Visit from Mama and Daddy West

This past weekend mama and daddy came to visit my birthday. They came on Friday and are staying until Thursday. Here are a few pictures of our week so far:

We went to New Orleans on Sunday and when we were there we got caught in a parade. I felt like I was at Mardi Gras but with out all the drunks!!

We got beads and we didn't even have to show anything off!!!

We were eating at Shaggy's on Friday night after they first got here.

Tuesday night we went to "Cruisin' the coast" in Pass Christian, Ms. There was a concert on the beach and all kinds of old cars. Daddy and Travis really loved the old cars!


Peace


my favorite car of the night

West Hancock Elementary

Well, today we went to tour the new school. We have been waiting and waiting to move into this BEAUTIFUL building and we finally got to see it and let me tell you....it is unbelieveable!! I have attatched some pictures of our new building. Man! November can't get here fast enough!!! My classroom is going to be huge and state of the art!!!! I am so pumped!!

First, is the gym. It is top notch!!

Then the cafeteria. I love how colorful it is!!


The library

Me standing in front of the cubbies for the kids stuff.

A pic of the cubbies and some storage

One of the boards

Another view of the room

More Damage Pics

Devastation Pictures from Hurricane Katrina

Pictures of property in Pass Christian, Ms that were damaged during Hurricane Katrina. This is the city where the eye wall of Hurricane Katrina passed over. One of my coworkers lives in this town and gave me a tour and this is only a few pictures of what is STILL left over from the storm. Many people are still living in FEMA trailers or cottages. No one ever talks about how Mississippi got damaged from Katrina. All you hear about is New Orleans. It was a real eye opener. Many of my students have suffered mentally from Katrina. It is sad!

The only thing left from this home was the steps. They call them the "steps to nowhere"

Hello again...

It's been along time since we posted our last blog. Yes, we are still alive after all the hurricanes and we didn't have any damage. Thank God. I sometimes ask the Lord why he moved us to hurricane alley!! But I have to just trust Him.

Anyway, I am counting down the days until my birthday because mama and daddy are coming to visit the weekend before and The Graham's are coming to visit the weekend after. It can't get any better than that!!

Hope everyone is doing well!

Love ya'll

Holly

Pics of My Classroom!!!!

Here are the long awaited pics of my classroom!!! It is so very cute!! I am excited about finally being a teacher!!!
Travis working in my reading center

My table in front of the window

My bookcase

MY DESK!!

The cutest letters ever!!

My reading center

The welcome for my students

Character poster

birthday poster

The cutest calender ever

Travis First Blog

Hebrew is hard! This summer, in order to fulfill the requirements to enter into the PhD program at NOBTS, I am taking two Hebrew classes. And might I say that Hebrew is ridiculously hard. For starters the characters look weird. Hebrew has dots for vowels. And it is backwards, that is it is written right to left not left to right. Needless to say, it seems a bit odd and strange.

However, through this experiencing I am clinging to two thoughts. The first is a thought from John Piper. Piper once said something like "if you rake leaves all you will ever get is dirt, but if you dig a little you might just find diamonds." I am praying for diamonds! The second thought is from Psalms 119. Psalms 119:11, "I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you." And what better way to store up God's Word than in Hebrew!