January 20-26 It was a big week!

How many snow days did we have this week? 3 and 1/2!

After recently finishing Ken Follets, Pilars of the Earth I was anxious to read World Without End, another 900+ page book, and the snow days made that possible. It was a blissful week of sleeping in and reading. Chloe's cheer and volleyball teams didn't practice and we were free to "stay in" instead of running to and fro. A welcome break.

Thursday, the one day we had school (turned out to be 1/2 day due to another onslaught of snow) Chloe' had a very important orthodonic appointment. After 13 months in braces Chloe's has a new beautiful smile!

Chloe' loves her new freedom and has enjoyed a bag of candy given to her when she got her braces off with included bubble gum and sticky candy. She also headed straight for the movies where she enjoyed popcorn! Yeah!

In addition, Chloe's cheer sqaud competed at Winterfest Cheer Competition with a first and second place finish! It was a long day of performances but Johns Creek did really well overall. All the girls are looking forward to the Bluegrass State Games in Lexington next week where they took first place overall last year!

Chloe' with some of her friends (Kaci, Kayla, Kinsey) and her daddy (before yesterdays game)...

Chloe' in action....

Noah spent Saturday evening serving on Pike Central's Varsity Court. He looked very handsome. Ten boys and ten girls were chosen by the faculty and voted on by their peers to serve on Varisty Court. It is an honor at Pike Central to make it to the court because of the list of requirements each student must meet in refernce to attendance, GPA, and lack of discipline referrals.

His "first love" from library school, Lindsey Sacratini, was crowned queen and they were both all smiles afterwards...

Lindsey and Noah have known each other since they were two years old when he gave her a Valentine and her first box of heart shaped candy (15 years ago!).

Pictured here is Noah and Sarah Stanley, one of Noah bff's since preschool.

Also, Noah and one of his best friends, Hannah. Noah and Hannah share a very competitive nature. They are too funny. They attend the same church, play PC golf, and are both Booth Scholars.

This is Noah and the young lady he escorted, Mia.

All the members of the Varsity Court looked beautiful.

Happy New Year-We're Back in the bluegrass!

It was next to impossible but we said farewell to Rae, Jed, Lexi, and Nolan and headed back to the bluegrass state on New Year's Eve. Our visit was so nice, relaxing and time spent cuddling with Nolan will be cherished for a lifetime. Did I mention that I have the cutest nephew in the world? Nolan and Rae will be visiting us in March during Rae's spring break. Yeah!

Our flight left at the butt crack of dawn and Jed was nice enough to toot us to the airport with all our luggage which included a sizable Christmas haul for Noah and Chloe'.
Note to self: pack lightly for the trip down because us Kinder women can shop like banshees and every bag has a weight limit!



Upon arrival the temperature was a tad bit cooler but other than that it was uneventful. Justin picked us up at the airport. Our luggage arrived (a belated Christmas miracle)!!!! And we spent some time playing with Logan and Riley Kate before driving back into Pikeville to celebrate the New Year with our best friends and neighbors-Dustin, Leslie, and Madi Williams. I am embarrassed to say that Danl and I were too sleepy (our day had started at 3 am over 1,200 miles away in San Antonio!) and were fast asleep (with the TV tuned in to Dick Clark) and missed the ball drop. It was the first time in memory I missed the new year :( I stayed awake until about 10-15 minutes til midnight but I couldn't keep me eyes open another second!





However...The week gets better!

What is the one word that teachers since the dawn of time have longed to hear?

Education? No.

Knowledge? No.

SNOW! Yes, we got snow!

Not only did we get snow we got several inches of snow and three days off! Yes, it's true Wednesday-Friday were snow days! (Another Christmas miracle if you ask me!)






I spent three glorious snow days reading (I finished Pillars of the Earth), napping, putting away all the Christmas decor (Ggrrr), and missing my sis. :(

Leslie, Chloe', Madi and I went to Peking for dinner on Friday evening. Second semester starts Monday-Have a great one!