Back in Action...TASIS style

Faculty dinner...

Brigett, Allyson, Martha, and Hayley

Jen, Allyson, Martha and Me

Kim, Lizzie, and Me

The ES Crew

Jeremy, Matt Walker, and Kras

Me and Dan Kras

Angie and Tom

Kelly and Me

Matt Walker and Me

Shane, Jeremy, and Rob sniffing the snuff. They made me do it to. It was like halls in your nose.

Back with Swiss Chocolate, Banks and Cows

I'm back! The summer has been crazy traveling between Buffalo, Boston, Birmingham and Long Beach it is nice to be home. However, the summer was fantastic. Some highlights....

Jake can strong arm Luke

Fourth of July at Aunt Cindy's. The Lizard was showing off her dare devil ways.

Sunset at the cottage

BBQ at Uncle Doug's

T-Bells Shower in Paris, TN

Red Sox Game

Kara Keating takes Bobby Bench to be her husband

Horse back riding Wolcott's Farm

Glamor shots

Lauren's Birthday Bash

BBQ at Huntington Beach

Who are the kids in these pictures?

Shannon gets married and I make my first trip to California

Michaela does Zurich, Baden, Lucerne, Vevey, Montreux, Geneva, Lugano, Como, and Milan

Rainy day in Zurich

Fort in Baden

Lake Lucerne

View from Vevey

Castle of Chillon, outside of Montreux

Gruyere Cheese Factory

Fun in Geneva

Chocolate in Lugano

On top of the Duomo in Milan

I got a kitten!!!

Meet Chianti...he was mine for maybe two weeks!

Bachelorette Party 2008! WooHoo!!!

May 29, 2008 the women of TASIS elementary went to celebrate Shannon Duchene and her final days as a single lady. This was also a continuation of the party that took place throughout the entire year celebrating Shannon and her upcoming wedding.

The Ladies of the TASIS Elementary

Shannon, Lizzie and Allyson

Showoff that Lingerie...it may be a little big if it can fit over your clothes.

Work it Shannon!

We brought James in to entertain us dancing. He was a great partner for Shannon and it kept all the other boys away.

Erica and Shannon showing off their moves up on stage. They were replaced by hired dancers who thought the club was a little more scandalous.

Olympic Day

May 28, 2008

The fifth and sixth graders had spent a great amount of time studying Ancient Athens and Greece during the spring and as a culminating activity the teachers decided to recreate the Olympic games. Togas and all. It was absolutely fantastic.

Here are some pictures of the different Nation States. The kids are displaying their flags before performing their songs, cheers and reporting on the history of their location.

Of Course Alisher convinced his entire team to represent themselves with a pig face.

The fifth and sixth grade team got crowned before the official games started.

The 5/6

Here Mrs. Cross and Mrs. Glaser demonstrated the joust. It was my favorite game. At one point in the day Andrea Vale showed off her strength and successfully broke a noodle in half. But she did prevail as the champion.

Ladies Night at Bellavista ~ plus Matteo

During the last week of school Emily, Lizzie, Shannon, Allyson and I decided to go and grab dinner and drinks at Bellavista to spend a leisurely evening together. It was a gorgeous night, but unfortunately there were many TASIS high schoolers at the tables around us. But they left early, well before these delicious frozen lemon cello drinks came to our table courtesy of Matteo and his ability to order in Italian.


Emily


Lizzie


Shannon


Check Please...wow obnoxious Americans. It's alright, we have been frequenting this restaurant for a couple months now.


Matteo ~ Emily's boyfriend. He spent the evening teaching us crude sayings in Italian that I of course did not retain because I just can't seem to pick up the language. Maybe I should try a little harder.