March

I've decided that March is the BEST month of the year. This is true for various reasons:

1. March Madness-college basketball, buzzer beaters, upsets, and trash talk. mmm hmm.

2. Spring Time-warmer temperatures and blossoms.

3. Spring Break- A week off of work...need I say more?

4. Birthday Time!!! Yay! I love to celebrate!


I just love March. I hope you love it too!

2010: Yet again a fantastic year for the Tews!

2 jobs that we enjoy. Mark works at Fort Riley doing strategic planning right now. He is fortunate to have great people who train him in his new assignment. Lacey is an elementary Math teacher who also has wonderful mentors and friends at school. We are thankful to have good places to work!

0 degrees or below in our lovely Manhattan, Kansas. We truly do enjoy living here {even with the Midwest freezing winter}. We have met absolutely wonderful people here at work, church, and around town. We have learned there are great people to get to know no matter where you are!

1 garden that produced many delicious vegetables. We were able to make jam, cucumbers, salsa, and eat fresh veggies throughout the season. It has been a joy to learn a new hobby together and to see the miracle of nature right before our eyes.

0 reasons to complain. We are thankful for the gift of our Savior. We are thankful for our family and friends. May you be blessed with His peace and love this Christmas Season!

Deck the Halls....

I have been waiting for these moments ALL YEAR LONG. Seriously. Mark can attest to the fact that he probably can't count the number of times he has heard "I can't wait until I can decorate for Christmas!" throughout this year.
Hallelujah! The time finally came. :)

Happy Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving time! I love how it gives me a chance to remember all of my many blessings. I love that there are fun fall time activities to do at school. I also L-O-V-E pie!!!!!!!!!!

This year we had fun with our fall time activities.
Our "I am thankful for..." turkey. We added a feather each day. We are so very blessed!


We cooked up our first ever turkey this year! Yay...it turned out DELICIOUS!


I forgot to post about this---our "Orange Dinner" around Halloween time. (Those are eggs if you are wondering).


We were able to spend T-Giving with Mark's brothers and their families in Texas. We had such a fantastic time and are grateful that we have a wonderful and fun family! Shout out to Jeff and Heather-THANK YOU!!!!! Um...now I'm wondering, why didn't I get some better photos of everybody???? Scott and Kels are barely represented. Look for them in the croquet pic. We love you too, don't worry!
Right before the big feast...notice the workers in the back ground creating the delicious food.


Heather and the kiddos made these cute name tags and turkey napkin rings. Love it!


After the big feast....

Tew Gathering=Croquet.


Hope to see you again soon J, H, P, A, S and K!!!!!!!!

Benj

My little brother Benji, who is serving an LDS mission in Peru, was stabbed by a robber last Sunday. He is okay and expected to have a full recovery. Most of the Grantsville people already know, but I thought I would just thank everybody for the support and prayers in our family's behalf and inform other friends about the incident.

Here is a link to text and the news report on TV that explains pretty accurately what happened.

Thanks again for prayers for Elder Benjamin Cole!

A Glimpse of My Job...

I love to see these cute smiling faces each day. The pics show some Halloween/Math activities we did this year: Pumpkins and measurement, "Monster Numbers", and a jack-o-lantern addition and shapes game.

Go Wildcat or Go Home.

I thought I'd enlighten those who are curious about our environment and surroundings. It has been a fun change moving to Kansas. We have really enjoyed it! We live in a "college town" and enjoy the excitement that KSU brings to the citizens of our town daily. Mark WILL NOT conform and wear purple since it's a "girl color and every male in town has been brainwashed to think it's masculine." Mark isn't really thrilled that we have a purple garbage can either. But I figure it's a once-in-a-lifetime possession. I have conformed to the sea of purple people. Even though red and black from GHS as well as Aggie Blue are true to my heart, I now own a purple K-State shirt, mainly because I need to wear purple at school or I won't be "respected." I told the children last week that I didn't own a K-State shirt and they gasped for air and covered their mouths like I had committed a terrible sin. I am not a "sinner" anymore. Go Cats! (P.S. Yes, this is a purple porta potty and it lives across the street from us. We named it "Parley Poo Poo." just kidding. I made that up just now.)