Pictures!

I've had a lot of trouble getting my pictures to post.  So here they all are in one blog!

1.  Kayaking.  I used this as my cross training workout for track.  It was both a workout and relaxing.  It was nice to take advantage of a free afternoon at Merry Lea.

2.  Kayaking with Emily was really fun.  It was great to catch up.  We were on a mission to find the goslings.

3.  We found the goslings!  They were so cute.  Definitely one of my favorite parts about Merry Lea.

4.  Listening to Stacy talk about Don, while Emily waited to talk about Obsy.  I love how engaged and excited the kids were about the snakes.

5.  Ryan got Sippy out early because we had never used her in a snake show before.  Don was at the farm.  She must have really liked him because she knotted herself into a heart on his lap!  

6.  I held Sippy for a long time after the snake show.  She was so chill!  I am over my fear of holding snakes!  For now...

7. We found a turtle with our first group today.  The students loved it!  Unfortunately we only found it with the first group and not the last three.

8.  This girl was awesome.  She asked a lot of questions and was really into everything.  She was with the central noble seventh graders.  She wanted me to take a picture with her.

9. Learning how to peel trees.  This was really neat.  We were at the point where he wasn't sure how well it would peel.

10.  It ended up peeling really well.  This is such a cool process.  It was really fun to watch.

11.  The day Ryan first discovered bed straw.  Technically, Paul started it all.  Such a proud face after successfully sticking bed straw on every member of our class.

12. Paul collecting methane gas.  Despite seeing this multiple times, I still think it is really cool every time.  And the students love it!

13.  We found a baby turtle after the swamp gas on my last day.  Under the tree on the hill ryan almost stepped on it but I noticed it before he did.  We named it Troy.  He was really, really fast.  And adorable.