March 9th - March 15th

Let's see Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday were all about the same. I went into work for a little while to try and get some things figured out. Then of course it was off to school. This week we were in the classroom for these three days. Nothing overly eventful in the school this week. Monday evening we worked in a little FHE which is always good for us. It gives us a chance to sit and talk and get caught up on things going on. Wednesday night the kiddos went to mutual. Hank finished painting the trim in my room for me, YAY!!!! He has been working on my room and I soooooooo appreciate it. Tinkerbelle thinks my closet doors make a great perch for her furry little buns.

Thursday, March 12th Kambrie and I went to the Dr. to get looked over. He believes that the accident caused something to tear in my arm and to take it easy with it for a little while. Kambrie he said does have some lower back strain but she should be good to go. She just needs to ease into things and not over do it. Thursday, we were in lecture for our class time hoping to get prepped for our midterm. Our professor didn't cover much of it leaving us all with some major anxiety. Like that is what I needed this week.

When I returned from Twin Falls we went up to Parent Teacher Conferences. The kids are doing well and trying hard. Kambrie had all A's and B's with a C in Band. LOL!! She told me she doesn't lie about practicing when she hasn't, so I can't really punish her there. She has wanted to quit Band for some time now but signed a contract for the year, which won't kill her to finish out. Cameron's grades are good he has been working hard on bringing them up. He had A's and B's with 2 C's one in Geometry and one in Chemistry. Can't say that my grades in those two subjects were any better. The teachers complimented me on my kids behavior. Cameron's English teacher said she really enjoyed having Cameron in class, he was always respectful to her. We sat with Mr. Sager for quite sometime and just chatted. He shared a few stories with us from he and dad used to work together. I love hearing old stories. He says Cameron works hard in his class. Cameron had asked if he could have a few friends over to roast hot dogs and just to hang out. I told him it would be fine. Planned on about 5 or 6 boys by 10:00 p.m I had about 20 kids in backyard huddled around the fire. It was plenty chilly out but they seemed to have a good time.

Friday morning I stopped into work for a little bit then off to take my midterm. YUCK!! We got to class and took the midterm, which was an hour of essay writing. My arm was killing me by the time we were done. Come to find out it was a lesson to us on how not to test our own students by testing them on information they have not been given. Kind of a cruel learning experience I guess. Friday night I spent most of the night preparing for my PRAXIS II. Hank went to work, Cameron went to Island Park with dad, and Kambrie was partying it up at Macy's.

Saturday, UGH!!!!!!! Hank called me at 6:15 as I had requested. I was to be in Twin Falls ready to test at 7:30 a.m. I took the first exam which was a 2 hour content knowledge exam. I don't think it went too bad the only section I am really worried about is the Social Studies section, the math and science didn't seem too difficult. Maybe because I have to help Kambrie so much with her math. After that exam I had about 20 minutes to use the restroom, eat something, and go over my other notes. Then it was back into the testing room where I tested for another 2 hours this time it was all essay. My arm was killing me by the time I was done. After that I headed home, when I got home I went right back to bed. I was drained. I had a nice long nap. Kambrie had gone to the Idaho Falls museum with Mom, Mindy, Scott and all the kids. Hank got up and headed to work and I got ready to go to Tony's wedding reception with Mom, Mindy and all the clan. We had a good time visiting and singing along the way. We called and left a singing telegram on Marlea's phone. It was good to see Mike and Brenda and their kids. Tony's wife seems like a nice gal. Little Lyra has gotten so big since the last time I saw her. I hope things work out well for all of them. Jeff's little ones have grown a bunch too, Kambrie was happy to see little miss Mallorie. They all danced together and had a good time. Dad and Cameron returned from Island Park safe and sound. Cameron had a blast, all he can talk about is getting a new machine. :P He's going to have to save some $$ first.

Sunday, March 15th I woke up this morning feeling miserable. I am sure I picked up the nasty cold Cameron had last week. I slept in then went into work for a few hours to get caught up from the week. I came home fixed dinner and sent Hank off to work. I worked on my lesson plans a little bit, they are due tomorrow. All 6 of them, I am teaching my 1st graders the Life Cycle of a Plant. Cameron ran into town to get a spark plug for his scooter. When he came home he had brought me home a dozen red roses and a Thank You card. I looked at him kinda funny like what is this all about. I flat out asked him, "What did you do?" He said, "nothing". So then it was, "What do you want?" He again said, "Nothing". He said Brother Nebeker had challenged them in Young Men's to do this just to see how we would respond. I responded exactly the way he told them I would.

Well, suppose I better get busy on my plans. At least I am caught up for the week too. :) Have a great week.

WHERE DOES THE TIME GO!!!!!!!

K' so I have been slacking reaaally bad on keeping up on my blog. Geez in order to get caught back up I would have to go CLLLLLEEEEAAAAARRRRR back to February 23rd and it is now MARCH 10TH. UGH!!! Well, here goes another Epic long post, I promise myself to be better from now on, yeah right.

February 23rd - February 25th as far as I can remember pretty uneventful. Same old, same old, school, homework, dinner, sleep, school, homework, dinner, sleep etc.

February 26th - A sad day at the elementary school as Mr. Dee Pehrson passed away. I went to drop something off at the school to Kambrie. She had heard the news and was upset, Mr. Pehrson used to tease and play with the kids. I talked with her for just a few minutes then headed off to class myself. On my way home I had tried calling mom to see what had went on because I didn't know for sure. When I tried calling mom she answered her phone all ratty like (LOL). She wanted to know where I was and what I was doing, she had a car FULL OF kids and had run out of gas or so she thought. Fuel pump had gone out. So she was not in the mood to chat. Cameron had brought her gas drove her and the kids to their lessons then back to the burb. They couldn't get it going so they had to call Dad to come to their aid. Dad got it running again long enough to make it over to Kim Hansen to repair it by Saturday. Mom took my van to gather up children and feed them dinner while I worked. What a hectic and chaotic day by the time it was all over.

February 27th - I went to class, kids went to school, and Hank toted off to work. We decided that we would go down to the district basketball game in Glenns Ferry that night. So I traveled back from Twin to turn around and go back to Twin, we stopped to eat dinner on our way. Then off to Glenns Ferry. Glenns Ferry won the game and deservedly so, they out played us. We had so many turn overs. I was happy to be off the road and in my bed late Friday night.

February 28th - I think we slept in a little today. Kambrie had a voice competition at 11:30.

She went and sang, she did very well earning a Superior on her score. I met mom in town to take Macy and Hallie into sing at their scheduled time while Mother and McKade got their weekly fix of visiting the D.I. Macy and Hallie did very well singing as well, each of them earning a Superior score as well. Later that afternoon Mom was trying to decide whether we would go to Boise that night or wait until Sunday morning to go down. We were going to our cousin Dawn's baby shower down in Boise. We decided we would leave Saturday night around 6:30, which transpired into 7:30 by the time we turned around to go back and get the things we had forgotten. Whatta ride, me, Mom, Kambrie, Macy, Hallie, and Mckade going to Boise together. They were all actually REALLLLLY good. We got to Marlea's ate some dinner and just hung out chatting.

March 1st- A day I won't soon forget. We got up Sunday morning and Ted our personal chef started preparing breakfast for us. He made sausage, bacon, hashbrowns, blueberry pancakes, and eggs. We ALL ate well that morning. I helped Marlea get things cleaned back up, then mom and I went downtown to get a gift for the baby shower. When we got back to Marlea's they were all ready to go to the shower. We had a little difficulty following the directions we were given by Dawn's friend who was hosting the shower. We were only 30 minutes late. ;) Dawn was an hour late, guess she can't follow directions either. My vote is the friend doesn't know how to give very good directions. ;) It was good to see Dawn and know she has friends close by to help and support her. We left the shower around 6.

We were on our way back to Marlea's house, everything was going fine. Mom was driving us a little crazy with her obsessive asking of "Does everybody have their seat belts on?" She asked this quite a few times throughout our trip just ever so randomly. McKade had been having trouble with his seat belt so mother told him he needed to move over to the one that was working. I had just talked to Kim and hadn't been off the phone for a few minutes. When I heard "Hang on", I looked up to see a car headed straight for us. Then a huge "BOOM". The next thing I know we are at a complete stop, I was gasping for air, I could not breathe (airbags hurt). It seemed like forever but really only took a little bit to get my breath back. Kambrie was screaming trying to get to me. (Her scream is something I will never forget) Mother was telling everybody to sit still, while Marlea was telling everybody to get out. I was looking around to see if anybody was hurt and trying to get out. Everything that was floating into the suburban was making it very hard to breathe. I got out and was trying to get to my phone when a gentleman come running up and told me he had called 911. He made sure everybody was out of the suburban. The kids were all crying. Macy's face started to swell immediately. McKade smacked his nose on something, Kambrie, Mother, and Hallie did not have any visible wounds. I was burned a little bit on my arm, and had a hard time breathing normally but was fine otherwise. Marlea thought her wrist was broken (she thought right).

I called Hank to tell him to get headed to Boise, we had been in an accident and that the "burb" was not going to be hauling us home. We sat at the curbside what seemed like forever, there were several nice people that had come out of their homes to help. They offered to get and do anything they could for the kids. The paramedics came and were looking over our crew while others were assisting the gentlemen in the other car. He could not get out. We went to St. Luke's in Meridian where Marlea works. Mom and Macy rode in the ambulance while Ted took the rest of us. We all checked in and were looked over.

Brett had come over to see if there was anything he could do, which we appreciate. Shortly thereafter Hank and Dad arrived. I was so glad to see them. Macy ended up having to get stitches in her mouth, she was a trooper while the doctor fixed her up. Marlea did have a broken wrist and was put in a splint for the time being. Mindy and Scott had been on their way home from Northern Idaho. They thought they would be making a trip to Boise that night also, but did not have to since they did not keep Macy overnight. We returned to Declo in one piece at about 2:30 a.m. The gentlemen in the other vehicle was not so lucky he did not make it. Mom & Dad sent flowers to the service, I sent a card up to his family. Mindy believes it was his time to go and the more I think about it, the more I agree with her.

March 2nd thru 7th- Oh, I hurt and did not sleep well. I cannot afford to miss class, if I do then my partner has to miss then we both have to make it up. So drug me up with some Advil then off to Twin I go. UGH!!!! What a long miserable days these have been. Kim was very thoughtful and brought us over dinner on Monday night. Kambrie complains her back hurts even more than it did before. My right arm aches and I feel like something is pinching me in the back. My classmates were very sweet and gave me a little gift to help me relax. I was really surprised on Friday. I had talked to my dad and he had been over to my house putting the trim up in my room. Hank has been great and working on getting it finished for me. Over the weekend he siliconed and primed the closet area that needed done. Mindy was the good Auntie she is and invited Kambrie down to dye eggs with her and her kids. I worked slowly on painting my closet doors which Hank is not fond of the color but it is my room so I will do what I want. I painted them "muted gold" he told me it looks like baby poop. They will look good when I am done. :)

March 8th - Sunday, we sprung forward and lost an hour. ICK!! We went to church, Cameron stayed home because he was not feeling well. Kambrie gave talk and did a good job. We came home at some dinner then we laid down for a nap, it felt so gooooood. I haven't had a 3 hour nap in a long time and I needed it. When we got up the kids had cleaned the house up, which I ALWAYS appreciate.

Stopping there for now, hopefully next time it won't be so terribly long. : )

Oh, I have been terrible about taking pics so Thanks Mindy and Marlea for taking them for me.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIMMY!!!!!!!

Just wanted to wish friend Kimmy a very Happy Birthday!!! She has been my best friend for as long as I can remember. We have had some great times together and hope to have many, many more! Here is a little somethin' for you Kim, my creative side trying to do its best. LOL!

K- Keeper, Kim is a keeper for a friend always there when I need her.

I- Inspiring, Kim is an inspiring individual. She makes me want to strive to be a better person.

M- Memories, we have many, many fun memories that we share.

E- Exciting, things are definitely fun and exciting when Kim is around.

L- Love her to death.

Dink & Donk BFF!! :)

Happy Belated Birthday :)

Well, as usual I am running behind on posting things I want to post. Two very special ladies celebrated birthdays this week.

The first special lady that celebrated her 86th birthday was Hank's Grandma Reynolds. I have known her for many years now, she is not any different than my own grandmother's. Speaks her mind but remains sweet and kind.

The second special lady that celebrated her birthday this week was my Aunt Jane, she has been more than a Grandma to me than a great aunt. She is always so thoughtful and loving. I love spending time with her when we can, especially the midnight chats when all of the kids are done mauling her and in their own beds. The kids pester her to death when she is here, wanting to know what fun activity they are going to do with Aunt Jane. Miss you!!

Love you both and hope you both had a very happy birthday.

The 17 Things I LOVE about YOU!!!

I know it is a little late, but I suppose it is better late than never. To celebrate our 17 years together these are just 17 of the things I love about you, Hank.

1- You're smile.

2- The way you hold me in your arms and reassure me things will be alright.

3- Your testimony.

4- The WONDERFUL father you are.

5- The hardworker/provider that you are.

6- Your energy, wish I had more of it.

7- Your laugh.

8- Your chocolate brown eyes.

9- Your willingness to be the host of a party I have planned. LOL!!!

10 - The way you bury your head in the pillow at night to go to sleep.

11- Your willingness to pitch in and help out.

12- Your handimanness. Is that a word? You can fix anything.

13- The way you make sure your eyes are always closed when I go to take a pic. ;)

14 - The great hubby you are.

15 - Your patience.

16 - The quirky little perfectionist you are.

17- I love the good times we have had together.

Epic Long February Post ..............

Well, let's see where to begin. Ummmmm. To begin with I fell behind the first part of February due to computer problems I was approximately two weeks without my puter. OMG!!!!! I can't live without it. I will try not to be to dry in my story sharing and keep most of it pretty brief if possible.

February 2nd - 4th Did the usual work (started training the new gal that will be filling my shoes at Cooper Equipment), school, home, no puter..... let's say the evenings were pure torture for me not having an escape.

February 5th - same thing work, school, home picked up puter YEAH!!!! Good time to get caught up on homework. I am sure the days were eventful but just cannot remember that far back.

February 6th - a little work, a lot of school, puter had puked by the time I got home so no puter ALL WEEKEND LONG!!!!! UGH!!!!!! Oh, and it was my favorite nephews birthday today. McKadee turned 6. He had a fantabulous birthday party at the bowling alley.

February 7th - I wanted to document this day and prepare a little something special for my blog but um..... a little difficult without my puter, I lost some of my programs and need to reinstall them but gotta find the disk first. AnyWHO!!!! Today, Hank & I celebrated our 17th Wedding Anniversary. OMG!! Yes, 17 years together, didn't ever think I would make it that far. LOL!! Or him for that matter. ;) We went to The Garden for dinner then to the movie New In Town, it was definitely more of a chick flick and I enjoyed the humor waaaaaaayyyy more than Hank did.
Oh, and he was a FANTABULOUS HUBBY and painted my trim and closet shelves for my scrapping room. YEAH!!! Now to get it all hung.

February 8th - can't say much happened other than church and kickin' back for the afternoon.

February 9th - 12th much like the first week work, school, no puter. Oh, school was A LOT OF FUN today!! The kids had their Valentines Day Party, they were so cute giving out their little Valentines to each other. I loved hearing them come up to me and say I have a Valentine for you Mrs. Clark. Do you like it? Of course you gotta love them all.

February 13th - FRIDAY THE 13TH, nothing eventful happened was happy to get my computer back YEAH!!!! Still has some difficulties but been working them out. Went and did our taxes, not too excited about them this year. :(

February 14th - Valentines Day we started out the morning going to Kambrie's basketball game. Then I went to town for groceries, back home just in time to get enchilada's done for Cameron to take over to Davis's for dinner. A group of them were going to the teen dance and had planned dinner together. Hank had to work so I had run him over dinner after I had finished it. Not much else Kambrie and I watched the movie FireProof (good show, a little cheesy but has a good message).

February 15th - church, nap, ????????? I am sure we did some homework and fixed dinner.

February 16th - Today I went to work, No school because of President's Day!! New gal is picking up on things well, now if Jeff will just learn to relax with her some it will all be good. Oh, I had a new job interview tonight. This job will allow me to work 6 - 10 hours a week at my convenience doing books. Not a lot of income but hopefully enough to cover my fuel to Twin and back.

February 17th - Today was my last day at Cooper's, kind of a sad day for me. However, it was just another day of business for them. I didn't get to see Jim or Jeff as they were both out of the office when I left. :( Will miss seeing my little Lettie everyday and just miss being there, I have been there almost 10 years. I left Cooper's at 1:00 pm and was unemployed for a total of 2 hours and 18 minutes. I got the job at Burley Glass that I had interviewed for the night before. YEAH!! They called at 3:18 pm and left me a message. So good news there. Another bit of good news for us when we got to Twin was our 3:30 class had been cancelled, so we were able to get home EARLY!!!!!! and able to watch Idol. I really like Danny Gokey so far this season.

February 18th - 20th - New found schedule mornings are not quite so hectic and I don't feel like I am going a million miles an hour. Been working on my electronic portfolio and TWS. These two things will give me MAJOR stress this semester but they are manageable. I went in to train for my new job on the evening of the 19th. Should be pretty easy to pick upon, very small business just learning how they do things. On the 20th we went to dinner with Chris & Kim, it was an enjoyable evening and the food was good.

February 21st - Went to Kambrie's last basketball game her and Macy have improved so much. They are learning how to work well together. They tend to try harder when Grandpa is there, he didn't miss any games. I went into work but the gal was a no show, so we are meeting again on Thursday. We cleaned a little house (dryer element went out, UGH) and I fixed dinner and we just loafed around. Grandpa took Cameron to the Jazz game, lucky boy.

February 22nd - We went to church, fixed dinner, visited with home teachers, had a little family time. Nothing too exciting.

I think I am going to stop there.............. Whew!!!! Oh, and I have been really slacking since I have not taken one pic this whole month. The SHAME of it all will come back to haunt me I am sure. LOL!

Last Week's Happenings 1/25/09

K' so I am a little behind not that there is anything overly exciting to post anyways.

Monday ~ just another fabulous day. I went to work, then went to class, then thought I would relax by watching Kambrie tumble for an hour. Mom was going to bring her home from voice lessons so I headed home with the intent to get something done. Well, that didn't happen. On my way home I thought the van was driving a bit funny. I had checked it earlier cause it didn't seem right and I felt something wrong in the front wheels, checked them out they looked ok. So I head home and my problem get progressively worse. I get out at the stop sign on the good ole' back country roads and start walking around the van to see what the problem is. Well, um.... you can't drive very well on a flat tire. Yep, the back tire was toast. Hank was at work and couldn't leave, so I had to rely on my trusty and able bodied 16 year old to come and change mama's tire. Uncle Ty was on his way home and stopped to help us out. I swear everybody from Declo come down that road that night. LOL!!! I was dang tired and frustrated by the time I got home, so I took a bath and went to bed.

Tuesday ~ Don't remember much other than I had my tire fixed, went to work then headed to Twin for 6 llllllooooooonnnnnngggggg hours of classes.

Wednesday ~ Same old, same old. Go to work then headed to Twin. Enjoyed spending time in the classroom today. First graders are ALOT of work, but I enjoy being with them.

Thursday ~ Same thing again, work the Twin for class. After class I went up to watch Kambrie's basketball practice. Oh, then we had some trouble with the black truck and the blue truck but got it everything running again.

Friday ~ All I can say is TGIF!!!!!

Saturday ~ We were up bright and early getting ready to go watch Kambrie's basketball game when Cameron's Preferenced date showed up with a group of kids to kidnap him. They went to Monroe's for breakfast then over to the church to play games. Looking at the pics it looks like they had a good time. Kambrie and Macy did really well at their ball game and are improving a bunch. After the game Hank and I painted some trim, then I went into work for a few hours to tie up some loose ends that I needed to get taken care of before I am finished there. After work I picked up groceries and got home in time to see Cameron leave again for the big dance. Him and Elizabeth both looked very nice.

That is all for the week of January 31st, Hello February!!!