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I had a great time at home. My mom and I took Ashur and Jed to the aquarium outside of Tulsa. It was actually really fun. I also ate a lot of good food and celebrated an early birthday with my folks. I have 20 school days left before Summer 2009! As you probably know, David and I are headed to the Emerald Isle from June 6th through the 24th. I absolutely cannot wait. We are also probably coming to a venue near you sometime this summer. So far this year I have adequately mastered being a special education teacher, grown a flower garden, and finally taught Rocky how to walk on a leash (I AM THE ALPHA DOG). David was successfully passed on to Thesis. Next year he will spend most of his time creating a large array of work for a big show sometime in April or May of next year. Here is his latest piece. He's calling it family tree right now, but he will probably change it. Also, here are tons of pictures of my family in Siloam.

P.S. As many of you probably remember, my aunt Polly went missing when I was in Nepal in 2007. This week we learned, the police arrested her daughter in her murder, and they found her remains. My family is upset, but relieved to know what finally happened to her. Keep them in your thoughts.

We were totally robbed in that kickball tournament.

The big Louisiana LEAP test is finally over. In May we'll find out if all the tutoring, and all of the hard core teaching paid off. To celebrate the end of the tests, we had a big kickball tourney. Coach let everyone kick (no matter how many outs we got). The regular third grade class got to all kick twice and my tiny class got to kick once. Of course, we lost. Booo for fixed sporting events. I got my hair done today. I went super blonde. It's pretty cute. I head home tomorrow. I haven't been to Siloam since Christmas. It'll be good to see everyone. A big late congrats to Brooke and Trevor who just welcomed little Sadie into this world. She is gorgeous. Since I can't post pictures of my kids, here are some pictures of my fabulouso room displays. I am a self-admitted dork.

Rock town

I know, it's been two months. I am a bad, bad blogger. This week has been LEAP testing and I know my kids would rock the test if they would just stop acting out throughout the entire test. No, you are not allowed to get up and scream, break pencils, sing songs (especially songs where you spell out words) or beat on the desk as hard as you can. On Thursday, a really bad thunderstorm came through Baton Rouge. I was in the cafeteria with the kids when the power went out. Of course, everyone screamed, and we tried to corral the kids and get them quiet. One of the teachers at my school raised her arms in the air and began shouting "CHILDREN, IT IS NOT THE THUNDER THAT WILL KILL YOU, IT IS THE LIGHTNING. CHILDREN, LIGHTNING WILL KILL YOU!" I had to tell the crying first graders that she was just being silly. It is the most hilarious thing that has happened in a long time. David and I decided on a whim to come to Little Rock for the weekend. We've enjoyed lots of eating, lots of seeing friends and family, and lots of catching up on sleep. Even though we were only home for 48 hours, it's been pretty sweet. We'll be back in the BR tonight. Next week is Spring break!