What we do for fun....

I don't know what your family does for fun, but ours climbs trees!

A couple of weeks ago, during some decent weather, we decided to go on a spontaneous picnic trip to Shevlin. While we were there the boys discovered some really cool trees for climbing.

And when I say "boys" I mean all 3 of them!!! Marc had just as much fun as the little guys. Of course mom had to pull out the camera and take full advantage of the photo opportunity!

Take a close look, they are actually getting along, even putting their arms around each other! It's amazing! Anyhow, we had a lot of fun and enjoyed some bike riding too. It's a great place to take the boys to do some "off road" bicycling.

I have hundreds of kids!!

As many of you know, I work in the school district. I feel like each and every kid that I have worked with is one of my own. I am often asked how I remember all of the kids' names at school. My response is usually that I have had at least one personal experience with each and every one of them! Either it was a problem solving issue, someone who needed a shoulder to cry on or someone who I was able to help in an academic way. I really feel satisfied helping kids, at home and at work. Case in point...
Last week I was asked to join the 5th grade classes on a 3 day field trip to the Oregon coast, of course I accepted!! This was a great opportunity to get to know the kids and some of the parents on a personal level. It was a blast!!!


These are some of my kids..
This is Mrs. Barrett's class (my favorite, by far!!)

The camp is Camp Magruder, but the program is sponsored by OMSI. We had the opportunity to explore the environment and learn about ORT, that's another story. We also had the opportunity to LICK A SLUG!!! Mom will get a kick out of this one!! She has often teased me over the years about slug licking, when I was at outdoor school in 6th grade we were asked if we wanted to lick a slug, of course I jumped at the chance! If you don't know, when you lick a slug (a banana slug) the slime makes your tongue numb!This is K, she is a girl after my own heart! A red-headed spit fire not afraid to speak her mind!! She jumped at the chance to lick a slug!! I am so proud!!


This is my field study class.
The classes were all split up into groups, each group stuck together for field study and interest groups. We hiked the dunes, dissected squid, learned about team building and sang by the campfire. It was a wonderful experience and I can't wait to do it next year with Tucker!

Girls, girls, girls!!

On Saturday I taught a class at Scrap-A-Doodle for some moms. It was a half day "All about me" album with lunch and dessert.The goal was to have the moms finish a 6 x 6 album all about them. They had a great time and the albums turned out so nice! It was great fun.

Then on Saturday night I hosted the BCF youth group girls at a scrap party at our house.I have never had so many teenage girls in my house before!I taught them how to make explosion boxes to give to their moms for Mother's day. In addition to all of the girls there were 2 babies. I have to say, I think I held the babies more than I have held any baby in a while, I definitely got my baby fix for a while.That's Vanaya on the left and Titus on the right. Marc and the boys had just gotten back from a short overnight trip at Grandma and Grandpa's in Prineville, the first thing he did was pick up Titus! It has been a long time since we have had a baby in the house!That's Titus' mommy, Rachel. Titus' Daddy, Ben, is the pastor's son, he was just ordained a pastor last month. She's such a nice gal, and her explosion box was beautiful! I had a great time, it was so nice to have other girls in the house besides Lady!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

To all the Moms out there, have a wonderful day!
This one's for you, mom. We love you!!

Our night out on the town!!!

As you know, Marc and I don't get to go out alone very often, without the boys, that is. Don't get me wrong, we love the fact that the boys are behaved well enough that we are able to take them just about anywhere with us. However, Mommy and Daddy needed some adult time! No, not that kind, I mean billiards, beer and my brother!! Tony and his lovely girlfriend, Katy, came to visit from Washington this weekend. We were able to celebrate Marc's birthday on Saturday with a night out on the town.

First, we dropped the boys off at Donna's (our surrogate grandma in Bend) and headed off to Anthony's for dinner. It was very nice! Then it was off to the Black Horse Saloon.
Of course we enjoyed the live music and the pool, but I think the best part was the company. This was a great opportunity to spend some time with Tony, who I NEVER see, and to get to know Katy better. She is a great girl! Then we headed to a sports bar, for Katy and her dart addiction, to find out that they don't have darts!! No worries, though, it was off to the house and the hot tub instead, where we visited and listened to Tony complain about his poor stubbed toe!

It was a great night!