Welcome Russell Brent Pendleton "Rusty"

On Monday, February 2nd I was blessed with a new nephew!

Rusty meeting his older brothers, Ricky and Billy! :-)


So sweet!

Congratulations to Kevin and Cindy! I love you guys!

JANUARY

This month has flown by! Here are some highlights:

1. I started my Masters Degree at Chapman University. I am taking two classes at night. I will be done with my Masters in Education (Curriculum and Instruction) in the beginning of August.

2. I have been subbing in a first grade classroom for the last few weeks at one of the schools I student taught at. It has been fun to see the same kids everyday (a drawback from regular subbing at various schools) and being able to see them progress.

3. I started on Tuesday (at the school I used to work at as an instructional assistant) subbing in a 4th grade class for 3 weeks. I am excited to return to this school and work with a great staff.

4. My nephew, Benjamin turned 7!


5. My mom turned 60! I don't have any pictures from her birthday, but this was taken in December while she was in Indiana. Here she is with her grandson, Jackson.
6. My niece, Megan Maatje Pendleton had her baby blessing

Welcome Baby Ella!

Here I am with my newest niece, Ella Janel Pendleton. She was born on Saturday morning. I have had a lot of fun with my nephews and niece while my brother, Marc and his wife Cindy were at the hospital. I am so lucky that I have 3 nephews and now 2 nieces that live so close!

Merry Christmas!

We defiantley did not have a "white" Christmas here in Riverside, but we did have a fire in the fireplace (okay so it is a gas fireplace--no wood needed).

I made lots of treats for Christmas. I teach Gospel Doctrine in my singles ward and made white chocolate covered popcorn for the class. Here is Grant helping me. The funniest part was watching my nephews and niece watch a popcorn popper. I have an air popper and they had never seen it before. I also made cookies, brownies etc for our traditional family Christmas plates that we give out to other families.

Here are my nephews and niece that live nearby. They came over for presents and dinner. Cambrie was very excited about her new purse that she got from her Dad. Very cute!

Update

I have been really bad about keeping this blog updated. So here are some things that have happened in the last two months that I haven't really had time to post.

1. November 15th--My oldest brother, Marc turned 38! Happy Birthday!

2. November 16th--I turned 29!


Marc and I celebrated our birthdays together as a family at a local restaurant.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!