Batter up!

Last night Kathy and I took the cub scouts to a Somerset Patriots baseball game. We only have three scouts and one of them could not come. Michael, my older brother, came with Nathaniel. We brought Jeffrey with us, so it was five of us. For ten dollars a ticket, we sat about eight rows behind home plate! Can't shake a stick at that. I think we all had a lot of fun. Plus, we won the game.

Another School year

Kathy and I went to my classroom today to set it up. I am not sure why it takes me so long to do it. I have a lot of posters and junk to hang up. I am looking forward to this school year. I think it will be a good one.

I am mentoring a new teacher as well. There will be different challenges and opportunities with that also. All in all I am excited.

Bringing home a paycheck will be nice too.

3 years in the making!

So, we gutted and redesigned our kitchen about three years ago. When we ordered the cabinets, we also ordered crown molding for the top of it. We were so burnt from the kitchen, we never installed the molding. Until today. Finally, we finished the kitchen. Well, we still need to get some stain for a little bit of touch up but its done, as far as I'm concerned.

Lazy Sunday!

Well it is just that, a lazy Sunday afternoon. Church was nice. Lessons were all good.

I am having thoughts of going back to work. Summer vacation is nice, but I must admit I get a bit bored after a while. We pretty much finished all of our summer projects so we have not been doing much of anything lately.

The start of a new school year is a double edged sword. I love my job. I truly do. I usually get pretty good kids. But, some of my students this past year were very trying on me, though. Made life a little tough. Plus, it is nice not doing anything.

Even More Pictures from Philadelphia!

Me in front of the DUKW.
Betsy Ross Grave stone. It is right next to her house.
Kathy in front of a house in Elfreth's Alley.
A picture of the center square in Philadelphia.
The Love statue at night. When the architect was asked why the "O" was on a slant when the other letters are upright he said "because love is not perfect".

More Pictures from Philadelphia!

Kathy and I are waiting for an elevator in the hotel. They were broken so we had to call the front desk and someone would come get us every time. A couple times I just took the stairs. From the 7th floor.
Kathy in front of the Liberty Bell. No, the Liberty Bell does not actually have legs.
I think this is the Betsy Ross house taken from the DUKW.
Driving into the water on the DUKW.
In the water in the DUKW.

Trip to Philadelphia!

Me in front of the US Mint!

What I would look like on a five dollar bill. Wouldn't you trust this face?

Kathy in front of the Constitution center.

A scene from the Lights of Liberty show.

The signing room in Independence Hall.

Well, we got back on Thursday from Philadelphia and it was pretty cool. I had been there before but a long time ago. We did a LOT of walking, especially on the first day.

We parked the car in the city and walked to get our Philly passes but the Hard Rock was not open yet, so we had to walk around and kill time. Then we got the passes but and started to go to the Mint. Kathy brought the camera. No cameras inside the mint. We walked back to the car, dropped off the camera, then walked back to the mint. It was neat, though. I liked it. Then we had lunch and did some general walking around. We wen to the constitution center, which is right next to the mint. Then we went to our hotel. We rested for a while then went back out for a Lights of Liberty show. It as a show they do by projecting different scenes from the signing of the constitution on the buildings in downtown Philadelphia. It was cool.

The next day we took a tour on what they call a DUKW(pronounced duck). It is an old military amphibious vehicle that takes you around the city but also takes you into the Delaware river there. That was cool. After we had lunch, we took another tour around the city as well as seeing the Liberty Bell, Independence hall, and Congress Hall. All cool.

The last day we went to see The Dark Knight(my third time seeing the movie) in the IMAX theater in the Franklin Institute. That was fun. We stayed afterward and took a look around the Institute. There are a lot of cool things to do inside. Great for kids but cool for adults too. All in all we had a fun time.