. Boating Season has officially began and we hope this summer does not fly by!  

Beau and Baine's Last Day of School: End of 3rd Grade and End of Kindergarten

 

End of 20-21 School Year: Year 10 of Teaching

 What a crazy school year this was. Teaching during a pandemic is something I never in my life imagined I would have to do, and certainly didn't learn how to do this during college---no one did. But this year we were face-to-face the entire year (except 2 weeks in November). We are so blessed and I am so grateful for that. Kids need to be in school. Teachers need to be in school. We missed out kids. And I couldn't have done another year of virtual learning like we did in the spring of 2020. These students touched my heart so much this year and I am so sad to see the 8th graders leave---I will miss you! 

Mrs. P's Homeroom 2020-2021