Happy Fathers Day!

Yesterday was fathers day, and with my parents on a mission it is a little bitter sweet. I have to say that just talking to dad was a little hard and not being able to see him. 

I have been blessed to have an amazing father in my life. He was always there for me and my brothers in anyway that he could be. He is always coming up with fun things for us to do, especially when we where kids. He always made sure that he had time for me as his only daughter and showed an interest in what I do. Even if my interests where boring, I never felt left out or over looked.

He instilled in us a great love of reading by reading to us when we where young. He would always do the voices and always had interesting books to read us. Or in my case would change the story to amuse himself. 

He taught us through service to others by always helping out those less fortunate. Making sure that we understood the importance of service. He is and will always be an amazing father, and friend to me. 

Disneyland Trip

Went to Disneyland for the weekend and just got back. Had an amazing trip with my friend Ben. We spent two days at the Magical place. The first day Saturday we walked right onto Indiana Jones ride, Pirates, Haunted Mansion, and Splash mountain within 45 minutes.. It was amazing how dead it was in the morning. The rest of the day it got a little crowded but not too bad. Sunday we hit a few rides for a second or third time. It was a great trip and I want to head back there right now....

Disneyland!!

I am so excited to be going to Disneyland this weekend!!! I am going with a good friend of mine Ben. I have not been to Disneyland in over 5 years so I am ready to go and have fun.. Pictures to follow when I get back next week......

First year of teaching

The year has ended on my first year of teaching! I can't say that it was easy, it was probable one of the hardest things I have done in my life. I had some great kids and a few challenges thrown in there for spice. Even though it was a hard year I loved it......... We had a lot of fun times together.. 

 I was so proud one of my students Aaron was student of the year!!! He was so surprised and he really deserved it. He would always keep me laughing and was always there to help me out with whatever I needed done. He has a great sense of humor and would always play along with my jokes...... 

This was a present from my neighbor and my moms best friend Debbie. I came home from taking down my room and really having a bad day, and Debbie had this made for me. It was to celebrate the end of my first year of teaching. I can say that it really made my day! She has really been there for me this year whenever I needed a pick me up! THANK YOU DEBBIE!

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all the mom's out there..... Especially to my mother who is half a world away, but is still in my thoughts... Hope you are having  a great day and I will see you soon. My aunt put a picture like this up on her blog and it reminded me of one I took in Ireland.... 

Happy Birthday Mom!!

So today is my mothers Birthday. As the last year has past, I have really begun to see what she has done for me in my life. I have really missed our times together even the little things.

I never realized how much she does for me as well as the others around her. She is so giving of her time to anyone that needs it. She gives so much of herself that you don't really notice it until she is gone.

I can honestly say that she really gave more then she received. Always taking me and my sister-in-laws out for some girl time in cali to see Wicked, or just to dinner and a movie. 

I can not wait to see her when I go to Africa this summer and get to spend some time with her. 

AIMS Testing week

To start out the week we had an AIMS prep rally to get the kids excited for the test. With some persuasion by another teacher I got up and sang a version of YMCA with the words changed while the other teachers dressed like the village people. Even though some the kids thought it was stupid I really had fun doing this. We even had a few raps that I talked Sean one of the other 6th grade teachers into doing and it was great. The rest of the week my kids have been testing for AIMS and it has been really stressful for them as well as me. I want my students to perform like I know they can if they just try. We only have 2 more days left and I am so happy to get back to teaching my kids instead of reviewing. On another note I only 35 days left of teaching.... Yay for summer break.