Seriously. I should be banned from Blog World. They should take away my password and never let me have another blog as long as I live. I'm not making any promises to blog more regularly until AFTER I graduate, but I will attempt to catch everyone up on our past year of fun! I'll try to go from most recent to least, but we have a year to cover, folks. This could take a while. :) Sit down and get a cup of coffee... get comfortable!
Fall 2012
Palmer & Harrison started the 2nd grade. I still can't believe how big they are. They are also playing baseball this fall on the same team as they played on this summer.
Annabelle goes to daycare full time (which she loves and I feel guilty about). I am finished with my doctoral coursework (hooray!) and am writing full time on my dissertation. I am teaching elementary science methods again and am applying for jobs.
Carter is also finished with coursework. He isn't an official TA with the marching band this year, but has filled his time with three part time jobs. He is teaching beginner band lessons to 5th and 6th graders, substitute TA'ing for a maternity leave situation, and teaching an undergraduate conducting class. He is incredibly busy, and is also sneaking time in to write his paper. We both hope to graduate in May!
Summer 2012
I worked all summer while Carter stayed home with the boys. Annabelle kept her daycare routine (hooray!) and loves going to school. She "graduated" to the big kid class this summer. This is the same class Palmer & Harrison started in when we moved to Iowa City. That was a full-circle moment for me! We love her teacher, all of the staff, and her friends. I don't have any pictures of her at school, though. Must work on that.
Palmer & Harrison played their first season of "big boy baseball" which is the pitching machine league. They were on the Astros, and their team won the Iowa City league tournament! I could write an entire blog post about their team. We have loved getting to know the other families and boys on their team. They both love baseball, and I love being a baseball mom. :)
We did get to take a trip to Lubbock to see Aunt Cecilee graduate with her Masters degree in Math. On our way, we met Uncle Jay, Julia, Mimi, & Papa in Dallas for 24 hours. Oh yeah... and Carter shaved his head. :)
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| Harrison & Uncle Jay goofing off in the pool |
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| Miss Priss sitting by the pool |
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| Mimi & Miss Priss |
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| Harrison & Mimi |
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| dipping her toes in Gran & Big Daddy's pool |
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| Girls' day of pedicures! |
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| she got in the pool completely clothed! |
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| Potts cousins (the 2nd generation!) |
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| Potts cousins part 2 |
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| playing on the patio at Mimi's |
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| this girl loves a sandbox! |
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| Nana-Boo |
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| Aunt Cecilee's graduation!! |
Whew... that's all I can handle for now. I'll have to work on this updating in chunks. :)
