The week in review...

This past week was Homecoming week at Lone Tree.  My cross country team ran at the City High Invitational and got our behinds kicked!  Little 1A Lone Tree came in last place against 5 other 4A schools and a 2A school ranked in the top five in the state and another 1A school ranked first in the state!  However, the runners' times were outstanding so we considered it a pretty good meet!  Last week we ran at Fairfield and one of our freshman girls won the race!  She is now ranked 13th in the state!  

One of our senior girls was voted Homecoming Queen and another was on the court.  We were pretty excited and proud that two of the three girls on the court are part of the cross country team.  I think we may finally be making a name for ourselves!  

The other "highlight" from Homecoming week happened on Wednesday night when our house was TP'd by the cross country boys.  I was really bummed that we didn't hear them... we would have totally scared them otherwise!  They did a pretty good job and it didn't take me too long to clean up!  Sorry the picture is pretty dark.... 

On Saturday, I went out for breakfast and then took a trip to the apple orchard with my good friends Katie and Christine. 

And then, Paul and I scored some Hawkeye tickets from our good friends, Chris and Amy Hogrefe.  We had awesome seats and saw a good game.   Iowa beat Arizona 27-17.  

Nik and Jeremy's wedding

This past weekend, Katie was able to attend her cousin, Nikki's wedding (unfortunately, Paul had to work all weekend).  Nik married Jeremy Vershoor, making Nikki another Mrs. V!  She was a beautiful bride, yes, in red!  Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of the groom, nor did I get one with both of my parents... so if I can round up someone else's pictures, I will post those later!

Hattie, the Beaver!

Katie's little sister, Hattie, just started her freshman year at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, IA. She is starting as a biology major and is also playing volleyball for the Beavers. She is such a cool kid and we love her to pieces! She seems to be doing well and is enjoying college life! Her boyfriend, Greg, is also attending BV so we think that helps! We would appreciate prayers for her as she is trying to decide what exactly she wants to do with her life and if she wants to remain a biology major! Oh the joys...! We love you Hattie and are so proud of you!

http://www.bvu.edu/athletics/sports/volleyball/

Teacher, Student, and Coach!

Well, school has started! We both love this time of year, Paul more so for the football aspect! I have a great group of 4th graders again and am having fun getting to know them!

I have also started my Masters in Administration through UNI (FYI...this doesn't make me more of a Panther fan than a Hawkeye fan!) It is a Monday night class over the ICN at City High in Iowa City. I really haven't been too overwhelmed yet which is nice. I'm just trying to stay on top of things!

And of course, cross country is in full force! I coach boys and girls high school and junior high. We had our first meet last week and were super happy with the results! The high school girls finished in 2nd place!!!! They were second only to Pekin, who are the defending State Champs! Our girls placed, 3rd, 6th, 13th, 34th, and 56th. The boys finished in 7th place. It should be a fun season!

Sydney

Jon, Stef, and Sydney moved back to Iowa City this summer and we are so happy they are only 15 minutes away now!  Sydney is growing up so fast and is very active!  She is at such a fun stage and really has a great personality!  We love her!