watermelon! yum!

Case and I worked in the garden this afternoon, we harvested green chile, jalapenos and cucumbers and the most delicious watermelon of the season! yum!

during breakfast

I know its been awhile since I updated this, but this school year is keeping me busy! We started on Monday and it hasn't slowed down yet. I am teaching 6 FULL classes this year, in fact I am actually, (for the first time ever) using EVERY SINGLE desk in my classroom! The classes/number of student in each class I am teaching are:

my prep is first hour, which is wonderful for when I am running late

Intro to Ag Mech/ 8 and Advanced Ag Mech/ 7 - combined class (2nd hour)

intro to Agriculture /25 - 3rd hour

plant science /2 and animal science /3 - combined class - 4th hour

Applied Biological Sciences/ 13 - 5th hour

Intro to Ag/ 10 - 6th hour (I have 2 intro to Ag classes)

Athletic P.E./ 20 - 7th hour

So as you can see, I have FULL schedule this year, lots of students, and its been good so far.

Case is doing great, he is eating with a fork and spoon very well. I don't think he wants anymore teeth, he still only has 8. He is saying quite a few words, mama, dad, light, cluck cluck, dog, tra (train), bob (any cat, we have a cat named bob), dat (that), moo, cly (clyde, any dog, as our jack russell is named Clyde).

well, thats all I have time for now. one day, I might be able to add pictures.

not ready yet....

I am pretty anxious when it comes to harvesting things in my garden.. I just want everything to be ready.. NOW!!! But, of course, that isn't how things work. So, we harvested a watermelon to early, it wasn't ready yet, but Case still wanted more!

Grampa, we love you and are praying for you!

Case loves to help his Grampa Byrd. Case follows him everywhere when we are at their house. So Grampa Byrd, we are praying that your shoulder surgeon says that you don't have to have surgery!

cousins

Case and Ila have such fun times together.. except when Ila thinks Case is going to "get her" as she says. They remind me of Eric and Tiffany when they were young. I hope these two grow up to have such a close relationship as they get older!

thank goodness for husbands and hoes.

I've always been pretty lax about Case being in the garden with me. Now, that has all changed. Tonight while he was playing with the okra, I was over by the tomatoes and squash and all of a sudden, out of the corner of my eye, I see a little diamond back rattler curled up under a squash plant.

I yelled for Eric, grabbed Case and Eric ended the snakes life via a hoe.

Thank goodness for husbands and hoes.

no melted ice cream

So I have to share a funny story. Yesterday, this story wasn't so funny. Anyhow, Eric and I went to Safford to get conduit, pick up his dry cleaning and go grocery shopping. everything was going fine and dandy, Case was having fun, we got the conduit, dropped off the dry cleaning and even went to Wal-Mart for groceries in a pretty short amount of time. We bought some ice cream, and living so far from town always bring an ice chest and stock it with ice so nothing melts on the way home. Of course I tell Denise, the check-out lady of the day that we need some ice. Conversation below:

D: Do you need anything else today? stamps? money order?

Me: Actually, I need some ice. One bag please.

D: I was just told we are out of ice.

Me: You're out of ice?

D: yea, we are out of ice, completely sold out. sorry.

Me: oh, wow, I didn't know wal-mart ran out of ice! Ok.

end of story. kind of.

so, we left wal-mart, frantic to find some ice soon so our ice cream didn't melt! We went by wlagreens, no ice. it was like everyone in Safford was out of ice. So we ran over to Safeway, my grocery store of choice, (when things are on sale) and when I got out of the truck, Eric started to drive away before the door was shut and I was going to walk in front of the truck to get the ice, but instead was forced to walk behind.... I of course was in such a hurry that I forgot about the 10 foot piece of conduit in the back of my truck.. WHAMMM!!! Thats right you guessed it. Snmacked me right across the face. My upper left lip, cheek and eye got whacked pretty hard. It felt like someone hit me in the face with a brick. Eric didn't even stop. ouch. But, I was not about to cry, of course I had to be strong in the Safeway parking lot! So, I went in, got the ice and the day was saved!

no melted ice cream, but my face sure hurts!