Carly dancing!

Today at school we had some dancers from BYU come and do a little assembly for the kids. I was in the back sitting down watching when the dancers asked for volunteers to come up and help out with the BYU dancers and do a little dance of there own. To my shock and surprise I saw Carly going up on stage. She was actually smiling and DANCING, in front of everyone. This may not be weird to some of you guys who have out going children but Carly has always been really shy. I was so proud of her and excited to think that maybe she is starting to be more confident and get over her shyness. This is what I have been trying to do for her! I was a shy kid and I look back on all the things I missed out on because of my shyness and I really regret it. Hopefully she will continue to be confident and enjoy the fun things in life and not miss out on them like I did.

Easter 2008

Spring

I cant believe it is supposed to be spring. Where is the warm sun shine? I can't wait until we dont have to wear coats any more. I am so looking forward to this month being over. I'm ready for spring break and a vacation. This month has just seemed like a really long one for me and I can't wait to go on my anual trip to Mesquite with Steve. I am way excited to get away. I am also very excited for easter. I love Cadbury Mini eggs. I think they are the best cany ever. Whoever invented those is an evil evil person and just wants me to be fat for the rest of my life. O well! I am looking forward to the fun of easter but also to celebrating the resurection of our savior. What a wonderful time of year!

Parent teacher conference

Well we finally made it through another week of school and work and PTC. I am really proud of my kids and how well they are doing in school. Carly has improved tremendiously this year in her reading and math and mostly gets 100's on her tests. Her teacher loves having her in her class and always says what a good girl she is. Hayden is also doing great. He is one of the top readers and knows more than most of the other kindergartners, (Sorry I have to brag), he is really doing well. I am so glad that I can work at the school and work with the teachers that I think will be best for my kids to have. I am glad that our district lets us choose our child's teachers. Hopefully they will get the teachers that I request for them. Work is going well and I know that the kids are comfortable with me now because three of them called me mom last week. Life is good.

Sunday

Sunday I wasn't thinking about daylight savings time and by the time I realized we needed to change the clocks I was already late for chruch. Well we decided to enjoy the day and take the kids on a picnic to Salem Pond and to another park in Spanish Fork. The kids had a blast and I was glad to get out of the house.

I decided that I need to make another new years resolution. I know that it is already well into the year but I want to set this goal for myself. I work with a couple of women that I have learned to respect a great deal. I started thinking about what it was that drew me to them and I realized that they were very positive people. Whenever I say something negative I noticed that they try to say something positive. It made me start reevaluating myself and thinking that I didn't want to be a negative person. One of those people who can't say anything nice. I hate being around those people and I don't want to end up like them. I know that I am going to have to work on it but I am going to try, since being a little negative just comes naturally to me. Hopefully with time I will start to notice the good in things before I notice the bad. Here is a quote from my favorite prophet that hopefully will help me along my journey to positivity. “Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.” Gordon B. Hinkley