I'm it!

I have just been tagged by Kristi to answer some questions.  Here we go!

Q- Five names you go by:

Stacey, StoJo, Staljo, Lily, Moosie La Goosie

Q- Three things you are wearing right now:

Thick socks, sweatpants, long-sleeved shirt

Q- Two things you want very badly at the moment:

A blanket and cup of tea (It's only 24 degrees here right now!)

Q-  Two things you ate today:

Veggie burger and baked waffle fries 

Q-  Two things you did last night:

Worked on a puzzle and caught up with the DVR

Q-  Two people you talked to last on the phone:

Chris and Karen

Q-  Two things you are going to do tomorrow:

Try to keep 19 first graders going in mostly the same direction and work with the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade science club kids on identifying mysterious powders!

Q-  Two longest car rides:

This is tough since we drove everywhere as kids.  In most recent memory I'd have to say Montgomery to Seattle and Atlanta to New Hampshire.

Q-  Two of your favorite beverages:

2007 Cotes de Rhone and water 

Q-  The people you would like to respond:

Darcy , Kerri, and Jenny

Christmas in New Hampshire!

We headed to the Great White North for Christmas this year.  We were quite lucky with the weather.  We were one of the last flights to get out of Atlanta for Boston and we were also one of the last to land in Boston.  We had to circle Rhode Island a few times while they cleared the runway so we could land.  The pilot told the flight attendant that he couldn't see until we landed.  Not really the conversation you want to eavesdrop on...  Anyway, we had a great trip! 

Chris and Stacey

The nature preserve where went snowshoeing

Look at all that snow!   Stacey and Mama Bradley looking sporty.

Chris, Papa Bradley, and Monica

Georgia Music Hall of Fame

The good-byes

New friends!

Little Drummer Girl!

Emma is rockin'!

We took the First Graders down to the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon for a field trip last week.  Darcy, Claire, and Emma met us down there and helped wrangle all the kids.  My students loved Claire and Emma.  They kept petting Claire and Emma's hair and Claire got to learn about lots of beads in hair.  It was a fun day!  The kids are still talking about the trip.  Thanks to Darcy and the girls for making the day even more fun!

Thanksgiving- Part 2

Baby Gerard

The Gang!

Chris

Ron, Jeff, and Maxey

Brad, Clem, Tim, and Robin

As much fun as Thanksgiving Part 1 was, being away for Thanksgiving means you don't get any leftovers.  As Chris and I were boarding our flight to come home, we decided that we would have to do a Thanksgiving Remix.  We had 15 folks over for a sit down Thanksgiving dinner- with 1 fried turkey and 1 baked turkey as the stars.  Everyone brought a side and it all came together.  Wow.  Luckily the table held 10 people and the "kid" table was able to seat 5.   Great fun!  We had plenty of leftovers for turkey noodle soup, turkey sandwiches, and turkey enchiladas.  Just what the doctor ordered!  So this Thanksgiving season was very special.  We got to spend it surrounded by family in DC and our friends here in Atlanta.  I also got leftovers.  How can you beat that?

Thanksgiving- Part 1

Sweet Pea Emma

The Roberts Family

Stacey and Darcy

The Fried Turkey Crew- Scott, Jeremy, and Chris

We spent Thanksgiving in DC.  The holiday was named the great Pile-in by my Aunt Vicki.  We had 22 people- 8 kids and 14 adults.  It was quite a gathering and non-stop fun.  From the beer tasting party to the trip to the American History Museum, we were thankful to spend Thanksgiving surrounded by family.

Sonoma- Sept. 08

So, I have been completely awful about updating this blog.  I am planning on posting a lot more in the next few days, so stay tuned.  It will probably be ages before another post but at least, at this very moment, I have very good intentions.  

These photos are from our Sonoma trip in September.  My cousin Tyler got married and we went out for the very festive day.  It was a quick trip- out on Friday and back on Monday, but we managed to squeeze in a trip to Muir Woods, 5 vineyards, a great dinner at Dry Creek Kitchen, and the wedding.  

Tortuguero

Tortuguero is really a small strip of houses.  One one end of the street you have the park, to the east you have the ocean, and to the west you have a river.  

Here is the strip of land called Tortuguero.  The runway (and I use that term loosely) is on that strip.

 This is the Caribbean side of Tortuguero.

We took a canoe trip one morning with our guide, Ross.  He was an amazing guide.  He's a Canadian botonist who has decided to make Tortuguero home.  He knew a lot about the plants and wildlife, which made the trip even more interesting.  He had an opinion on everything.  If you ever find yourself in Tortuguero, Casa Marbella was a great place to stay.  They are the ones that arranged our trip with Ross.  

This is an anhinga.  He was drying off his wings.