Boston's Reading Picnic

The clouds were really dark on Friday, but I brought my picnic blanket anyways. I was hoping it the Reading Picnic scheduled for the 2nd graders would still be outside, but to be safe they held it in their classroom. Still fun. Boston has an awesome teacher, Ms. Cantrell. He also had 5 other LDS kids in his class with him - Liam Thiess, Cameron Blood, Jessie McComber, Kaylie Jankovich, and Whitney Bednar. Most of them have been together in this class for 2 years. Lucky bunch of kids. Boston showed me some of the pieces he had written and his report on Elephants was awesome. He had also written a great poem. Boston asked me to bring him a Subway sandwich and wrote out a "secret subway sandwich" that he wanted on a piece of paper the night before. It was a Spicy Italian doctored up. He is a specific kid (that means picky) when it comes to eating, but I got it right and it was a great lunch.

He Likes to Dance

Trevor that is. The fourth and fifth graders in his school had a program last Thursday called Dancing Through the Decades. They started with the 50's and went up to present day. Trevor's group danced to songs like Cotton Eye Joe, All the Lonely People, Another Brick in the Wall, Sweet Child of Mine, and the highlight being the whole group doing the dance to Thriller. They had a choreographer from the art school come in and teach it to them. Zane caught Trevor and his friend, DJ, dancing the Thriller moves at the Father and Son Campout last week. I guess he secretly likes to dance. I also saw Trevor doing the worm during the program at the end when they had a dance off against the girls. Funny guy.

Preschool Graduation

The end of Gage's first and only year of preschool has come. Last Friday he had his program and graduation. There were lots of songs about Jesus, Noah, and love! There were end of the year folders with all their work along with a report card and diploma. There was also a luncheon upstairs. But, mostly there was relief that he graduated! We were worried there for a bit, but he came through.

Little Blue Four Eyes

When we had Gage's eye exam for kindergarten back in December, we found out he needed glassess. It took us a bit to get them since he never complained and we wanted to save a few pennies for them first. But, his preschool teacher told me that he started to say that he couldn't read things and that they were blury. So, a few weeks ago we headed to Coscto and bought him two pairs since they were running a special for the second pair. When I came to pick Gage up from preschool last week, his teacher, Ms. Bobbi, told me that she wanted to pay for his glasses as a gift to him. I tried to refuse and wanted to be gracious at the same time. We came to an agreement that she would pay for half. Then, when I told her the total, she handed me a check for the entire amount and said, "Sorry, it's my perogative to pay for the whole thing." I love this lady. She has been one of the biggest blessings in Gage's life this year. He has had the best experience at preschool because of her and she cares so much about him and getting his diabetes under control each day that he is there. She's the kind of teacher that hands the Santa at the school Christmas party a sugar free chocolate right before Gage is going to sit on his lap. She worries that she can't make her traditional turkeys out of Oreos for the preschool Thanksgiving meal, but gets such joy when she finds Sugar Free Oreos! She writes down his numbers from his blood sugar meter everyday day on her hand so that she can record it for herself (she has her own blood sugar log at home). She is fiesty, sure of herself and probably the best teacher we could have asked for this year. And, now because of her help, Gage can see a lot better. And, he looks awfully cute in his new glasses.

Fourteen Years Ago Today

I was waiting for Zane at the San Diego Temple. I was wondering why he was late. I was nervous. I was excited. I was a bit angry to find out he was late because of the strawberries at the breakfast bar at the hotel. But, I have been blessed. A great wedding day and a great 14 years. Like they say, "Can't believe it's been that long." Truly it's flying by. But, then I look at our 11 year old and know that there is a lot of history in just these past 14 years. How many baseball games, Church activities, date nights, pregnancies, drive ins, movies, vacations, etc. have we gone through together and with this little family? A lot when I think about it. Again, I am blessed. And I look forward to many many more!

Future Cougars

Our friend Sara went out to BYU to teach. That has made my kids pretty sad. She sent them a package yesterday with BYU shirts for each of them. They put them on right away and it eased the pain of her being gone!