McComb Family

Tomorrow I start my new position as a kindergarten/first grade teacher. I said good-bye to my 200+ students and will meet my 20 students in the morning! I can't wait!! Of course, this weekend has been work overload. I spent from 8 o'clock yesterday morning until 6 o'clock last night moving stuff out of my old room and working in my new room. I was back there again for 4 or 5 more hours this morning, plus doing planning and curriculum here at home. Yikes! I'm beat and the work week hasn't even started yet!! : ) I talked with one of the subs I had while I was gone for my treatment who will be taking over for a while in my old spot. He said he's dubbed that position the "Iron Man Position". He completely understands why I've taken the opportunity to move to another teaching position! I hope it's a great move for me. I'll keep you all posted about how it goes.

Posted in: on Sunday, October 07, 2007 at at 4:01 PM 2 comments  

The big news a couple of weeks ago was Briana's first loose tooth. She finally lost it last Thursday morning, and was so excited she took it to school to show it off. Of course, she ended up losing it (I guess you could say a second time!!!) at school. Luckily the tooth fairy was very understanding when Briana wrote her a letter about what had happened and that it would never happen again. She still got a dollar under her pillow! And then yesterday, she lost her second tooth while she was at school. It did end up making it's way home and under her pillow last night! Very exciting!! (And very good timing.....she's looking like a jack-o-lantern. We're going to put her out on the front porch!)

Posted in: on Friday, September 21, 2007 at at 9:36 AM 1 comments  

After 2 weeks of being gone, the doctor finally gave the okay for me to return home. Yea!!! It's so great to be back. As most everybody knows I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in July. I received my radioactive iodine treatment on September 6th and had to be sequestered from everyone until my radiation levels went down. Thanks to the geiger counter Stacie lent me, I can say for certain that I was shooting off those beta particles like crazy the first week or so. I stayed out in my "isolation rooms", which were all decked out thanks to my parents. They had magazines, flowers, TV, cards, food, and all kinds of other things that helped make my stay a little bit more tolerable! Of course they liked to give me a bad time as much as they could too. Here are signs in the bathroom were I was allowed to shower!


I sure missed my email, internet, satellite TV, and all the comforts of home. I did not however miss work much!!! I got caught up on my reading for the next 5 years!! My body scan came back clear, and I got to start my thryoid meds yesterday, so I'm finally on my way back to "normal".

Posted in: on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at at 10:20 AM 0 comments  

The Kissingers got together for a family reunion and, of course, it was a great time!! We were just out of Placerville, up towards my parents' house, so we didn't have far to go. It was great weather to break in the new pool at my cousin's house (water was added Wednesday and we were swimming Friday!!). We forgot Adam's "swimmies" so Bret took him in the pool with him and before we knew it he was swimming on him own! We were quite surprised as we didn't even know he could do that!
He was very excited about it as you can tell by the huge smile on his face!!!Friday was also my birthday, along with my cousin Michele's. So we got cake and presents which was lots of fun. It was her 35th and my 25th (or maybe I have them backwards, I can't quite remember!!!).

Of course, while we were up in the area we had to hit a couple of the local wineries. Miraflores was our first stop and here is Mary, Michele, Ben, me, and Bret trying out one of their wines. It was our first time there, as they haven't been open for very long, and I would definitely go again. Let me know if anyone is interested (hint, hint).

And here are the girls at Holly's Hill.


A few shots of the crazy cousins.

A perfect spot for a perfect weekend. It was beautiful!!! You couldn't beat the view or the company. So, who's hosting it next year?!?

Posted in: on Saturday, September 01, 2007 at at 9:58 AM 1 comments  

Another year of school has started. Here are the kids on the first day. Briana finally has a new teacher this year after two years with Mrs. Liddicoat. Adam is back at Cool Care, and his friends were very excited to see him back after his long summer vacation. It's been tough getting back in the routine of things though. Hope it gets easier soon!!

Posted in: on at at 9:44 AM 1 comments  

Last night for dinner Briana bit a fork and got a loose tooth on the bottom right. Then she was wiggling it for a long, long time. Then this morning it got even wigglier. She was so excited about her tooth. She really wants it to come out. Bret said, "Let's superglue her tooth back in her mouth." Briana does not want to do that. She wants it to come out instead. She is going to put it under her pillow so that the Tooth Fairy can give her money the next day, and Bret thinks it will be worth $1. Amy thinks it's worth a quarter, Adam thinks it's worth $5, and Briana thinks it's worth $2. We'll see what she gets. That's the exciting news about Briana's first loose tooth.

[This post was narrated by Briana.]

Posted in: on Saturday, August 18, 2007 at at 1:20 PM 2 comments  

I know everyone has seen batch after batch of chicks we've gotten, but I thought it would be nice to include a picture or two of them full grown. Yes, we've actually managed to keep these longer than any of the rest. We have 4 hens and one rooster. They are awfully spoiled living out in the garden. Chicken scratch just doesn't cut it in their book!!! Here are a few pics of them as well as the garden. I think the 12 tomato plants we planted are a bit much, but my tomato-loving family is in heaven!!!

Posted in: on Friday, August 10, 2007 at at 9:47 AM 3 comments  

Adam did really well the rest of the week at soccer camp. He had a good time even though it was quite hot!! Here is anothr picture of him after they had gotten their "treasure". Friday was their last day and they were supposed to have a good time by dressing their coach up in crazy clothes! Unfortunately, Adam's coach had a migraine and wasn't feeling so hot. He stuck it out, but had to go to the bathroom several times because he was sick. Poor guy!! By the end of the hour the migraine medicine he had taken earlier that morning was kicking in and he was starting to feel a little better, but I bet that felt like a really long day! Here he is with the stuff on that our kids brought as well as the next group. It was hilarious!! He also signed their soccer balls and gave them a little "evaluation".

Posted in: on Tuesday, August 07, 2007 at at 2:31 PM 0 comments  

Adam has soccer camp this week at Northside, so every morning from 9 - 10 we go sit in the blazing sun and watch him play!! Monday we got there and the coaches were checking the kids in. As more and more kids were checked in, one of the coaches took all of those kids and made a big circle out on the field. He went around and practiced catching the ball and heading it while everyone else got checked in. Adam joined right in and ended up between two 5th graders!!

When the coach threw Adam the ball he missed it and the kids kind of giggled. They just thought it was cute, but Adam thought they were all laughing at him and he started bawling!

That set the mood for the rest of the day. He cried, yelled, hit, kicked.......you name it, he probably did it!! It was absolutely horrendous. One of the longest hours of my life! When we got home he was in big trouble and we had a nice long talk about what was going to happen the next day, and it was NOTHING like what I had seen that day!! Tuesday we headed back (I'm a glutton for punishment) and he was perfect. He joined right in and did everything the coach asked him to do. He was a totally different kid -- I don't think his coach even recognized him!!! : ) Today my mom came to watch him and again he did a great job! There are only 5 kids in his group, which is made up of 3 and 4 year olds. Trust me, that's all their poor coach could possibly handle!!! Their coach is great. He's already taught them several things and they play lots of games. They get to be pirates and go get treasure. He even had them pick a superhero they wanted to be for one game, although no one could understand what he was asking them to do (parents included). Finally one of the 3 year olds figured out he was saying "superhero". They will probably all have a bit of an English accent by the end of the week!!! Only two more days to go. It's hilarious!

Posted in: on Wednesday, August 01, 2007 at at 12:17 PM 1 comments  

Posted in: on Sunday, July 29, 2007 at at 9:48 AM 1 comments