Summer = Vacation :)

School ended June 3rd and I have had a lot of fun on vacation. The first two weeks were filled with Language Arts and Math trainings. The next two weeks I filled in at the insurance office where I used to work . June wasn't too exciting, but I was able to make some extra money so that was nice.

I left for cooler weather at the end of June. We had a Pendleton family reunion the week of July 4th in Gig Harbor, WA. We had a blast. My parents rented a beautiful lodge for us to stay in. All of my siblings and their families came. We were also able to spend time with my grandparents. Grant decided to be baptized in Washington so that he great grandfather could be there.  I enjoyed spending time with the kids and tried to hold the precious babies as much as I could. :)

 All 4 of my nieces

 Marc and Grant

 Whitney, the adorable baby!

 Grandma with her great granddaughter

 Pictures of the lodge

 Some of the family went on a 2 hour boat ride around Puget Sound.

 Tommy and Rusty on the boat. Love those boys!

 The bigger boys loved spending time together.

 David playing with Jackson and Megan

 Amber and Whitney

Boys enjoying the hot tub

Cindy and the cute Tommy

 All fifteen grandchildren

Grad School....Take 2

I am going back to school! I begin February 28th. I will be getting a MA in Special Education. I didn't have any intention of getting a second Master's Degree, but I need to clear my Special Education Level II Credential (5 classes). CA is now requiring Special Education Teachers to get an authorization in Autism (4 classes). So when I met with the advisor last week, she discovered that with the classes I have already taken, I only need the 9 classes and to take a comprehension exam to have a Special Education Master's Degree. I will finish in summer of 2012. It will be challenging to add classes on to my already full plate!

Tommy

Here is my youngest nephew Tommy. He is the sweetest baby ever! I wanted to keep him, but sadly he went back home to Utah. :(

Thanksgiving

It has been a while.....

I was fortunate enough to get a week off from teaching for Thanksgiving, I had postponed my jury duty to this week thinking it would be easier than doing substitute plans. I was lucky because the courts were closed Thursday and Friday and I was not required to come in! I had to call several times but that was it! :)

My brother, Kevin came from Utah with his wife and 4 adorable boys. It was so much fun having them around! Here are some pictures of them.

Teaching

I am teaching my students about idioms. I gave each of the students one and had them draw pictures to explain the idiom. This one was my favorite. I love the cats and dogs!