Our First Blog!

Well, it seems that we are far behind on the blog scene, so here goes our first attempt!

We finished our first year in Frisco, and absolutely love it here. Mike and I both teach at Frisco High School. He teaches history and coaches football and wrestling. I have hung up my coaching for now and and very content to teach Science. We are blessed to live 5 1/2 miles from work, so we have lots of family time together. A very nice and needed change from the busyness of Houston.

McKinley is 6 now, just finished Kindergarten, and has mastered riding her bike (after her accident where she lost her second top tooth). Kellan is 2 and is having a blast doing everything- she loves to swim, play with her Biddie (teddy bear) and watch Barney (such fun for us) among other things!!

The best part about being teachers is having a summer break. Most of our time is spent at the pool, the library, and around the neighborhood riding our bikes. Since McKinley learned to ride her bike, we go out almost every evening. Kellan is content riding in her little rig behind Mike, singing to us as we pedal along! The mornings and evenings are so nice with a cool breeze and no humidity!!!

The pictures are from our family vacation tour of Texas!! We went to Houston, Gruene, New Braunfels, San Marcos, and Austin to visit family and friends, and have some fun!! We took the girls to Schlitterbahn (Kellan's first time), and they had a blast. McKinley has gotten so good at swimming - she is a little fish. Kellan has no fear of the water and is ready to jump in at any time. Mike and I braved shopping at the outlets with a two year old that was severely deprived of a nap and who wanted nothing to do with her stroller but kick her way out of it. We had an awesome outing on Lake Travis, followed by a visit to our favorite restaurant, The Oasis. Today we came home - glad we got to go, but glad to be home.

As we visited all our dear friends, we talked about how God has blessed us with such incredible friendships, ones that will span the miles that separate us, and pick up where we left off as not to skip even one beat.