Teacher Appreciation Notes

I found this idea online several years ago & still love it.  I’ve done these each year for my kids to give for Teacher Appreciation Week. 

Here’s how I created them:

My camera (a Canon) has a setting called color accent that allows you to focus in on one color and make all the rest of the picture black and white.  I wrote “Thank You” with green sidewalk chalk on my driveway.  Picked that color as my accent on the camer and took the picture… you can see that it also picked up the green in the grass as I did not write the words far enough over.  Download your pictures & then in open them in photoshop  (or I’ve also used a scrapbooking software and Paint…which most people have on their computers).  I typed in my message to add to the picture and saved it.  Print out a 4x6 & wallah!  A great, personalized & very cute note. 

5th Grade Field Trip

Chandler’s last field trip as an elementary school kid has passed. *Sigh*

Each year Boiling Springs does something pretty big for them… because it’s a pretty big deal. This year they went to the National Whitewater Center in Belmont. Corby tagged along as parent chaperone this time. They didn’t raft but got to do flat water kayaking and geo tracking plus some other stuff. Here’s a few pictures from their big trip.

Spring Break: Part 2

The second part of the week we spent in Statesville with the rest of the family.  Most everyone came in for the weekend and the kids all had a blast playing together.  We had a full weekend but full of fun. 

We got to see our precious twin nieces who are growing up so fast. 

Birthday party for cousin Nathan who turned 7

Fun with the cousins…