baby shower adventure

The original Call girls at a baby shower for Heidi and baby Josiah!

Heidi and the grandmas! (I love how well they coordinate!)

Holly, Eleanor, Heidi and me!
I have a pretty rockin group of cousins and cousin-in-laws! :)

We wanted Tamra to know that we missed her!

After the shower I got to hang out with one of my bestest buds from K-State VOLZ!

If you give a student a camera....

They will take a picture of you and then plead for your permission to use it in their video project...

You've all read, "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie" right?!?

As a high school teacher we very seldom have opportunities to read children's book, which is a crying shame I think... Anyway today I made a reference to the book "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie" today in my Digital Productions class and they all just looked at me like I was crazy. Now granted there is some truth to that statement but good grief. I want to know what books these kids are reading if they have not heard of the classic, "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie."

If you need a Christmas gift idea for a little person in your world may I suggest this wonderful book, "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie."

descriptive words

Wide Open Spaces...

Thank you Dixie Chicks for putting into words part of what I'm feeling right now....

She needs wide open spaces

Room to make her big mistakes

She needs new faces

She knows the high stakes

This small town kid turned cityfolk is desperate for some space. Some clean air to breathe, a place to think, time to reflect, time to just be...a schedule that is completely free would be nice too.

This is where I want to be...

Why I love Fall

two visits...

When students graduate they always say, "Miss Call, I'll come back and visit you." I respond with, "I would love to see your face again but even if I don't, go and do something great!" (or something along those lines....)

Students do randomly show up and usually it's the ones that you least expect to see. Anyway on Monday a student who I honestly did not think would actually graduate from high school, stopped by my room to say hi and to tell me that he is enrolled at Butler with hopes of going to K-State in a year. He wanted me to know that he is ready to do something great with his life. Hearing that he was considering K-State made my heart smile but more so than that, hearing his excitement about school and hearing him realize that he needed to start making better decisions if he wanted to turn his life around, was pretty special. Seeing him in a place where he is thriving reminds me of why it is that I do what I do and why it is that I really do love my job.

Then yesterday a student who graduated two years ago stopped by my room in his army garb. He stopped by to say Hi, to say thanks, and to tell me that he will be leaving Wichita this weekend for a while. He is being stationed at Fort Bragg next week and is being deployed to Iraq in 6 months. The reality that my students grow up and do go out there and do great things was staring me in the face. I didn't know how to respond, part of me wanted to cry and the other part of me stood there so proud of the fact that this young man who is going off to serve our country did sit in my classroom and I am a better person, a better teacher because of students like him.

When I forget why it is that I do what I do and why it is that I love my job so much, I get these reminders that blow me away.

good friends + good music = one great evening

GOOD FRIENDS

Jen & Volz... two great gals.

It's hard to believe that a little over 8 years ago I met Volz and Em. I am so grateful for them and their friendship and how the Lord continues to allow our paths to cross when we least expect it. These two are the true definition of heart sisters.

GOOD MUSIC

Tim and Patrick

Shane & Shane

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ONE GREAT EVENING