the tuckers: March 2008

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

catching up

So, we have been on a few adventures lately, one of which is to one of my favorite places... Disneyland!! So here are a few pictures from that adventure!! On the right we are waiting for the Nemo Submarine ride!
And on our left, our buds, Mike and Teesha!

Of course we had to have the picture of the star drain! I love almost anything star related. Always have and always will.

Making faces with Teesha! We had so much fun with Mike and Teesha! Thanks for hangin' at 'D' with us!

Monday, March 24, 2008

Field Trip to El Dorado Park

Since I am unable to post the cute photos of my kiddos, I will share with you some of the beauty that we experienced.

While we were at the park we were able to do a few experiments including searching for items in the lake and surface tension. This penny has, according to the junior

scientist, 24 drops of water on it. So lucky we were to be able to go on this trip, especially in a day of budget cuts. Fundraising is now my second job!

The only way that we are able to do any of the field trips that we are going on this year is from fundraising and my feeble attempts to write grants. Last year I recieved a grant for our trip to Knott's. Not so lucky this year. But we fundraised and the kiddos had an amazing physics learning experience.

I even wrote a grant to be able to purchase digital cameras to teach the kiddos a bit about photography for

their project entitled "A day In The Life Of...". But I was unable to secure that grant either. So, they are having to use their own cameras and a few tidbits of information that I gave them.

Our next adventure is to discover more about physics at Disneyland! We still need to raise about $300 for the bus, so we are having a bake sale at Open House. Fun stuff!

School is no longer just about reading, writing, and arithmatic. Fundraising is now an integral part of the experience. I am not too sure of how I feel about having to find my own money, but it sure teaches the kiddos lessons about supply and demand, politics, and math, to name a few.

Friday, March 21, 2008

She did it!

My friend Jen Peacock, now Jen Pace, got married on March 15. It was truly a pleasure to be there and witness her special day! The weather was wonderful, until later in the evening when it began to snow. Luckily for her, the day was a beautiful one.

Congratulations Jen and Garrett!!!

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Photo Walk

Well, I have decided that it was time to find out more about this camera and the programs that I have so that I can publish my own pictures onto the blog.So, I jumped in on Karen's lesson, (Thanks Karen!!!), and off we went!

Karen chose to go to Ports O'Call for her photo walk/assignment. I tried to incorporate the ideas of leading lines, framing, and all the other ideas that we were being taught into a few photos. So, here they are, my first assignment!

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Favorite Quotes

“I believe…that the Lord’s tender mercies are the very personal and individualized blessings, strength, protection, assurances, guidance, loving-kindnesses, consolation, support and spiritual gifts which we receive from and because of and through the Lord Jesus Christ….I testify that the tender mercies of the Lord are available to all of us and that the Redeemer of Israel is eager to bestow such gifts upon us.”

~David A. Bednar “The Tender Mercies of the Lord,” April 3, 2005

"It is often in the trial of adversity that we learn those most critical lessons that form our character and shape our destiny." ~Elder Uchtdorf

"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy, they are the charming gardners who make our souls blossom."

"Have hope. Be strong. Laugh loud and play hard. Live in the moment. Smile often. Dream big. Remember you are loved and never give up!" ~unknown

"So, the great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life. It is not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage." ~ Henry B. Eyring

“A grand adventure is about to begin.” Winnie the Pooh

"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones
and when you have laboriously accomplished your task GO TO SLEEP IN PEACE.

GOD IS AWAKE."
~ Victor Hugo~

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”
--Og Mandino

"God is closest to those with broken hearts.”

~Jewish Saying.

...when I found him whom my soul loves I held him, and would not let him go...Song of Solomon 3:4

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ~Dr. Seuss.

"Happiness is what you make it. Always has been. Always will be." ~ unknown

"You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms."
~Neal. A. Maxwell

"Once in awhile,
Right in the middle of an ordinary life,
Love gives us a fairy tale."
~ Anonymous ~

"Sometimes you're the windshield. Sometimes you're the bug."

"There are some people who take the heart out of you and there are people who put it back." Elizabeth David

“Promise me you'll always remember: you're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

~Christopher Robin

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." ~ Thomas Edison

"Be the person you want the world to be." ~Unknown

"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.
I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp
I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor’s children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my
fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.
I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.
I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."

~Marjorie Pay Hinkley

"If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you."

~ Winnie the Pooh

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.

-Yiddish proverb

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."

~Wayne Dyer

"A house is made of walls and beams a home is made of love and dreams." ~Unknown

"It is not the amount of money an individual earns that brings peace of mind it is having control of his money." ~ President N. Eldon Tanner

" I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity"

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"You did not come into the world to fail. You came into the world to succeed. You have accomplished much so far. It is only the beginning. As you move forward on the trail of life, keep the banner of faith in self ever before you. You may not be a genius. You may not be exceptionally smart. But you can be good, and you can try. And you will be amazed at what might happen when in faith you take a step forward."
~Gordon B. Hinckley

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