School Starts Tomorrow...

School starts tomorrow and we are as ready as we are going to be. Even if we accomplished everything we wanted there would always be more to do. Honestly it'll be nice to get back into a regular routine. I meant to take pictures of my room to go with this post but I was too busy and didn't remember until I was already on my way home. Mike and I took Sadie to a back to school picnic and she got plenty of affection from the people I work with and their family members. This year I am going to try to be better about sharing funny things the students say.

I figured I would start the year with a quote from Mike. We were driving past Splashtown the other day and saw all the children in line for the rides.

Mike: "Splash while you can kiddies! School starts Monday!"

San Antonio, Austin, & Houston!

We were really busy last week!

We were up early on Monday to drive to San Antonio so Mike could attend a band director conference. We left the house at 4 am! Starbucks wasn't even open yet!

I usually don't go to band director conferences but I went this time because I didn't want to drive to Austin by myself later in the week.

This was the view from our hotel room in San Antonio. I did a lot of back to school clothes shopping while Mike was working.

The night view was quite lovely! We went out to dinner with band director friends and had a great time.

Once Mike was finished we drove to Austin on Tuesday. The view wasn't worth sharing but I was glad we stayed at a hotel that was very close to where my training was.

My time in Austin was really not exciting at all. This is pretty much what I saw all day. We didn't even get to leave for lunch. The Texas Education Agency trainers were as engaging as anyone can be when the topic is state testing. I'm not really sure what Mike did all day. I think he spent a lot of time at a Starbucks getting work done.

Moo!!! After a long day we drove back to Houston. We were very excited to see Sadie! The Saliks took great care of her and loved her while we were gone. Thanks Saliks!

This is my favorite giant roadside rooster! We have seen each other a lot lately. I saw him going to and from Brenham a few weeks ago, on the way home from Austin, and to and from Brenham going to meet up with Christine and Alex.

I was so glad Christine and Alex came down to Houston! We had a lot of fun spending time with them!

Mr. & Mrs. Walther for 2 1/2 years! (Many of us are currently trying to convince Christine to join the blogging world.)

Mr. & Mrs. Rogers for 2 years! (Sorry...I don't wear makeup very often during the summer.) Shout out to my Aunt Pam! She prints out my blog to show my grandpa and that takes a lot of paper and ink. Thanks Aunt Pam!