Merry Christmas, Happy New Year & Snow in Tuscon???

So far it's been a great and quiet Christmas vacation. It seems to be the "in law" year, so all of my brothers and sister's families celebrated Christmas with their spouses' families. With just Mom, Dad and I, we were able to sleep in (I think this is the first time in 30 plus years that I have slept in on Christmas).

My birthday was nice and quiet too. It's just been great to relax and not have to worry about school, jobs, or other things that come with adulthood. Mom and Dad gave me some nice clothes and a jacket, Ryan and his family gave me a beautiful green scarf, Matt and Katie gave me the "Top Chef" cookbook (which I love!!), and Jessica and Eric gave me a knitting book and scarf project. Thanks to all of you. I love each of you.

On Dec. 26th, it was cold enough in Tucson to have snow!! Yes, snow in Tucson. What happened to global warming?? Anyway, it didn't stick, but it gave a nice Christmas feel for a few hours.

I came home so I could play the piano for Primary on Sunday. In our ward, we only had about 15 kids in Primary. A really quiet Sunday.

I'm planning on finishing a few more errands here at home and then go to Tucson for New Years. One of my errands is to try out the new Light Rail that has opened in Phoenix. Hopefully this will help with my commute to school and home. :)

Have a great rest of 2008 and welcome 2009.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I can't believe that it's another Thanksgiving! I'm spending it in Tucson with Mom, Dad, Matt, Katie and Jayden. Poor Jayden had some shots on Wednesday and is not feeling well. At times he's fine and will be chasing Sophie (my parent's Bichon Frise); other times he just wants to be on his Mom's lap.

I am very thankful this year for my family for thier prayers and support of all my different adventures. I'm thankful for my students because they give me different adventures/challenges everyday. I'm thankful for my ward and all the friends and support they have given me this year. I'm also thankful for a loving Heavenly Father who knows me and helps me everyday.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

New Week, New Job, New Haircut

Things have been pretty good this week. I went back to school after fall break. I felt like I taught a full week and it was only Monday afternoon.





I finally was approved to tutor afterschool at PDSD. This is a great blessing because I'll be working twice the hours and making twice the hourly rate than I currently have at Sylvan. Without a roommate, these past couple of weeks have been very difficult financially. Thanks for everyone for your thoughts and prayers.





I also decided to get a new haircut. Unfortunately, the pictures don't do it justice. :) I decided that I was tired of just putting my hair back in a ponytail or in a headband. So I whacked off about 3-4 inches. It feels much better. Here's some pictures that I tried to take. Kind of hard to do self portraits.

Have a good week everyone.