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Wholly macaroni and cheese!
Busy does not even begin to describe how things have been!!! I must say, this move had many more "adventures" than any that we have had before. Luckily for us, this will be the last one for quite some time!

Now comes the fun stuff: contractors, drapery consultants, more contractors, consultation with sprinkler experts, and the list goes on. We are working on finding the cables and such so that I can download pictures from our move and of our projects around the house. So far I have pulled weeds and we ripped out a very angry rose bush, it had thorns all the way to the buds....no fun! We have painted almost every room in the house, had the carpet cleaned, scrubbed almost every square inch of the place, found enough dog hair to rebuild a small dog army {yUcK!}, built shelves in the garage, and unpacked many treasures.

Our ward has been very welcoming and friendly and our neighbors are very sweet as well. Next door there is a sweet little family and their little boy chats with me as I am watering the lawn, sooo cute!

All in all, we are enjoying it here. I totally miss so much about Pedro...{t}... but love being so close to the hiking trails, canyon, and some really beautiful places.

Well, best get back to unpacking....hopefully I can find everything and a place for it too!

JuNe 12.... already?!?!

Wow! I can't hardly believe that the end of the school year is here! As one of my cute kiddos said, "It seems like we just started last week!"

We had such a great time this year...field trips, adventures, drama, all rolled into one neat, little package. I took so many pictures this year, but can't really post them because of privacy issues with the kiddos, you know! :)

Now onto other adventures!

We will be closing on our house on Monday! Can I get a YaHoO!!?
We will then begin the painting and cleaning efforts before we come back to gather up a few loose ends. The movers are scheduled and the gear is ready..well, mostly. I still need to get some boxes and pack up a few items that are in the house...but other than that, we are ready to begin this new adventure! {well, mostly...i am a little nervous! so much change is such a small time frame...we will be fine...change is a good thing...right?...yup! you betcha!!!}

Today we had our end of the year luncheon and I was honored for my "...dedication and service to the school..." BIG surprise when I was handed this award. I am not much for large showings of praise, a little thank you in private will do me just fine! Needless to say I turned a million shades of red and got a bit teary-eyed. I am truly going to miss this group of teachers! They are awesome!! I love the tumbler with the pictures and notes from some of my faves!!!

Wasatch!

I was just offered a position at my first choice school, Wasatch Elementary! I am so excited I can hardly stand it!! I found out as I was checking my email while the kiddos were finishing their multiplication tests...the room was quiet, with the exception of pencils scratching paper..I read the email...and I, yes I did, started to laugh out loud and whoop and holler! My students were a bit shocked and not sure what was going on. Naturally, I didn't say much, just that a good thing happened. They don't know that I am leaving at the end of the year.

At any rate, the excitement of the journey continues!!!!

Holey Moley!!

With so much going on, where do I begin?!?

We went to Utah for my Spring Break, just to take a look around for housing and finalize some paperwork for my job. We contacted our good friend, and now Realtor, Ed Treto, to show us a few places. Nine houses later and we had not really found what made us go "There it is! That's the one!"

Saturday morning we were preparing to head down to Salt Lake for a photo shoot, and my Uncle G suggested we check out a particular house he had had his eye on. We drove by it Friday night, made an appointment to see it with the realtors, and fell in love with it! Needless to say, we are buying a house in Ogden! So ExCiTiNg!!! It is a "starter home" of four bedrooms, technically five but one room needs the closet finished, and two bathrooms. It has a nice sized backyard with plenty of room to build a garage/studio and have a great garden. We couldn't be more excited.....and a bit scared. So many changes!

{{...officially so...}}

Well, it is official... I was offered a contract with Ogden School District and we are moving to Utah this summer... Now I know there are those who will be so happy that we are leaving the San Pedro area and those who will weep.

It will be a grand adventure...

< Faith and Hope>

Conference was great! We were able to start it off with our annual get together with friends from the San Pedro Ward past and present...{thanks nocella's for hosting!}
One of the main messages that I kept hearing was that of faith and hope. Powerful messages to hear at this time. I should give a bit of background...


I received an email on Monday regarding an opportunity that would be taking place on Thursday. I made arrangements to make it down to the San Diego area by setting up a sub and finding my carpool buddy, since Gailon would need to be at work.

Thursday morning came and Teesha met me at the house, and off we went on our adventure. There was one glitch...I had a touch of food poisoning and had already been "sick" twice that morning, but I had made a commitment and needed to be on my way. So off we went!

We began our journey and made the first stop...at the Redlands Temple!

Of course we were going to totally document this whole trip!
RoAd TrIpPiNg!!

But we didn't....

At least we got the beginning!


So, our adventure continued on to the San Diego area, business concluded, two more visits with my friend "John" {get it...}, and back home to sleep until 3am. At that point I decided there was no way I could make it to work and called in for a sub, {actually i got on the website and ordered one...}.

Next time, our road trippin will be more trippin than road! Thanks again Teesha for being my carpool partner and helping me out with the venture!

Can't wait to hear how it all turned out!!!