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Braden's letter artwork was selected for the district art show last week. He didn't want me to take this but he was a good sport anyway :)

It's almost May...May?! 

4 more weeks and school's out?! It's hard to believe but yes, I am ready.

gotta love Pinterest

Pinterest is fun, right? So many ideas, so little time! I tried a couple of things this week that have been pinned. First up is this idea for scrapbooking-

I jotted down some things the other day and made it into a digital page. I think I may resize it, print it out at home and put it in my Smashbook. 

a little side note: Aaron and I did Pat's Run yesterday along with every other person in Phoenix :) 28,000 people! It's a huge event. At the end of the race, you run into the ASU stadium like you're a football player...it's pretty awesome! Last month I jacked up my knee and it threw my prep for this run off. I have a love/hate relationship with running. I shouldn't say I run, I'm more of a jogger. Injuries have a funny way of kicking you in the a** and making you realize what a blessing your health is! Hooray for our health :)

Next thing is this Monterey Chicken recipe:

 We could always use another recipe for chicken breasts right? I made this last Sunday for dinner, it was really good and easy to make.
and I also made these to go with it. 

Heroes for my daughter

Another brilliant article by Brad Meltzer...

 The Top 10 Heroes to Teach Your Daughter How to Fight

Tina Fey= my hero

She makes me laugh like no else, she's just pure awesomeness :)

Guilty Pleasures

 On Chicago

 On Dancing and Prepping for Zombies

a gift

How to write your own obituary- Brad Meltzer

I found this TED talk by author Brad Meltzer the other day. I can't remember the last time I was so inspired by something...it's hard to even put into words how profoundly this moved me. It's about 16 minutes long but well worth your time :)

I'd love to hear what you think...

 

 

my week

This week has been spent taking care of sick kids and a child with a sprained ankle on crutches. Everyone is better and life is good. We spent last weekend hanging out with Matt, Alisha and their kids. We went to the Easter pageant, the kids swam, the boys golfed and us girls hit the ribbon store :) It was so fun to see them and our kids just loved spending time with their cousins. It's awesome having people come and visit us!
Working at the school makes me happy. Evelyn, Gaia, Brenda and I all get along so well and we have a blast. We were joking around about being "cool aides" and then it was "Kool-Aids". Brenda made the shirts for us, awesome! 

 

On Monday, I was talking to a 2nd grader named Olivia at lunch. I was asking her about her weekend and she said, "Hey! I'll ask my mom and see if you can come over and watch me fly my kite. I can make you some lemonade, too!"

How precious!!!! :)