2009 Accent on Excellence Award

I am in shock still! I was at teacher meetings today when we were interrupted by the Superintendent of the School District, some other people from the district, and someone with a video camera. They asked for me and presented me with the 2009 Accent on Excellence teaching award. Yes, all of this was happening while I was being video-taped. This means that my school will be awarded with $500 as will I (which they told me I cannot use on teaching stuff, I have to use on myself). Also, I get to go to a banquet in May with the other teachers that received the award. This all came about because my Principal nominated me earlier this year for the Spirit of Alpine Award. Then I had to fill out a few pages about my teaching career, and from that the district picked the final 5 or 8 (I think?) teachers.

I am just so grateful that my Principal and the others thought the time and effort I put into my job everyday was worth highlighting. The last 2 years I worked the hardest I had ever worked in my life trying to juggle teaching, writing a thesis for my Masters, and completing a math endorsement. Not to mention, still be a wife for Rafa. I absolutely love my job and the joy I get from teaching 6th grade children. Wow! I don't know what else to say. What a surprise!

Second Trimester Here I Come!

I am so excited to be 14 weeks along and progressing with my pregnancy. But with this being my first I still do not feel like it is real. I am not really showing yet, so no one can tell, and that is really hard. I think it will feel more real when I actually have a belly.
So, the news is out at work. I was going to wait until Monday but it did not work out that way. I just kept messing up when I was teaching. I would spell and write things wrong on the board, or say one thing and mean another. Finally, I told the kids on Thursday and they were so excited. And kids say the funniest things. One girl said, "Oh, I was wondering why you looked like you gained some weight!?" And another girl got so excited that she is going to make a box that will be half blue and half pink so that people can vote if it will be a boy or girl. At least I can say my job is never boring.
I promise I will download some pictures soon, but I am still getting used to this whole blog thing. I wish I had a scanner so I could scan in my ultrasound pictures from 12 weeks so everyone could see. I will be finding out the gender at my 20 week appointment on March 3rd.

Christmas Day, Let it SNOW!!!

This is our first post for our new blog. Due to the crazy snow Utah has been having, we were unable to go to Mike and Caroline's house for Christmas to open presents. Mike sent us a news story about how they closed 7800 South by his house because of all the cars that had slid off the road. They had blowing snow and snow drifts really high right in front of his house. It has stopped for now, but a worse storm is supposed to start this afternoon. Let it snow!