Cooper Bear Chabre

As you probably know, our beloved Bubba Bear died a few weeks ago. Although no dog could ever replace Bubba, our hearts are beginning to heal with the addition of a new puppy to our family. Cooper Bear is a Great Dane pup, ten weeks old yesterday. This is his first night with us, and already we are falling in love like new parents do. I can't seem to take enough pictures of his cute little face and huge paws. There is no doubt that he will be huge within no time at all! As of now, I would guess that he weighs between 20 and 30 pounds, and his legs are already very long. Here's to the bliss of training a new puppy!

Thanksgiving at the Coast

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Our Wedding photo album

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6th grade Science Fair Project Spring 2009

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Camp Wooten photo album

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Halloween

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playing catch-up

I can't believe I haven't written anything since August 1st. Let me tell you, I have been crazy busy since then! Here are the highlights:

• Aug. 15- became the proud owner of a beautiful new Ford Edge! absolutely love it.

• Summer flew right by, and school started! I am working to finish Master's in elementary ed. this school year, and and also becoming professionally certificated so I am busy, busy, busy. Of course, I'm teaching full time as well :) This is my 3rd year at Prescott, and I really do feel like I was called to be a teacher. My kids are giving me hell, but I love 'em.
• Most recently, my class and I went to Camp Wooten last week. Four days and three nights without a break from 11 and 12 year olds is exhausting! The kids had a lot of fun, and got to experience a lot of new things like canoeing, archery, fishing, outdoor cooking, etc. It was freezing cold the entire time, and we were all ready for a relaxing weekend when we got home. If you'd like to see pictures, check out my classroom website. Click on the 'Camp Wooten 2009' link to see pictures from the trip. http://www.teacherweb.com/WA/PrescottSchool/MrsChabre
• Exciting news: Kevin and I are finally going on a vacation to the Oregon coast! It is actually planned, booked, with a condo reserved and everything, so there will be no backing out. Travis, Robyn, their boys, and Mama Deb are going with us and it happens to be over Thanksgiving, so it's perfect! Can't wait. And I just got a new camera, so I'll be sure to take lots of pictures :)

Harvest

Well I haven't written anything in over a month; we've been crazy busy with harvest going on. Well, mostly the boys have been busy. I've been either taking master's classes and professional development training, or cooking and cleaning like a good farm wife. ha. Ironic that I always said I'd never live out in the country or marry a farmer.

Here are a few harvest pics


Travis on the combine

Wheat's looking good...

Baby Drew

I have not met my new nephew, but I am already in love. He is so adorable, and he looks completely different than C.J. did as a newborn. I don't know why, but I guess I expected a clone of the first born. Anyway, here are some great pictures!

Eyes wide open; what a doll

C.J. already loves his new baby brother

What an angel

Welcome to the new world!

I have a new nephew! His name is Andrew William Early, and was born June 14th at 5:12 a.m. He weighs 7 lbs. 10 oz. and is 21.5 inches long! I have heard he is beautiful, of course but haven't seen pictures yet. I'll post them as soon as they are sent to me! CONGRATULATIONS, JENNI AND PETER! C.J.'s a big brother now!

Happy Mother's Day!

We love our mommies! Look at these beautiful young women. Hard to believe they are mothers at all! ;) Kevin and I went to lunch at Red Lobster with my Mom and Dad, and Mama Deb. We were all about ready to pop by the end of the meal, but we had a really great time!

Like mother, like son! What a couple of cuties.

Spring Release

With Mother's Day and Spring Release came the

SPRING 2009 WINE TOUR PARTY BUS!

When Miss Eva Joe invited me to be her date for a wine tour on a party bus, I was so excited! And I was not let down. We had a fabulous day. Perfect weather, terrific wines, beautiful balloons, and amazing company.

We started off by visiting L'Ecole No. 41 and Woodward Canyon. We were off to a wonderful start. I absolutely loved the Syrah at L'Ecole, and was amazed with the dry Reisling at Woodward. I just had to buy them both, I mean...after all, what's a wine tour without a little to remember it by?

Next we were off the Cougar Crest, where I enjoyed the wines, but the conversation more!

Lunch at Dusted Valley Vintners was fabulous! We had a picnic with sandwiches, salad, and of course WINE. Here we met the most wonderful pourer, Andre'. He was fabulous, and kept us ladies in full supply of the wines. To sum up our time here, let me just say
I LOVE ME SOME SYRAH (slurp)

After lunch, we jumped..or swaggered back on the party bus, and headed to Rulo Winery where the bus driver, Richard showed us that chivalry is not dead. On a side note, I think Dick has a little crush on Marci Marce.

Walla Walla Vintners was really nice. I really enjoyed their Cabernet Sauvignon, and I also enjoyed the beautiful scenery. Every time I drive up Mill Creek to see my parents, I comment on how I'd like to check it out. Worth the drive.

Incubator Wineries was very interesting. The set up reminds me of the houses on Edward Scissorhands. They all look the same, but in different, sherbet colors. Very cute. We only really visited Kontos Cellars while here. That was fun, since Kevin farms right next to Chris Kontos, who was pouring wine for us.

Quick pic of Eva, Carrie, and Jason outside the tasting room at Kontos Cellars. We were all pretty droopy eyed at this point in the day.

Last but not least, we were off to dinner at Dunham Cellars. They have some wonderful wines, and the food was delicious as well.

The tasting Room at Dunham

The decorations were beautiful at Dunham, and dinner was great!

Eva and I had a wonderful time; we are definitely doing it next year! Thanks again, Eva for a great time.

My Classroom

A lovely view of my super enthused 6th grade class. (Notice the boy SLEEPING in the second row. I was clearly very entertaining that afternoon.)

Our "classroom read-aloud bookshelf" We are currently reading A Wrinkle in Time.

My 'to be graded' basket. Amazingly enough, it was empty. Not at all typcial!

View from the front. My room is crowded with 27 student desks. Thank goodness I have an actual classroom this year, and not the portable I had last year. They just wouldn't have fit.

Our windowsill displays student mailboxes, hand-in baskets, Late-work basket, No-name basket, and 'Extra' basket (for extra copies of worksheets and such)

The white board at the front of the room, Math Tesselations and Weekly vocabulary words are displayed above and below.

My corner! I spend A LOT of time at that computer!

View from the back.

Computer Research Center.

Coat rack and Math manipulative shelves. Parts of Speech on the wall!

This is our classroom library corner. Students often read or work on team activities in this corner. I'll need to expand it for next year; I just got a hold of some books that need a new home!

Skill Reminder Wall. Currently displaying Fraction opperations, Elements of Literature, and Good Reading Strategies. The Weekly spelling list is also displayed here.

Our Math wall. Measurement, multiplication, and Mountain Math bulletin board!

This classroom community tree is the first thing that I made to go up on my wall at the beginning of the year, and I am very proud of it. Each apple has a student name on it; Mrs. Chabre is up there too!

Our classroom calendar, rules, expectations, homework policy, birthdays, weather report, and classroom jobs chart is all on this bulletin board by our door.

Each week, students are given a new classroom job. They check the "current job openings" board every Monday morning to see what job they are responsible for that week.

My 6th graders will soon be Jr. Highers, so we just had our elections for 7th grade ASB officers. Each student was required to write a speech and make a poster for the candidacy of one office. Here are the posters, displayed on our classroom window.