The Kohlmans

About three weeks ago we loaded up and headed to the cabin with Grandma, Grandpa, and mom.We spent a week hanging out, relaxing, reading, and doing nothing related to classes or work. It was amazing. Brad & I went to a NW Arkansas Naturals game on Monday night. This is Sinker, the creature from Beaver Lake. Yordano Ventura pitched in the Futures Game. strawberry rhubarb pie... yum! This hummingbird was a bully. He would sit on the branch until another bird would come to the feeder. Then he would chase it away and go back to sitting on the branch. Crystal Bridges Art Museum Grandma wanted a teddy bear pancake. I already feel like I need to do it again.

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...