Full Speed Ahead!

Well, school/work has started. Grad school also started back up last week.  And we are not slowing down.  Phew!  It is full speed ahead in the Tullis household.  This semester, I have classes on Mondays (Human/Computer Interaction) and Thursdays (Advanced Instructional Design).  I'm excited for both classes, and especially excited to have class on Thursday night, because after that second class in the week I am EXHAUSTED!  It is nice to know the next day is Friday and we only have a 1/2 day with the kiddos.

School/Work has gotten off to a great start!  I think I have mentioned that I am the 2nd Grade Dual Language Immersion English teacher this year.  I have a class in the morning and then a different class in the afternoon.  I am solely responsible for language arts and, also, about 15-20 minutes of math reinforcement (mainly vocabulary) each day.  It's a lot of students to get to know but I'm up for the challenge.

Here is a look at what we've been up to in, oh, the past 3 weeks or so:

Yep, she's this happy about 90% of the time.

crazy hair!

Nana Kim has been with us for the month of August.  She loved spending time with her granddaughters (and her son and daughter-in-law)!

chilling at the cabin

playing frisbee golf with Arlo

Um...this is a somewhat distorted-looking picture.  I guess we call this an action shot.

As I was reorganizing Abigail's clothes, Emma came across her Packers outfit.  Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is a 12-month outfit and she somehow managed to squeeze back into it.  Once a Packer fan, always a Packer fan.

I love this crooked smile!

This is a normal weekend morning in our house.  

In Park City, Labor Day is referred to as Miner's Day.  We ventured up to Main Street for all of the festivities.  First up...the world famous Running of the Balls!

waiting for the balls to be released

Here they come!  You pay for the balls.  This year, we bought 5 balls and, really, the goal is for your ball to cross the finish line first.  I believe there were over 7,000 balls this year so our chances weren't too good, but it definitely made for some fun times.  

waiting for the parade to start

Andy had to have his picture taken in front of the "Andy for Mayor" group.  Maybe someday....

We met up with Maggie, Chad, and Olive after the parade.  These girls are like two peas in a pod.  We even got asked if they were twins.

Both girls are in the phase of picking out their own outfits.  We pick our battles and that is one I really don't want to exert my energy on.

waiting for the 5 and under foot race to start

The bouncy house was a must!

We're not quite sure when the McCormicks will be leaving (they are moving out East) but we secretly hope it's not too soon.

Love, love, love her to pieces!