The Kohlmans

In case you spent the weekend under a rock.... the Jayhawks are headed to the national championship tomorrow night! Things can get pretty intense when we watch the Hawks play... We usually start out optimistic and excited yet nervous. Then we start to get a little anxious. Sometimes we worry. But, eventually, excitement takes over. And we end up celebrating! (At least, so far!) Rock... Chalk... Jayhawk... KU! * note: none of these pictures are staged. They are all from KU's Elite Eight game last Sunday.

After being in Augusta for 2+ years I have found that people here take care of Megan and I. The Booster Club wants me to use them more for the girls basketball team. Business owners (usually parents of former/current students/players) give Megan and I a discount for just being us. I am not sure how I feel about this yet. I am very thankful for the community helping out a young couple, but I don't feel like I deserve any special treatment for being a teacher or coach. But, it is nice to be taken care of by so many generous people in a community that I wasn't sure about when I first moved here. The generosity of a few community members has changed my view of what Augusta is, and can be. Plus, my kids in my classroom just broke out into song on Friday ( we listen to a Beatles CD every Friday) and sang Yellow Submarine. It was one of my happiest moments in the classroom, I think it shows that my class will be a fun, and they get along. On Friday I got ticket offers for two differen...