What a sweetie!

Gailon is such a sweetie! He sent me the most beautiful boquet of gerber daisys and roses. Of course, whenever he sends flowers, the ladies in the office comment that their husbands have never sent them flowers, how did i get so lucky? I love this man so much!! Ok, moosh is over!

It was my turn to plan the day, but since he wasn't feeling well, we spent the evening with my mom. It was nice to be able to do this, because she was a bit down. It is become a hard day for her since Papa passed. I tried to help by surprising her with flowers, but the surprise was on me. I got to her house and realized I didn't have a house key!! So I left them on the porch. Not what I wanted, but the effect was the same. She was happy that she recieved her flowers from Papa.

So many of the people I encountered yesterday kept talking about how much they hate Valentine's Day. Not me! I think it is so fun to watch the kiddos with their valentine treats and cards. Several of my colleagues refuse to allow parties or any activities that are remotely related to the day, pass out valentine cards at recess and that is it! Not in my room! The whole day is related to hearts and all the fun stuff. The kiddos used conversation hearts to discuss probabilities, science was about the heart and how it works, language arts was a piece of functional text detailing how to make a certain kind of valentine heart. So much fun!!

Yeah A Holiday Is Upon Us!

One of the few perks of being a teacher is the lovely sprinkling of holidays! We have two such lovely holidays coming up. What to do? What to do? I know! Clean my office. That doesn't sound like too much fun, but I need to get a bit of organization going on here. For my birthday, Gailon presented me with a Cricut Expression machine. I am going to have some serious fun with this machine. Between my stamps and the Cricut, I may actually get some projects completed that I have been working on for the past little bit.

So many interesting things have occured in the past few weeks, that I must take a moment to pause and reflect on them. I have truly learned much about myself, my goals and aspirations, and a bit about those around me. I truly must say that there is nothing more enlightening than a trip to make things clearer.

My dear husband is still working on his classes and certifications. He should be done around March! I can't wait!

Old Lady Alert!!

Happy Birthday to Me!
My students all think that I am 11, not really but they play along with it.
This is a hard birthday, being the introspective person that I am. What have I accomplished? What have I done with the time I have spent here?
Maybe this thought thread is due to the fact that President Hinkley passed away yesterday and he was one of the prophets I served under during my mission and made an amazing impact on my life.
Gailon has only known one prophet since joining the church, so this is even more interesting process for him.

Congratulations!!

I was awakened this morning by the shrill ringing of the phone! It made me nervous, wondering who would be calling me at such an early hour! Silly me, the room was still dark, but the sun was out and it was 6:45. The lovely interuption to my lazy monday morning was my friend Jen calling to tell me that she is getting married!! I am so excited for her! This means another trip to Utah!!!! We were there in November, December, we will be there in February and now March! So exciting! We should get frequent visitor passes or something!

Happy New Year!

Well, we are finally back home. This holiday season we spent with family and friends in Utah. We got to see the newest Musser, what a pretty little thing she is. It is so hard going to Ogden because we feel so at home there, and then we have to leave to come back to California. I, of course, forgot my camera, but luckily for me, Gailon had his. As soon as he gets the pictures ready, I can post a few here.

We made it back on New Year's Eve and enjoyed a quiet evening at home. For once Gailon was not deathly ill! What a nice change!

One of the things that I am going to try to do this year is keep up the blog. This way others will be able to see what is going on with us. A quick and easy way to communicate!

A new niece!

Well, my brother has a new daughter! She was born today at 4:51 pm. Reddish hair and healthy. She is the youngest of four,the third daughter for Matt. Congratulations!

Holy Macaroni and Cheese!!

Is this month passing by too quickly for anyone else? I can hardly believe that we have Winter Break in two weeks! Of course, I am no knocking it, but holy macaroni and cheese! I have so much to do!!

We are getting ready for another photo shoot. I think that the weekends for the next few weeks are totally photo filled adventures! Between family photos, head shots, and a wedding, whew! I am already tired! But it is good to see Gailon doing something that he enjoys and is good at.

Last night we took photos for an Institute dance at Cal State L.A. Andrew asked Gailon and of course he jumped at the opportunity. We had fun trying out some new equipment. Some of the couples were very creative in their poses, which made it fun for us. Many just wanted the traditional dance photo. All in all it was fun and a good experience for Gailon.

Today we have two photo shoots and then Gailon will have to get to work on all the fun photoshop stuff. He is going to show me how to do all the things he does, that way I can assist a bit more.

I am still working on our Christmas cards. I may actually get one out this year! I have never been the "family letter, Christmas photo and card" kinda gal. But I figure, maybe I should. So, I am still making an attempt.