update... pics soon

So, all of you (1/2 dozen or so) readers.... i know it's been a while, and I do have some pics... but my camera is out of batteries and not charged up so here is the update and pics will come soon.

Eric... is getting ready for contest season with the band... has a wicked flat top... and has a birthday on Thursday. He is doing well and is loving the political season. :)

Me... I am good. In full swing with my kinder/1st class and my Grace Lutheran School kids. Lessons are going well and I am growing more used to our school schedule. (actually had a 5 day week last week!)

Bailee... Piano is going well. She learned about tied notes this week. Soccer is great. She is on the Wildcats (same name as the HS Musical team!), her uniforms are hot pink, they get snack, AND they won their game last night. oh, and dr. baker came to watch her play and got some great pics. (Who else has their pediatrician/babysitter's dad/friend/photographer at the football game?)

Leah... is loving her dance class. According to her, she LOVES ballet and likes tap! She likes to stand with her heels kissing each other and do "pretty arms". She also likes to "Yeeep". (leap) She is really enjoying school this year and told me today that amarillo means yellow and that ovals are like circles but long. She also recites a pretty mean pledge to the flag!

So you see, we are good. I hope you are and I hope you leave me a comment so that I know you stopped by.
Hope you are well.
k

big day

last week we had a big day in the Rettig household. Leah discovered that if she stood on her tippy tippy tippy toes she could reach the light switch in her bathroom. So now.... when she has to go she doesn't have to yell "turn the light on please!" She can just go in and turn on the light.

hmmm... a bitter sweet day.

hope you are well.
k

hey

Has it really been so long since I have blogged? Wow, time does fly. Well, as you can see by the pics, the cub football season is well underway. These are pictures from our first game. Bailee and Leah are quite the cheerleaders... and Bailee can do it with all of those teeth missing too! I do not have any pics of Eric's flat top on my camera, but I do on my email and I will try to figure out how to get those on here... someday. We've been a bit busy!

Our most recent excitement was Hurricane Ike which luckily spared us in Brenham (although it looked like we could get it for a while). We got some rain and wind and lost power for 5-6 hours on Saturday. We cleaned up the branches and stuff and are very fortunate. My parents and brother/family are still with out power and looks like it could be a while. My parents just came to Brenham to get gas for the generator because everything around them is either closed or crazy. Our sweet friends the Lewis clan have not returned to their home from her mom's house yet. Their school district is "closed until further notice". I know they are anxious to get power up and running and back home to clean up debris. They hear there is no water in the house but fences and stuff down. We also have some "evacuees" here. My college friend Pam and her husband are riding out their no electricity days here in B-town. We have loved having them. They are still showing news of the storm 24 hours a day here and the disaster this hurricane has left behind is scary. Please keep these people in your thoughts.

Well, I am off to teach my first kindergarten/1st grade music class. We will be singing favorites like "one little owl" and "ridin' in the car".

Hope you are well
K

i am here

Whew.. what a week. Just wanted to stop in and let everyone know that we are good... busy... but good. I will be posting updated pics of Eric's hair soon but I will have to download them from an email and I will have to figure that out. We have done homework and soccer camp this week.

Soon more. Hope you are well.
k

Matt Boeer

I have actually contemplated writing this blog... gone back and forth about including it... but since I can't stop thinking about it, I am going to.

Today we went to the funeral of one of our former students, Matt Boeer. He lost his battle with leukemia on Saturday morning. His wife, Erin, was also a former student. It was a very painful thing to watch young people (Matt was 25) mourn the loss of their friend/relative/spouse. It was really hard to watch his mom, dad, and sister say good bye to their son. I can not even describe to you what I felt as I watched a beautiful, young widower coming down a church aisle to mourn with others over the loss of her husband. Yes, we celebrate his life, but it was hard.

When Matt was in 8th grade, he and Russell Schmidt were the "hot shot" euphonium players in the junior high band and I taught the 6th grade low brass class. One day, I used his euphonium. After school, this wiry little kid came in and said to me "When I use my euphonium, I like to wipe the fingerprints off with my polishing cloth so that it looks new. I am going to leave that cloth in my case where you can find it... in case you want to wipe off your fingerprints when you are done." There was something so sweet about it. Matt-- the world will miss you. Erin-- we embrace you.
We are all good. Hope you are well. Hug someone you love!
K