Wildflowers.

Texas is hot. Texas is often very dry. We have lots of poisonous critters and plants that sting but...... if we have a wet winter and somewhat moderate early spring, we are blessed with this for a few weeks:





It's like living in a Monet painting.....but with men in cowboy hats instead of top hats :D

P.S. Yes, Carol a couple of those are of your front field.

Elem OM Long Term Solution

Our little elem OM team won the Long Term portion of the Regional Tournament but will not be advancing to State. :-( Here is their Regionals performance. They did a GREAT job and we are all very proud of them.

Watch.This.Movie.

"Taking Chance" is a film of overwhelming emotional power, and consider: we weep for a man we never meet, whose face we never see, whose actions and attitudes are only learned secondhand through the memories of those that knew him well. PFC Chance Phelps remains distant to us, unknowable; he could be any of the thousands of names on the casualty rosters, who overwhelm us with their numbers but deserve to be honored one by one.

The film's power is even more impressive in that it earns such a deep reaction yet tells such a simple story. There is no melodrama, no action, no surprises, no conflict at all, except for the personal doubts of its main character. It is an unadulterated account of a quiet journey. Straightforward, unembellished.

I can't tell you how or if this movie will move you or what you will take away from it. All I can say, it is probably the best movie about the military I have ever seen. It is not pro or anti anything, military, the Iraq war, conservative or liberal etc....it is not about politics. It is about the men and women who serve, be it in combat, behind a desk or in a mortuary and about the citizens of this country.