237 Days

These came this week:

I may have squealed.

I may have done a little dance.

I may have started singing "Defying Gravity" right there.

It may still be 237 days away.

But that is 237 days I get to look forward to it.

WICKED IS COMING TO SALT LAKE CITY!!!

HORRAY!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

-Melody Beattie

Cousin Jess Got Married!

A few weeks ago my beautiful cousin, Jessica, got married. We braved the snow storm to drive to Springville for the wedding reception. Here's the happy new Mr and Mrs, Chris and Jessica .

Being that there are only four cousins (this happens when your dad is an only child and your mom only has one brother) and we got to see all four of them that day, it was something of a momentous occasion. :) These are my cousins Dan and Emily (who now goes by Zoey).

Dan's wife Amy put together the reception, and did an amazing job! You would never have known it was a church cultural hall, it was so beautifully done.

Cuddling with Violet
I love this girl
plus she saved me from the bouquet toss
so now I love her even more

The cute couple

Dan and my last cousin, Hyrum, dancing with Dan's daughters Annalyce and Ericka (Dan's darling daughters).

My family that was able to come that day... Maddie and Aubrey were sick so Karl's family couldn't come.

Dad, Mom, Ivy, Eric, Steve, Lacey, Katie, and Violet

On the car ride home- we'd driven my parent's mini can- we enjoyed ourselves and took some silly pictures.

Me and Eric in the back seat...

...Ivy and Violet in the middle...
(Yes, I am making faces at Violet in the following picture.
I spent most of the drive doing that.
She truly has me wrapped around her stinkin cute finger!)

Lace and Steve in the front.

It was a fun little trip, and as always fun to get to get to see family that we don't see often enough. Congrats and best wishes to Jessica and her new husband... the beginnings of a happy new eternal family. :)

NOT DEAD!!!

Hi all.

I've been gone for a while. It seems like that has been the trend of 2011.

Last week I got the flu. No fun. For two days I went to school in the middle of the night to do substitute plans. The worst part of being a teacher is having to make substitute plans while you are sick! I really lucked out with the sub. She was great, work was completed, my kids did well, and my room looked perfect when I got back.

However, while I was gone a little boy started a rumor that I was gone because I had died. It really shook up one girl in particular.

I can assure you that I am well and alive. Just busy! I promise I will be back soon!

Have a happy week!

So darling!

One of my cute little first graders ran into class, so excited to give me this:

I told her how beautiful it was, though I wasn't quite sure what it was suppose to be. Right about then she exclaimed "It's Rapunzel, flying a kite!" to which I replied, "Well look at that, it sure is!"

I love first grade!