summer’s gone

so we now enter the last weekend before school starts up again.  it’s crazy to think that we’ve been away from korea for more than a year already.

this summer has been nonstop and honestly i feel like i already need a vacation.  i was a little worried coming back to meetings…worried that i’m burned out before school even begins…but once again i was reminded that i’m doing what i love to do.  i know that the school year is long and it won’t be easy, but i don’t dread going to work.  i can’t wait to see the students on monday and find out what challenges i’ll face this year.

volleyball has been everything lately.  we had a camp last week which the other coach and i put on for the girls.  we played 28 hours of volleyball in 4 and a half days.  everyone was absolutely beat by the end of it.  the team looks good despite losing a good player last year.  i had my first interview today with the local newspaper, reminding me once again all of the aspects of coaching in the US. 

life with zoe and marley is definitely energy consuming.  i was busy most the week with school meetings and volleyball practice so LJ had total responsibility at home with the girls.  we made it through this first week, so i think that’s a sign we’re going to survive the volleyball season.

we took a trip to a “water hole” just outside of winslow, arizona last weekend.  it was nice to get out of town and do something.  here’s a few pics of the festivities

marley gettin a little randy at the water hole

zoe's always up for a swim

good ol' southwest canyon swimming

me 'n zoe floating

a week already

so last night as i was struggling to get Marley to fall asleep i realized it was a good thing that zoe was not an “angel” baby.  had i not dealt with as bad if not worse with zoe, the screaming in my ear last night would have actually worried/frustrated me.  instead i just sat there rocking on the chair, calmly thinking to myself, “she’ll eventually quiet down and fall asleep” which she eventually did.  and she didn’t take nearly as long as zoe did at times.

zoe’s still being zoe.  she was at the neighbor’s the other day jumping on their trampoline.  lj went to check on her and the sight she walk into was the neighbor kids standing around watching zoe jump/sit/splash/roll in the mud next to the trampoline.  she was covered head to toe in mud.  they hosed her down a little and when she got home i snapped a couple pictures of her.  check them out at our flickr account.  you can get to it through the link on the right.

well, that’s it for now.  i will update some more later.

Baby Number Two

so we are now proud parents of two baby girls.  zoe marie evans and marley olivia evans.  zoe has been talking alot lately about being a big girl.  wanting to sleep in a big girl bed.  wanting to switch out of diapers.  those types of things.  i found it interesting though on my ride home from the hospital with zoe after visiting her little sister for the first time when she said to me, “daddy, i’m still little”.  though she was incredibly excited to meet her sister, its clear she’s starting to worry about being forgotten now that there’s another baby around.  i think she’ll be okay.

laura jo and marley came home from the hospital today and are getting settled in to life at home.  i’m at the in-laws right now stealing some bandwidth.  all the photos i’ve gotten so far are uploaded to flickr which you can get to through the link on the right of this page.

we’re excited to experience an infant for the second time because we feel like we can actually enjoy it this time.  with zoe everything was new and scary and we worried far too much…though from what i’ve seen, not as much as some parents.  nonetheless, i feel much more relaxed with marley and look forward to enjoying her before she starts becoming her own person.

well, that’s it for now.  i need to get back to the house and make sure zoe isn’t terrorizing marley.  one other thing though…i have to add to my “firsts” list from the previous entry.  this year i had to take a student to the emergency room for the first time.  note to all: remind your students constantly that using scalpels for opening glue containers is NOT a good idea.  (by the way, he didn’t ask me before finding the scalpel and almost cutting his finger off)

so long

Endings and Beginnings

so the year has finished.  i’m now teaching summer school and “loving” it.  well, not so much loving it as getting by and being happy I’m getting paid decently for it.  LJ and I are two weeks away from our second baby.  zoe is 2 weeks away from being hit with a cold bucket of “you are not the center of the universe”.  very interested to see how that plays out.

i’ve started working on the landscaping of our new house.  i don’t really care that it’s just me working on the whole yard with just a shovel.  it’s nice to set the fruits of your labor at the end of the day…not something you get too often as a teacher.

well i knew that moving back to the US would be an adjustment and there would be some new things that i’d be exposed to.  since by birthday just passed, i thought it would be fitting to put together a preliminary “firsts” list for this past year:

20 Firsts for me this past year:

1. lived in a trailer
2. bought a house
3. taught kids who honestly didn’t care if they passed
4. taught kids with beards
5. joined a co-ed softball team
6. hit a homerun in softball
7. bought a car
8. bought a sledgehammer (awesome!)
9. grilled in my own backyard
10. failed students without backlash from admin/parents
11. coached my volleyball team to state
12. played roulette (and won $100)
13. went to vegas
14. learned what 4H means (there are some country folk in the southwest)
15. played cornhole (awesome game…believe me)
16. broke down on the side of the highway and had to be towed
17. attended a 10 year high school reunion
18.  taught chemistry (i think “blech!” is the term)
19. checked IDs at the door at a concert
20. attended a MMA fight (Desert Xtreme oh yeah)

well, that’s it for my first entry on this new blog.  lj and i will be sharing the entries.  i’m guessing i’ll be more involved during the summer and then slip away into my hermit cave again once school starts in august.  i’ll try not to, but as we all know, history does tend to repeat itself.

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