Yakima WA - The Farmers!!!!

I went to visit Jessica and her family last week. It was a great time. Her boys are really cute and it was great to get to know them better. It was also great to get some one on one sister time. :)

Highlights of the trip:

1) Logan - "Where is Attle?" Jess told him that they were going to Seattle, and he wanted to really see attle (whatever attle is).
2) Hamburger Lunch from Major's in Park
3) Checking the growing garden (someone in this family had a green thumb) :D
4) Kick starting my fitness program with an hour long walk.
5) "Beauty and the Beast", "Bolt", "Cars", "Higley Town Heroes", and "Finding Nemo"
6) Remembering what the color of green "really" looks like.
7) The butterfly room at the Pacific Science Center.
8) Saw Lori and her kids (college roommate I haven't seen for 14 years!)
9) Boating with Eric's family. (Seeing Jess and Eric wake boarding - a big plus!)
10) Seeing the top of Mt. Ranier on the airplane above the clouds. (wish I took a picture)

There were also too many other fun little things to mention. I loved being around family and learning fun little antics of a 2 1/2 year old and 9 month old. Thank you Farmers for having me camp on your couch and get some needed R & R.

(P.S - I do have video of Eric and Jess wake boarding, but I need to buy a different connector for my laptop to download it.)

Summer Vacation!!!!

I have 10 weeks of not being a teacher. 10 weeks of no paperwork, no IEPs, no breakfast duty, no "Ms. Waite - I need to talk with you in the hall", and (my favorite) no detention hall.

I am excited about a few things happening this summer.
1) I'm going to Washington to visit my sister Jessica and her family. I've never been to Washington state before and when I've told people about my up coming plans they've said I'll love it.
2) 4th of July - not sure yet. I know some of my family will be in Show Low. Most likely my parents will be in Washington D.C. hanging out with some new grand babies. So I may stay here and enjoy the fireworks show in Mesa.
3) Late July (can't remember the exact date) - Mom got us tickets to see "Wicked" in Tempe. This will be the second time for me. I'm really excited. It will be a blast with everyone.

I'll also be filling my time with working for Sylvan online. It's been a fun job so far. I've tutored kids from each time zone. Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, New York, Rhode Island, Oregon, Canada, and even one from Japan. :) I've really liked it.

So pretty quiet vacation but I'm looking forward to it.

Happy Earth Day!!

Yea for this beautiful world that our Heavenly Father has given us to learn and live on. The more that I learn about how organized and amazing this earth is, the more in awe I am with the goodness of God. This is one of the reasons I love teaching Science. Almost everyday when I explain different laws, behavior of plants and animals, and the solar system, I can echo "all things denote there is a God; yea, even the bearth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator." This is one of my favorite scriptures. I hope this isn't too personal, but I just love being reminded of this everyday.

I guess that's all for now. :)