We're Still Here

So, as I am new to this whole blog thing, I keep forgetting that things that are commonplace to me might be news to others. Therefore, I haven't been updating this thing as much as I should be. Things are pretty normal around here. We just finished our Fall Break, and first term ends next Friday. I can't believe that a quarter of the school year has already gone by. I don't really know how I missed it! I'm having great fun in the classroom this year and am loving the new opportunities that keep coming my way. My school put projectors and sound systems in all our rooms over the summer, and I absolutely love it! It is so easy to use PowerPoint presentations and music every day in class. My students hate me because I make them listen to 'elevator music.' It's just instrumental jazz, but they've complained from day one! Then, on Tuesday I didn't have a chance to get it in before class started, and then they commented on how they missed it!

Nathan has become a popular little guy in school. He is attending his second birthday party of the year tomorrow evening. He was really nervous last time because he's so used to attending things with Jacob, but he did it and had a blast! He is so excited to get to go places without Jake.

Jacob is reading a lot of late. He just asked me to come help him find a good book to read last night. That is a huge relief to me! He has loved sports and music for so long (which is great, don't get me wrong. . . I am a fanatic myself, after all), but I've had the hardest time getting him interested in books--which is another one of my favorite things! Anyway, hopefully he continues with this interest. We try really hard to help our boys be well rounded. We want them to have as many opportunities as possible.

Which reminds me, we're taking group guitar lessons! My friend, Valarie, is teaching Jacob, Nathan, and me to play the guitar. We haven't gotten very far yet, but we're trying!

Anyway, this is full of words, and my main purpose for this one was to give everyone some pictures to look at. Now, I don't have a bunch of recent photos, but these are some that are great! Here are my boys! This was taken this summer in SanFrancisco. We were going on a boat tour under The Golden Gate Bridge, and around Alcatraz.

We had a blast, although it got pretty cold. This was taken before we left the pier. And these were taken on the way to the bridge. I didn't want to sit on the edge, which ended up being great for me. Robert and Nathan wanted to sit where they could see better and ended up getting soaked. Luckily for me, I was blocked by the cabin.

It's funny, because when we left the pier the sky was a beautiful clear blue, but when we got further out, the fog thickened! Once we started heading back toward Alcatraz, though, it was quite a nice ride.

This is one of the better pictures of the bridge. It was hard to get a good one because it was so foggy! Every morning that we were there, the fog would be this thick all around, but would burn off for the most part by the afternoon. Unfortunately, Golden Gate was covered in fog the whole time.

We had a great time while we were there. We were able to see the Giants and the A's play. The Giants' game was great. It was a beautiful day and the game was really good, although the Giants lost in the end. The A's game was freezing! Who would've thought we'd need winter coats in July! We were wrapped in blankets and our jackets. I don't think I've ever been that cold in California.

The view at AT&T Stadium was amazing. I think as far as stadiums go, it is one of my favorites. I loved being able to see the Bay Bridge and the ocean right outsid of the stadium. In my opinion, baseball stadiums are one of the greatest sights, and the ocean is another.

So, to put them both together put me rather close to heaven! It also had a great quote from a wonderful movie, so that gives it another plus!

Anyway, this is getting rather long, so I'm going to quit for now. I'll try to get it updated a little more often in the future.