Kraken Kronicles

Before we left Kentucky, we had the kids preschool teachers over. They are wonderful teachers and helped our kids grow and learn about so many things over the few years we were there. We will never forget you! This is Mrs. Halley, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Mailfald, and Mrs. Lentz. A very special group of Montessori teachers (the teachers are the ones sitting on the couch). The kids were very excited, as you can tell....
OUR teachers are sitting on the floor: Nicholas, Emily, Connor, and Mary all looking deceptively angelic....

In June, we met the rest of the Schmidt and Crowley family for a weekend of fun and activities in Des Moines, Iowa. Here is the Schmidt Family:

I have other pics from the wild weekend, but have not gotten them back yet.

The local prison sends volunteers to community functions to help set up, clean up afterwards, and for general entertainment purposes. Pictured below are the two felons we had helping with chores and other unsavory duties:

I asked them why they were incarcerated. The prisoner on the left said his charge had something to do with living in Nebraska. I was not sure what that meant, but he looked a little unstable, so I didn't push the issue. The other prisoner (the one in jeans with all the hair) mentioned too many ballroom dancing violations. I'm not sure I believed either one of them, but they did a good job and didn't scare the kids too much.

# posted by Obernai : 10:46 PM