Baby Shower

Here is a picture of my Mom, sister, Kimberly, and Michele. Kimberly was so wonderful to volunteer her house for the shower and my Mom, Shannon, and Michele helped with all the great food. Thanks everyone!


Here are all of the girls in our family: Caroline (Mike's wife), Mom, and Shannon.

It was so good to see my dear friend Megan. Good luck on your thesis Megan!

I was surprised with one diaper cake from Bethany and Scheila,

And another from Michele. Thanks ladies, they were adorable!

A Magical Night I Will Always Remember.

Here I am at the entrance to the dinner and celebration. They gave me a flower to wear on my dress and assigned Rafa and I a table.


Here is the beautiful table where we sat and ate a nice dinner.

The beautiful dining room.

Here are all of the recipients for this year.

I had a give a short speech thanking everyone. But first, one of my students spoke about me. She did a fabulous job. I loved the students' speeches the best, a few even brought tears to me eyes as I could see how their teacher helped them to excel in school.

We were each given a hand-made statue which showed a the hand of a teacher and a child clasped together, very special. Then we also got to take home an amazing (and huge) basket filled with free gift cards to restaurants and businesses around the state. I was not expecting any of this! I felt like a Queen for the night! This was a night that I will always remember during my teaching career. I just want to thank all of the wonderful teachers and mentors that helped mold me into the teacher I am today- thank you so much!!!

This is for you Lisa and Teacher Appreciation Week!

Here is the picture I promised you Lisa. This was me at 30 Weeks pregnant on May 7th. Thanks for reminding me to post a prego picture Lisa, because I will want to have a few for memory sake in the future. I will post some more pictures when the nursery is done.


Here is a picture of my classroom door after my awesome Room Mom decorated it for Teacher Appreciation Week. What was so fun was that the theme is the same as my nursery! Was it inspiration or just a funny coincidence?

Beautiful Washington and Oregon

Thanks to some special friends (Thanks Clark, Linda and Finn) we were able to take a last minute trip to Washington in April. It was so nice to get away for the weekend and see my favorite river-very soothing. It was also fun to spend time with my parents because they were up there. Rafa has not been to Washington for almost 4 years, and we won't be able to go this summer with the family because of the baby coming, so this was a very special trip.


Here we are in front of the Washougal River enjoying the sun.


Kicking back and reading by the river with my Mom.



Here is the beautiful Oregon Coast.

Rafa standing in front of a historic lighthouse we were able to tour.



This is Rafa's favorite picture of us on this trip. It was a little cold on the beach though.