More Good News!

Will C. Wood is my new home!
It is official, I was offered and accepted an RSP position at Will C. Wood Middle School...and I am so excited and happy to be going back! This is where I taught my first two years, and though there was a lot of extra work, and very challenging students, I loved it there and learned so much. I am excited to be going back, I will be teaching Language Arts to 7th and 8th grade students, and Study Skills. No more commuting between two schools every day!

Grandchild #4!

Yahoooo! Jim is a grandpa again! Malia Heather Culwell was born yesterday afternoon, weighing 7lbs 60z,. Jeni and Malia are doing well. She is a beautiful baby...and is yet another blessing in our lives. Congratulations to Jeni and Alan....

Jim and I, Amy and my sister Suzi enjoying an afternoon BBQ to celebrate the 4th of July!

My brother-in-law Gary, my sister Suzi and my beautiful niece Mari

Amy and Mari....

Amy was finally brave enough to hold Mari...

4th of July BBQ

The 4th of July was especially wonderful because Jim was off and we were able to spend the day together. We spent the afternoon at my sister Suzi's house with Gary, Mari and their family. The weather was wonderful....and everyone appreciated the misters that Gary hung in the tree. A good time was had by all!

School's Out For Summer!

Well, here we are just a few days from the official kick-off of summer. As of yesterday I am officially packed up and out of both of my classrooms, and currently waiting to be assigned a new home school and classroom. After my being split between two schools during this last school year, I have no idea where I will be for the 2009-2010 school year. With budget cuts etc., I'm really hoping to just have a job next school year, being at just one school all day long would be icing on the cake.
I want to officially thank everyone that helped me during this last school year! It was very difficult at first, going to two schools, but I learned so much and was able to work with some wonderful students.

Busy Week Ahead!

There are only 14 days of teaching left...it is hard to believe this school year is almost over. So much has happended this school year, it is hard to remember it all. I started the year teaching at Brannan, and then was split to half time at Brannan and half time at Washington Elementary. Within each school day I work with K-8th grade students. I have no idea what next year holds for me, I just hope it will be at one school all day long.

This week I have :
Sunday: Sacramento Meeting, Sunday School, Relief Society and Sunday movie with my Honey
Monday: off for Memorial Day (grading papers and wrapping up lesson plans)
Tuesday: Open House at Brannan
Wednesday: Articulation Meeting at the District Office
Thursday: HOPEFULLY my final meeting to clear my Teaching Credential
Friday: Whoopppeeeeee! The weekend will be here again!
Saturday: Helping a friend pack in Mountain Ranch

I am hoping to fit in some Visiting Teaching and movie night with my children....we will see...
Oh yes, we are still trying to finish 24!

A Day of Museums

This picture was taken at the last exhibit we visited, the Chinese Friendship Garden...we had a wonderful time on our little "honeymoon" and look forward to visiting San Diego again...

This was my absolute favorite exhibit of any that we viewed in our two days at Balboa Park. I have always loved this painting, and was very excited to be close enough to touch it.

The Museum of Natural History was a disappointment to both of us. There weren't very many exhibits, and we happened to visit on Free Tuesday...so there were tons of people, but we still enjoyed the dinosaurs like T-Rex...

This is an actual "Tucker" that we were able to see at the Car Museum.

This is a replica of the Red Baron's plane. Though this is a replica, we were able to view the actual gun that was attached to his plane, along with many of his medals.

The Air and Space museum was one of my personal favorites...I had dreamed as a child of traveling to the moon, and though I didn't make it...it is so cool to be this close to an actual suit that traveled in space.

This is a rhino bank....if you know me, you know I love anything rhino...

There were many museums and exhibits that we viewed on our last day in San Diego. We both really liked the egg-men...little Japanese men made from real eggs.

The San Diego Zoo

This was my favorite animal in the whole zoo!!!...the one on the right....

We waited in line for about 20 minutes in the sun, but the panda's were worth it...they were smaller than I thought, but really sweet....

The meerkat's were really cute...they were so energetic....just darling....

Today we visited the San Diego Zoo. This is the first animal we visited, and has always been one of my personal favorites...

Two famous San Diegans & me

My man C3PO and me...

San Diego Museum of Man

Well our first full day in San Diego was wonderful. We spent the day at the Balboa Park, visiting the grounds and the Museum of Man. Jim was a real trooper, the first museum we visited had an exhibit on the Mayan people, which coincidentally I am starting to teach my history students, and I went crazy with the "take a picture of this and that"...when we were done he had taken 103 pictures...(three weren't of the exhibit).

Tomorrow we are going back to Balboa park to visit the San Diego Zoo...