A Hill Thanksgiving

Every year my family gathers in Sweetwater for Thanksgiving at my parents house.  Every year we get our family pictures together.  We always enjoy the process and the fellowship.  This year was no different.  Happy Thanksgiving from the Hill's, Strickland's and McCowen's.

Farm Kids, The Stansel Family

I love watching this sweet family grow.  I have know the Stansell's for at least 15 years and have loved them the whole time.  They are sweet, rough and tumble, good people!  I love watching these kids grow.  They are fearless little people.  Thank you Stansell family for inviting me to Fluvanna.  Love yall!

A Child Named Heaven

While I named one of my own Eden, I had not considered the name Heaven.  But I love it!  It was so cold the morning Heaven and I went to play at the park but she was such a little trooper in her little Pea Coat!  She was a joy!  I love it when kids smile with their entire face, eyes, mouth everything.  What a doll!

Simple Pleasures

 I love my kitchen... I love it dirty... I love it clean!

I love mornings because there's no doubt about everyone's presence at breakfast most mornings.  My dirty kitchen after they leave for their day is proof that they were here.  I love that!

Smart Dog

I just love our sweet Corgi....she is smart enough to know that her dog house is warm!

Photog Class Field Trip

With each Digital Photography Class that I teach at College on the Square we take a field trip, to the gazebo, the Manahattan and here and there on the square.  We always have a lot of fun and get some cool pix after dark.  Enjoy these.

Ira's BlackOut PepRally

 Ira's Blackout PepRally was today.... I got some fun pix of the happenings!  You gotta love ISO 6400!

 Emily dressed up as Pat Sterling, 4th grade teacher!

Raven won the 6th grade costume prize.  She was a table......

Cold Autumn Day

I have been trying to figure out how to FEEL my images.  I was thinking about the weather today, cold, wet, wintery, and I had absolutely no desire to outside....so I invited the cold inside a little, then I remedied the cold with some hot Russian tea with Raven & Emily.....niiiice!

Ira School Board, 2011

If unity is present in a school board you might not take mental note of it.
If unity is missing it becomes painfully obvious.
It has literally been too long since that unity was actually present in Ira on the school board.  But finally, by the grace of God unity as been restored.
That doesn't mean that each member totally agrees with every other board members on an issue.  They still differ, but they respect those differences.
Each member has things he desires to see happen and has things he desires to protect but no other member hinders that, they enlighten, they give perspectives that were lacking, they vote for, they vote against.  They move forward.
They one thing they agree on unanimously is the opportunity for each student of Ira I.S.D. to receive the best education possible.
Meet the Ira School Board.  They are:  Shawn McCowen, secretary; Jason Spradlin; Chuck Barbee; Dennis Taylor, president; Dirk Dunn; J.J. Caswell, vice-president; William Cotton.
In a couple of the pictures we added administration members Dale Jones, Principal; Morgan Preston, Financial Officer; Jay Waller, Superintendent.
These people are local, they are here.  They are present and they are family oriented and they are completely approachable.  Issues, problems and victories are what they are here for.  As voters and residents of the Ira School District they care.
This is a good team.