Thursday night we attended a very special FFA Banquet. As many of you know, FFA has always been a huge part of my life. I can still remember going to school with dad and watching early morning parli practices while I was in elementary, attending state and national conventions while in high school and attending the barnyard zoo every year (even now with Andi & TJ).
There are so many more FFA activities that Kyle, Gina, Travis and I have done and been to with dad and even though we are all out of school and are now alumni members of the FFA, it is still weird to think of my dad as the (new) principal of North Shelby instead of the ag teacher. He definitely has worked extremely hard for the past 25 years to accomplish the many successes that he has had in his career as an ag teacher including state and national winning teams, state FFA officers, mentoring past students and past student teachers that have become successful ag teachers themselves, holding offices himself in area, district, state and national levels and most importantly developing a rapport with students to help take them to the next level of involvement in a great organization that will help them both in high school and in life.
As you can probably tell I am pretty proud of him! :)
Now for some pictures...
Andi and I dressed up for the banquet.
Andi excited to see pa-pa.
Andi and pa-pa
Dad and his "favorites"
The whole Eckler family!
2 comments:
Jessi I know you are proud of your mom & dad as well as your siblings and now your own family. But you can't imagine how proud Grandpa & I are of all of you. Everytime your Dad does something outstanding I think how all of you helped make him successful.
Congrats to your dad. It is even a little weird to me to think that he's not going to be an ag teacher and FFA advisor anymore. Those are going to be some big shoes to fill!
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