TK's first PT!

Tim texted me the following report following yesterday's match against Gardner-Webb: "lost 3-0... played the last 10-min! and had 1 shot (blocked) and almost had a 1-on-1 with the keeper but the last defender broke it up... soo much fun though!" The game was videotaped and is available on the UNCA website at http://www.uncabulldogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=92306&SPID=11164&ATCLID=205003500&DB_OEM_ID=19200TK is #24 (pictured on the sidelines of last Saturday's game...

UNCA Family Weekend

Tim led this foursome on a personalized tour of campus (pictured in the main library)We traveled to Johnson City, TN; Tim's first chance to suit up for an away game... no PT however in UNCA's 2-1 double-overtime loss to ETSU...After church, it was brunch with the Richardson's and Ginny Pierson!...then the 7 hour drive; only difference is this year it's with you-know-who ;-)

Back in Asheville!

Family Weekend @UNCA, so Kara, Grace and I have made our way north... should be a fun time. Tim's on the travel roster for tomorrow night's game against ETSU... Game time 7:00 p.m. in Johnson City, Tennessee!

See You at the Pole

There were 60-70 students from Fleming Island High gathered around the flagpole this morning praying for our school, country and world...

Tuesday, September 21st

You know my story: 17 years teaching Spanish/coaching soccer @Gainesville High, 14 years in administration (in Nicaragua and North Carolina), and now back in the classroom... our Principal (Mr. Ward) did his first full-observation of one of my classes this morning; you'd think I'd be over the nervousness of that routine... P.S. Comic strips like the one above (from the Managua paper) remind me how blessed I am to teach at Fleming Island High (the captions read: "the average education in Latin-America", "the average education according to the budget in Nicaragua" and "pencils are not in our budget."

Saturday, September 18th

Bonnie was up from Ft. Lauderdale, so we all went to the Beach Hut Cafe for breakfast......and then to Jacksonville Beach!

Labor Day

There's been a world of difference between this year and last... for one thing, I'm not 450 miles away from this little gal, which means that three-day weekends mean three full days together... looking forward to the day when we are no longer even 45-minutes apart!

Morning Worship

Will played bass at all three services this morning!

Sunday, September 5th

Anderson and Lindsey Almeida joined us for lunch at Brucci's...

Saturday, September 4th

UNCA had a tournament in KY this weekend... coach cuts the roster to 18 for road trips, which generally means freshmen stay home. Without him, they dropped their season-opener to IUPUI 3-1...

Friday, September 3rd

Had our first pep-rally of the year this morning... in two shifts; here's look at the freshmen and seniors (a little over 1,000 students):
There were more than 10,000 fans in the stadium for the home opener against cross-county rival Clay High... Grace and I among them!