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SPRING BREAK!!!!!
Wahoo!

I've had some big plans for myself and this week as flown by already. I have been able to go to aerobics class, play ultimate frisbee, lose to Mark in tennis, go out to lunch, and do a bunch of random planning, cleaning, etc. etc. Although I have enjoyed my break, I almost would love another week of spring break. I better stop. Now I'm getting greedy. I guess I'll just wait for the summer.

One of the perks of teaching is the nice schedule. Who can complain about getting a week off of work in March? I think everyone should have a week long spring break no matter what they do. It invigorates the mind and soul to relax and have a week off. Maybe I could do a study on how if people have a spring break, they actually do a more efficient job at work. Nah....too much work....I'll just sit here and enjoy my spring break.

Happy Pi Day!!!

I know I am a couple of days late but

HAPPY PI DAY TO ALL!!!

It would be a shame to let that special 3/14 date pass and not recognize the significance as a math teacher. Oh wait...eight-year-olds don't even know what pi is. Oh well, it can still be a celebration!!!

I love pi and pie!!!

...Signs of Spring...

I looked out the window and what did I see?

Popcorn popping on the apricot tree!

We have beautiful trees full of blossoms right now!
Just enjoying the simple things in life...signs of spring.

Two thumbs WAY up for our visitors!!!

My adorable family came to visit and we had a WONDERFUL time with them! When we get together, mostly we like to shop and eat. That pretty much sums up their visit. We spent hours at a little strip mall a few minutes away from our house. We bought some purses, decorations, and jewlery. Our visitors ventured to make an eight hour drive each way with a few tiny kids so it was quite the sacrifice. Thanks for visiting Mom, Kimi, and kiddos! We LOVE you and LOVED the visit!!!Elise devoured the rolls at Roadhouse...that girl MUST be part of the family.Reading books and painting nails...

"All you need is LOVE"

We have been celebrating BIG TIME lately! For our anniversary, we went to one of our favorite places for dinner, the Olive Garden. Delicious, as usual. Mark gave me a dozen pink roses (one for each month we have been together), a journal for notes from him, and we are going to WICKED this summer!!!! I was extremely excited!!!

For Valentines Day, we went out to lunch. That night we had "RED DINNER" and then watched the NBA dunk and three-point contests. The Red Dinner consisted of spaghetti, layered jello, garlic bread with pink butter, and strawberry milk shakes. YUM YUM.
We also got a V-Day Pixie surprise in the mail! It had Valentines Day pancake recipes, a heart mold to make them, heart rubber scrapers, decorative dish towels, pink flip flops, and a CD visor for our car. THANKS TRIPPS!! We loved it.
Thank you mom for the delicious cookies and treats! We love you!

Happy Balentimes Day!!!

Here is a special message from the darling Texarkanians...

We played Math games for class today. The children seemed to love it! They are doing some addition and if they get the answer correct, they get to shoot a squishy ball into a laundry basket. It's a little lame but hey! they love it, so it works for me :)

FHE with Friends

We had Family Home Evening with Mark's home teaching family on Monday and we had an enjoyable night. We devoured some delicious carnita (a type of pork) sandwiches for dinner. We even tried some "pork skin" on the sandwiches for added flavor. I don't know if Mark liked it but I thought it was not too bad. They had some home made salsa (HOT salsa) to dip the sandwiches in. YUM but I think I'm becoming a wimp when it comes to spicy foods lately.....it's probably because all there is to eat down here is dang fried chicken. Just kiddin' love the fried chicken, potatoes, pickles, okra, biscuits, lettuce, and anything else you have in the fridge. HA HA.

Anyway that was a tangent and a half..... they speak Spanish (Mark included) so I was trying to pick out words most of the time to figure out what was going on. Sometimes I could kind of tell what the subject of conversation was but I couldn't tell what they were saying about it. It made me really want to learn the Espanol but my brain was about fried by the end of the night trying to pay attention so closely.

We played the flour game where you have to cut a piece of flour off the "cake" and whoever makes the button move has to get it with their teeth. I had almost forgot about that game! It was very fun! (even with the Language barrier :)
What a fun FHE!!!