Friday, August 31, 2007

The school year begins...for Jeff and Deb

We completed our workshops for teachers this week. Tuesday was jammed full of meetings and Deb was recognized as an outstanding educator in our district by the superitendent. Wednesday was more meetings and a little time to work in our classrooms, and then open house for students and parents until 8:00. That was one long 12 1/2 hour day! Grandma Judy took the kids in to meet their teachers and put their belongings in their desks. Yesterday all the staff went to the Audubon Center of the Northwoods for sessions on Environmental Science. It was an informative day, but I really needed to work in his classroom to get things ready for students on Tuesday! Guess I will spend some time in there this weekend!
We had all the stumps removed from our back yard on Monday, and then leveled off. The yard looks so much larger now! We have been busy picking up sticks, roots, rocks, etc. to get the yard ready for the next steps. We are hoping to have the pool installed this next week if everything works out right. However, I am guessing that the water will not warm up enough for us to swim this fall. We are also looking into different options for fire pits, landscaping, ...horseshoe pits?

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