We had T-bones this weekend provided by one of my students, Steven. They were delicious. That was the first time I had ever grilled T-bone steaks. They were maybe a bit charred, but that was because I wanted to give my wife some piece of mind that they were indeed "done".

The students are sad because the Vikings can't seem to get their act together. That just means that they will all be smarter due to the "extra" problems in math.

We started adding papers to our "Wall of Student Achievement" today. It is looking pretty full already. These are some bright students, however, some of them need to be pushed just a bit harder.

Oh, yeah...the computers in this school are driving me crazy.

Some of the students are having "issues" with their listening today, but it is getting resolved already.

We have been reading stories that the students wrote in 1-2nd grade. The other day we read "I spy a butterfly". Most students wrote something like "I spy a butterfly on a flower/or car" the two that stood out were entries from Zeb and Louis. Zeb wrote, "I spy a butterfly that got himself hit by a car." Louis wrote, "I spy a butterfly in the People's Republic of China."

Things haven't changed much since then.

I went to my first tractor pull this weekend at the request of one of my students, Steven. He was pulling with a Case IH and ended up taking 4th place. Katherine came with me and greatly enjoyed herself.

I also competed in the tri-county volleyball tournament this weekend. After 12 hours and undefeated play, our team secured the first place trophy (there actually wasn't a trophy, but we did take first place).

Now I just need to get our final 5 computers hooked up so we can get our new technology program fired-up.

I had an awesome time at my brother's wedding this weekend. The family and friends that were there made the weekend even more special. Katherine loved dancing with everyone. I was a little hampered on the dancefloor (rocking Chloe to sleep at the time), but had a good time. Later on in the evening they played Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus which got everyone going.

I'm very happy for my brother and his new bride. I hope they have fun on their honeymoon to Vegas.

The Weekend

I'm getting excited to travel to Minnesota this weekend for my brother's wedding. It will be great to have so many members of my family around. Bonus...I get a new suit out of the deal, so that just puts the icing on the cake. Speaking of cake Brian Lefeber brought in a delicious chocolate cake for his wife's birthday today. Oh, what magnificent frosting it was coated in.

New School Year

We started the new school year today and things are going great (except for the backed up septic system). I have a good group of kids who I look forward to teaching this year. Today we are learning a lot of procedures that will help us as we progress throughout the year. Little do they know what is in store for them.

So, I haven't posted for quite some time, but I have some frustrations to vent so here goes. Well, just one really. My computer hard drive is fried an all my files are gone. I feel like a first year teacher again. School is less than a month away and I have to recreate 5years worth of files. Let this be a lesson to the rest of you...back up your files. Well, I have some work to do.