Monday, June 12, 2017

JUNE - Mr. Therrell and Pete and Jennie's Visit

My favorite teacher, Mike Therrell – my U.S. History teacher – dropped by to visit this month. He brought about 20 boxes of newspapers with him that he wanted to pass into good hands. The newspapers range in age from the 1880s to 2010. I had help from students and TAs to organize them into bins by each decade and to whittle them down to 14 boxes. The goal is to have US History students be able to read and access them while studying and researching each decade. It was a quite a project! But the best part of it was to reconnect with Mr. Therrell and tell him that he had been a huge influence in my life and the inspiration for my own teaching career.

Pete and Jennie came out to visit the cabin a couple weekends ago. This was their first time out since Evie was born and it was fun to share the weekend with them and watch the kids play so well together. Pete even brought a tent and slept outside with Alton, which was Alton’s first camp out.


The next morning, we went hiking up Dirtyface Mountain to the waterfall. The wildflowers were in full bloom and the hike was just right for the kids. Reed did almost all of the 2 mile round-trip on his own!





After Pete and Jennie left, Eben and I took our kids floating down the Upper Wenatchee River in the new raft. The water was high and fast – at least as compared to last summer when you could float the lazy river in an innertube. There were just a few waves, but the kids enjoyed punching through them and getting a big splash and a little bit of a ride. 
 

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