Race for the Cure

Ok everyone....I have officially started a team for Race for the Cure. It is happening on May 9th downtown Salt Lake City. It is such a great event. We started a team so that our faculty could join to help with their fitness goals...but we would love to have a ton of people show up to support our team and our cause. Go to the Race for the Cure website http://race.komenslc.org/site/TR/Race/General?fr_id=1000&pg=entry

Then...search for Team Rose Springs Elementary...or you can search for my name. I am the team captain. We would love to raise a lot of money for this reseach...you can also donate online without having to move a muscle...

Hope to see you there!!!

PASSED!

YIPPEE!! I passed my test. I am so happy that I don't have to take it over again. After all of that stress, I have now decided that I am going to take a few years off and stay home with my cute little kids. I am very excited about it.

Rob also passed his test that he took and we are now just waiting to hear what is going to happen with the out of state job that he is interviewing for. We are crossing our fingers and hoping for the best.

Taylor just turned four. She is getting funnier every day. The other day I asked her what she ate for lunch. She told me that she ate fish sticks. Then she told me that she didn't like them, but she ate them anyway and then she asked to be excused from the table. It was so funny!

Little Kaiden is doing great. He is getting so big. He is now 18.4 pounds and he is 27 inches long. What a GIANT! He has been fighting a cold and he has been getting some teeth. He is such a trooper and he is still such a sweet boy.

Test Day

IT IS OVER!!! That last stinkin test that has been hanging over my head since my days of college. Hopefully, I will pass it the first time so I don't have to retake it. It came down to the final 20 seconds or so. I threw my last thoughts on paper, writing as fast as my fingers could go. The anxiety is enough to kill you! But....the Praxis is FINALLY over.

Not only was it my test day, but Rob had a big test today, too. It will take about 4 weeks before either one of us truely know how we did. I am sure we both did great!

Now...we look forward to our vacation!!! Oh, yeah, Valentines is coming up first. That will mark the 2 year anniversary of when Rob proposed...awww...how sweet. Great story. And then...OFF TO CANCUN!!!

Happy New Year!!!

Wow! December went by SO fast! I can't believe it is already 2009. I hope this year is as great as last year! Christmas was a lot of fun. It snowed like crazy, but we were still able to make it to both grandparents houses. When we got up to Ogden, we decided to make a sled hill for Taylor out of the back yard hills. THAT IS SOME HARD WORK!!! We managed a half decent hill and we looked all over Ogden for a sled. Every store was sold out. We finally found the little blue plastic carpets. That was ok, but she kept getting mad because she would get snow in her face. So, we went on another search and found another cheesy sled. This one was a little better, but still, not that great! Well, maybe it was just the windblown snow. Anyhow, I will post some video and pics when I get them transfered to my computer.

With the start of the new year, of course we all have some new goals. Rob and I have decided to tone up for our next fabulous vacation to Mexico. Back to Cancun we go!!! This school year, I have been designated the Gold Medal Schools Coordinator for my school. This is a BIG job, but not too bad. We have started a Fitness Challenge at my school. It is so fun to have almost everyone on board. I get some great motivation from the staff and my principal is so great to help us with whatever we need.

Hopefully this year will bring all of you all of the great things that you hope for.

Christmas is coming!!!

I love the holidays. That would probably explain why Taylor loves them so much. A couple of weeks ago we got a Walmart toy magazine in the mail...addressed to my brother in law by the way!! I thought it would be fun to let her look through the book and circle the things she wanted for Christmas. Needless to say this was really a funny activity. When she finished choosing the items that she would like, she proudly brought me back the book. Rob and I started to flip through it just to see what kind of things she might be wishing for. It all started out pretty normal. A baby doll. A doll house. The Tinkerbell movie. As we moved through the pages we noticed that she is also wanting a new TV for her room, a CD player, a mini-moped, a huge remote control dinosaur, some of the best Dora toys on the market and let us not forget the V-tech video game...in pink...not orange.

I realized that my baby is no longer a baby. She is starting to be a cute little girl. She suprised us both by not circling everything in that magazine...but only the things that she really wanted. Of course this will be a keepsake that I am sure she will enjoy way down the road. Maybe if she is lucky...Santa will bring her a few of those things on her wish list.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving EVERYONE! What a great day! We just lounged around the house and then about 4:00 went to dinner at my mother in laws house. Rob was just happy to actually have a hot meal this year instead of having to heat up left overs.

We put up our Christmas tree and all of our cute decorations. I am so excited that our house is actually big enough to put up our tree without having to relocate furniture to our even smaller office. Let's just say the last couple of years have been real interesting. Our new living room is perfect. We even have a fire place!!! Taylor is so excited for Santa to come that she asks me everyday if he is coming tonight. I can see this is going to be a long month!!!

Cute little bugga boo has also been sick. She sounds horrible but keeps insisting that she is not sick. It seems like a high temperature and loss of voice is not quite enough to slow her down. She even has time to shop off the Christmas tree!!! Pics of our cute decorations soon...

Big Enough Winner

Ok...so Mesquite was a success. I don't care who you are...you have got to love Wheel of Fortune!! I won 450.00 on one of those beautiful machines. Lucky for me I was already up $100 bucks. So I gave 500 to my trustworthy hubbie and made him promise not to give it back until we were leaving town. Needless to say we both had a great time and we came out ahead. Not too bad for about 4 hours in town.

Cedar was also pretty fun. I can't believe that gas is only 1.85 there. It makes me feel like I am getting ripped off at 2.07 up here!!