where i spend my days at now

Well school/work is in full swing. I am back to teaching middle school P.E. and coaching 9 months out of the year (really 10). Right now I am coaching 8th grade volleyball, the girls are awesome and we should have a pretty decent season that is the coach is decent. :) Here are some pictures of where I hang out some of the day time, the rest is in the gym or on the football field.

My big office window - that looks out onto the locker room - I know exciting! If you are in need of a good window view someday just stop on by and I will share my office view with you.

This is the view I have of my office most of the time

This is the view you get when you first walk in my office

i taught this kid

KC ROYALS DRAFT PICK: With the fifth pick in the 2010 MLB Draft, the Royals have selected Jason Adam, a local prospect out of Blue Valley Northwest. Adam is 6′ 4″ and around 225 with a blazing fastball. He was named a 2009 East Kansas League All-Star and a 2009 All Sun Baseball Team honorable mention last season. He has a lot of room to grow and can improve his power dramatically over the next couple of seasons in the minors. The consensus amongst most baseball scouts was that Adam would be a second round selection, so the Royals may have caught a huge break by him falling to the fifth round and can get him to sign.

I tried to find a picture of Jason however I cannot locate one. I know that people read the posts when there are pictures!

I liked Jason when I taught him he was one of those good kids. He was always doing the right thing, he even participated in the FCA huddle that I helped lead.

I am pumped to cheer him on when he is wearing the powder blue!! Heck I might even buy a jersey!

dog wash

So a week or so ago Leah took Yuma to the dog wash - that is set up like a car wash (sorta). I went purely to see what it was like and to take pictures to blog about it! There was a small scary moment but we survived it. If you decide to take your dog here I highly recommend taking another person with you since it is very hard to manage solo.

The dog was area

The different options - check out the one in yellow! :)

For some reason Yuma was not to willing to climb the ramp!

It's go time, Yuma is getting the oatmeal shampoo wash! Her skin loved it!

All finished: blow dried and clean!

Buh-Bye Summer 2010

I did some pretty sweet stuff this summer, but I am sad to see it go mostly because I like to hang out, stay up late, and sleep in! However duty calls and I know that I am here on earth to be a teacher, coach, and a role model for young people - so off to work I go! 

A few things I did this summer: an amazing trip to the South Pacific, hung out with my fantastic roommates-Friday night roommates included, played with little Cass (alot), ate lots of great food prepared by Leah, went swimming, went to a craft fair in Westport, did some random photo taking in the city, the list keeps going. Here are a few pictures of a few things. 

 Cass and Malachi at the shaved ice place.

 A fun night out with Jess and Cass at the park. 

 Yoh and I chilling at an island in Fiji

Markus and I being silly in New Zealand

Butterfly day

So awhile ago we went to The Family Tree Nursery to see the Monarch Butterfly exhibit. You might have already heard about it if you read Carlye's blog. Here are some of the pictures that I took on our fun outing.

Cass and Lily laughing at their own stories

Cass and Lily still enjoying chatting while looking at fish

Butterfly

Cass and Lily

Lily is in a Cass sandwich!

To touch the water or not to touch the water that is the question

Sweet shot of the butterfly

Another butterfly

Why I don't do dishes

Suds coming out from the little crack

More suds

The towels are really not helping too much

An important homeowner purchase. A wet vac!

So I was trying to be helpful and load and run the dishwasher - however I made one tiny mistake and it took a little while to fix and I needed some back up help from my teammates at 6860! So do you have any guesses on what the tiny mistake was? Or where this is at?

No worries the problem did get fixed and the dishes, the dishwasher, and the floor are all in tip top condition - or at least they were when I left!

Dad Life

Okay this video is pretty funny! I couldn't pass it up.