tornado

the last couple of weeks have been like a tornado. i feel like i have been standing still while a tornado has been spinning madly about me. all of our students have finished the school year, so there have been lots of end of the year activites and we just returned from a trip to Washington DC with our junior high and high school girls. it was such a neat opportunity to see these girls experience Washington DC for the first time. we had a great trip! i am definitely exhausted, but it was well worth it. we were blessed with AMAZING weather and some fun experiences. we got to see the Rolling Thunder motorcycle ride, which was really cool. AND i got to go up into the Washington Monument for the first time out of all my many trips to DC.

our crew outside the national archives

kierra (my mentee) and i outside the capitol

me, isis, leslie and francis waitng to get tickets for the monument at 7am

the world war II memorial at night....it's my new favorite spot in DC

where's the whoop?

ok, so i've said it before, but i've been attending either a baby shower, wedding shower or a wedding every weekend for past couple of months. kind of crazy, i know, but so fun to celebrate these blessed times in friend's lives. so, being the aggie that i am, i can't help but notice the very clear absence of the celebratory "WHOOP" when the preacher announces, "You may now kiss your bride". for the first time in my life i have experienced this phenonmenon living outside of the usual aggie realm and i must say that it's just not the same without that "WHOOP". so, this weekend at tracey's wedding, i gave a good whoop when the groom kissed the bride and it was great and totally appropriate for tracey! i feel better! a few pics from the wedding...

me and tracey

kierra, tracey, latonya, latesha

several of the ladies from work

on another note, i would like to introduce you to my wednesday group. i spend each wednesday afternoon at northside elementary school with a beautiful group of girls. i must say that they are my most energetic group and i never know what i'm going to get each week! i absolutely love it! i love this school, this group of girls and the time i get to spend with them. i know you're not supposed to have favorites, but this group, without a doubt will be greatly missed from my summer as we take a break from school!

emani, tytiania, mashanda

courtney & tenecia

my wonderful wednesdays!