CRAZY HAIR DAY

Abby's dr seuss inspired do that Saydi did for her.

4th grade rendezvous

At the end of the year the 4th graders have a big rendezvous where they spend the whole day doing fun mountain man activities.

There is the three-legged-race

Dress up like a mountain man relay
The stick pull. Saydi WON!

And of course catching fish with your bare hands. (Not Saydi's favorite.)

Then... they clean them and send them home with the kids. YEA!

Preschool Graduation

This is Carter's first day of Preschool........and this was his last.

I can't believe how fast this year has flown. He learned a lot this year, but if you asked him what his biggest accomplishment was he'd tell you "learning how to make a Lego Mario" (from youtube).




He put on quite a show at the graduation (lots of acrobatics) Yes, he is only one horizontal in this picture.


Watch out kindergarten here he comes!!!!

Love Notes

My kids know I don't like whining. ("thou shalt not whine"). So, they have decided to write down their complaints.

I love this picture!

I took this picture three years ago over Memorial Day Weekend. I remember we went to the cabin and it was too cold to do anything. Too cold to play on the beach,too cold to boat, almost too cold to sleep. We had to build a fire to keep warm and wouldn't ya know it the chimney was clogged and the cabin filled with smoke. But look at the SMILES on their faces.

I love these guys!

My Mother

(She started teaching in 1966)

-This is my wonderful Mother! She has so many gifts, but one of her greatest is teaching.

-She was born to be a teacher, even as a little girl playing school with her dolls, she knew that's what she was going to be.

-She is the most positive, energetic, optimistic person I know.

-When I was younger I remember everywhere we went- kids would come out of nowhere and hug my mom. I did have to share her with hundreds of other kids over the years, but she some how had enough time and love for all of us.

-She is retiring after 31 years of teaching. I know she will be missed, but I also know some grand kids that are so excited so have more of her!!

We love you MOM!

Check your ring

Dave gave me this ring May 9, 1996. The diamond fell out May 9, 2010. Fourteen years to the day.

Luckily it popped out in the middle of Sacrament Meeting onto Abby's lap. I can't believe our luck.

CHECK YOUR RING SETTING!

CREAMED WHAT ON WHAT?!?

So..... we found ourselves on a Sunday night with no meal planned. Saturday ended up too crazy and I didn't get to the grocery store. I don't know why those Saturday Stake Conference meetings that start at 4pm always catch me off guard.

Anyways... we were rummaging through the food storage and nothing was sounding very good......UNTIL we came across the case of tuna. (I've never been a fan of tuna) but for some reason a tuna recipe that my mother made for me as kid popped into my head.

"Hey we could make CREAMED TUNA ON TOAST"! "YUCK!" is all I heard back (in unison). "No, really guys it's good, I loved it when I was a kid".

So..... with 5 skeptics breathing down my neck I looked up a recipe and made it. Guess what.....
THEY LOVED IT! (or at least pretended to.) :-)