My Student Teacher daughter

Action shots of Michelle demonstrating how to put squares of paper and straws on
a string to make the tail of a kite.

While we were on our Easter Break trip, we got to go and watch Michelle while

she was student teaching. It was fun for me to observe my Michelley and to see

how she is as a teacher and also how she handles the students. I have to say that

I was very impressed. She is a very calm, soft spoken, loving teacher. It was also

fun to meet some of the students that she's been teaching. Man, kindergarten

was so long ago.........Way to go Michelle. You'll be everyone's favorite teacher.

Easter Break

Well, we are back from our trip to visit with family. What fun. I'm going to post pictures
of a few of the highlights.


Eating with Shelly, Rashel and Savannah on our first full day of Easter Break. And.....
Eating with family at one of our favorite places on our last day of our trip.

I love visiting with good friends whenever I have the opportunity. I happen to have two very good friends that live in the same city. I wanted to see them both, so Jeannie suggested we meet at this park. I introduced the two friends to each other. Jeannie and Jim were so sweet to feed us dinner. It was so delicious.

YAY Julie

julie is on the front row, very left hand side
Yes, I know, another post about Julie. But what do you expect??? Anyway, Julie tried

out for Varisty Cheer yesterday, and today they made the phone calls to let the girls

know who made the squad. And (drum roll please).... Julie made it!!! I just hope that

it's a good year and that some fun memories can be made.

What a Fun Week-End

Todd, Cindy, Noelle and Michelle
This week-end, Michelle and company (Noelle, Cindy and Todd) came and stayed at

our home. What Fun. It was filled with excitement and youthful exuberance. I got to

hear them speak in their native accents (ha ha ha ha), joke around, and just plain old

enjoy their time together. They sure made life more exciting for Julie too. Our house

is going to be a lot more quiet now. After staying up till all hours of the early morning

they all had to get ready for church. Check out my bathroom as they were all trying

to get their last minute finishing touches done in the morning.

COME BACK SOON NOW, YA HERE !!

Sadies

Last night was the Sadie Hawkens dance at Julie's school. She met up with some

friends before the dance for dinner, etc. The theme was country/western. I saw

lots of "Daisy Duke" wannabe's. I drove a few of them to the dance after the

pizza dinner at Kelsey's. I'll post a group picture after I get one.

Cheer banquet

Tonight we celebrated the end of the cheer season with Julie and all the spiritleaders.

There was lots of picture taking, lots of gift giving, food and awards. We were so happy

for Julie when they announced the coaches award, and she was to be the recipient. Here

are the nice (and true) words of her coach. "I can't think of one bad thing to say about

this girl. She's perfect. She's always very agreeable, and even when I corrected her

she took correction without complaint. She always brightened my day, every time I

came into the Gym. And I always tell her that I "love" her haircolor. And the award

goes to............Julie" I was really happy that the coach gave her that award. I feel that

she is a very agreeable and I'm glad that she saw her the way that I do. Way to go Julie

"Magic" kingdom

Anna with Sam on his very first Disney ride, The Jungle Cruise

Wow, where do I start? A couple of weeks ago my daughter Michelle and 3 of her

friends decided they wanted to come to California to go to Disneyland. They asked

Noelle's uncle if he could sign them in. He told them that he was blacked out that day,

so he couldn't sign them in. So we asked our very good friends if they could sign them

in, plus me and my daughter in law, and they said "Yes". Well, the first group got there,

and we are going through the gate, and the guy says "I'm sorry, but you are blacked

out today". I thought "No Way, this can't be happening, My Michelle and friends drove

from another state just to go, and I brought my daughter in law, and two grandbabies

so they could go for the very first time. We were "distraught". Well, Julie had her ticket,

so she took Grace in because there was no way we were bringing her there and not

letting her go on at least a few rides. While they were in the park, my mind went to

working, and made a few phone calls, asked one of the sweet friends if she wouldn't

mind giving us her "comp" tickets, and she was willing. So the traveling college students

only had to split the cost of 2 tickets to get in. We got them at a discounted price. YAHOO !! Then I worked a little monetary magic (Thanks to my very sweet hubby) and got my

daughter in law and myself into the park. It didn't end up like we thought it was going to,

but we ended up having a good day afterall. Lesson learned......

check for black-out days before traveling 9 hours to go to the "Magic Kingdom"

Stella talking to Grandma

Melissa sent me this picture today, that just warms my heart. Makes me smile. I just have

to share. When i call Melissa on the phone, I ask if I can talk to Stella. And this is what she

looks like when I'm talking to her. LOVE IT !!

Spending time with a couple of the Grandkids

Yesterday we went and spent some time with Tyler, Anna, Grace and Sam. We brought some

yummy hamburgers and hotdogs, and had a little barbecue. Of course, they wanted to see

the new truck. And we wanted to see the "kids". So we were both happy. = ) Here are

some cute pictures of our visit, and Grace seeing the new truck.