The Sweet with the Sour

Now that I'm teaching for profit, it is officially my first "real" teaching job and it is in East Palo Alto. Putting out fires is part of the job and let me tell you there are a lot of fires. But the pictures included here are from the breath of fresh air I earned this summer vacation.
The first picture is blackmail. Just kidding - it's my cousins and one cousin-in-law. From left to right there is Keri, Bri-guy, me and Mel. I made sure to visit Chico to see my family there plus my friend, Beth with her new baby, Maia.

There they are! Maia, being the incredibly cute baby that she is, had the most beautiful smile, but when I tried to capture it on film she would get the surprised look pictured here.

We enjoyed our time in Tahoe and had a visit from my school friends, Megan and the love of her life, York and Amy. We also got some more visits from Trebeca with her little girls, Talia and Taylor. We also had dinner at their new HOME in Dayton, Nevada! So cool - go Trebeca and Jesse!

And this is Chris in his sun hat on the deck at the Cabin doing one of his two favorite things in Tahoe: Reading on the deck or going hiking.

At the moment we are a two-income family and proud of it. But it doesn't come without the occasional headache, like how SFSU's computer registration system doesn't think I am a student any more because I got a Master's in May. Yeah, that's great (please note the sarcasm). For those of you who haven't been "in the loop" I have to remain a teacher credentialing student in order to complete my special education credential and earn my Level 2's. Joy to the world, is all I have to say. It's not like my new job is without stress. Well, it definitely is without resources, but I'm sure I'll have more to say about that later. Cheers!