"First one to sleep gets a quarter!"

There are many things I remember about Grandma Berta: her laughter, happy-go-lucky attitude, friendliness toward each person she encountered, making soap bubbles during bathtime, eating salt on her tomatoes, calling the couch a davenport, the bathroom a biffy, her love of gardening and flowers, always having piece of gum or extra kleenex (used or not) in her purse, shaking her hands in the air while dancing, her contagious smile, being a fantastic cook, offering a quarter to the first one to fall asleep while spending the night at her house, her beautiful penmanship, her strength. I could go on and on about her - she is missed so very much, and yet I know that (as my mom said) she is up in heaven shaking her hands while she dances......miss you grandma!

Playing it safe

These past couple of days have not been so fun at our house. First, Payton was battling a bit of a bug (my car saw the worst of it) and now Russ is battling a larger bug! He has been in bed sick for the past 24 hours, so Payton and I have been playing in the basement - playing it safe to get away from the germs (sorry Russ). We set up the Barbie tent Payton inherited from cousin Olivia....she loves it! Hopefully the weather clears up on this cloudy day so we can go outside for a bit! Tomorrow, we're off to the zoo - more pictures to come!

This is why I love my job

I have had the pleasure of working with these young men and women for almost 6 years! I am so proud of the people they have become, and what their future holds for them. Although I am the teacher, they have taught me more; I am so lucky to have known such remarkable people! Congratulations, graduates!

If you ever get a chance....

Megan, my sister, and I went to see Sugarland in concert last night at the Sprint Center.....I highly recommend going to see them - their show was INCREDIBLE! In fact, it was so good we didn't even mind sitting by three outrageously drunk girls or the fact that we were seated in the nose bleed section! Neither one of us brought our cameras in for fear of them not letting us, so I don't have any fun pictures to share....all the more reason to go see them yourself!

Diva Days

Playing catch with Aunt Megan.
Stylin' in her shades playing the piano!

And of course we need the sunglasses to ride the little horse too!

Watch out Martha!

Look at this!

Payton has all sorts of new phrases, one being, "Look at this!" Some others include, "I get you!", "I wuv you!", "Tickle me!", and of course "Boots the monkey, Dora, Isa the i-ga-na"; the list goes on and on.

We (when I say we, I mean me) have been debating over whether to take Payton to get a haircut or not (the debate is whether she will sit still long enough or not). We have trimmed her bangs several times, but have not been brave enough to try a true haircut. So, I thought I'd share some pictures of her long hair....and just think, one year ago this month she still had a mohawk!!!

On another note, we are officially on the countdown for school to be over! May 28th is the teacher's last work day of the year. Students have a 1/2 day on the 27th....I CANNOT wait!