Hurricane Hanna

As hurricane Hanna gathers her destructive forces and threatens the coast of Florida, I can only think this: "Yep. I suppose that sometimes the forecasters DO know what they're talking about..."

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School Daze and more...

School is off and running. Joel loves Kindergarten! He's got a huge smile for me every time he walks down the hall toward my room at the end of the day. I've been told he's a great kid in class (do you think they would fibb?), he adores his teacher, and loves library day! The "first day of school" picture here is a total sham...I took it next to Andy's bus since Joel will probably never ride one (except for field trips of course!). Other pic is from Uncle Tim and Aunt MaryAnn's visit from Alaska last week. Tim gets deployed to Iraq in September :-( Time is movin' fast around here!

This marks the end of summer...

Tuesday, we went to the State Fairgrounds for the hot-air balloon Night Glow. It's the 2nd year we've attended, and this time was even better than last! There were more balloons and the weather was perfect! The state fair always reminds me that school is starting; next week, in fact. I'm not ready. I'm a little nervous about how I'll juggle school and Masters coursework, knowing that this summer's courses were pretty intense. Anyway, here are some neat pics from Night Glow...