We made another blog this week-its getting addicting, (ha ha). This one was for Kelsey for her big Beauty Product Drive: Shop in the Name of Love. She's having a big kickoff event Feb 27 and hopefully the media will be there to get some donations rolling in. Check out her blog: www.shopinthenameoflove.blogspot.com (Whew! that's a long one!) I'm quite thrilled that I made the blog all by myself, but now our family blog features Kelsey's picture. Anyone out there know how to keep them separate??
This week was spent mostly getting Kelsey ready for her service drive. Although she didn't get any corporate donations for her trip, she is still going ahead with the service drive. It's been fun to put this together because its something she really wants to do. Fun times this week as we gather supplies and contact the media.
We celebrated Breanna's 10th birthday last week. My baby girl is growing up right before my eyes. She just got her ears pierced too and can't wait to wear sparkly earrings like her sisters. Her birthday was quite an event to put on since it fell on a Wednesday. I hurried home from school and we dashed out the door to eat at In-and Out Burgers. Then we dashed home to frost and eat the cake, and open presents. Then dashed back out the door to attend a school social at my school. Then dashed home to get the girls to Young Womens. Then crashed into bed. She had a birthday party later that week with her friends. Before we know it she will be dashing out the door with the other girls to go to Young Womens.
Now Jayden is counting down until his birthday in May. Too bad he still has to wait for Carissa's and Kevin's too. His eyes lit up when he realized that next year (2011) he will be old enough to get baptized and go to Cub Scouts. He is already thinking up designs for his Pinewood Derby car. He and I went to a Mother Son activity at the Riparian Preserve Water Ranch. It was a nice flat hike around a lake with other moms and sons in the ward. The sun was just setting and it was fun for him to have boys around to run and shout and kick up the gravel with. He loved peeking in the observatory and seeing Mars through the telescope. So now his big fascination is space and asteroids. At the moment he wants to be a pilot and a spaceman.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Week in Review #5
I have decided that elementary schools are the best places to be for holidays. Not necessarily because we teachers get so much teaching done then, but because there is a feeling of fun and excitement that can be felt in the halls and in the kids faces. The day before Christmas break was . . .magical I will say. The students, not just mine, arrived with gifts for their teachers and for each other. Fun crafts, parties and projects were planned, not for the educational objectives, but for the sheer fun of having a holiday. "Merry Christmas!" could be heard in the halls from both teachers and students as we left for our two week vacation.
Valentines Day was just as fun. The students once again arrived bearing gifts, flowers, chocolates, and classroom party treats. The office staff dressed in red and hearts. We passed out valentines and practiced our manners by saying "thank you". We ate party food and decorated cookies "just because". Everyone was once again happy; happy for no reason other than we have a holiday to celebrate. The sad thing is, I can't see too many more holidays coming up that will bring such excitement, except maybe the last day of school. And I am not sure who will be running through the halls full of cheer and glee; will it be the students or the teachers?
More excitement at home too. Kelsey just got word that she has been accepted to BYU-I. She is excited and will hear in about a week what track she is on (what semester she starts). It could be as soon as September or as far away as next April.
A lot of you have been asking for more details of her trip to Europe in June. We have been so busy getting ready for everything that we neglected to mention the details! Here we go: She has been nominated and accepted into a student ambassador program. She gets to travel for 20 days to England, France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. She goes from June 14 to July 3. During the trip she gets to meet with members of Parliment and other government officials. At the end of the trip she gets to stay with a host family for a few days in one of the countries. She has been busy busy trying to raise money but we still have a ways to go. She is also organizing a service project to help a shelter for battered women. She is collecting soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, ect--any kind of beauty products that women could use. This project is not required for the ambassador program, its something she wants to do. If you want to donate to her trip or to her service project, let us know ASAP. If you have anymore questions about what she is up to, let me know.
In other news, we also just found out that Breanna won first place in an art contest and that her winning artwork is framed and on display in a store. It got sent to a national competition for FastFrames, but didn't win. She did get a tee-shirt and the store framed it for free. I will take a picture of her and her picture when the store lets her take it home.
Valentines Day was just as fun. The students once again arrived bearing gifts, flowers, chocolates, and classroom party treats. The office staff dressed in red and hearts. We passed out valentines and practiced our manners by saying "thank you". We ate party food and decorated cookies "just because". Everyone was once again happy; happy for no reason other than we have a holiday to celebrate. The sad thing is, I can't see too many more holidays coming up that will bring such excitement, except maybe the last day of school. And I am not sure who will be running through the halls full of cheer and glee; will it be the students or the teachers?
More excitement at home too. Kelsey just got word that she has been accepted to BYU-I. She is excited and will hear in about a week what track she is on (what semester she starts). It could be as soon as September or as far away as next April.
A lot of you have been asking for more details of her trip to Europe in June. We have been so busy getting ready for everything that we neglected to mention the details! Here we go: She has been nominated and accepted into a student ambassador program. She gets to travel for 20 days to England, France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. She goes from June 14 to July 3. During the trip she gets to meet with members of Parliment and other government officials. At the end of the trip she gets to stay with a host family for a few days in one of the countries. She has been busy busy trying to raise money but we still have a ways to go. She is also organizing a service project to help a shelter for battered women. She is collecting soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, ect--any kind of beauty products that women could use. This project is not required for the ambassador program, its something she wants to do. If you want to donate to her trip or to her service project, let us know ASAP. If you have anymore questions about what she is up to, let me know.
In other news, we also just found out that Breanna won first place in an art contest and that her winning artwork is framed and on display in a store. It got sent to a national competition for FastFrames, but didn't win. She did get a tee-shirt and the store framed it for free. I will take a picture of her and her picture when the store lets her take it home.
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